Talarico’s U.S. Senate primary victory over Crockett shows that when it comes to fighting MAGA, Democrats may be tiring of taking pages from Trump’s playbook.
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The Supreme Court Should Listen to Congress in Ghost Guns Case
The Gun Control Act of 1968 outlawed untraceable weapons assembled from kits. That was as true then as it is now in the age of 3D printers.
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The Washington Monthly Newsletter: October 26, 2023
“We need more red flag laws” and the latest from the Washington Monthly website.
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The Myth of the Responsible Gun Owner: An American Nightmare (Part II)
A stunning number of gun owners don’t have adequate training, fail to report stolen guns, and leave their arms unsecured, leading to suicides, accidents, and mass shootings.
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The Myth of the Responsible Gun Owner: An American Nightmare (Part I)
While plenty of gun owners are responsible, a shocking number are not—the data doesn’t lie, from leaving unsecured arms near children to failing to report stolen guns to shooting while intoxicated. Meanwhile, the Supreme Court keeps abetting their recklessness.
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It’s Time for a National Gun Buyback
The feds buying guns off the street isn’t an easy sell. But it can pass through reconciliation and survive judicial muster.
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The Supreme Court and the Originalist Fallacy
As the Court’s conservative majority readies opinions on abortion and guns, they cling to the idea that we can know what the Founders meant. It’s not that simple.
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After the Boulder Shooting, Are We Any Closer to Gun Control?
The good news: Democrats have never been more unified behind new restrictions. The bad: the media, the filibuster, and all that polarization.
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No, You Can’t Carry a Gun on the Floor of the House
Rep. Lauren Boebert and other members of the shoot-’em-up caucus think they have an unfettered right to pack heat in the Capitol and even in the House and Senate chambers. They don’t. Here’s why.
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A Lesson from Richmond’s Gun Rally
How one gun-rights protester made the case for more gun-safety laws.
