guns
A Hard Target
In Montana, an ex-Republican who worked in the firearms industry is running for governor as a Democrat, criticizing the National Rifle Association, championing abortion rights and seeking to tap into the state’s libertarian, egalitarian culture.
America’s Gun Mythology
The gun rights movement has hardened under Trump’s watch, and he has benefited from that hardening. Groups from neo-Nazis to the National Rifle Association have radicalized gun owners by spreading myths that demonize gun control. Pro-gun ideologues and leaders have invented their own gospel of gun rights.
Globally, a Waning Gun Culture: Is It a Lesson for America?
As I grew up in Pakistan in the 1980s, gun culture was a big deal, as large a presence in society as it is in America. Guns were to men what jewelry was to women. It took the emergence of a real threat to change Pakistan. Can America similarly adapt?