Automatic Weapons Are Already Heavily Regulated and Gun Control Laws Don't Work
Laws aren't the solution you're looking for to crimes like the massacre in Las Vegas.
Mass Shootings
Las Vegas Shooter Stephen Paddock: What We Know So Far (Update: Explosives Found At Shooter's Home)
No clear motive or explanation is readily available for the worst mass shooting in U.S. history, which left 58 dead and more than 500 injured.
How to Stop Post-Tragedy Panic Syndrome: Podcast
Reason's Nick Gillespie, Katherine Mangu-Ward, and Matt Welch on the Las Vegas shooting, Trump's Twitter rage at Puerto Rico, and the Jones Act.
Outrage at Las Vegas Massacre Does Not Mean Agreeing With Nick Kristof About Gun Control [Updated]
As usual, the policies pushed in response to a mass shooting have little or nothing to do with it.
Vegas Shooter's Dad, Patrick Benjamin Paddock, Was a Convicted Bank Robber Who Escaped Federal Prison, Tried to Run Down FBI Agents With His Car
Stephen Paddock was seven years old at the time of his father's arrest.
Before Calling People Racist or Politically Correct, Let's Remember That Law Enforcement Has Conflicting Definitions of the Word 'Terrorism'
Reluctance to use the T-word after mass killings can be routinely found whether perpetrators are white or brown.
Trump on Las Vegas Shooting: "An Act of Pure Evil"
The president offered condolences, federal law enforcement assistance.
Las Vegas Shooting Update: 58 Dead, More Than 500 Injured
Police say a 64-year-old Nevada man, Stephen Craig Paddock, opened fire on a crowd of more than 20,000 people from hotel balcony. They believe he acted alone.
Updated: Las Vegas Mass Shooting Biggest in U.S. History, Gunman I.D.'ed as Stephen Paddock
Resist "grotesque urge to immediately transform all human tragedies into a political agenda."
Decision Dismissing Sarah Palin's Libel Suit Is an Embarrassment to the Times
The ruling shows how carelessly the paper peddled nonsense about Republican rhetoric and mass murder.
Blame the Shooter, Not the 'Rhetoric'
The New York Times shamefully-and stupidly-ties yesterday's shooting to...an old Sarah Palin ad?
Bernie Sanders Links Political Rhetoric to Violence When 'Right-Wing,' Not When Perpetrated by His Own Volunteer
The senator's Jared Loughner/James Hodgkinson hypocrisy is all too common.
GOP Lawmakers Attacked in Shooting at Virginia Baseball Practice. Update: Shooter Identified
A gunman opened fire on a practice game outside of Washington, D.C., this morning.
Shooting at Ft. Lauderdale Airport; Five Reported Dead, Eight More Injured; Single Suspect in Custody
Updated with more information on suspect Esteban Santiago, age 26; once allegedly claimed he was being forced to fight for ISIS.
Ohio State Attack: ISIS Calls Student Perpetrator a 'Soldier of the Islamic State'
Ohio State student and Somali immigrant Abdul Razak Ali Artan, 18, was named as the now-deceased perpetrator of Monday's attack.
The Night JFK Airport Went Mad
Did the authorities contain a hysterical crowd Sunday night, or did they spread the hysteria?
The New York Times Admits 'Assault Weapons' Are Not 'High-Powered'
But not for long, I bet.
Criticism Does Not Kill Cops
Tarring opponents as accomplices to murder is deadly to debate.
Three, Including Shooter, Reported Dead in Michigan Courthouse Shooting [UPDATED: Shooter Identified]
Another police officer also reported injured.
In Defense of Self-Defense
The modern-day massacres are proof beyond a doubt that the government cannot protect us.
WaPo in 1994: Ban 'Assault Weapons' to Set the Stage for 'Broader Gun Control'
WaPo now: "Assault weapons" are "the gold standard for mass murder."
Military-Style Rifles Are Not the 'Weapons of Choice' for Mass Shooters
Would it matter if they were?
Orlando Shooting: 5 Rules for Coping with Tragedy
Rule 1: Don't use early moments to advance your longstanding grievances against immigrants, Muslims, or guns.
What Trump, Clinton, Obama, Sanders, Others Are Saying About Orlando Pulse Shooting
"When will this stop? When will we get tough, smart & vigilant?" tweets Trump.
Obama Falsely Implies His Gun Controls Could Have Stopped the Kalamazoo Shooter
Background checks do not affect murderers who are legally allowed to own guns.
The Creation of a Crime Wave
How mass shootings joined a "series of sensational crime categories that have been granted the media's intense spotlight"
Paperwork Can't Stop Criminals From Getting Guns
Why background checks won't stymie ordinary felons or mass shooters
Obama's Gun Control Policies Serve the Same Function As His Tears
The president boldly proclaims that good intentions matter more than results.
"Tomorrow We Should Do More" and Other Reasons Gun Rights Folk Mistrust President Obama
Obama's announcement today uses public mass gun murder to buttress irrelevant policies, with vague promises of "more."
2015: The Year in Gun Politics
Public murders committed with guns are used to try to drive gun policy, even though gun policy is powerless to prevent them.
Simpleminded Gun Control
Like the president, Hillary Clinton assumes we can identify mass shooters before they strike.
Democrats Say Guns Owned by Millions of Americans Are Good Only for Mass Murder
The Assault Weapons Ban of 2015 covers guns with lethal features like threaded barrels and folding stocks.
Autonomous Terrorism Calls for Autonomous Defense
Unlike Obama's gun control proposals, armed citizens can stop mass shooters who are invisible until they strike.
Obama Wants to Ban 'Assault Weapons' but Does Not Know What They Are
The category has no meaning except through legislation.
Beware Simplistic Solutions to Mass Shootings
Tougher gun controls didn't help in California.
Tragedies Can Bring Out the Worst in Reporters and Politicians
Five ways to respond better.
The Dead in San Bernardino: Heartbreaking Portraits of Everyday People
Expect their murders to spur rash of useless laws to restrict everything from guns to immigration to refugee status.
How Background Checks and an 'Assault Weapon' Ban Failed in San Bernardino
Two of President Obama's favorite gun control solutions did not prevent this week's massacre.
Choose Your Own Mass Shooting Statistics
From Mother Jones to the Mass Shooting Tracker: where activists and reporters get their stats
Violent Crime and Murder Are Half What They Used to Be; Is That Changing?
Is San Bernardino the new normal or a non-representative event?
Obama Calls for 'Stronger Background Checks' to Prevent Mass Shootings
Responding to the San Bernardino attack, the president says more people should arbitrarily lose their constitutional rights.
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Breaking: 14 Dead in San Bernardino Shooting (UPDATED)
Two suspects dead after shootout with police.
