Why I Changed My Opinion About Guns
Polarization of a political issue has become all too common in today's debates, as pundits and politicians drown out the more nuanced opinions of quieter moderates. The debate on gun control was...
View Article30 Issues: Is The Gun Debate Over?
30 Issues in 30 Days is our election year series on the important issues facing the country this election year. Today: To what extent is the right to bear arms up for debate? Visit the 30 Issue home...
View ArticleWhy Own a Gun?
A portrait of gun owners in America is a lot like a portrait of Americans as a whole — diverse. Some gun owners hunt, some are collectors, and others seek a means of self-defense.But in the wake of the...
View ArticleProspects for New Gun Laws
Richard Dunham, Washington correspondent for the Houston Chronicle & Hearst Newspapers, talks about the president's call for legislation to stem gun violence and the changing politics of gun control.
View ArticleThe Untold Story of Guns
We’ve become accustomed in the past 20 years to seeing the issue of guns in America broken down into two camps: gun control advocates — led by police chiefs and Sarah Brady — and the all-powerful...
View ArticleOpen Phones: The Handgun Permit Map
For those of you in Westchester or Rockland counties, have you seen the handgun permit map in the Journal News? Would you use it to check on which of your neighbors have a handgun permit? Are you on...
View ArticleGuns in America: After the Stockton Shooting
Paul Barrett, assistant managing editor of Bloomberg Businessweek and author of, Glock:The Rise of America's Gun, kicks off this month's series on gun ownership, starting with how the Stockton school...
View ArticleGuns in America: Retail Sales
Paul Barrett, assistant managing editor of Bloomberg Businessweek and author of, Glock:The Rise of America's Gun, returns for the second installment in the series on gun ownership. Today as Vice...
View ArticleGuns in America: And Around the World
Paul Barrett, assistant managing editor of Bloomberg Businessweek and author of Glock:The Rise of America's Gun, looks at gun laws in other countries.
View ArticleWhat The Gun Debate Means for Free Speech
What's the 2nd amendment have to do with the 1st? Jim Sleeper, author and lecturer in political science at Yale University, argues in his recent writing that the debate over gun violence should also...
View ArticleThousands Join Anti-Gun Control Rally
A rally against New York’s newly enacted gun control laws drew one of the largest crowds to the State Capitol in recent decades.The several thousand mostly white men, many dressed in hunting outfits...
View ArticleSenate Scales Back Gun Control
The assault weapons ban will not be one of the measures in a Senate gun control bill to be introduced next month. Jennifer Steinhauer, New York Times reporter, explains why and tells us what's left in...
View ArticleAmericans Less and Less Interested in Gun Reform
For a period of time after December’s elementary school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, Americans felt a collective sense of outrage, that something had to be done about gun violence in this country....
View ArticleWhat $12 Million In Anti-Gun Advertising Really Gets You
What sort of political change will $12 million in gun-control advertising actually buy you? New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who's financing a series of ads, will soon find out. Kathleen Hall...
View ArticleNY Assault Weapon Registration Begins
Gun owners in New York State can now begin registering their assault rifles as part of the requirements of Governor Andrew Cuomo’s wide-ranging gun legislation, which passed in January. Opponents of...
View ArticleNY Assault Weapon Registration Begins
Gun owners in New York State can now begin registering their assault rifles as part of the requirements of Governor Andrew Cuomo’s wide-ranging gun legislation, which passed in January. Opponents of...
View ArticleIs There Such a Thing as a 'Good Guy With a Gun'?
In video games, you're supposed to decide—in an instant—who to shoot and who to spare. There's the bad guy with the bag of money that he stole from the bank. Shoot him and you might earn a few points....
View ArticleThe Second Amendment: Controversial, Volatile, and Misunderstood
The Second Amendment was written to calm public fear that the new national government would crush state militias made up of adult men—who were required to own a gun to serve. In the 20th century, with...
View ArticleVoice of Gun Rights: Mass Shootings Are About People, Not Weapons
Click on the audio player above to hear this interview.The debate around gun violence and gun control continues to dominate the American conversation. Just this week, The Takeaway received over 1,000...
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Obama moves to require background checks for more gun sales
[Watch Video]President Barack Obama will announce new executive actions to reduce gun violence at 11:40 a.m. Tuesday from the White House. Watch a live stream in the player above.WASHINGTON — President...
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