America’s gun laws are already weak — and a growing loophole is making them even weaker. If white privilege were a sentient being, it would make sweet love to this article in The Atlantic on gun culture. How gun ownership became a powerful political identity — or, how the NRA won. Charlotte Hill on the real reason the NRA’s money matters in elections. I’m a teacher who went through firearm training — and it was an absurd disaster. Trump and the NRA are trying to distract you. Nivedita Majumdar on the socialist case for gun control. For the first time since Columbine, most Americans believe mass shootings can be stopped.
Mass shootings have made gun stocks toxic assets on Wall Street. Arming teachers would put black and Latino kids in danger. “Taking them down fuels it more”: Why conspiracy theories are unstoppable. Everything you’ve ever wanted to know about the NRA but were too embarrassed to ask. We aren’t having an evidence-based debate about guns. “Teenagers don’t really take no for an answer”: Young activists see a turning point on guns. There’s no good argument against letting 16-year-olds vote — but there are plenty of good arguments for it. Why the GOP might finally pay a price for its pro-NRA extremism.
