Tag: Gun Control

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J. speaks during a campaign stop at the Sioux City Public Museum in Sioux City, Iowa, Monday, April 15, 2019.

Cory Booker: Americans should be ‘thrown in jail’ if they won’t give up their guns

John Gage · May 6, 2019 5:31 pm

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Rick Scott are shown.

AOC: Rick Scott would be called ‘unlikeable’ or ‘crazy’ if he was a woman

John Gage · May 6, 2019 5:21 pm

David Hogg, who survived the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting, stands during a news conference to announce the introduction of bipartisan legislation to expand background checks for sales and transfers of firearms, on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2019 in Washington.

David Hogg: ‘You’re a terrible shot’ if you need an AR-15 to defend yourself

Julio Rosas · May 6, 2019 5:07 pm

Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., center, calls for gun control legislation in the wake of the mass shooting in an Orlando LGBT nightclub this week, Thursday, June 16, 2016, during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. From left are, Rev. Sharon Risher, a clinical trauma chaplain in Dallas, who lost her mother Ethel Lance and two cousins in the racially-motivated shooting at the historic Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, N.C., in 2015, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., and Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn.

Beltway Confidential

Cory Booker wants to regulate guns like cars — except when he doesn’t

Philip Klein · May 6, 2019 4:25 pm

Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., center, calls for gun control legislation in the wake of the mass shooting in an Orlando LGBT nightclub this week, Thursday, June 16, 2016, during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. From left are, Rev. Sharon Risher, a clinical trauma chaplain in Dallas, who lost her mother Ethel Lance and two cousins in the racially-motivated shooting at the historic Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, N.C., in 2015, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., and Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn.

Cory Booker plans national gun registry

Emily Brooks · May 6, 2019 1:07 pm

In this July 20, 2014 photo, shooters practice with pistols at the gun range at Dragonman's, a gun dealer east of Colorado Springs, Colo.

Gun rights backers scoff at proposed change to rules at heart of Supreme Court case

Melissa Quinn · May 6, 2019 4:00 am

Is gun violence a public health issue?

Cassidy Morrison · May 3, 2019 4:00 am

Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School students, and mass shooting survivors, from the left, Emma Gonzalez, David Hogg, Cameron Kasky, and Alex Wind, participate in a panel discussion about guns, Tuesday, March 20, 2018, at Harvard Kennedy School's Institute of Politics, in Cambridge, Mass.

‘March for Our Lives’ activists voice opposition to Florida bill allowing teachers to be armed

Julio Rosas · May 2, 2019 7:11 pm

Opponents to Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro confront loyalist Bolivarian National Guard troops firing tear gas at them.

Venezuelans against Maduro hindered by 2012 gun ban

Claude Thompson · April 30, 2019 9:07 pm

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo speaks during a bill signing ceremony in New York, Monday, Feb. 25, 2019. Cuomo was joined by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi as he signed a "red flag" bill, which attempts to prevent people who present a threat to themselves or others from purchasing or owning a gun.

With Exxon, NRA probes, New York’s Democrats are trying to rule people who never got to vote against them

Washington Examiner · April 30, 2019 4:00 am

New York Democratic candidate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez speaks to supporters after defeating Republican challenger Anthony Pappas in the race for the 14th Congressional District of New York.

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AOC seizes on California synagogue shooting to promote gun control legislation

Becket Adams · April 29, 2019 7:27 pm

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., speaks.

Democrats are still lost on gun control and presidential power

Washington Examiner · April 24, 2019 4:00 am