Guns and Gun Control

Katrina vanden Heuvel: Assault Weapons Ban Should Not Be a Partisan Issue

Katrina vanden Heuvel: Assault Weapons Ban Should Not Be a Partisan Issue Katrina vanden Heuvel: Assault Weapons Ban Should Not Be a Partisan Issue

Cracking down on high-powered guns is not a progressive issue but rather a “sanity issue” that Obama should take on now.

Jan 15, 2013 / Press Room

Why Are Some Leading Dems Getting Soft on an Assault Weapons Ban?

Why Are Some Leading Dems Getting Soft on an Assault Weapons Ban? Why Are Some Leading Dems Getting Soft on an Assault Weapons Ban?

Key legislative leaders in the House and Senate are signaling pre-emptive surrender on an assault weapons ban. 

Jan 15, 2013 / George Zornick

The NRA and GOP’s Fast and Furious Lies

The NRA and GOP’s Fast and Furious Lies The NRA and GOP’s Fast and Furious Lies

With the right continuing to clamor against gun control, we should remember their greatest recent PR victory—keeping the ATF from stopping Mexican gun-trafficking.

Jan 15, 2013 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Big Week for Gun Control, and the Debate Is Moving Left

Big Week for Gun Control, and the Debate Is Moving Left Big Week for Gun Control, and the Debate Is Moving Left

A strong set of reform proposals from an influential center-left think tank raises pressure on politicians to create real change.

Jan 14, 2013 / George Zornick

Millennials and Guns

Millennials and Guns Millennials and Guns

The youth-driven Gun Violence Prevention Task Force aims to delineate reasonable but meaningful solutions.

Jan 14, 2013 / StudentNation / Ryan Dahrouge, Jamira Burley, and StudentNation

The Pentagon: A Global NRA

The Pentagon: A Global NRA The Pentagon: A Global NRA

The Pentagon is intent on pursuing its own global version of the Second Amendment.

Jan 14, 2013 / Tom Engelhardt

Why Do Democrats Want More Police in Schools?

Why Do Democrats Want More Police in Schools? Why Do Democrats Want More Police in Schools?

It's the wrong response to incidents like Newtown.

Jan 11, 2013 / Lori Bezahler

How About Gun Control for the Pentagon?

How About Gun Control for the Pentagon? How About Gun Control for the Pentagon?

For all the droning on about US gun violence, it would be good to hear someone drone on just a bit about US drones.

Jan 11, 2013 / Laura Flanders

The Twisted History—and Future—of Gun Control

The Twisted History—and Future—of Gun Control The Twisted History—and Future—of Gun Control

Rick Perlstein joins Bryce Covert and George Zornick to explore the serpentine shifts and strange bedfellows of gun control politics.

Jan 11, 2013 / The Nation

Dear NRA: Stop Undermining the ATT Dear NRA: Stop Undermining the ATT

Implore the NRA to stop its campaign of lies about the ATT, stop interfering in US foreign policy and stop helping human rights abusers overseas get weapons.

Jan 10, 2013 / Peter Rothberg

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