Nick Hall

The guns famous stars actually owned, from Elvis’s gold-engraved revolvers to John Wayne’s $517,500 Colt, plus the myths and record auction prices behind them.

The real stories behind 15 famous gun nicknames, from the Tommy Gun and Peacemaker to the AR-15, including the Saturday Night Special myth most people get wrong.

The most famous gunfights in American history, from the O.K. Corral to the 1997 North Hollywood shootout, with the myths Hollywood got wrong about each one.

4 guns for every dog. 201 million more guns than cars. A line of firearms that nearly reaches the Moon. America’s 500 million guns, in ratios you can picture.

The US is the only country on Earth with more civilian guns than people: about 120 per 100 residents, versus 52.8 for #2 Yemen and 4.6 for England.

American civilians own about 393 million guns, roughly three times the 133 million held by every military on Earth combined. The math behind the wildest US gun stat.

A flintlock you can buy new, a revolver from 1873 still on the price list, and the record that died in 2020. The oldest gun still made, with the fine print.

The only real photo of Billy the Kid, Churchill with a Tommy gun, Patton’s ivory revolvers. Famous gun photos and the surprising stories behind them.