This article is reported in collaboration with the Nation Institute’s Investigative Fund, which has also supported City Limits’s coverage of policing in New York.
Are you a liberal who likes guns? Or a conservative who feels the NRA shows too much willingness to compromise? Chances are there’s a gun group out there for you.
More and more Americans are carrying concealed weapons, fueling a steep increase in sales of small—and increasingly powerful—handguns.
Springfield, Mass. is where basketball was invented and Dr. Suess was born. It’s also where one of America’s largest gun-makers is located, and where gun violence is a growing concern.
After two Supreme Court decisions clarifying the right to bear arms, many thought New York state and city gun restrictions would be the next target. So far, challenges have been few and unsuccessful.
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