'Assault Weapons,' Explained
How a scary name for an arbitrary group of firearms distorts the gun control debate
Gun Rights
2 New Court Decisions Are Quietly Eliminating Californians' Second Amendment Rights
Golden State gun owners may soon be an endangered species, and no one is talking about why.
Is the NRA Too Republican to Effectively Advocate for Gun Rights?
Self-defense rights need to be a cause in themselves, not just a totem of political tribal identity.
Trump Talks a Good Game to the NRA. His Policies Tell a Different Story.
When it comes to the Second Amendment, the president is all talk.
Gun Control Activists Target Newspaper for Advertising a Gun Show
The outrage at a Florida newspaper reveals a deep antipathy toward all forms of gun ownership.
Students Across the Country Walk Out of School in Defense of Gun Rights
Students who support the Second Amendment "feel that they're being misrepresented by the media," says protest organizer Will Riley.
Black Gun Owner Will Give Birth in Prison After Trying to Protect 2-Year-Old Daughter from Assailant
Siwatu-Salama Ra used a legally purchased firearm to protect her family. She was sentenced to 2 years in prison.
Insanely Broad Definition of 'Assault Weapon' Moves From Illinois Village to Oregon Ballot Initiative
Peashooter prohibitions are on the rise.
New York Officials Weaponize Regulatory Power Against the NRA
In a politicized environment, getting on the wrong side of regulators can be dangerous. Don't be surprised if banks and insurers cave.
New York Politicians Want to Suppress Free Assembly Rights for Gun Rights Supporters
Brooklyn Council Member Justin Brannan crows via tweet that "we've successfully chased the @NRA underground in #Brooklyn."
Man with 28-year-old Felony False Statement Conviction Can't Be Denied Second Amendment Rights
So a federal district court in Illinois held yesterday.
Ken Bone Says His Son Was Suspended from School and Questioned by Cops for Gun Range Photo
Parkland survivor and pro-gun activist Kyle Kashuv was also punished.
Wisconsin Armslist Decision Undermines Web Site Protections Way Beyond Gun Sales
The Wisconsin Court of Appeals let a case against gun-sales advertising site Armslist go forward -- and in the process undermined 47 U.S.C. § 230 protection for a wide range of web sites.
Kid Sues Over First Amendment Right to Second Amendment Shirt
A Nevada school district unlawfully required a student not to wear a gun rights T-shirt, according to a First Amendment lawsuit filed today in federal court.
Weapons Are Just Tools. It's People Who Are Dangerous.
Restricting guns-or vans, knives, or planes-won't make the world safer. The Toronto van attack reminds us peril lies in people with bad intent, not with how they get it done.
British Politicians Declare War on Knives
Having failed to thwart crime with gun bans, British officials now want to restrict what may be the most useful tool ever invented.
Nashville Mayor Calls for Tougher Gun Control After Waffle House Shooting
Assault weapon ban proposals are more and more popular, but the facts about American gun violence show they'd have little positive effect.
CDC, in Surveys It Never Bothered Making Public, Provides More Evidence That Plenty of Americans Innocently Defend Themselves with Guns
CDC surveys in the 1990s, never publicly reported, indicate nearly 2.5 million defensive uses of guns a year. That matches the results of Gary Kleck's controversial surveys, and it indicates more defensive than offensive uses of guns.
The Hidden Legacy of Columbine: Ignorance About School Violence
On another National School Walkout day, 57 percent of teens are worried about dying in a school shooting. They shouldn't be.
Massachusetts High Court Strikes Down Stun Gun Ban
The U.S. Supreme Court had rejected the Massachusetts court's earlier arguments for why stun guns aren't covered by the Second Amendment, but had sent the case back for the Massachusetts court to consider other arguments.
California Wants to Tax Gun Sales to Pay Therapists to Watch for School Shooters
The therapists would be mandatory in middle and high schools.
Now They're Coming for People's Knives. No, Really.
London's got a homicide problem, but leaders insist it's being caused by the tools.
This Illinois Town Might Not Have Intended to Ban My Family's 'Peashooter,' But They Still Did
A plain reading of the text suggests that Deerfield's new law covers all semi-automatic rifles that can hold more than 10 rounds.
London Mayor Launches Knife Control Campaign
London's murder numbers now exceed New York's. But the new murders teach old lessons: Drug wars are bad and weapon laws don't stop crime.
If Police Kill Because Citizens Are Afraid, That's a Problem
Fatal shootings in Portland and Brooklyn demonstrate how fear pushes officers to escalate encounters.
Wells Fargo Resists Union Threats Aimed at Getting It to Drop Gun Manufacturer Clients
"I do not believe that the American public wants banks to decide which legal products consumers can and cannot buy."
Second Amendment Does Not Apply to 'Assault Weapons,' Says U.S. District Judge
His obsession with Justice Scalia's aside in Heller about "weapons...most useful in military service" ignores Scalia writing of weapons "typically possessed by law-abiding citizens for lawful purposes."
My Family's Peashooter Is Now an Illegal 'Assault Weapon' in This Illinois Town
Deerfield would fine residents up to $1,000 for owning one of a dizzying array of firearms.
This 'Awesome Dude' Lost His Gun Rights by Saying Stupid Stuff on Reddit
A Florida case highlights the due process issues raised by gun violence restraining orders.
Banning 'Assault Weapons' Makes As Much Sense As Banning Opaque Backpacks
The gun control policies student activists favor are just as dubious as the school security measures they mock.
Video Shows YouTube Shooter Was Clearly 'Nuts.' What Happens Next Is Very Scary.
Get ready for ever-more-intrusive mental-health measures.
There's Almost Certainly Nothing Congress Could Have Done to Stop the YouTube Shooting
Looking for political or cultural calls to action in this act of violence is a fool's errand.
GOP Senate Candidate Austin Petersen Wants You to Be Able to Legally Buy a Machine Gun
"Let's get the conversation to where people are talking not about limiting gun rights but expanding them."
Mandatory Transparent Backpacks Violate Students' Privacy Rights
"My school is starting to feel like a prison."
Irrational Fear of Mass Shootings Can't Justify Unconstitutional Gun Control
Stinging insects kill more Americans than mass shooters do.
News Outlets Ignore Millennials' Skepticism of Gun Control
Youth opinion on firearms is far from monolithic.
California Politicians Propose Government Boycotts of Companies that Do Business With the NRA
Corporations are being asked to take sides in a gun control debate that has very little to do with them.
Young Anti-Gun Demagogues Copy Their Elders
"There cannot be two sides," say the adolescent activists, tarring their opponents as NRA puppets.
March for Our Lives Kids Don't Know Just How Safe Schools Are
Students say your right to own a gun conflicts with their right to feel secure.
Justice John Paul Stevens Is Wrong About the Second Amendment, Again
The retired justice wants to claw back parts of the Bill of Rights.
Sessions Distorts the Law to Give Trump the Bump Stock Ban He Demanded
The attorney general pretends to discover that the controversial rifle accessories are already illegal.
At the March for Our Lives, Kids Say Their Right to Feel Safe Trumps Your Right to Own a Gun
"Certain guns, like AR-15s, shouldn't even be accessible to the public."
