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In Guns We Trust
Gun restrictions were not always so fraught in America. The second episode of “Long Shadow: In Guns We Trust” explains how the National Rifle Association seized on the Second Amendment to change the course of history.
The Gun Machine
WBUR and The Trace bring you a story that most Americans never learned in history class — about the firearms industry’s grip on our country.
Law
The constitutionality of carrying guns in public remains undecided by the high court.
The Justices are deciding whether to hear a case that could determine whether there's a constitutional right to carry concealed guns in public spaces.
Gun Rights
An influential Second Amendment lawyer sees a Supreme Court pick primed to extend Constitutional protections to guns carried in public spaces.
Gun Policy
Ten states have already eliminated the requirement that gun owners obtain a permit before carrying a firearm in public.
Commentary
Kansas politicians declared federal gun laws void within their state’s borders. With the Constitution on its side, the federal government inevitably begged to differ.
Philadelphia
Guns are everywhere in my neighborhood. I want my community to know what bullets can do — and how they can exercise their rights.
Politics
Direct quotes from the Democratic nominee on gun control, the Second Amendment, and the NRA.
Duke constitutional law professor Darrell Miller explains "insurrectionist theory."