By The Editors
For the second time within weeks, a new study has focused attention on the central role a small number of firearms stores in supplying guns that are later used in the commission of crimes.

By The Editors
Effective gun laws sharply reduce the likelihood that illegally trafficked guns will end up in the hands of criminals, a new study claims. It concludes that if more states followed the lead of those with strong gun laws and enacted such measures, it could substantially reduce the number of murders involving guns and save thousands of lives.

By Khalil Gibran Muhammad
In the coming weeks, as Chicago officials extend handgun rights to its citizens in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision, and politicians debate whether or not urban residents will be better protected by armed soldiers, important lessons from the past should not go unheeded.

By The Editors
For the second time in two years, the Supreme Court narrowly ruled that gun-control laws cannot abridge the right to bear arms the Second Amendment grants individuals. The decision came in a case challenging the gun-control laws of Chicago and a nearby suburb, Oak Park, Illinois, McDonald v. Chicago, No. 08-1521.