Guns

News What it means to wear a gun in public

Bringing a weapon to a rally isn't about exercising your own rights -- it's about threatening other people's rights
By David Sirota Aug 22, 2009

  • GOP senator wants guns allowed on Amtrak

    On gun control, Democrats' long retreat means fight on home turf.
    By Gabriel Winant April 2, 2009

  • Supreme Court strikes down D.C. gun ban

    The court's decision, the first it has made on the Second Amendment since 1939, says that the amendment protects an individual right to bear arms.
    By Alex Koppelman June 26, 2008

  • "It's like when 9/11 happened"

    With the Virginia Tech shooter's identity revealed, some Koreans, fearing a backlash, are fleeing the campus.
    By Joe Eaton April 17, 2007

  • King Kaufman's Sports Daily

    How the trivial world of sports matters, even in the wake of a tragedy like the Virginia Tech massacre.
    April 17, 2007

  • I'm almost 21. Should I buy some guns?

    Like my father, I love and respect guns. But I'm conflicted.
    By Cary Tennis April 16, 2007

  • My dad threatened to shoot us all and chop us into pieces

    I'm not sure how much filial devotion I owe my father, now that he's talking about buying a rifle.
    By Cary Tennis April 4, 2007

  • Shooting his mouth off

    Jim Zumbo, legendary scribe of the hunting set, was crucified by the NRA, and axed from his job at Outdoor Life, for declaring that assault weapons have no place in hunting. But don't call him a martyr.
    By Steven Rinella March 17, 2007

  • Guns, girls and steel

    This season, more women are baring arms! Er, bearing arms.
    By Rebecca Traister March 20, 2006

  • Trophy hunting by remote control

    Interested in picking off a wild boar or gazelle from the comfort of your own home office?
    By Mark Follman April 5, 2005

  • It's lock 'n' load at U.S. Fish and Wildlife

    Is it really the best idea for the Bush administration to appoint a former trophy-hunting advocate as acting director of the department?
    By Julia Scott April 5, 2005

  • Guns 'R' Us

    Thanks to President Bush and GOP lawmakers, there are plenty of bullets flying on the home front, too!
    By Mark Fiore May 28, 2004

  • Guns, lies and the Internet in South Carolina

    Field & Stream's Web site was associated with a voter's guide accusing a Democratic Senate candidate of being anti-gun. One problem: He's a member of the NRA.
    By Farhad Manjoo November 1, 2002

  • Hunting not to kill

    Guns are an extension of the fist, and their ultimate purpose is the increase of power. That's why they're so much fun.
    By Christopher Ketcham November 14, 2001

  • Playing both sides

    President Bush unveils a new gun program carefully crafted to appease both the NRA and gun control advocates.
    By Jake Tapper May 15, 2001

  • The patriot

    He was prepared to shed blood to defend liberty. What separates American terrorist Timothy McVeigh from thousands of other gun-worshiping zealots?
    By Gary Kamiya April 7, 2001

  • Shooting dad

    Childhood gunplay left me unarmed and dangerous.
    By Jeff Taylor December 22, 2000

  • Gore shoots blanks on guns

    In trying not to alienate swing voters, the vice president is missing a chance to show us what he really thinks -- and what Bush has really done -- about gun control.
    By Jake Tapper October 24, 2000

  • The reasonable gun nut

    By David Bowman
    By September 11, 2000

  • The reasonable gun nut

    Denounced by the NRA, a historian talks about the myth of early American gun ownership and his own fascination with firearms.
    By David Bowman September 7, 2000

  • The NRA's Blast Cafe

    Will the gun lobby's Times Square theme restaurant be a Planet Hollywood killer or just a new franchise in bad taste?
    By Arianna Huffington June 8, 2000
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