EXCLUSIVE: Unmasking the NRA’s Inner Circle
The NRA operates more like a corporation or politburo than a typical nonprofit or lobbying organization. Its shadowy leaders include the CEO who sells Bushmaster assault rifles used in the Newtown...
View ArticleWhat the Judiciary Committee Should Ask Wayne LaPierre
On Wednesday, the Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on gun violence featuring testimony from the NRA's Wayne LaPierre, as well as Mark Kelly, the husband of former Representative Gabrielle...
View ArticleSequester trumps Sandy Hook: Why gun-control measures may falter
Many Americans expected a real change in the nation’s gun laws after the killing of 20 first-graders in Newtown. But three months later, the outcome looks unclear. No fewer than four pieces of...
View ArticleSix months after Sandy Hook, grassroot groups and the gun debate
After the horror of the Newtown shooting, gun reform advocates expected to finally see a change. Yet Friday marks the six-month anniversary of the tragedy at the Sandy Hook Elementary School and,...
View ArticleThis Is Why the NRA Endures
Earlier this year, long before this week’s latest tragic shooting at the Washington, D.C., Navy Yard, one expert after another predicted the gun lobby’s demise. The horrific massacre of mostly...
View ArticleOne Year After Sandy Hook, Shooting is Still a Family Sport
What was the mother of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooter thinking over a year ago? Trying to find a way to somehow help her clearly troubled youngest son. Gun culture is often associated with...
View ArticleThe Times Has Finally (Quietly) Outed an NRA-Funded “Independent” Scholar
David Kopel has managed to establish himself as an independent authority on gun policy issues even though he and his Independence Institute have received over $1.42 million including about $175,000 a...
View ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Unmasking the NRA’s Inner Circle
The NRA operates more like a corporation or politburo than a typical nonprofit or lobbying organization. Its shadowy leaders include the CEO who sells Bushmaster assault rifles used in the Newtown...
View ArticleWhat the Judiciary Committee Should Ask Wayne LaPierre
On Wednesday, the Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on gun violence featuring testimony from the NRA's Wayne LaPierre, as well as Mark Kelly, the husband of former Representative Gabrielle...
View ArticleSequester trumps Sandy Hook: Why gun-control measures may falter
Many Americans expected a real change in the nation’s gun laws after the killing of 20 first-graders in Newtown. But three months later, the outcome looks unclear. No fewer than four pieces of...
View ArticleSix months after Sandy Hook, grassroot groups and the gun debate
After the horror of the Newtown shooting, gun reform advocates expected to finally see a change. Yet Friday marks the six-month anniversary of the tragedy at the Sandy Hook Elementary School and,...
View ArticleThis Is Why the NRA Endures
Earlier this year, long before this week’s latest tragic shooting at the Washington, D.C., Navy Yard, one expert after another predicted the gun lobby’s demise. The horrific massacre of mostly...
View ArticleOne Year After Sandy Hook, Shooting is Still a Family Sport
What was the mother of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooter thinking over a year ago? Trying to find a way to somehow help her clearly troubled youngest son. Gun culture is often associated with...
View ArticleThe Times Has Finally (Quietly) Outed an NRA-Funded “Independent” Scholar
David Kopel has managed to establish himself as an independent authority on gun policy issues even though he and his Independence Institute have received over $1.42 million including about $175,000 a...
View ArticleFour Years after Sandy Hook, the NRA Continues the Arming of America
“I don’t think it’s quite game over,” said Jonathan E. Lowy, legal director of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence. “But there are reasons to be concerned.”
View ArticleFive Years After Sandy Hook, Major U.S. Papers Still Have a Serious Gun Problem
The news and opinion section at each The New York Times and The Washington Post are out of synch whether to identify "independent" gun rights scholar David Kopel's NRA funding.
View ArticleWhat’s behind the AR-15’s allure, and why we must restrict its sale if we...
The weapon is a modification of the M-16 rifle. Its round is designed to maximize damage to tissue and bone.
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