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How Can California's 'Assault Weapon' Ban Be Unconstitutional? Such Laws Arbitrarily Prohibit Rifles That Are Commonly Used for Legal Purposes Jun. 10, 2021

Daily Editorials

When California legislators enacted the country's first ban on military-style rifles in 1989, they g... Read More

How Can California's 'Assault Weapon' Ban Be Unconstitutional? Such Laws Arbitrarily Prohibit Rifles That Are [GU1]Commonly Used for Legal Purposes Jun. 09, 2021

Jacob Sullum

When California legislators enacted the country's first ban on military-style rifles in 1989, they g... Read More

Virginia Backlash Shows Gun Control Deeply Unpopular Jan. 18, 2020

Corey Friedman

Eight North Carolina counties have declared themselves Second Amendment sanctuaries in a preemptive ... Read More

If Confiscating 'Assault Weapons' Is a Gimmick, So Is Banning Them: O'Rourke's Scheme Would Be an Ineffectual Attempt to Enforce Arbitrary Distinctions Oct. 23, 2019

Jacob Sullum

Beto O'Rourke is taking flak from other Democratic presidential contenders for supporting mass confi... Read More

Good Men With Guns Won't Protect Us Aug. 06, 2019

Froma Harrop

It was a remarkable 13 hours in American history. A mass shooting in Dayton, Ohio, taking nine lives... Read More

New Zealand's New Gun Law Is a Non-solution Mar. 24, 2019

Steve Chapman

American supporters of gun control are aflame with admiration for New Zealand, whose government need... Read More

Students, Don't Let the Gun Lobby Wear You Down Mar. 22, 2018

Froma Harrop

Only three students were shot at an American school Tuesday. Two of them were hospitalized, and only... Read More

A Cure for Mass Shootings Doesn't Exist Feb. 18, 2018

Steve Chapman

Every time there is a mass shooting, a chorus goes up: "We must do something to keep this from h... Read More

The Gun Debate, Continued Dec. 08, 2015

Debra J. Saunders

There is something I forgot to mention in my Sunday column about California's gun laws and their fai... Read More

False Answers on Mass Shootings Dec. 06, 2015

Steve Chapman

Mass shootings elicit a chorus much like the widespread response to the Islamic State: We must do so... Read More

Meet the NRA's Biggest Recruiter Mar. 20, 2013

Debra J. Saunders

If you want to know why Sen. Dianne Feinstein's assault weapons ban couldn't muster 40 votes —... Read More