(AP) – When the president of Ohio’s state school board posted her opposition to gun control, she used a powerful symbol to make her point: a picture of Adolf Hitler. When a well-known conservative ...

The 21-gun salute is one of the highest military honors, performed for dignitaries, heads of state and fallen service members. But what exactly is it? And why 21 shots? In military tradition, "guns" ...

Before Robert Spitzer grew up to be an expert on American gun policy, he watched a lot of Westerns. He was raised on stories of an America built by rugged men with six-shooters on their hips … even ...

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." ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Soon after these fearsome weapons began to circulate in society, they developed a notorious reputation. Developed for the ...

History is everything, the Supreme Court has ruled — at least when it comes to defining modern Second Amendment rights. As the high court ruled in 2022, the constitutionality of modern gun laws is to ...

Beretta is about to do something almost no company on earth can claim. In 2026, this Italian gunmaker will quietly hit its 500th birthday. Half a millennium of continuous operation, under the same ...

This article was featured in One Story to Read Today, a newsletter in which our editors recommend a single must-read from The Atlantic, Monday through Friday. Sign up for it here. Eugene Stoner was an ...

Historical timeline of the development of modern weapons starting at 1364 with the first recorded use of a firearm and ending in 1892 with the introduction of automatic handguns. 1364 - First recorded ...