By judging today’s gun laws against what prevailed in the age of muskets, the conservative justices have left lower courts and legislatures without any guidance.
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Posted inMagazine
Gun Without a Trace
I spent years trying to track the weapon that killed a 13-year-old Milwaukee girl. What I found is a travesty of a law that, if overturned, could put a real dent in urban violence.
Posted inNewsletter
The Truth About the “Horrible” Crime in Milwaukee
A new Washington Monthly investigation shines a light on the Republican policies that make curtailing gun violence so difficult, in the June 18, 2024 newsletter.
Posted inPolitics
The Geography of Gun Violence
New data about Americans’ attitudes about firearms and their use underscore how divided we are by region.
Posted inPolitics
After the Nashville School Shooting, Tennessee Should Pass A Red Flag Law Instead of Subverting Democracy
Instead of passing a common-sense measure to temporarily keep disturbed individuals from firearms, Republican legislators expelled Democratic colleagues.
Posted inLaw and Justice
It’s Clarence Thomas’s Court—and Lower Courts Are Saluting Him
Inside the ruling in the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals striking down a gun ban for those who have committed domestic violence.
Posted inPolitics
“A New Model of Democracy”
Yale scholar Hélène Landemore has helped France with their government-established but citizen-run panels that recommend policies to the country’s legislature. One day, Landemore hopes, these assemblies will enact policy, too. Will her “open democracy” ideas sell in America?
Posted inPolitics
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.
Posted inPolitical Animal
When the President Inspires Violence
Trump’s anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim rhetoric and policies are rallying white supremacists and spurring them to violence.
Posted inPolitical Animal
When Politics is a Matter of Life and Death
Over-prescription of opioids and the availability of guns are contributing to a reduction of life expectancy.
