Sons of Guns
The story of the 1977 Revolt at Cincinnati, and the men who changed the course of the NRA forever.
Gun Control
Should We Get Used to Mass Shootings?
“This is the story of those 10 days, the new and relentless strain of gun violence in America, and the desperate need for us not to look away.”
Fire in the Hole!
Machine guns, cannons and drones in the Arizona desert.
The 3D-Printed Gun Isn’t Coming. It’s Already Here.
All you need is a blueprint, a polymer, a printer, and a knowledge of government regulations.
Why Does Any Canadian Need a Handgun?
An investigation into the impact of only focusing on assault rifles.
What Bullets Do to Bodies
“The gun debate would change in an instant if Americans witnessed the horrors that trauma surgeons confront everyday.”
After Newtown Shooting, Mourning Parents Enter Into the Lonely Quiet
What happened next for the Barden family.
Something’s Brewing in the Deep Red West
Representative Matt Shea has been trying to create a libertarian utopia in the Pacific Northwest, a 51st state called Liberty. And he keeps getting re-elected.
Gun Violence’s Distant Echo
After school shootings, a teenager challenges the gun culture in her conservative Wyoming town.
Dragonman, the Man Who Sells "People-Hunting Guns"
Meet Mel Bernstein. He goes by the name Dragonman, and he’s one of the largest independent purveyors of firearms in the western United States, and the self-proclaimed most armed man in America. At Dragonland—his home, shop, shooting range, and military museum outside Colorado Springs—no gun sells quicker than the weapon used in the most recent mass shooting. Amidst a new gun conversation, it’s business as usual. But even here, it turns out there’s a price to pay.
Lt. Col. Dave Grossman, the Self-Described “Killologist” Training America’s Cops
A profile of the man who teaches America’s police to be “sheepdogs.”
"I've Had Almost Every Tragedy You Can Imagine"
An interview with Dallas Police Chief David O. Brown.
Women and Guns
Ten stories on guns, ranging from competitive shooting, to girl gangs in Chicago, to the sisters and mothers of mass shooting victims.
Concealed Carry: How Utah Became America's Gun Permit Mill
A journey through America’s convoluted gun laws.
Happiness Is a Worn Gun
On wearing a concealed handgun and how it changed the author’s worldview.
The Secret History of Guns
On America’s relationship with the right to bear arms, from the Founding Fathers to the Black Panthers and the Ku Klux Klan.
Arming the Drug Wars
American demand for drugs gave birth to the cartel war that is paralyzing Mexico, but American guns purchased legally across the Southwest and smuggled over the border have made it staggeringly lethal.
"I Heard the Shots and Ran Toward the Sound"
The Gabrielle Giffords shooting, from the vantage point of three central figures: Daniel Hernandez helped save the congresswoman’s life; Patricia Maisch stopped the shooter from reloading; Bill Badger tackled him.
