Firearms

Another World Is Possible

By Hari Kunzru,

When I moved to New York City in 2008, my perception of safety (and everything else) was conditioned by a lifetime of American cop shows. Though I’d grown up in…

Good Guys with Guns

By James Pogue,

Why the left should arm itself

Who Has the Guns?

By Carl Bakal,

The genuine sportsman’s voice is seldom heard in the outcry against gun-control laws. The dominant note is the shrill voice of the superpatriot. His sentiments were once well synthesized by…

How to Make Your Own AR-15

By Dan Baum, on June 17, 2016

A gunman kills 49 people with an AR-15 assault rifle at an Orlando nightclub; Dan Baum investigates whether gun-control laws could ever stop the weapon from proliferating

Happiness is a Warm Biscuit

From a glossary of terms used by three rival East Harlem street gangs, compiled by prosecutors for the April indictments of sixty-three gang members. Between October 2009 and March 2013,…

How to Make Your Own AR-15

By Dan Baum,

The gun Congress can’t ban

Blood Sport

By Thomas Frank,

For a time in December, it looked as though the nation was finally ready to take on the gun culture. Perhaps you recall the moment: twenty grade-schoolers, along with their…