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gun registration

Close-up of a hunter's hands loading shells into a double-barreled shotgun. | Kaspars Grinvalds | Dreamstime.com

gun registration

Brickbat: Double-Barreled Delay

Charles Oliver | 8.7.2025 4:00 AM

Gun Control

Big Business as Gun Control

Partly from coercion and partly by choice, many banks and social media businesses impose severe gun controls

David Kopel |The Volokh Conspiracy | 6.24.2025 1:32 PM

California Attorney General Rob Bonta speaking at a podium, flanked by two people each on his right and left, all standing beneath California's state seal. | Renée C. Byer/ZUMAPRESS/Newscom

Gun Control

California Concealed Carry Now Available to Out-of-Staters

It’s a small step in the right direction for self-defense rights.

J.D. Tuccille | 4.28.2025 7:00 AM

A white handgun with a New Zealand flag sticking out of the barrel, like in a cartoon where the gun doesn't fire. | DPST/Newscom

gun confiscation

New Zealand Government Punishes Gun Owners for Their Political Beliefs

The police targeted “sovereign citizens” for surveillance and disarmament.

J.D. Tuccille | 10.25.2024 7:00 AM

an Illinois firearm owner's identification card | Illinois State Police

Second Amendment

Laws Requiring Permission to Obtain Guns Look Vulnerable

The 4th Circuit’s rejection of Maryland’s handgun licensing system suggests similar schemes in other states are unconstitutional.

Jacob Sullum | 11.29.2023 12:01 AM

Hunter Biden walks with a shoulder bag in Washington D.C. | Pool/ABACA/Newscom

Joe Biden

Hunter Biden Gets Caught in America's Double War on Drugs and Guns

Plus: A listener asks for the editors’ advice on how to spend his money.

Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Peter Suderman | 9.18.2023 3:14 PM

A handgun sits atop a row of folded shirts in a dresser drawer. | Tommaso79 | Dreamstime.com

Gun Rights

Polls Offer Little Comfort for Supporters of Gun Control

Americans support tighter laws, but not as much as they distrust government and like owning guns.

J.D. Tuccille | 8.30.2023 7:00 AM

An illustration of a marijuana leaf and a handgun over the Constitution | Illustration: Lex Villena; Midjourney

Second Amendment

5th Circuit Says Prosecuting a Cannabis Consumer for Possessing Guns Violated the Second Amendment

The decision casts further doubt on the constitutionality of a federal law that makes it a felony for illegal drug users to own firearms.

Jacob Sullum | 8.11.2023 3:30 PM

A handgun against the backdrop of a map of New Zealand, with data plots. | Illustration: Lex Villena; Ultraone

Gun Owners

New Zealand Keeps Doxxing Registered Gun Owners

The events expose an underappreciated downside to government registries: In addition to civil liberties concerns, so much information in a concentrated database is a potential privacy nightmare.

Joe Lancaster | 8.3.2023 3:55 PM

ATF logo | Chris Dorney / Dreamstime.com

Guns

ATF, Enforcer of Gun Laws, Lost 'Thousands of Firearms, Firearm Parts' to Thieves

The agency should be abolished and its employees sent to seek jobs in the private sector.

J.D. Tuccille | 10.31.2022 7:00 AM

zumaamericasthirty655994 | Bob Daemmrich/ZUMAPRESS/Newscom

Guns

ATF's New 'Ghost Gun' Rules Are as Clear as Mud

The ATF used a lot of words that invite lawsuits and leave industry insiders baffled.

J.D. Tuccille | 4.11.2022 10:09 PM

Tibet uprising

Tibet's Armed Resistance to Chinese Invasion

Part 2: Communist orders for gun registration lead to revolt.

David Kopel |The Volokh Conspiracy | 3.13.2022 8:42 PM

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