Gun Rights

Policy

Do Gun Owners Have Any Rights Which Liberals Are Bound to Respect?

Opponents of gun rights underestimate what's at stake.

Brian Doherty | 7.9.2014 4:30 PM

Politics

The Misguided Open-Carry Movement

Gun-rights advocates should change their tactics.

A. Barton Hinkle | 7.9.2014 10:30 AM

Politics

Chicago Mayor and Top Cop Blame Weak Gun Laws for Violence

Zenon Evans | 7.8.2014 1:00 PM

Police Abuse

Not Charged: Cop Who Killed 13 Year Old Because the Kid Had a Pellet Gun

What comes of a shoot-first approach to law enforcement.

Robby Soave | 7.8.2014 11:26 AM

Politics

Illinois Still Being Jerks About Gun Carry Permits

Brian Doherty | 7.7.2014 8:23 PM

Civil Liberties

Breaking: Students Sue OSU Over Crazy Illegal Campus Gun Ban

Public universities can't trump state law and establish even stricter anti-gun policies.

Robby Soave | 7.7.2014 3:42 PM

Civil Liberties

3D-Printed Semiautomatic .22 Debuts. "If you take my gun, I will simply print another one."

J.D. Tuccille | 7.7.2014 12:02 PM

Birth Control

Why Is It So Hard to Understand Government Shouldn't Force Employers to Purchase Birth Control or Permit Guns on Premises?

Ed Krayewski | 7.1.2014 12:34 PM

Culture

Google May Soon Ban Ads for Toy Guns for Being Too Dangerous

Zenon Evans | 6.30.2014 12:05 PM

Civil Liberties

Parental Involvement

Charles Oliver | 6.25.2014 6:00 AM

Guns

Brickbat: Parental Involvement

Charles Oliver | 6.25.2014 6:00 AM

Policy

Rand Paul Wants to Restore Felons' Voting Rights. What About Their Gun Rights?

Jacob Sullum | 6.24.2014 5:50 PM

Prisons

'Hot Felon' Illustrates Culture of State Supervision, Incarceration

Ed Krayewski | 6.23.2014 11:48 AM

Policy

Senate Considers Amendments Aimed at Protecting Medical Marijuana Patients From the Feds

Jacob Sullum | 6.20.2014 4:10 PM

Policy

Hillary Clinton Equates Gun Control Opponents With Terrorists

Jacob Sullum | 6.18.2014 3:19 PM

Politics

Exploring the Borderland of Libertarianism and Cool Tech with the Free State Project

Brian Doherty | 6.17.2014 4:40 PM

Policy

When the NRA Opposed Open Carry

Jacob Sullum | 6.17.2014 3:25 PM

Supreme Court

Supreme Court Rules on Political Speech, Straw Gun Purchases, and Prepares for New Cases

Close decision approves of regulations over third-party gun buys

Scott Shackford | 6.16.2014 2:40 PM

Politics

What's a Gun-Loving Liberal to Do?

Caught between the Democrats and the NRA.

Jesse Walker | 6.12.2014 1:01 PM

Policy

The Price of Pot: $45 per Eighth, Plus Your Second Amendment Rights

Jacob Sullum | 6.11.2014 2:32 PM

Policy

Are School Homicides 'Becoming the Norm'?

Don't assume schools are getting more violent.

Jesse Walker | 6.11.2014 8:04 AM

Policy

The 'Weird' and 'Scary' Open Carry Movement

The NRA's criticism reflects shifting attitudes toward publicly displayed guns.

Jacob Sullum | 6.11.2014 7:00 AM

Politics

Anti-Gun Activists Adopt Anti-Abortion Tactics

Using arbitrary regulations to restrict liberty

A. Barton Hinkle | 6.9.2014 12:00 PM

World

Chinese Safety Talk

Charles Oliver | 6.4.2014 6:00 AM

World

Brickbat: Chinese Safety

Charles Oliver | 6.4.2014 6:00 AM

Politics

Stop Blaming Society, Start Blaming the Individual Responsible

From guns to video games, we're placing blame where it doesn't belong.

A. Barton Hinkle | 6.2.2014 12:00 PM

Civil Liberties

Do You See What I See?

Charles Oliver | 5.29.2014 6:00 AM

Policy

Brickbat: Do You See What I See?

Charles Oliver | 5.29.2014 6:00 AM

Policy

The New York Times Redefines Crazy As It Pitches New Gun Restrictions

Jacob Sullum | 5.28.2014 6:25 PM

Politics

Jacob Sullum on Gun Control, Mental Health, and the I.V. Massacre

Matt Welch | 5.28.2014 6:07 PM

Policy

Elliot Rodger and Gun Control's False Promise

The Isla Vista massacre reveals the emptiness of the anti-gun lobby's "real solutions."

Jacob Sullum | 5.28.2014 7:00 AM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: Jacob Sullum on the I.V. Massacre, Thaddeus McCotter on Afghanistan, I.J.'s Robert McNamara on Eminent Domain Abuse, Kmele Foster on Reparations, Plus Sexy After-Show!

Matt Welch | 5.27.2014 8:29 PM

Policy

Restrictive Laws Are No Barrier to the Likes of Elliot Rodger

J.D. Tuccille | 5.27.2014 3:23 PM

Politics

Santa Barbara Stabbing and Shooting Spree Can Be Used to Advance All Kinds of Agendas

But especially the ones trotted out after every sufficiently newsworthy tragedy like this

Ed Krayewski | 5.27.2014 12:01 PM

Politics

Suspected Mass Shooter Elliot Rodger's Final Video is Chilling, Deeply Disturbed

Nick Gillespie | 5.25.2014 9:57 AM

Civil Liberties

Australian Politician Joins Those Seeking to Ban Unbannable 3D-Printed Guns

J.D. Tuccille | 5.23.2014 5:04 PM

Policy

What It Takes for Cops to Break Into Your House, Kidnap You, and Steal Your Guns (Hint: It's Not a Warrant)

Jacob Sullum | 5.20.2014 6:49 PM

Civil Liberties

NRA Holding National Police Shooting Championships in Police Shooting Friendly Albuquerque

Ed Krayewski | 5.20.2014 1:49 PM

Policy

You Will Be Assimilated

Charles Oliver | 5.20.2014 6:00 AM

Policy

Brickbat: You Will Be Assimilated

Charles Oliver | 5.20.2014 6:00 AM

Politics

Why the Hell is the Department of Agriculture Buying Submachine Guns?

Matt Welch | 5.16.2014 11:52 AM

Politics

Federal Court Upholds D.C. Gun Control, Says 'Judiciary Should Defer to the Legislature'

Damon Root | 5.16.2014 11:46 AM

Police

Iowa Student Suspended for BB Gun Found in Car Parked Off Campus

Ed Krayewski | 5.15.2014 6:02 PM

Culture

11 Cringe-Inducing Moments From Noir, the NRA's Hip New Web Series for Millennials

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 5.14.2014 1:08 PM

Policy

It Turns Out Rifles Are Just As Lethal Without Threaded Barrels

Jacob Sullum | 5.13.2014 10:57 PM

Policy

Why Civil Rights and Gun Rights Are Inseparable

A riveting new book restores "the black tradition of arms" to its proper place in American history.

Damon Root | 5.10.2014 2:00 PM

Policy

Pop-Tart Guns Now Legal in Florida Schools

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 5.9.2014 1:40 PM

Politics

Japanese Man Arrested for Making 3D Printed Gun

Brian Doherty | 5.8.2014 12:26 PM