UPDATE: Assault Weapons Rights Battle in Virginia
The Washington Post reports: A Virginia Senate committee killed a bill on Monday that would have banned the sale of assault-style weapons and possession of high-capacity…
The World of Ghost Guns
It is fairly easy, as the New York Times reports, to buy the parts needed to assemble your own weapon and bypass the reporting laws that…
How Can This Man Legally Carry AR-15 Next to a School?
Mass Shootings: The Guns, The Shooters, The Ages, The Race
Understanding the Culture of Gun Ownership
Americans Still Believe Congress Can do Something to Reduce Gun Violence
Why I do not agree with a ban on naming mass shooters in news coverage
Many well-intentioned people are pushing journalists not to publish or broadcast the names of mass killers. The notion is that not naming them reduces the notoriety…
Practical and useful ways to improve news reporting about gun violence
A recent conference in Philadelphia had a singular goal to help journalists find more effective ways to report on gun violence. This is a summary of…
Dicks Sporting Goods destroys $5m in guns
Slate reports: In an interview with CBS News on Sunday, Dick’s Sporting Goods CEO Ed Stack revealed that his company had destroyed about $5 million worth of the…
The NRA issues lower grades to Members of Congress
The NRA has many fewer friends that it would award an “A” grade to than it did a decade ago. Year after year, the number of…
