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 be based on the existence of old gun laws. The latest test of this spongy standard comes from a challenge to a Hawaii gun carry law.

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." That decision in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v.

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 history with guns. In the 1950s cowboys, gangsters ...

Tucked away in the northwest corner of Wyoming is one of the largest gun collections in the world: The Cody Firearms Museum. But it's recently gotten a makeover, moving away away from being a monument to guns and toward being an educational space on gun ...

American history has been largely forged in conflict, starting from the very first days when the Revolution’s first volleys were fired. Suffice it to say, firearms are an integral part of the social fabric of the United States,