Guns

Politics

Is This the Supreme Court's Next Big Gun Case?

The Second Amendment protects the right to armed self-defense. Does that include the right to carry guns in public?

Damon Root | 4.18.2014 1:30 PM

Secret service

Mets Mascot: Secret Service Threatened to Shoot Me If I Got Too Close to Clinton

Ed Krayewski | 4.18.2014 10:43 AM

Policy

Gun Rights and 'Justice Stevens' Foolishness'

Damon Root | 4.17.2014 5:00 PM

Civil Liberties

Knife Control? Canadian Crimes Trigger Fretting Over Blades.

J.D. Tuccille | 4.16.2014 1:36 PM

Politics

No, We Don't Need to 'Fix' the Second Amendment

Damon Root | 4.14.2014 10:27 AM

Civil Liberties

Press Release Boo-Boo Reveals Lots About Rights-Preventing Gun Prohibitionists

J.D. Tuccille | 4.8.2014 10:22 AM

Politics

Otis McDonald, Civil Rights Hero and Second Amendment Champion, 1933-2014

Damon Root | 4.7.2014 11:25 AM

Gun Control

Second Fort Hood Shooting Renews Same Debates over Security, Gun Control, Mental Health

Here we go again

Ed Krayewski | 4.3.2014 10:04 AM

Civil Liberties

New York's Assault Weapons Ban? We Can Design Around That.

J.D. Tuccille | 4.2.2014 8:01 AM

Politics

Why is Calif. State Sen. Leland Yee Not Yet a Household Name?

Scott Shackford | 4.1.2014 11:31 AM

Civil Liberties

Flying Out of NYC, Gun Owners? Not So Fast. The Locals Want To Bust You and Steal Your Firearms.

J.D. Tuccille | 3.31.2014 3:26 PM

Civil Liberties

3D Gun Ban

Don't print this at home

Zenon Evans | 3.31.2014 7:00 AM

Civil Liberties

Armed and Polite

Concealed carry

Ronald Bailey | 3.31.2014 7:00 AM

Policy

Delaware Supreme Court Upholds Gun Rights for Public-Housing Tenants

Damon Root | 3.21.2014 11:04 AM

Politics

Ukrainians and Venezuelans Need Guns To Be Free

The U.S. isn't coming to the rescue, so they had better be able to defend themselves.

Zenon Evans | 3.20.2014 4:30 PM

Civil Liberties

Is That a Gun on Your Shirt?

Charles Oliver | 3.20.2014 6:00 AM

Civil Liberties

Brickbat: Is That a Gun on Your Shirt?

Charles Oliver | 3.20.2014 6:00 AM

Culture

Gun Tattoo Gets Maine Man a Visit From Armed Cops

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 3.19.2014 2:47 PM

Economics

Michelangelo's David Used to Sell Amyl Nitrite Poppers, Underwear, Jeans? OK. Guns? No Way!

Nick Gillespie | 3.18.2014 8:19 PM

Policy

Justice Kennedy Denies Emergency Motion to Block Gun Control Law

Damon Root | 3.13.2014 9:39 AM

Civil Liberties

Psycho Door-Kicking Cop Embodies Strong Argument Against Gun Registration

J.D. Tuccille | 3.12.2014 11:06 AM

Policy

Gun Rights: Will SCOTUS Block Implementation of High-Capacity Magazine Ban?

Damon Root | 3.11.2014 11:23 AM

Policy

Gun Owners Ask SCOTUS to Block Implementation of High-Capacity Magazine Ban

Damon Root | 3.10.2014 5:52 PM

Politics

Recently on The Independents: Cody Wilson on His 3-D Gun, and Emily Miller on How Difficult it Is to Obtain a Firearm in D.C.

Matt Welch | 3.10.2014 4:05 PM

Culture

Brickbat: Boo

Charles Oliver | 3.10.2014 7:00 AM

Culture

Boo

Charles Oliver | 3.10.2014 6:00 AM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: The Gun Show, Starring Cody Wilson, Geraldo Rivera, David Keene, Judge Napolitano, Damon Root, Emily Miller, and Virginia Tech Shooting Survivor Turned Background-Check Advocate Colin Goddard

Matt Welch | 3.7.2014 7:37 PM

Policy

Court: Bans on High-Capacity Magazines Are "Only the Most Minor Burden on the Second Amendment"

Damon Root | 3.7.2014 11:55 AM

Police Abuse

Cop Who Fatally Shot Wii Controller-Wielding Teen Had Been Fired Before

The time to start firing problem cops was yesterday

Ed Krayewski | 3.6.2014 3:47 PM

Civil Liberties

The Bureaucratic Saga of Bringing a 3D-Printed Gun to the UK (and Why That Makes 3D Printing So Inevitable)

J.D. Tuccille | 3.6.2014 9:04 AM

Policy

Case Challenging California's Yolo County Gun Carry Permit Law Brought Back from Dead

Brian Doherty | 3.5.2014 7:45 PM

Politics

Proposed Maryland Law Could Lead to Confiscation Of Guns from Noncomplying Folks with Criminal Records

Brian Doherty | 3.5.2014 7:17 PM

Facebook

Facebook Imposing Stricter Rules on Gun-Related Posts

Anti-gun activists pushed for changes

Reason Staff | 3.5.2014 12:44 PM

Zero Tolerance

Ohio 10-Year-Old Reportedly Suspended For Pointing His Finger Like a Gun

Zero tolerance strikes again

Ed Krayewski | 3.4.2014 6:03 PM

Policy

California Seeks to Invalidate 9th Circuit Win for Conceal-Carry Guns Rights

Damon Root | 2.28.2014 11:51 AM

Politics

Letters

Reason Staff | 2.28.2014 7:00 AM

Politics

Piers Morgan is Clueless About Guns and Violence

Matthew Feeney | 2.25.2014 4:30 PM

Politics

"Irish Democracy" is Alive and Well and Living in America!: Instapundit

Nick Gillespie | 2.24.2014 4:06 PM

Politics

SCOTUS Delays Inevitable Second Amendment Showdown Over Bearing Arms in Public

Damon Root | 2.24.2014 10:09 AM

Policy

Orange County Loosens Requirements For Carrying Concealed Guns in Public

Following court ruling last week

Reason Staff | 2.21.2014 12:30 PM

Politics

Court: It's Not a Right When Only the Sheriff's Friends Get To Hold Guns

The case isn't just about guns, but also about what it means for the public to have "rights."

Steven Greenhut | 2.21.2014 12:00 PM

Policy

Sen. Markey to Introduce 'Smart Gun' Bill

To prevent "unauthorized" use

Reason Staff | 2.20.2014 5:00 PM

Policy

Hung Up on 'Stand Your Ground'

The absence of a duty to retreat does not explain the outcome of Michael Dunn's murder trial.

Jacob Sullum | 2.19.2014 7:00 AM

Civil Liberties

Round Up (Tens of Thousands of) Gun Registration Scofflaws, Rants Hartford Courant Editorial Board

J.D. Tuccille | 2.18.2014 12:16 PM

Politics

Snake Kills Man! When Will We Stop Snakes, er, Guns?! Asks Slate

Zenon Evans | 2.18.2014 12:06 PM

Politics

The Right to Carry Concealed Arms is Winning, in One Chart

Nick Gillespie | 2.18.2014 11:44 AM