Nation Topics - Guns and Gun Control | The Nation

The NRA’s dire warnings that the president is a threat to the Second Amendment are bogus—but profitable.

El país ha sido sacudido por dos asesinatos masivos en quince días, pero la posibilidad de restringir la circulación de armas sigue siendo tan remota como antes.

As the country reels from two mass shootings in two weeks, meaningful gun restrictions feel as far away as ever.

There is a certain kind of madness in peddling guns to Americans while dismantling our mental health system.

A message written in blood that no one wants to hear.

Who is being killed by firearms, and in what numbers?

“We want a movement,” says the mother of the teen who was killed by cops.

James Holmes’s rampage was horrifying, but it was not unfathomable.

CeaseFire Chicago, pioneered by an infectious disease expert, has been heralded as an unprecedented success. Will a summer spike in homicides threaten the program in other cities where it is just taking hold?

Yes, the NRA and ALEC pushed pro-gun bills, but they were helped in many instances by Democrats too afraid to take on one of the culture war’s signal issues.