Tag: Florida

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives began the process of deciphering what constitutes a "machine gun" nowadays after the deadly mass shooting in Las Vegas last year. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Bump stock regulations hang on a simple question: What is a machine gun?

Pete Kasperowicz · February 27, 2018 5:01 am

Colleges are letting high school students know that their chances for admission won't be hurt if they are suspended for participating in a school "walk out" to demand gun legislation. (Stephanie Strasburg/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via AP)

Red Alert Politics

College admissions: Suspension for ‘walkout’ gun protests won’t hurt admissions chances

Jackson Richman · February 27, 2018 5:01 am

Senate Majority Whip Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, (pictured center) is cosponsoring a bill with Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., and more than a dozen other senators from both parties. The bill would improve the nation's background check system used for scrutinizing most firearms purchases. However, House Republicans are likely to oppose it unless they can add language allowing concealed carry permit holders to legally bring their weapons to other states. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Beltway Confidential

Trump and Congress move on guns after Florida

Susan Ferrechio · February 27, 2018 5:01 am

Ohio Gov. John Kasich on Monday said President Trump deserves some credit for his swift action on gun control after the mass shooting at a Florida high school earlier this month. (screenshot)

John Kasich: Trump ‘deserves credit’ for wanting to ban bump stocks

Naomi Lim · February 27, 2018 4:31 am

One of the students killed in the mass shooting at a Parkland, Fla., high school was buried Sunday in a jersey bearing Miami Heat guard Dwyane Wade's name and number. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

Dwyane Wade after Florida school shooting victim was buried in his jersey: ‘This is why we will not just SHUT up and dribble!’

Diana Stancy Correll · February 27, 2018 2:10 am

A vast majority of gun murders are committed with hand guns, the type a mother might keep in her bedroom to defend against intruders. The most popular single weapon in the U.S. is the AR-15, and an overwhelming majority of them are never used in a crime. (iStock)

The right of self-defense is fundamental

Washington Examiner · February 27, 2018 2:02 am

Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser said Monday that new local legislation would forbid those in the district from possessing, using, or selling bump stocks, which modify guns to fire bullets more rapidly. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

DC mayor reveals she plans to introduce legislation to prohibit bump stocks

Diana Stancy Correll · February 27, 2018 1:44 am

Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn, R-Texas, moved Monday afternoon to bring up for an immediate vote the Fix NICS bill, a bipartisan measure that would use both penalties and rewards to get more states and federal agencies to send information to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate negotiating swift action on bill to boost gun background check system

Susan Ferrechio · February 27, 2018 12:07 am

"FedEx has never set or changed rates for any of our millions of customers around the world in response to their politics, beliefs or position on issues," the popular shipping company said in a statement. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

FedEx won’t end relationship with NRA

Mandy Mayfield · February 26, 2018 11:52 pm

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer urged his fellow Senate lawmakers to not take "half-measures" in response to the Florida high school shooting, and said he is "glad to hear" President Trump talk openly about comprehensive background check legislation and that gun safety is being discussed once again. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Chuck Schumer to meet Tuesday with Florida school shooting survivors

Al Weaver · February 26, 2018 10:07 pm

Delta, along with other corporations, has cut ties with the National Rifle Association in the wake of the school shooting in Parkland, Fla. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Beltway Confidential

How this NRA vs. Delta fight in Georgia could accidentally lead to corporate welfare reform

Philip Wegmann · February 26, 2018 9:49 pm

House Democrats introduced a bill that prohibits the "sale, transfer, production, and importation" of semi-automatic rifles and pistols that can hold a detachable magazine, as well as semi-automatic rifles with a magazine that can hold more than 10 rounds. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)

House Democrats introduce bill prohibiting sale of semi-automatic weapons

Melissa Quinn · February 26, 2018 9:46 pm