Tag: Gun Control

Del. Nick Freitas, a Republican from Culpeper, is running in Virginia's U.S. Senate election to unseat Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine, Hillary Clinton's running mate in the 2016 presidential election. (screenshot)

Tim Kaine challenger roils Virginia House with speech connecting ‘abortion industry’ to mass shootings

Daniel Chaitin · March 3, 2018 4:25 am

A 20-year-old quit his job at Dick's Sporting Goods over the store's announcement that they will no longer sell firearms to those under 21 years of age.

Red Alert Politics

20-year-old quits job after Dick’s raises purchasing age for guns to 21

Lauren Cooley · March 3, 2018 2:06 am

According to a statement, REI says it believes it is the responsibility of companies that manufacture and sell guns and ammunition to come up with solutions to stop gun violence like the school shooting in Parkland, Fla., last month. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Customers demand REI cut ties with company connected to NRA

Katelyn Caralle · March 2, 2018 8:45 pm

An aide to House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., said the House this month would likely consider legislation that would authorize $50 million annually to provide schools with training and programs to prevent acts of violence like last month's Florida school shooting that left 17 dead. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

GOP plans to move school safety bill in March as gun legislation stalls

Susan Ferrechio · March 2, 2018 8:27 pm

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., emboldened her Republican colleagues to pass legislation addressing gun violence in the weekly Democratic address published Friday. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy)

Dianne Feinstein to lawmakers: We need the ‘willpower and intestinal fortitude’ to buck NRA on gun laws

Melissa Quinn · March 2, 2018 8:20 pm

Processes exist for a reason. They are our protection against lawlessness and totalitarianism. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)

Beltway Confidential

Trump’s dismissal of due process on guns a cautionary tale to those who cheer his flouting of norms

Philip Klein · March 2, 2018 6:48 pm

Eighty-two percent of surveyed Democrats say they favor a ban on semi-automatics, which would include not just rifles like the one used in the Feb. 14 Parkland massacre, which claimed the lives of 17 people, but also most handguns. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Beltway Confidential

Survey: Majority of Democrats want to ban semi-automatics, half want to ban all guns

Becket Adams · March 2, 2018 5:50 pm

When Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., informed the president that his and Sen. Joe Manchin's, D-W.Va., bill did not address the purchasing age for firearms, President Trump suggested they were "afraid of the NRA." (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Trump backs away from urging Congress to boost purchasing age for guns

Gabby Morrongiello · March 2, 2018 5:42 pm

"It's hard for me still to talk about it, but I more than once had to hide in the closet with my siblings when my father was out of control and had a gun," Rep. Debbie Dingell said. "One night, I literally kept him from killing my mother." (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

Debbie Dingell on need for stricter gun laws: ‘My father shouldn’t have had a gun’

Melissa Quinn · March 2, 2018 5:28 pm

Can the President Be Taken Seriously on Gun Control?

TWS Podcast · March 2, 2018 5:22 pm

The Gun-Free School Zones Act of 1990 bans weapons in and around all public and private K-12 schools, with limited exceptions. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Rand Paul wants to repeal federal gun-free school zones

Pete Kasperowicz · March 2, 2018 5:00 pm

Delta CEO: Ending NRA discount was a way to ‘remain neutral’ in gun debate

Katelyn Caralle · March 2, 2018 4:14 pm