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America’s unique, enduring gun problem, explained A shooter opened fire at a Florida Dollar General store on Saturday, killing three people in what Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters described as a racially motivated crime. All three victims are Black Americans. The shooter — a white male in his early 20’s, was armed with a handgun and an AR-style rifle with swastikas painted on it — killed himself before authorities could apprehend him. The incident occurred after the shooter attempted to enter the campus of Edward Waters University, a historically Black university, but was refused entry.Read More →

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Gun control advocates say culture, not just laws, must change After hitting a wall in Congress, gun control advocates are increasingly saying they’ll need to change the country’s culture before they can change its laws. That was the message from advocates and experts in conversation at the Aspen Ideas Festival in Colorado on Wednesday. Why it matters: One year ago this week Congress passed its first major gun safety reform bill in decades, which included enhanced background checks for those under 21, funding for mental health and school safety and incentives for states to implement "red flag" laws. But federal policymakers have been unable toRead More →

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Massad Ayoob Massad Ayoob has been handgun editor of GUNS magazine and law enforcement columnist for AMERICAN HANDGUNNER since the 1970s, and has published thousands of articles in gun magazines, martial arts publications, and law enforcement journals. He is the author of some twenty books on firearms, self-defense, and related topics, including “In the Gravest Extreme” and “Deadly Force,” widely considered to be authoritative texts on the topic of the use of lethal force. The winner of the Outstanding American Handgunner of the Year Award in 1998, Mas has won several state and regional handgun shooting championships. Ayoob was the first person to earn theRead More →