Tag: Gun Control

Police cars escort an ambulance after a shooter open fire inside the Pensacola Air Base, Friday, Dec. 6, 2019 in Pensacola, Fla.

Beltway Confidential

Thank the Second Amendment: Armed hero stops possible mass shooting

Brad Polumbo · March 29, 2020 4:02 pm

NRA sues California for shuttering gun shops as ‘nonessential’ business amid coronavirus outbreak

Dominick Mastrangelo · March 28, 2020 8:12 pm

‘Suspend enforcement’: Georgia lawmaker wants to loosen gun control laws amid coronavirus outbreak

Dominick Mastrangelo · March 26, 2020 11:22 pm

Handgun with ammunition on wood surface at home.

Florida gun sales so brisk ammunition being rationed

Washington Examiner · March 24, 2020 8:00 pm

A gun store customer that gave his name only at John waits in line last week in Burbank, Calif. As consumers are buying all kinds of goods in large quantities amid coronavirus concerns, putting pressure on inventories.

Washington Secrets

Gun stores and industry seek to stay open as ‘essential’ during virus crisis

Paul Bedard · March 22, 2020 1:10 pm

Bullseye Sport gun shop in Riverside, Calif. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Pennsylvania Republican introduces bill requiring permit to purchase ammunition

Andrew Mark Miller · March 21, 2020 4:08 pm

Washington Secrets

FBI: 300% spike in gun buy checks, huge backlogs, shutdown threatened

Paul Bedard · March 18, 2020 10:29 pm

The foundation of the recent uptick in gun sales is strong, according to an industry official. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

NYT columnist predicts soaring firearms sales amid coronavirus outbreak will lead to more murders and suicides

Dominick Mastrangelo · March 17, 2020 4:53 pm

In this photo taken March 15, 2017, AR-15 style rifles made by Battle Rifle Co., a gunmaker in Webster, Texas, are on display in its retail shop. The gunmaker is one of more than 10,000 currently in the United States. President Donald Trump promised to revive manufacturing in the U.S., but one sector is poised to shrink under his watch: the gun industry. Fears of limits on guns led to a surge in demand during President Barack Obamaâs tenure and manufacturers leapt to keep up.

‘The world has gone mad’: Gun sales shoot up as coronavirus outbreak grows

Zach Halaschak · March 16, 2020 2:31 pm

President Biden is pleasing climate change activists who urged him to take an aggressive first step toward moving the country off fossil fuels.

Joe Biden’s anti-gun radicalism

Washington Examiner · March 16, 2020 4:00 am

Flames and smoke rise as the spire on Notre Dame cathedral collapses in Paris.

‘You will never touch our guns’: Autoworker involved in viral argument with Biden featured in NRA ad

Andrew Mark Miller · March 14, 2020 2:34 pm

Gun rights lobbyists and gun owners rally in support of concealed carry gun legislation in front of the Illinois State Capitol on March 5, 2014, in Springfield, Illinois.

Gun rights, motorcycle groups making contingency plans after Illinois puts limits on large crowds at statehouse

Washington Examiner · March 13, 2020 9:00 pm