Tag: Gun Control

FILE - In an Aug. 15, 2018 file photo, a Broward County Sheriff's Office vehicle is parked outside Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, in Parkland, Fla. Floridaâs top incoming legislative leaders are rejecting Gov. Rick Scottâs push to redirect $58 million so school districts can hire more campus police officers. House Speaker-elect Jose Oliva and incoming Senate President-elect Bill Galvano, both Republicans, said Wednesday, Aug, 22, 2018 that the money should remain budgeted for the stateâs guardian program.

Commission investigating Florida school shooting recommends arming teachers

Katelyn Caralle · January 2, 2019 7:54 pm

In this Aug. 9, 2017, file photo, Louis C.K., co-creator, writer, and executive producer, participates in the "Better Things" panel during the FX Television Critics Association Summer Press Tour at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif.

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Louis C.K. targets the media’s deification of victims who back liberal policies

Eddie Scarry · December 31, 2018 8:28 pm

Reports on Louis C.K. and Aziz Ansari demonstrate that Hollywood finds it easy to wax indignant about the scourge of sexism, but more difficult to live by those standards. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

Louis C.K. jokes about Parkland students, says they’re ‘not interesting’

Anna Giaritelli · December 31, 2018 3:23 pm

Ohio Gov. John Kasich sits for an interview with the Associated Press at the Ohio Governor's Residence and Heritage Garden, Thursday, Dec. 13, 2018, in Columbus.

Ohio lawmakers override John Kasich’s gun bill veto

Claude Thompson · December 28, 2018 3:24 pm

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Grab your guns, boys

Nicole Russell · December 28, 2018 5:01 am

In this Feb. 14, 2018, photo, Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., speaks to Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses Summit on Capitol Hill, in Washington.

Tammy Duckworth is entitled to her own gun opinions, but not her own gun facts

David Keene · December 28, 2018 5:00 am

A row of different AR-15 style rifles are displayed for sale at the Firing-Line indoor range and gun shop in Aurora, Colo.

FBI: Record number of illegal immigrants barred from buying guns

Paul Bedard · December 27, 2018 6:10 pm

A bump stock can be attached to a semi-automatic rifle to allow the firearm to mimic a fully automatic weapon.

‘Stab in the back’: Gun activist hard-liners accuse Trump of betrayal over ‘bump stock’ ban

Steven Nelson · December 19, 2018 7:40 pm

The ATF has signaled to Congress that regulating bump stocks would require a change to U.S. law. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

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Trump cares less about rule of law than Obama when it comes to guns and ‘bump stocks’

Philip Wegmann · December 19, 2018 6:21 pm

In this Oct. 4, 2017 file photo, a little-known device called a "bump stock" is attached to a semi-automatic rifle at the Gun Vault store and shooting range in South Jordan, Utah. The Trump administration is moving to officially ban bump stocks, which allow semi-automatic weapons to fire rapidly like automatic firearms. A senior Justice Department official said Tuesday bump stocks will be banned under the federal law that prohibits machine guns. It will take effect in late March.

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‘Bump stock’ ban makes sense, even if it won’t make much of a difference

Philip Klein · December 18, 2018 5:16 pm

‘Bump stocks’ to become illegal this week

Kelly Cohen · December 18, 2018 4:42 pm

Gun purchase application image from the FBI's NICS page.

House Democrat seeks tighter rules for private gun sales

Pete Kasperowicz · December 13, 2018 7:22 pm