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A Smarter Way to Reduce Gun Deaths
To break the paralysis, focus less on guns and more on those firing them.
In Public Schools, the N.R.A. Gets a Boost From Junior R.O.T.C.
Instructors in military-sponsored J.R.O.T.C. classes have offered to promote the N.R.A. in high schools in exchange for money for their marksmanship programs.
Gun Safety: Yes, There’s Actually a Reason to Have Hope
We thought gun safety was a lost cause after Sandy Hook. We had it wrong.
For First Time in at Least 25 Years, No Democrat Has Top Grade From N.R.A.
Not a single Democrat running for Congress received an A in the group’s candidate ratings, which were once a powerful influence in U.S. elections.
Newsom Wants Democrats to Fight Fire With Fire, Starting With a Gun Bill
Gov. Gavin Newsom of California is poised to sign legislation that would provide a minimum $10,000 award to residents who successfully sue makers of illegal guns.
After Indiana Mall Shooting, One Hero but No Lasting Solution
When a bystander fatally shot an assailant at an Indiana mall, the country again debated the wisdom of easier access to guns.
Our Gun Myths Have Held America Hostage for Too Long
Proponents of gun reform in this country are up against more than a powerful gun lobby. They are up against our most durable national myth.
The Supreme Court Puts Gun Rights Above the Human Life
The same week, President Biden signed into law a bipartisan bill on guns.
How We Came to Believe in Guns
God and guns have become strangely intertwined.
Sharone Mitchell Jr. and the Progressive Case Against Gun Permits
This public defender was “never a gun guy.” So why is he siding with the N.R.A. in the Supreme Court’s latest case on gun rights?
Gun Sellers Stoke Fears to Boost Weapon Sales
The number of firearms in the U.S. is outpacing the country’s population, as an emboldened gun industry and its allies target buyers with rhetoric of fear, machismo and defiance.
Gun Control Advocates Have More Money Now, but Money Can’t Buy Zeal
After more mass shootings, one side is gaining donors and political will; the other is galvanized by gun rights. Will anything be different?
Republicans Want to ‘Harden’ Schools. That’s an Awful Euphemism.
Preparing schools to repel and return gunfire isn’t a mature society’s response.
Don’t Add Curbs on Guns. But Repeal Liability Protections.
Freedom and responsibility, in equal measure.
What Does It Mean When Greg Abbott Calls the Uvalde Gunman ‘Evil’?
Christian theology teaches that societies — not just individuals — bear responsibility for evil.
Will Hurd: I Represented Uvalde in Congress. We Must Act on Guns
There are real solutions to this epidemic. We just need the courage to act.
Chris Jacobs Drops Re-Election Bid After Bucking His Party on Guns
Representative Chris Jacobs, whose district includes Buffalo suburbs, abandoned his campaign after his support for a federal assault weapons ban caused a G.O.P. backlash.
Democratic States Push Gun Control Bills with Congress Gridlocked
Democratic state leaders from California to New Jersey are demanding immediate action after the Uvalde shooting.
At N.R.A. Gathering, Protesters and Gun Supporters Spar
Gun supporters and protesters mourned two shooting massacres in a single month, but the gap in their views on what to do next remained wide.
A Texas School. A Buffalo Store. The Toll of Gun Violence Mounts in the U.S.
America’s leaders are failing in their most basic duty.
America’s Human Sacrifices
Guns don’t kill people. Doors do.
America Is Under the Gun
Will we rise up to face the rising tide of violence?
Fact-Checking Trump and Cruz at the N.R.A. Convention
The former president and the Texas senator made inaccurate or misleading claims about the efficacy of gun restrictions, gun ownership trends and school shootings.
At N.R.A. Convention, the Blame Is on ‘Evil,’ Not Guns
Above all else, activists and politicians at the gathering sought to divert pressure to support popular overhauls like expanded background checks by seizing on the issue of school safety.
Gun Violence Is Like What Segregation Was. An Unaddressed Moral Stain.
How else to explain the resistance to dealing with it?
After El Paso shooting, Trump pushed again on gun control. His aides talked him out of it.
When the president asked why he couldn’t do something about assault weapons, people in the room recalled, his acting chief of staff replied: “You’d lose.”
Abbott Drops Out of NRA Convention, but Trump, Cruz and Others to Speak
Gov. Greg Abbott canceled plans for an in-person appearance at the event, but former President Donald Trump was among those still scheduled to speak.
For the N.R.A. and Trump, the Show Must Go On in Texas
In a sign that it’s never “too soon” to glorify guns, G.O.P. leaders are gathering in Texas to wallow in that orgy of gun fetishism known as the N.R.A.’s annual convention.
The Texas Shooting and the End of Hope
Commemorating the dead seems to be the only action we’re capable of.
Ginni Thomas Urged Arizona Lawmakers to Overturn Election
The wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas wrote to legislators in a crucial swing state after the Trump campaign’s loss in 2020.
Congress Is Paralyzed on Guns. Here’s Why Chris Murphy Is Still Hopeful.
The Democrat from Connecticut, who has spent his decade in the Senate trying and failing to enact gun safety bills, says his party should make the issue the core of its 2022 midterm message.
Biden Expected to Name Former Federal Prosecutor as A.T.F. Director
The president plans to tap Steven M. Dettelbach to run the troubled agency, seven months after withdrawing his previous nomination.
Trump Weaponized the Supreme Court
The three justices appointed by Trump are doing exactly what they were sent to the court to do.
With ‘Gunfight,’ an Insider Takes on a Community That Was Once His Own
Ryan Busse used to be a prominent figure in the firearm industry. A recent book details his disillusionment as he saw gun culture transform — and has drawn disdain from former allies.
Rittenhouse Case Highlights Nation’s Deep Divide on Gun Rights
As groups debate the effect of the verdict, the legislative stalemate shows no signs of changing, and weapons on the street grow.
Mark Glaze, Influential Gun Control Advocate, Dies at 51
As the executive director of Everytown for Gun Safety, he took on the National Rifle Association and helped make gun violence a winning issue.
Stop the Bison Hunt in Grand Canyon National Park
The National Park Service should stop a planned cull of these animals in Grand Canyon National Park.
5 Pieces of Good News About the News
A look at some of the ventures that have sprung up, fueled by a new sense of mission in American journalism and by the sheer quantities of money available.
It’s Hard to Sue Gun Makers. New York Moves to Change That.
State lawmakers are trying to get around a federal law that gives gun manufacturers broad immunity from lawsuits.
Republicans Attack Biden’s A.T.F. Pick in Confirmation Hearing
If confirmed, David Chipman would inherit an agency seriously depleted by the National Rifle Association’s campaign to undermine it.
The Crumbling of the N.R.A.
Could an investigation into financial misconduct be the undoing of America’s most powerful gun rights group?
In Rebuke to NRA, Federal Judge Dismisses Bankruptcy Case
The N.R.A. filed for bankruptcy this year as it sought to end run regulatory action in New York, but a judge rejected the strategy.
Justice Dept. Proposes Rule to Crack Down on ‘Ghost Guns’
The proposal came in response to a directive from President Biden to find a way to help combat gun deaths.
NRA Leadership and Bankruptcy Assailed by U.S. Trustee
In a rare move, the trustee, part of the Justice Department, called for the dismissal of the N.R.A.’s bankruptcy filing or the appointment of an outside monitor.
How the A.T.F., Key to Biden’s Gun Plan, Became an N.R.A. ‘Whipping Boy’
The federal agency tasked with enforcing gun laws has been hamstrung for years by the firearms lobby. Now, the president’s plan to rein in gun violence hinges on the A.T.F.’s success.
Video of N.R.A. Chief Wayne LaPierre Shooting an Elephant Draws Criticism
The footage was taken during a 2013 hunting trip in Botswana for an N.R.A.-sponsored television series, but it never aired. It was obtained by The Trace and The New Yorker.
Uncomfortable Timing for a Supreme Court Gun Fight
The justices contemplate expanding arms rights in the wake of mass shootings.
How Much Sway Does the N.R.A. Still Have?
The group’s lobbying power is diminished — but that hasn’t shaken Republican opposition to gun control.
N.R.A. Chief Takes the Stand, With Cracks in His Armor
Wayne LaPierre has led the National Rifle Association for 30 years, but his implacable image looked threadbare in bankruptcy court.