Alex Yablon

Alex Yablon was a reporter and a founding staffer at The Trace.

NRA’s Sway to Be Tested by Alabama Senate Primary

Alex Yablon

NRA’s Sway to Be Tested by Alabama Senate Primary

The runoff primary in Alabama for Attorney General Jeff Sessions’s old U.S. Senate seat has unexpectedly pitted the moneyed mainstream of the gun-rights movement, the National Rifle Association, against its ideological hard core, Gun Owners of America and…

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Pre-Regulation, Gun Silencers Showed Up at Some Horrific Crime Scenes

History

Pre-Regulation, Gun Silencers Showed Up at Some Horrific Crime Scenes

Second Amendment activists and their Republican allies in Congress are pushing to slash a more than 80-year-old law regulating the sale of gun silencers. The proposal, included as a plank of the Sportsmen’s Heritage and Recreation Enhancement Act, has…

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This Million-Dollar Smart-Gun Idea Isn’t a Gun At All

The Business of Guns

This Million-Dollar Smart-Gun Idea Isn’t a Gun At All

Brooklyn’s Smart Gun Design Competition has a winner — and it’s not a smart gun. Autonomous Ballistics, a team from New York University’s Tandon School of Engineering, received a $1 million prize on Monday for its design of…

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How Gun Recalls Keep Firearm Owners in the Dark

Gun Safety

How Gun Recalls Keep Firearm Owners in the Dark

The German-American gunmaker Sig Sauer has issued its second notice in as many months advising customers of a potentially dangerous malfunction in one of its firearms. In a notice released Friday, the company said it was undertaking a mandatory recall of…

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Richmond Will Ban Bats, Shields, Knives, and Poles From a Protest — But Not Guns

Richmond is bracing for possible clashes as a small pro-Confederate group descends on the Virginia capital for a rally this weekend. The event comes a month after a demonstration in Charlottesville descended into deadly violence. In preparation, the city has…

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Mass Shooting

The Psychological Aftereffects of School Shootings Have Barely Been Studied

While shootings like the one that rocked a Washington State high school this week have been a grim hallmark of American life for decades, there is remarkably little research from American academics on the psychological effects they have on adolescents…

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Law

California Poised to Ban Low-Level Hate-Crime Offenders From Owning Guns

By near-unanimous vote, California legislators this week approved a bill that would add a new crime to the state’s longer-than-usual list of charges that can result in the loss of gun rights: misdemeanor hate crimes. Should Governor Jerry Brown…

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Americans Worry More About Racism and Coarse Language Than Gun Control: Poll

Gun Policy

Americans Worry More About Racism and Coarse Language Than Gun Control: Poll

A new NBC/Wall Street Journal poll gauging American political sentiment ahead of the impending midterm elections found that only 42 percent of respondents are “bothered a great deal” or “bothered quite a bit” by attempts to tighten gun laws. That’s…

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Witness for Republicans Deregulating Silencers Has Championed a Holocaust Gun Myth

Gun Policy

Witness for Republicans Deregulating Silencers Has Championed a Holocaust Gun Myth

To build their case for a bill that would scrap restrictions on gun silencers and ease several other firearms regulations, Republicans in the House yesterday invited testimony from a Second Amendment lawyer with a history of pushing a noxious…

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Gun Policy

Congress Holds First Hearing on Gun Silencer Deregulation

Devices that make gunshots quieter — popularly known as silencers — aren’t illegal, but they can be difficult to obtain. Consumers who want to buy one must apply for a permit with the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and…

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NRA Lobbying Spending Hits New High in 2017

National Rifle Association

NRA Lobbying Spending Hits New High in 2017

In the first two quarters of 2017, the National Rifle Association has already spent more on lobbying than it did in all of last year. The gun group has spent $3.2 million from January 1 to June 30 trying…

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The 36 States Where Local Officials Can’t Ban Guns at Protests

Law

The 36 States Where Local Officials Can’t Ban Guns at Protests

Is yours one of them?

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Suicide

Another Pro-Gun Leader Teams Up With Mental Health Experts on Suicide Prevention

A Seattle Times op-ed urging readers to secure their firearms, ammunition, and prescription drugs to prevent suicide carries an interesting joint byline: It’s co-authored by Jennifer Stuber, a professor of social work at the University of Washington, and Alan…

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Extremism

Nazi Controversies at New York Gun Shows Are a Reminder of the Events’ Extremist Elements

Two gun shows in New York have come under scrutiny post-Charlottesville, due to the prospect that the events could feature Nazi memorabilia for sale alongside tables spread with rifles. The controversies are a reminder that even as gun shows…

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As Hurricane Irma Advances, the ATF Is Worried About Florida’s Many Gun Stores

The Business of Guns

As Hurricane Irma Advances, the ATF Is Worried About Florida’s Many Gun Stores

Hurricane Irma poses special threats to the nearly 2,900 licensed retail gun dealers in the Sunshine State. Burglars take advantage of the chaos that follows natural disasters and steal major hauls of firearms from stores. And floodwaters can destroy…

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Gun violence journalism that informs and empowers.

Alex Yablon

NRA’s Sway to Be Tested by Alabama Senate Primary

Pre-Regulation, Gun Silencers Showed Up at Some Horrific Crime Scenes

This Million-Dollar Smart-Gun Idea Isn’t a Gun At All

How Gun Recalls Keep Firearm Owners in the Dark

Richmond Will Ban Bats, Shields, Knives, and Poles From a Protest — But Not Guns

The Psychological Aftereffects of School Shootings Have Barely Been Studied

California Poised to Ban Low-Level Hate-Crime Offenders From Owning Guns

Americans Worry More About Racism and Coarse Language Than Gun Control: Poll

Witness for Republicans Deregulating Silencers Has Championed a Holocaust Gun Myth

Congress Holds First Hearing on Gun Silencer Deregulation

NRA Lobbying Spending Hits New High in 2017

The 36 States Where Local Officials Can’t Ban Guns at Protests

Another Pro-Gun Leader Teams Up With Mental Health Experts on Suicide Prevention

Nazi Controversies at New York Gun Shows Are a Reminder of the Events’ Extremist Elements

As Hurricane Irma Advances, the ATF Is Worried About Florida’s Many Gun Stores