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Commentary
Only a small percentage of New Orleans's guns were collected by authorities, but that hasn't stopped the group's mythmakers.
Armed With Reason
Separate studies have found that unarmed bystanders are better at stopping active shooters than would-be heroes with guns — and that firearms provide no advantage in everyday self-defense.
Why the Arms Trade Treaty doesn't threaten Second Amendment rights, but is such a perfect opportunity for scaremongering and fundraising by gun rights groups.
National Rifle Association
“We discovered fishy things in a number of states," says muckraker behind Connecticut investigation.
The Business of Guns
Did Texas Law Shield pressure gun owners into buying dubious legal coverage against criminal charges?
Open Carry
Open Carry Texas founder C.J. Grisham plans to campaign against gun regulations for felons, the mentally ill, and anyone else.
Gun Policy
“The establishment gun lobby supports gun control."
The NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 was intended to improve lapses in state record keeping that have allowed dangerous people like Dylann Roof to get a gun. Here’s why almost 90 percent of that money has never been spent.
What it means when would-be presidents tout their rights to shoot another American in self-defense.
Mass shootings, public misperceptions, and what the research really says.