Gun control

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

The Traffic in Guns

by Carl Bakal, on June 26, 2015

A Forgotten Lesson of the Assassination

How to Make Your Own AR-15

by Dan Baum,

The gun Congress can’t ban

Dan Baum Argues That Efforts to Ban the AR-15 are Hopeless

by Harper’s Magazine, on May 20, 2013

“The smart question is not ‘How we can ban more guns?’ but ‘How can we live more safely among the millions of guns already floating around?’ ”

On Gun Control and the Great American Debate Over Individualism

by Dan Baum, on May 17, 2013

The firearm as emblem of personal sovereignty

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…

Happiness Is a Worn Gun

by Dan Baum,

My concealed weapon and me

Loaded

by Garret Keizer,

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Another World Is Possible

Good Guys with Guns

Who Has the Guns?

How to Make Your Own AR-15

The Traffic in Guns

How to Make Your Own AR-15

Dan Baum Argues That Efforts to Ban the AR-15 are Hopeless

On Gun Control and the Great American Debate Over Individualism

Blood Sport

Happiness Is a Worn Gun

Loaded