Tag: Gun Control

From Texas to DC, gun storage can save lives

Jeanne Connelly · July 10, 2018 4:00 am

The Rev. Michael Pfleger (pictured center) speaks to protesters before marching on the Dan Ryan Expressway on Saturday in Chicago. The protesters shut down the expressway to draw attention to the city's gun violence and pressure public officials to do more to help neighborhoods hardest hit by it.

Chicago gun control march leader says ‘the people won today’

Associated Press · July 8, 2018 12:48 am

Protesters march against gun violence in Chicago.

Hundreds of anti-gun protesters descend on Chicago, block freeway traffic

Katelyn Caralle · July 7, 2018 5:50 pm

Mitch McConnell: Gun control will have to be solved at the local level

Emma Ayers · July 3, 2018 8:43 pm

FILE - In this March 7, 2012 file photo, gun owners and supporters participate in an Illinois Gun Owners Lobby Day rally at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield. In a big victory for gun rights advocates, a federal appeals court on Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012, struck down a ban on carrying concealed weapons in Illinois _ the only remaining state where carrying concealed weapons is entirely illegal. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)

Massachusetts passes ‘red flag’ gun control law

Kimberly Leonard · July 3, 2018 8:24 pm

Police tape surrounds the front entrance of the office building housing The Capital Gazette newspaper in Annapolis, Md., on Friday.

Suspect in Annapolis shooting investigated for threats against paper in 2013

Associated Press · June 29, 2018 11:53 pm

President Donald Trump talks with reporters during a tour of a Foxconn facility, Thursday, June 28, 2018, in Mt. Pleasant, Wis.

Newsroom massacre couldn’t stop Capital Gazette from putting out a Friday paper. Here’s how

Associated Press · June 29, 2018 9:57 pm

A bullet casing showing identification codes is shown through a microscope at a news conference at the Los Angeles Police Academy on Aug. 14, 2007.

California Supreme Court throws out lawsuit challenging unusual bullet identification law

Associated Press · June 29, 2018 12:41 am

Charles Rettig arrives at a Senate Finance Committee hearing on his nomination for Internal Revenue Service Commissioner, Thursday, June 28, 2018, on Capitol Hill.

Democratic lawmakers criticize Congress for not acting on gun control after Annapolis newspaper shooting

Melissa Quinn · June 28, 2018 10:20 pm

This Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2017, photo shows a Delta Air Lines airplane on the tarmac at LaGuardia Airport in the Queens borough of New York. Delta Air Lines, Inc. reports earnings Thursday, April 12, 2018.

Delta Air Lines CEO says support grew after ending NRA discounts

Joe Williams · June 27, 2018 6:37 pm

Kyle Kashuv, a student from Stoneman Douglas High School, waves as he arrives to speak at the National Rifle Association Institute for Legislative Action (NRA-ILA) Leadership Forum during the NRA annual meeting in Dallas, Texas, U.S., on Friday, May 4, 2018. PresidentÂ Donald TrumpÂ delivered a strong sign of support for the National Rifle Association at its annual meeting on Friday, as gun-rights advocates regroup in the wake of the mass shooting at a Florida high school.

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Parkland students offered full scholarship to conservative student conference

Peter Van Voorhis · June 26, 2018 4:28 pm

President Donald Trump speaks at a luncheon with members of the United Nations Security Council in the Cabinet Room at the White House in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2019.

Evangelical Christians ‘sold’ their principles in supporting Trump, says evangelical pastor

William Nardi, Brooke Conrad · June 20, 2018 12:27 am