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Gun Rights
The 2008 Heller decision left lots of room for gun regulation. For its namesake, that meant the war had just begun.
The Gun Lobby
How the small lobbying group has made a name for itself by pulling at the NRA's right flank.
Q & A
Saul Cornell is a leading authority on the evolution of U.S. firearm regulations. Here's how he views the claim that restrictions on gun rights have racist origins.
He was invited to the White House, and then he was accused of being a government operative who wants to help the President confiscate people's firearms.
Activists are pushing animal parks to take down their "no-guns" signs. But what's the larger message?
Culture
Who decides how kids are taught the Second Amendment?
Open Carry
The optics could be dicey.
Why many Second Amendment hardliners — including the law enforcement boss investigating the Umpqua Community College shooting — have adopted the Greek phrase as a rallying cry against imagined threats of gun confiscation.
Politics
A very close reading of "Donald J. Trump on the Right to Keep and Bear Arms"
Even in an election cycle marked by hot-button antics, the group's positions and rhetoric are notably high-proof.