EditorialAttendees try out a laser handgun target simulator at the National Rifle Association's annual convention in Indianapolis, April 14, 2023. (Kaiti Sullivan/The New York Times)
EditorialAttendees try out a laser handgun target simulator at the National Rifle Association's annual convention in Indianapolis, April 14, 2023. (Kaiti Sullivan/The New York Times)
EditorialAttendees try out a laser handgun target simulator at the National Rifle Association's annual convention in Indianapolis, April 14, 2023. (Kaiti Sullivan/The New York Times)
EditorialAttendees try out a laser handgun target simulator at the National Rifle Association's annual convention in Indianapolis, April 14, 2023. (Kaiti Sullivan/The New York Times)
EditorialAttendees try out a laser handgun target simulator at the National Rifle Association's annual convention in Indianapolis, April 14, 2023. (Kaiti Sullivan/The New York Times)
EditorialAttendees try out a laser handgun target simulator at the National Rifle Association's annual convention in Indianapolis, April 14, 2023. (Kaiti Sullivan/The New York Times)
EditorialAttendees try out a laser handgun target simulator at the National Rifle Association's annual convention in Indianapolis, April 14, 2023. (Kaiti Sullivan/The New York Times)
EditorialAttendees try out a laser handgun target simulator at the National Rifle Association's annual convention in Indianapolis, April 14, 2023. (Kaiti Sullivan/The New York Times)
EditorialAttendees try out a laser handgun target simulator at the National Rifle Association's annual convention in Indianapolis, April 14, 2023. (Kaiti Sullivan/The New York Times)
EditorialAttendees try out a laser handgun target simulator at the National Rifle Association's annual convention in Indianapolis, April 14, 2023. (Kaiti Sullivan/The New York Times)
EditorialAttendees try out a laser handgun target simulator at the National Rifle Association's annual convention in Indianapolis, April 14, 2023. (Kaiti Sullivan/The New York Times)
EditorialAttendees try out a laser handgun target simulator at the National Rifle Association's annual convention in Indianapolis, April 14, 2023. (Kaiti Sullivan/The New York Times)
EditorialMissy Cummings, a professor of engineering and computer science, in a driving simulator at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va., Feb. 10, 2023. (Lexey Swall/The New York Times)
EditorialNicole Maedel and Thorsten Hüsener, both project engineers with the Federal Waterways Engineering and Research Institute, use a boat simulator to test the navigability of waterways, in Karlsruhe, Germany, Oct. 27, 2022. (Laetitia Vancon/The New York Times)