AP Interview: Reid: Democrats ‘maybe’ to blame on gun bill losses
Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid said Thursday his party has tried everything to get gun control legislation through Congress and still keeps losing to the National Rifle Association.
Politics of grief, gun control, prayer after latest mass shooting
It’s a natural reaction in times of grief: Politicians from both parties offered supportive thoughts and prayers for those killed in the San Bernardino shootings.
Democrats push to prevent gun sales to those on terror list
People on the U.S. government’s terrorist watch list often can’t board commercial airliners, but they can walk into a gun store and legally buy pistols and powerful military-style rifles.
Poll: Support for tighter gun laws ticks up
After a steady string of mass shootings and a revival of the political fight over gun control, Americans are slightly more likely than they were two years ago to say gun laws should be made stricter, a new Associated Press-GfK poll found.
Democrats bring gun debate back to presidential campaign
After 15 years of a virtual gag order on guns in presidential politics, Democrats are talking again.
Strong emotions as Obama visits grieving town
Gun-rights activists and others gave voice to strong emotions when President Barack Obama came to meet privately with grieving families whose loved ones were killed on a college campus in Roseburg, Oregon.
Leading GOP senator offers bill on guns, mental health
A leading Republican senator proposed a National Rifle Association-backed bill Wednesday that he said would make the federal background check system for gun buyers more effective and bolster programs for treating people with mental illness.
Comic Amy Schumer, Sen. Schumer call for better gun control
Comedian Amy Schumer spoke tearfully of two women who were shot to death during a screening of her movie, “Trainwreck,” and asked lawmakers Monday to support a gun control bill sponsored by her second cousin, U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer.
Local voices: Bearing arms: Militias and individuals
The gun control debate hit a fever pitch after the tragedy of Newtown and now, once again this country finds itself with another tragedy involving guns in Charleston, S.C.
Gun rights still trumping gun controls in politics
They offered prayers and moments of silence. They sought to comfort. Some flashed with anger and frustration that, once again, America was forced to confront another mass shooting.
Clinton says US must face ‘hard truths’ about guns, race
Hillary Rodham Clinton said Thursday the country has to face “hard truths” about guns and race in the wake of a shooting at a historically black church in South Carolina that left nine dead.
Giffords struggling to make guns a midterm issue
She has delivered the same 64-word speech eight times already, but Gabby Giffords is struggling to get through the ninth.
Grieving father takes center stage in gun control debate
Richard Martinez says he never set out to be a face of the gun-control movement and has no interest in taking deer rifles and shotguns from the hands of hunters. After all, he used to be one.
A year after background check defeat, modest goals
Democratic worries about this November’s elections, a lack of Senate votes and House opposition are forcing congressional gun-control supporters to significantly winnow their 2014 agenda, a year after lawmakers scuttled President Barack Obama’s effort to pass new curbs on firearms.
Facebook to delete posts for illegal gun sales
Under pressure from gun control advocates, Facebook agreed Wednesday to delete posts from users seeking to buy or sell weapons illegally or without a background check.
Obama proposes firearm background check changes
The Obama administration on Friday announced a pair of executive actions aimed at strengthening federal background checks for gun purchasers, with a particular focus on limiting firearm access for those with mental health issues.
Year after Newtown, gun control groups keep hope
Having already lost her 6-year-old son, Nicole Hockley insists she won’t lose the fight to reduce gun violence — no matter how long it takes.
She is among a group of “accidental activist” parents brought together one year ago by almost unthinkable grief after the Newtown school massacre.
Gun group considered leaving Newtown
The gun industry’s national trade association and lobbying organization considered moving its offices from Newtown after last year’s mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, the president and CEO of the National Shooting Sports Foundation said in an exclusive interview with The Associated Press.
Giffords to attend gun show under N.Y. sales model
ALBANY, N.Y. — Former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who survived an assassination attempt in 2011, is set to tour a New York gun show, the
Government gets poor marks on protecting gun rights
WASHINGTON — A New Jersey college student wants Congress to stand strong against tougher gun laws. A Colorado software executive thinks the federal government goes