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Hope Against Hope
How the gun control movement lurches forward, after its biggest defeat.
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Why Obama Couldn’t Turn 90 Percent Into 60 Votes
The type of president who could cajole the Senate to support gun control would never have been elected in the first place.
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Why Newtown Wasn’t Enough
Gun control advocates won’t win until senators fear them as much as they fear the NRA.
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How Many People Have Been Killed by Guns Since Newtown?
Slate partners with @GunDeaths for an interactive, crowdsourced tally of the toll firearms have taken since Dec. 14.
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Unfit To Bear Arms
Police files from Sandy Hook and Tucson show we need more scrutiny of gun buyers’ mental health.
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Why Wayne LaPierre Loves Hurricanes and Natural Disasters
The NRA’s CEO no longer says the U.S. government is coming to get you—it’s that it can’t protect you.
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The Pentagon’s Unholy Alliance
How Chuck Hagel could single-handedly do more to advance gun control than almost anyone else.
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Don’t Blame the Sandy Hook Truthers
Gun massacre conspiracy theories follow every massacre—fed in part by the NRA.
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The Next Second Amendment War
How will the Supreme Court view gun rights after Newtown?
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The Men Who Would Stop Gun Control
They are House Republicans, and they have already heard enough.
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DoubleX Gabfest: The Home for the Holidays Edition
Listen to Slate’s show about women and guns, This Is 40, and the agony (or ecstasy) of going home for the holidays.
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Wayne’s World
The NRA didn’t persuade its critics. But it did trick the media into discussing its popular, gun-industry-friendly master plan.
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It’s Not Just the Second Amendment Anymore
How the NRA is larding state constitutions with frivolous, redundant “right to hunt” amendments.
