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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. READ MORE »
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Australia Enacted Strict Gun Laws After a 1996 Shooting
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The Last Shot
If Newtown doesn’t change how Americans treat guns, can anything?
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What’s the Lesson of the Sandy Hook?
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Today Is Not the Day for Obama To Argue for Gun Control
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How To Talk to Your Kids About the School Shooting
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We Don’t Need You To Cry at the Podium, Mr. President
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Unfit To Bear Arms
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Why Wayne LaPierre Loves Hurricanes and Natural Disasters
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The Pentagon’s Unholy Alliance
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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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