Sandy Hook School Shooting

Policy

Conn. AG Wants Newtown Shooter's School Records Released

So that they can be examined

Reason Staff | 8.26.2013 1:23 PM

Culture

Iron Fence Being Built in Front of Sandy Hook Elementary

Site of Newtown massacre no longer in use

Reason Staff | 8.20.2013 9:16 AM

Civil Liberties

Pistol Permit Applications Soar in Connecticut Town Known for School Shooting

J.D. Tuccille | 8.2.2013 11:55 AM

Policy

Newtown Officials Defend Police Response to School Shootings

Analysis over whether they waited too long to enter Sandy Hook Elementary

Reason Staff | 7.12.2013 12:45 PM

Politics

Families of Sandy Hook Shooting Victims May Get $281,000 Each from Donations

No such luck for Chicago families

Reason Staff | 7.12.2013 9:00 AM

Civil Liberties

Texas Teen Has Been in Jail for Months Over Bad-Taste Facebook Joke Taken for "Threat"

Brian Doherty | 6.28.2013 12:36 PM

Culture

How Should We Classify the Sandy Hook Killings?

The social construction of a mass shooting epidemic

Joel Best | 6.16.2013 1:00 PM

Civil Liberties

Remembrance Held for Six-Month Anniversary of Newtown Shooting

Moment of silence, then more calls for gun control

Reason Staff | 6.14.2013 1:45 PM

Policy

Newtown Schools Locked Down After Phone Threat

A precautionary measure

Reason Staff | 6.10.2013 5:10 PM

Policy

Latest Emotional Response to Newtown Shootings Leads to Troubling Record-Sealing Measure

Legislation based on protecting people's feelings could have problematic side effects

Scott Shackford | 6.5.2013 12:02 PM

Politics

Connecticut General Assembly Passes Bill Banning Release of Photos of Homicide Victims

Co-sponsored by more than 100 legislators

Reason Staff | 6.5.2013 10:12 AM

Policy

Obama To Highlight Mental Health in Conference Today

Making the comments six months after the Newtown Shooting

Reason Staff | 6.3.2013 9:48 AM

Culture

Memorial Held in NH For Adam Lanza's Mother

First victim of his rampage in Connecticut

Reason Staff | 6.1.2013 7:00 PM

Policy

Although a Background Check Would Not Have Stopped Adam Lanza, the NRA Is Wrong to Say So

Jacob Sullum | 5.27.2013 2:05 PM

Policy

If You Won't Pass Laws We Like, You Owe Us Money, Say Connecticut Politicians

J.D. Tuccille | 5.21.2013 1:51 PM

Policy

Conn. Seeks Federal Funds to Build New School in Newtown

To replace Sandy Hook Elementary

Reason Staff | 5.16.2013 3:00 PM

Policy

Palm Beach County Sheriff May Get $1 Million for First in the Nation "Violence Prevention Unit"

Florida governor can use line-item veto against it

Ed Krayewski | 5.3.2013 7:28 PM

Policy

Why Gun Owners Don't Trust Obama—Even When They Agree With Him

Jacob Sullum | 5.2.2013 12:44 PM

Policy

A Libertarian Case for Expanding Gun Background Checks? I Am Still Waiting to Hear One.

Jacob Sullum | 4.30.2013 5:55 PM

Policy

Sen. Gillibrand on Gun Control: Ineffectiveness + Redundancy = Synergy

Jacob Sullum | 4.26.2013 12:11 PM

Policy

Still Waiting for That Pro-Gun-Control Groundswell

Jacob Sullum | 4.24.2013 2:47 PM

Policy

Newtown Voters Reject Extra School Security

Just sayin'

Reason Staff | 4.24.2013 12:44 PM

Civil Liberties

Boston Marathon Bombing Sparks More Pointless Theories About Angry Young Men

Mike Riggs | 4.23.2013 12:09 PM

Politics

Newtown Families Respond to Senate Blocking Gun Control Legislation

Accusing senators of cowardice

Reason Staff | 4.22.2013 9:24 AM

Politics

The President(s) Who Cried Wolf

Matt Welch | 4.19.2013 12:45 PM

Politics

3 Reasons Why Failed Gun Control Laws Would Have Changed Nothing

Nick Gillespie | 4.19.2013 9:56 AM

Politics

Why Is Defying Majority Support for Gun Control 'Cowardice'?

Jacob Sullum | 4.18.2013 5:57 PM

Politics

White House Criticizes Rand Paul's Newtown "Props" Comment

While using the victims as props again

Reason Staff | 4.17.2013 7:40 PM

Politics

Obama Slams Rejection of Gun Measure

He got the vote he was asking for. Why is he so mad?

Reason Staff | 4.17.2013 6:04 PM

Policy

Senate Rejects Gun Control Measures; Bill Looks Dead

Jacob Sullum | 4.17.2013 5:58 PM

Policy

Rand Paul: Obama Used Newtown Victims as "Props"

Using tragedy to push policy

Reason Staff | 4.17.2013 4:10 PM

Policy

Harry Reid's Sorry Excuse for Suddenly Supporting an 'Assault Weapon' Ban

Jacob Sullum | 4.17.2013 1:11 PM

Policy

There Is No Loophole for Guns Advertised Online

Jacob Sullum | 4.17.2013 11:42 AM

Policy

Checking the Logic of Background Checks

Would a broader screening requirement for gun buyers reduce violent crime?

Jacob Sullum | 4.17.2013 7:00 AM

Policy

Gun Background Check Bill Could Put You in Jail for Exercising Your Right to Free Speech

Jacob Sullum | 4.15.2013 1:44 PM

Politics

The Kermit Gosnell Abortion Trial, Gun Control and Heartbreaker Stories in the Media

How arguments shielding the Gosnell trial from use in the debate about reproductive rights work just as well for gun rights

Ed Krayewski | 4.12.2013 4:50 PM

Policy

Take Xanax, Lose Your Guns?

Jacob Sullum | 4.11.2013 5:10 PM

Politics

Obama Campaign: We're Fighting for Gun Control for Grieving Families, Give Us Money

Also dismissing dissent

Ed Krayewski | 4.11.2013 11:47 AM

Politics

BATF: Gun Shop That Sold Lanza's Mother Weapons Suspended for "Years" of Violations

Timing still very curious

Reason Staff | 4.11.2013 9:56 AM

Politics

Checks Threaten Gun Rights

Why "better enforcement" of current restrictions is a bad idea

Jacob Sullum | 4.11.2013 9:00 AM

Policy

What the Hell Do Background Checks Have to Do With Sandy Hook?

Jacob Sullum | 4.10.2013 1:22 PM

Policy

Background Check Compromise Would Close Nonexistent Online Gun Sale Loophole

Jacob Sullum | 4.10.2013 11:32 AM

Policy

Obama's Abuse of Dead Children

The president's case for gun control relies on emotional manipulation.

Jacob Sullum | 4.10.2013 7:00 AM

Politics

Sen. Reid Asks Republicans to Drop Gun Legislation Filibuster Threat

Invokes Newtown shooting and father's suicide

Reason Staff | 4.9.2013 3:40 PM

Policy

Obama on Gun Control: 'This Is Not About Politics' …Unless You Disagree With Me

Jacob Sullum | 4.8.2013 7:04 PM

Civil Liberties

Shop that Sold Gun To Lanza's Mom Loses License

BATF declines to explain why

Reason Staff | 4.5.2013 4:40 PM

Politics

Obama Claims Adam Lanza Used a Machine Gun at Sandy Hook

Jacob Sullum | 4.5.2013 1:08 PM

Civil Liberties

What Other Types of Guns Can Sen. Feinstein Fail to Ban? What About Ones Made of Pixels?

Keep your laws off our virtual bodies

Scott Shackford | 4.5.2013 11:34 AM