A US gun rights advocate has won the right to publish instructions on the web for 3D printing firearms. In an era where anyone can access a 3D printer, is this the end of gun control?
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The group, founded in 1871, didn’t try to smother virtually all gun control efforts until the mid-1970s.
Proposals for gun control run into vehement opposition from many Americans who, for deep historical reasons of race and revolution, continue to claim the right to use deadly force.
After mass shootings, calls go out to keep guns out of the hands of the mentally ill. But data show this solution is misguided.
Data show the vast majority of people killed by gun violence are black and live in urban areas.
Trump’s America is marked by the clash of intransigent, bitter opinions. And it’s not just about gun control.
Do guns on campus threaten the very ideology of American higher education – one that encourages critical thinking and intense scrutiny?
A 20-year conservative trend in the Supreme Court is on the line. A constitutional scholar examines why this issue alone will drive herds of voters to the polls in November.
Gun makers are trying to dismiss the potentially precedent-setting suit, claiming a federal law gives them immunity.
Whenever firearm control is raised, the gun lobby turns to the US Constitution.
The notion of civil rebellion – like the one at Malheur National Wildlife Refuge – is at the heart of the Second Amendment. But so is the idea that such rebellions should not be undertaken lightly.
President Obama’s call for better electronic gun-safety systems put a spotlight on the technologies currently in the R&D pipeline that aim to make sure only authorized users can fire a gun.
Barack Obama has challenged the US media on gun laws, but despite the First Amendment, journalists are too scared to speak against abuse of the Second Amendment.
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Dean of Economics, Politics & History, The University of Austin
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Professor Emeritus of Government, Wesleyan University
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Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of the Political Science Department, State University of New York Cortland
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Regents' Professor & Professor of Law, Georgia State University
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Professor of Chemical, Biological and Pharmaceutical Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology
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Professor of Political Science, Pro Vice Chancellor of the Social Sciences, University of Nottingham
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Professor, Louise Farmer Boyer Chair in Biblical Studies, The University of Texas at Austin
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Doctoral Candidate, Georgia State University
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Research fellow, Boston University
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Boston University
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Senior Lecturer in Politics, Keele University
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Professor of Philosophy, Maryland Institute College of Art
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Professor and the Department Chair in Criminal Justice Sciences, Illinois State University
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Visiting Professor of Public Health and Community Medicine, Tufts University
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Professor of Journalism Innovation, City, University of London
