gun control
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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The Last Shot
Newtown could actually change how Americans treat guns. Here’s how.
By Emily Bazelon
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The Faster the Weapon, the Higher the Body Count
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The Day of a Massacre Is Not the Time To Argue for Gun Control
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Mayor Bloomberg, Not Obama, Knows How To Beat the NRA
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Have Armed Citizens Ever Brought Down a Mass Shooter?
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Why Some Women Love Guns
MOST RECENT STORIES
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The Bush Library, Fallout From Boston, and Gun Control Failures
This week's most interesting Slate stories.
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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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The What a Horrible, Horrible Week Gabfest
Listen to Slate's show about the Boston Marathon bombing and the ensuing coverage by mainstream and social media. Plus, the defeat of the gun bill.
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Did Your Senators Vote for Gun Control?
A map of Senate votes on seven gun control amendments.
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“Victory for Gun Owners!”
Who gloated the most when the gun-control amendments failed?
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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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The NRA’s Latest Bald-Faced Lie
An NRA ad claims 80 percent of police in a poll said background checks will have no effect. That’s a lie.
