“My First Gun” is a new essay series on F&S.com. You can find the complete collection here. If you would like to submit an entry, send it to [email protected]. I started hunting, if you ...

Over the course of his life, my grandpa gave me two rifles. One was the first gun I ever owned. The other is the only gun that really means something to me. The first rifle was a .30/06 Remington ...

A clinician and gun owner argues that increasing access to firearms without addressing mental health issues will only lead to more preventable deaths.

Some new gun owners, a reporter found, are ready to approach the painful topic of firearms with more curiosity and less confrontation. By Jenna Russell Times Insider explains who we are and what we do ...

The FBI has been processing record numbers of firearm background checks — including 3.9 million in June alone.

On the morning of my dad’s death ten years ago, it took me ten minutes to choose what to wear, toast a blueberry waffle, and pour chai into a thermos. It took ten minutes to drive myself to school and ...

The Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution reads: “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” ...