Election 2016

Election 2016

The NRA Goes for Broke to Sink a Former Ally

The gun group has spent $1.7 million to defeat Ted Strickland — more than it has on all other congressional races combined.

Election 2016

How Tim Kaine Helped Teach Democrats Not to Fear the NRA

And why the party's success in taking on the gun lobby still depends on where — and when — a candidate is running.

Community Violence

The ‘Mothers of the Movement’ Lost Their Children to America’s Vicious Cycle of Guns, Mistrust, and Death

A shared stage at the DNC spotlights how three forms of violence feed into one another.

Election 2016

NRA Top Lobbyist: A Hillary Clinton Supreme Court Would Abolish Private Gun Ownership

“We are on the cusp of losing this great American freedom,” Chris Cox says at the Republican National Convention.

Election 2016

In a Tight Senate Race, Gun Reform Groups Tried Targeted Strikes. The NRA Waged All-Out War.

Kay Hagan’s 2014 loss in North Carolina showed how far upstart gun violence prevention organizations may have to go to match the NRA when it spends big.

Election 2016

Why Some Gun-Rights Advocates Still Aren’t Sold on Donald Trump

The editor of one influential website says he won't vote for him.

Election 2016

Why a Republican Senator Who Pushed Federal Gun Reform Was Spared a Primary Challenge

Pennsylvania’s Pat Toomey sponsored what would have been the toughest new national gun restrictions in 20 years.

Election 2016

Why Hillary Clinton’s Embrace of Gun Control Makes for Smart Delegate Math

New voter models show that in the Democratic primary, the issue resonates most where electoral prizes are biggest.

Election 2016

Bernie Sanders’s About-Face on the Right to Sue Gun Sellers

At the Democratic debate, the Vermont senator said he supports the right of Sandy Hook families to sue a gun manufacturer.

Concealed Carry

There’s Now a Pro-Gun Petition Trolling the Democratic National Convention

Its call for the party to bar all armed security from its Philadelphia gathering makes for punchy rhetoric, but wobbly logic.

Election 2016

Gun Owners of America Says John Kasich is a Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing

“The NRA is more forgiving than we are," says GOA’s executive director Larry Pratt.

Election 2016

Ted Cruz May Have Just Stepped into a Fight That Is Dividing NRA Members

His newest foreign policy advisor, Frank Gaffney, is a key player in the effort to remove Grover Norquist from the organization's board.

Election 2016

The Key Senate Race That Shows How Much Democrats Have Changed on Guns

Ted Strickland, the frontrunner in the party’s Ohio Senate primary, has recanted views that once won him an A+ rating from the NRA. His challenger, P.G. Sittenfeld, takes a lot of the credit.

Election 2016

Jeb Bush’s Persistence on Gun Rights Failed to Woo Conservative Voters

Seven ways he played the Second Amendment card, to no avail.

Election 2016

Donald Trump Claims the Endorsement of the ‘Dean of Washington Gun Lobbyists’ as GOP’s Second Amendment Sparring Heats Up

John Snyder is a colorful and devout powerbroker who once convinced another candidate to support his crusade for a “patron saint of handgunners.”