Tag: Gun Control

Student David Hogg speaks to the media as he returns to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2018.

Red Alert Politics

Harvard to host panel with Parkland students calling for more gun control

John Patrick · March 12, 2018 6:21 pm

President Trump said Monday, "Highly trained expert teachers will be allowed to conceal carry, subject to State Law. Armed guards OK, deterrent!"

National Security

Trump vows gun reform, school safety changes akin to new Florida law

Anna Giaritelli · March 12, 2018 1:42 pm

In this Jan. 11 photo, a semi-automatic rifle at right that has been fitted with a so-called "bump stock" device to make it fire faster sits on a table at the Washington State Patrol crime laboratory in Seattle. The Justice Department on Saturday announced that it would ban bump stocks through a new regulation. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Justice Department moves to ban ‘bump stocks’

Melissa Quinn · March 10, 2018 4:54 pm

Bumble just announced a new policy to ban all photos that show guns. (iStock)

Red Alert Politics

Bumble fumble! Dating app announces ban on gun pictures

Angela Morabito · March 10, 2018 5:01 am

Florida Gov. Rick Scott signs the Marjory Stoneman Douglas Public Safety Act in the governor's office at the Florida State Capitol in Tallahassee, Fla., on Friday. (AP Photo/Mark Wallheiser)

NRA sues Florida over new gun law

Mandy Mayfield · March 9, 2018 11:38 pm

The gun debate is too important for us to accept ignorance, and it can't be accepted when it comes from those tasked with explaining and drafting our laws. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Beltway Confidential

No one would accept, in any other national discussion, the level of ignorance seen in the gun debate

Becket Adams · March 9, 2018 9:58 pm

Florida Governor Rick Scott signed the Marjory Stoneman Douglas Public Safety Act Friday at the Florida Capital in Tallahassee, Fla. (AP Photo/Mark Wallheiser)

New Florida law spends $400M on school safety, reforms gun and mental health policies

Anna Giaritelli · March 9, 2018 9:47 pm

On Feb. 25, Oakland, Calif., Mayor Libby Schaaf took to Twitter to warn followers of an imminent immigration raid in Northern California targeting about 1,000 illegal immigrants deemed "public safety threats." (screenshot via Twitter)

Don’t make a martyr of Oakland’s mayor, but be sure to enforce the law in her city

Washington Examiner · March 9, 2018 5:01 am

First lady Melania Trump on Thursday met with Kyle Kashuv, a student at Stoneman Douglas High School, the setting of a mass shooting on Feb. 14 that took 17 lives. (screenshot via Twitter)

Melania Trump meets with Florida shooting survivor at White House

Katie Leach · March 9, 2018 2:54 am

Everywhere you look, media figures are touting the inspirational leadership of student activists. The tragic Parkland, Fla., shooting has galvanized students nationwide to pressure lawmakers into enacting gun control measures. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)

Student activists should be protesting the crushing national debt

Philip Klein · March 8, 2018 10:00 pm

Florida Rep. Elizabeth Porter, R-Lake City, made her comments ahead of a vote in the state House of Representatives on a school safety bill. (AP Photo/Mark Wallheiser)

Florida state GOP lawmaker on Parkland students: Adults have the ‘age,’ ‘wisdom,’ ‘experience’ to make laws

Melissa Quinn · March 8, 2018 7:13 pm

President Trump is expected to announce a 25 percent tariff on steel and a 10 percent tariff on aluminum this week. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Beltway Confidential

Republicans will let tariffs ruin the economy, because they are afraid of angering Trump

Philip Wegmann · March 8, 2018 6:46 pm