Results for keyword: guns
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Guns are different for women in the West
As a woman, I believe I am safer with a gun in the West.
by Christina Nealson, Jan 22, 2013 -
How Arizona's culture helped shape the shooting of Gabrielle Giffords
If you want to understand why Jared Lee Loughner shot Congresswoman Gabby Giffords and 18 others at a Tucson Safeway in 2011, look to Arizona’s soulless culture and vitriolic politics.
by Tom Zoellner, Feb 26, 2012 -
The trouble with guns
Maybe it's true that guns don't kill people, but people using guns can sure do damage.
by Diane Sylvain, Jan 18, 2011 -
Guns -- and none
A woman who grew up with guns goes on to a life without them.
by Diane Halsted, Jun 22, 2010 -
The kindness of hunters
After a lifetime of despising and fearing guns, a woman is blindsided by the everyday kindness shown by two hunters.
by Melissa Hart, Nov 08, 2009 -
History viewed through gunsights
Hal Herring traces the history of the American West through its guns and the people who used them in Famous Firearms of the Old West.
by Ray Ring, Mar 16, 2009 -
Gunning with the in-laws
Jonathan Thompson learns to love guns – and to fear them even more than he did before.
by Jonathan Thompson, Sep 03, 2007 -
Heard around the West
San Francisco puts dog poop to work; stupid motorists’ tricks; warning to Mr. Cheney; Vogue tackles global warming; Alaska retools its image
by Betsy Marston, Mar 20, 2006 -
Blood spills over a $14 camping fee
In the wake of a confrontation over a camping fee that ended in a tourist’s death, a former park ranger remembers a frightening incident from his own career
by Jim Stiles, Oct 17, 2005 -
Hunting: It’s not about the gun
In the presidential election this fall, sportsmen are likely to be split between those who vote for wildlife, and those who vote for the gun
by Tom Reed, Oct 11, 2004
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