Magnum Photos

Archive - Guns & the U.S. 

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The growing threat of mass shootings in the United States has ignited the gun-control debate, with increasing calls for tighter gun regulation being rejected by the all-powerful pro-gunny lobby group the National Rifle Association (N.R.A.), committed to upholding the Constitution’s Second Amendment – the right of the American people to bear arms. Although the N.R.A. enjoyed support from politicians and popular figures, such as Charlton Heston, the recent withdrawal of corporate ties from major companies such as Hertz, Delta Airlines and MetLife has altered the current debate. Magnum photographers... 

Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson 1935

USA. New York City. 

Alex Webb 1989

USA. Suwanee, FL. 1989.

Eve Arnold 1981

USA. Texas. Pasadena. Klansman. 1981. 

Bruce Davidson 1980

USA. New York City. 1980. Subway. 

Paul Fusco 2000

USA. NYC. 2000. Women In mourning and outrage. They appear at... 

Bruce Davidson 1993

USA. Texas. San Antonio. 1993. "Julia", a member of the all female... 

Paul Fusco 2000

USA. New York City. United Nations. 2000. Amadou Diallo,... 

Bruce Davidson 1993

USA. Texas. San Antonio. 1993. Tiko palms a gun as Julia holds... 

Larry Towell 1989

USA. Tatitlek, Alaska. 1989. Fred Allen, a native hunter and... 

Jim Goldberg 1995

USA. San Fernando Valley, Southern California. 1989. "April."... 

Jim Goldberg 1995

USA. San Francisco. 1987. "Tank, Room 17, Riviera Hotel." San... 

Jim Goldberg 1993

USA. San Francisco. 1992-1993. Confiscated objects. 

Jim Goldberg 1989

USA. San Francisco. 1989. "Sleeping Marcos." Sleeping with a... 

Abbas 2003

USA. Alabama. Montgomery. A gun shop in a gun fair displays a... 

Thomas Hoepker 1999

USA. New York City. Billboards. 1999. 

Leonard Freed 1978

USA. New York City. 1978. An officer once said to me that he... 

Thomas Hoepker 1963

USA. Texas. 1963. Woman crossing the street holding a gun. 

Leonard Freed 1987

USA. Chicago. Cabrini Green. April 1987. A gun is held at the... 

Leonard Freed 1987

USA. Chicago. Cabrini Green. April 1987. A guy shows his girlfriend... 

Leonard Freed 1979

USA. New York City. 1979. A detective registers rifles confiscated... 

Thomas Dworzak 2007

USA. Blacksburg, Virginia. April 18, 2007. Virginia Tech campus.... 

Thomas Dworzak 2007

USA. Blacksburg, Virginia. April 17, 2007. Virginia Tech campus.... 

Thomas Dworzak 2007

USA. Blacksburg, Virginia. April 17, 2007. Virginia Tech campus.... 

Thomas Dworzak 2007

USA. New York City. April 20, 2007. Virginia Tech massacre. Newspaper... 

Eli Reed 1992

USA. Brooklyn, NY. 1992. Following a shooting at Thomas Jefferson... 

Eli Reed 1992

USA. Brooklyn, NY. NYC Mayor David DINKINS speaks to the press... 

Eli Reed 1992

USA. Brooklyn, New York. 1992. Funeral for a high school student... 

Hiroji Kubota 1969

USA. 1968. Deep South. 

Peter van Agtmael 2007

USA. New York. 2008. Fleet Week in Manhattan.

Alec Soth 2009

USA. Cape Girardeau, Missouri. 2009. Intruder response training.... 

Alec Soth 2009

USA. Cape Girardeau, Missouri. 2009. Intruder response training.... 

Alec Soth 2009

USA. Cape Girardeau, Missouri. 2009. Intruder response training.... 

Alec Soth 2009

USA. Cape Girardeau, Missouri. 2009. Intruder response training.... 

Alec Soth 2009

USA. Cape Girardeau, Missouri. 2009. Intruder response training.... 

Peter van Agtmael 2008

USA. Louisiana. 2009. Two boys play with BB guns in rural Louisiana.... 

Paolo Pellegrin 2011

USA. La Cruces, New Mexico. May 17, 2011. Issac at home with... 

Abbas 1968

U.S.A. Louisiana. New Orleans. A poster in a shop says : “When... 

Peter van Agtmael 2010

USA. Manhattan, New York. 2010. Air Force Day at the U.S.S.... 

Peter van Agtmael 2012

USA. Arizona. 2012. Sue and Jim Chilton at at the entrance to... 

Peter van Agtmael 2012

USA. Arizona. 2012. David Lowell, a rancher and mineral explorer,... 

Martin Parr 2012

USA. Scottsville, New York. 2012. Kordell Jackson. Jackson Guns... 

Paolo Pellegrin 2011

Gun. Tucson, Arizona. USA 2011 

Paolo Pellegrin 2011

Guns. Tucson, Arizona. USA 2011 

Paolo Pellegrin 2011

Guns. Tucson, Arizona. USA 2011 

Paolo Pellegrin 2011

Guns. Tucson, Arizona. USA 2011 

Paolo Pellegrin 2011

Guns. Tucson, Arizona. USA 2011 

Paolo Pellegrin 2011

Guns. Tucson, Arizona. USA 2011 

Paolo Pellegrin 2011

Guns. Tucson, Arizona. USA 2011 

Paolo Pellegrin 2011

Guns. Tucson, Arizona. USA 2011 

Paolo Pellegrin 2012

A crime scene at a home in Rochester. 2012 

Paolo Pellegrin 2012

Confiscated weapons are stored in the Rochester police headquarters.... 

Paolo Pellegrin 2011

Isaac at home with his guns. La Cruces, New Mexico. USA 2011.... 

Paolo Pellegrin 2011

Gun. Tucson, Arizona, USA 2011 

Paolo Pellegrin 2012

The Miami-Dade Police’s Special Response Team (SRT) trains for... 

Paolo Pellegrin 2012

A Miami-Dade Police Special Response Team unit executes a warrant... 

Paolo Pellegrin 2012

During raids by the Miami-Dade SRT team, undercover officers... 

Bruce Gilden 2013

USA. Milwaukee, Wisconsin. 2013. At the state fair.

Peter van Agtmael 2012

USA. NYC. 2012. Anti-violence sculpture outside United Nations... 

Hiroji Kubota 1975

USA. Alaska. Point Lay. 1975. 

Alec Soth 2014

USA. Minneapolis, Minnesota. 2014. A lockdown drill interrupted... 
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