Gun Rights

Politics

Libertarians, Guns, and Federalism

A reply to Richard Epstein's take on the right to keep and bear arms

Damon Root | 2.2.2012 4:30 PM

Politics

Shopping for guns and votes in Tallahassee

Garrett Quinn | 1.28.2012 8:59 PM

Politics

Fourth Circuit Says Government Needs More Proof of Link Between Drug Use and Gun Violence

Brian Doherty | 1.24.2012 12:25 PM

Policy

Do We Need a Law to Make People Think?

Virginia's hypocrisy on gun rights versus abortion rights

A. Barton Hinkle | 1.24.2012 12:00 PM

Politics

This May Be the Only Time I've Rooted for the DEA

Jacob Sullum | 1.18.2012 1:38 PM

Politics

Do Libertarians Care More about States' Rights or State Abuses of Power?

Damon Root | 1.9.2012 9:58 AM

Politics

Obama Ranks Third in ACLU Grades for Presidential Candidates

Jacob Sullum | 1.2.2012 9:22 PM

Civil Liberties

Should Gun Rights be Reciprocal Among States? Tenn. Women Arrested in NYC for Carrying Legal Gun at 9/11 Memorial

Nick Gillespie | 12.30.2011 9:34 AM

Politics

'Things Happened'

The year's highlights in shifting responsibility

Jacob Sullum | 12.28.2011 7:00 AM

Politics

Oath Keepers Founder Stewart Rhodes Wants to Recall Montana Legislators Who Voted for the Defense Bill [Updated]

Lucy Steigerwald | 12.27.2011 6:30 PM

Policy

NYT Scare Story About Carry Permit Holders Shows They Are Remarkably Law-Abiding

Jacob Sullum | 12.27.2011 4:00 PM

Policy

Controlling Guns, Controlling People

A new history shows how gun control goes hand in hand with fear of black people-and The People.

Thaddeus Russell | 12.21.2011 12:00 PM

Politics

Get a Medical Marijuana Card, Lose Your Second Amendment Rights

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives wants to prohibit patients from protecting themselves.

Brian Doherty | 12.16.2011 4:30 PM

Politics

Ron Paul: His Adman Profiled, By Rush Reviled; Sullivan Wants to Hail Him, and Eric Holder? Paul Wants to Jail Him

Brian Doherty | 12.14.2011 3:50 PM

Politics

Death and Tax Cuts; Slaughter in Syria, Russia Protests, Pujols West, and More: Reason Evening Links

Tim Cavanaugh | 12.9.2011 3:52 PM

Politics

Crooks Talk to Congress; Netflix Ninth-Worst Company; Comrade Vlad, and more: Reason Evening Links

Tim Cavanaugh | 12.8.2011 6:59 PM

Politics

Holder Fast and Furious Testimony: "I'm a big guy. I've been in Washington a long time."

Tim Cavanaugh | 12.8.2011 3:44 PM

Politics

NRA Joins ACLU in Urging SCOTUS to Let Victims of an Unconstitutional Gun Search Sue the Cops

Jacob Sullum | 12.7.2011 1:53 PM

Politics

Gun Rights Activists Claim Judicial Nominee's Scalp

Brian Doherty | 12.6.2011 5:18 PM

Policy

Newt Gingrich Stabs Gun Owners in the Back

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 12.5.2011 12:29 PM

Politics

Gun Rights at the Gun Show: The Ongoing Saga of Nordyke v. King

Damon Root | 11.29.2011 1:02 PM

Policy

How Do You Turn AK-47s Into Cufflinks? Very Carefully, Let's Hope

Tate Watkins | 11.22.2011 3:20 PM

Politics

Newsweek Cannot Help But Follow Media Tradition of Panic Over Right Wing Extremists

Lucy Steigerwald | 11.21.2011 6:33 PM

Politics

California's Assault Weapon Ban Challenged in Federal Court

Brian Doherty | 11.21.2011 4:49 PM

Politics

New York Times Logic: Someone in a Class Did Something Bad with a Gun. No One in that Class Should Have a Gun.

Brian Doherty | 11.15.2011 8:43 PM

Politics

Andrew Sullivan Is Wrong About the Supreme Court and Guns

Damon Root | 11.9.2011 4:44 PM

Policy

Separation of Church and Second Amendment?

Seth McKelvey | 10.11.2011 10:15 AM

Policy

California Bans Open Carry of Guns

Zach Weissmueller | 10.10.2011 2:30 PM

Politics

Dueling Tests Yield Conflicting Conclusions About the District of Columbia's Gun Controls

Jacob Sullum | 10.5.2011 4:25 PM

Politics

Federal Appeals Court Upholds Post-Heller D.C. Gun Control Law

Damon Root | 10.4.2011 4:59 PM

Politics

Unenumerated Rights and the 14th Amendment

Damon Root | 9.14.2011 4:23 PM

Policy

Anthony Randazzo Discusses the Obesity Epidemic, a Flash-Mob at Bachmann's Clinic, and Chuck Norris

Reason Staff | 8.29.2011 12:00 AM

Politics

Clarence Thomas, Civil Rights, and the Second Amendment

Damon Root | 8.25.2011 7:25 PM

Policy

When the Black Panthers Challenged Gun Control

Damon Root | 8.15.2011 2:59 PM

Policy

Reason.tv: Guns, Laws, and Panics - How Fear, Not Fact, Informs the Gun Rights Debate

Zach Weissmueller and Hawk Jensen | 8.9.2011 3:00 PM

Policy

Reason.tv: Guns, Laws, and Panics - How Fear, Not Fact, Informs the Gun Rights Debate

Zach Weissmueller and Hawk Jensen | 8.9.2011 9:50 AM

Policy

NY State Senator Not Quite Sure Which Constitutional Amendment Doesn't Apply When Parents Go Looking for Guns in Their Daughters' Jewelry Boxes

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 8.3.2011 5:20 PM

Policy

'It Should Look Good on YouTube': The Anti-Harless

Jacob Sullum | 7.22.2011 3:26 PM

Policy

'I Should Blast You in the Mouth Right Now'

Jacob Sullum | 7.22.2011 11:13 AM

Politics

Gun Rights and the 10th Amendment

Damon Root | 7.14.2011 10:13 AM

Policy

There's Still No Evidence That Eric Holder Knew About Operation Fast and Furious

Mike Riggs | 7.11.2011 4:30 PM

Politics

Montana Town Full of Ominous, Mostly Harmless Anti-Government Types

Lucy Steigerwald | 6.27.2011 10:26 AM

Politics

A Suicide Pact

Can the U.S. afford the Bill of Rights?

A. Barton Hinkle | 6.17.2011 10:30 AM

Politics

Chicago Must Pay for Denying Second Amendment Rights

Damon Root | 6.3.2011 4:23 PM

Policy

New Mexico High Court Rules Cops Can Seize Guns During Traffic Stops

Nick Gillespie | 6.1.2011 9:47 AM

Politics

What Does the SWAT Marine Data Dump Prove?

Tim Cavanaugh | 5.27.2011 9:57 PM