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Original essays, new research and data analysis on many of the biggest questions facing cities

My Seven Guns: A Personal Inventory

Two Sides of the Gun: Stories of Possession and Victimization

My Seven Guns: A Personal Inventory

Charles Buckhanan Sep. 10 2025

Breaking Through With the Next Generation

What Can Be Done?

Breaking Through With the Next Generation

Nina Vinik Sep. 10 2025

Licensed to Kill

Modern Evolution: Marketing and Profits

Licensed to Kill

Chris Marvin Sep. 10 2025

The Good Gun Owner

Modern Evolution: Marketing and Profits

The Good Gun Owner

Samantha J. Simon Sep. 10 2025

Gun Culture Then and Now

History

Gun Culture Then and Now

Brian DeLay Sep. 10 2025

How Modern Bullets Maximize Lethality

Modern Evolution: Marketing and Profits

How Modern Bullets Maximize Lethality

Stephen Hargarten, Jennifer Tucker Sep. 10 2025

Guns, My Family and Me

Two Sides of the Gun: Stories of Possession and Victimization

Guns, My Family and Me

Theodore Roosevelt IV Sep. 10 2025

The Case Against Futility

What Can Be Done?

The Case Against Futility

Philip J. Cook, Rosanna Smart Sep. 10 2025

The Long Chain

Gun Violence

The Long Chain

Keith Ellison Sep. 10 2025

The Missing Fingerprints at Crime Scenes

What Can Be Done?

The Missing Fingerprints at Crime Scenes

Olivia Li Sep. 10 2025

State Gun Laws Matter

What Can Be Done?

State Gun Laws Matter

Morgan C. Williams Jr., Megan Kang, Patrick Sharkey Sep. 10 2025

When Products Can Kill

What Can Be Done?

When Products Can Kill

Brendan O'Flaherty, Rajiv Sethi Sep. 10 2025