Congress has debated gun legislation for decades with predictable results: impasse, recrimination, and no measurable improvement in public safety. The reason is simple: both sides are fighting the ...

A concise look at nine firearms that have become flashpoints in public arguments about safety, culture, law, and technology.

The introduction of firearms was as important as that of the printing press. Or so argues the author of The Firearm Revolution, a fascinating book on the social impact of guns in Europe. Firearms ...

America's political debate over gun violence is a perennial food fight about the ethics of restricting access to firearms. While this makes for entertaining news clips on X, it doesn't get to the ...

After loosening a restrictive test for gun regulations 2 years ago, the Supreme Court moved back to the right this term. A bigger 2nd Amendment case is up next.

A mass shooting Friday in Aurora, Colo., that left 12 dead and 58 wounded has already pushed the issue of gun control into the local political dialogue across the country. This weekend, two ...

The invocation appears like a litany after every mass shooting — and the backlash is just as inevitable. As if the slaughter of children amid screams and shattered stained glass wasn’t cause enough ...

America’s favorite pastime isn’t just baseball anymore. It’s passionately arguing about firearms. I’ve watched this national conversation unfold like a contentious season of political theater. We ...

NICS, operational since 1998, is a remarkable tool, but it’s a 1990s solution operating in a 2026 environment. It screens purchases from federal firearms dealers against criminal, mental health, and ...