Second Amendment (U.S. Constitution)
- ‘Downloadable Gun’ Clears a Legal Obstacle, and Activists Are Alarmed Jul 13, 2018Cody Wilson, a gun rights and free speech advocate, will be allowed to post online tutorials for 3-D printing firearms, sparking concerns about so-called ghost guns.
- Guns and America: Take the Quiz Jun 12, 2018It has become exceedingly challenging to cut through the ever-growing bramble of news coverage around gun rights and laws in the United States. What’s fact? What’s chatter? Take this quiz to find out.
- Was Slavery a Factor in the Second Amendment? May 24, 2018The formation of what many call a “safeguard against tyranny” was, in part, a way to preserve the slave system.
- ‘Almost No One Agrees With Us’: For Rural Students, Gun Control Can Be a Lonely Cause May 22, 2018Speaking out in a community like Marshall County, Ky., has come at a social cost, including frayed friendships and fights with parents.
- Anti-Gun Backlash From School Shooting? Probably Not in Texas May 20, 2018Activism after the school shooting in Parkland, Fla., led to the most successful push for gun control in decades in the state. Few expect the same in Texas.
- Oklahoma Governor Vetoes Bill That Would Have Made Gun Licenses Unnecessary May 11, 2018Mary Fallin, a Republican, called current gun laws in Oklahoma “appropriate and minimal.” A majority of the Republican-controlled Legislature disagreed.
- Inside the N.R.A. Convention May 9, 2018The annual event in Dallas drew about 75,000 members.
- Do Stronger Gun Laws Stand a Chance? It’s Been an Uphill Battle. Apr 29, 2018Efforts to curb gun violence have stalled in part because of the power of the N.R.A. The movement inspired by shootings in Parkland, Fla., aims to change that.
- Review: ‘Empire of Guns’ Challenges the Role of War in Industrialization Apr 9, 2018In her new book, Professor Priya Satia aims to overturn the conventional wisdom about the role of guns in the world’s economic development.
- How to Win an Argument About Guns Apr 3, 2018When more Americans have died from guns just since 1970 than in all the wars in our history, it’s time to try a new approach.