Cap gun, squirt gun, pop gun, dart gun, BB gun, 22rifle, M16 assault weapon, AK47 assault weapon. Growing up in the late 1940s and 50s, I was given “toy” guns for Christmas. In the U.S. we have a long ...

Historians have found themselves caught in the middle of America's debate over gun control ever since the Supreme Court ruled in 2022 that firearms laws must be consistent with American "tradition." ...

Two new books consider how the country’s obsession with firearms has become an existential threat. Credit...Javier Jaén Supported by By Rachel Louise Snyder Rachel Louise Snyder is a professor at ...

Firearm purchase licensing has historical precedent and the data suggests it would improve public safety, author and ...

On Valentine’s Day 1929, four men connected with Al Capone’s Chicago gang killed seven rivals with Thompson machine guns, better known as Tommy guns. The bloody massacre shocked the nation, making ...

A massacre nearly 30 years ago led Australia to get tough on guns, now the Bondi shooting has reignited that debate ...

Explore the fascinating way that Firearms are used! Disguised Firearms: Some weapons were designed not for open combat, but for concealment. We'll uncover the secret history of firearms hidden in ...

Jonathan M. Metzl, MD, PhD, directs the Department of Medicine, Health, and Society at Vanderbilt University and is author, most recently, of What We’ve Become: Living and Dying in a Country of Arms ...

The Supreme Court has made history a central test of whether a gun control law is constitutional. That has meant a boom in demand for gun law... In today's gun rights cases, historians are in hot ...