Tag: Gun Control

More country stars lean Left than people realize, but perhaps even Nashville's Democrats are less inspired by politics than by faith, family, friends, and, yes, cold beer. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

Beltway Confidential

CMA Awards offer refreshing departure from divisive award show politics

Emily Jashinsky · November 9, 2017 11:01 pm

"Thereâs too many that do not want to go back in there." (Nick Wagner/Austin American-Statesman via AP)

Texas church where deadly mass shooting occurred could be torn down

Diana Stancy Correll · November 9, 2017 9:57 pm

"We will find out why this information was not properly reported in 2012, and we will work with leaders in Congress to ensure that this never happens again." (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

National Security

Mike Pence: Air Force to complete review of error allowing Texas shooter to purchase gun ‘in days, not weeks’

Daniel Chaitin · November 9, 2017 2:46 am

This all starts with a USA Today tweet that read, "A look at the gun used in the Texas church shooting." (Screengrab)

Beltway Confidential

Chainsaw bayonets are real, guys

Becket Adams · November 9, 2017 12:16 am

Afternoon Links: Return of the Assault Weapons Ban, Subsidizing Parking for Rich Foodies, and Greta the App Baron

Jim Swift · November 8, 2017 9:39 pm

Under military law, there is no specific offense of "domestic violence" or "domestic abuse." (Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman via AP)

National Security

The loophole that may have given the Texas church gunman access to his arsenal

Jamie McIntyre · November 8, 2017 7:01 pm

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., speaks to reporters as she arrives at the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate Democrats introduce major gun ban bill

Susan Ferrechio · November 8, 2017 6:21 pm

Democrat Chris Hurst defeated Republican Joseph Yost to win House of Delegates District 12 on Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2017, in Blacksburg, Va. Hurst celebrates with a packed room of supporters at The Hyatt Place in Blacksburg. (Heather Rousseau/The Roanoke Times via AP)

Chris Hurst, former TV anchor whose girlfriend was shot on-air, wins Virginia delegate seat

Kara Zupkus · November 8, 2017 5:46 pm

Sutherland Springs residents pray in front of some of the crosses placed in a field to honor those who were killed in Sunday's mass shooting at the town's First Baptist Church. (Louis DeLuca/The Dallas Morning News)

Repeated prayers have a better chance of working than repeated gun control proposals

Washington Examiner · November 8, 2017 5:01 am

The Senate Judiciary Committee will analyze federal regulations governing so-called "bump stocks," gun attachments which can be attached to semi-automatic weapons to speed up firing speed. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Senate Judiciary Committee will scrutinize bump stocks, background checks next week

Susan Ferrechio · November 8, 2017 12:40 am

National Security

Donald Trump Jr. spars with Sen. Jeff Flake on Twitter over gun legislation

Mandy Mayfield · November 7, 2017 10:33 pm

The Air Force lapse in the Devin P. Kelley case, which is now under review by the Pentagon's inspector general, made it possible for him to buy guns before his attack Sunday at a church in Sutherland Springs, Texas. (Markku Ulander/Lehtikuva via AP)

Pentagon has known of crime reporting lapses for 20 years

Associated Press · November 7, 2017 9:43 pm