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Election 2016
At the Democratic debate, the Vermont senator said he supports the right of Sandy Hook families to sue a gun manufacturer.
Hillary Clinton's attacks on Bernie Sanders's gun record did not give her the decisive Iowa victory she sought. Now what?
Politics
With the polls deadlocked and Hillary Clinton hammering his record, the Vermont Senator seeks to convince persuadable voters that they can trust him to take on the NRA.
The key positions, policy proposals, talking points, and flip flops of the Democratic and Republican hopefuls.
Year in Review
From an NRA-hating hunter, to an angry mother, to a group of Redditors, these people had a dramatic impact on how we viewed gun reform in 2015.
Mining recent voting data for an assessment of the gun lobby's current potency at turning out votes.
Data
The results of a major survey of firearms owners corroborate a hotly contested statistic.
Four things that convinced party leaders that gun reform has become a winning issue.
The Democratic presidential contender says he backed the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act to shield Vermont gun shops from crushing lawsuits. According to legal experts, there was a less noble agenda behind the bill.
Gun Policy
Hillary Clinton's gun platform would treat such high-volume sellers as "engaged in the business" — and use an executive action to make them part of the background check system.