Tag: Gun Control

Bump fire stocks are made from relatively cheap polymers that can be 3D printed. (AP Photo/Allen G. Breed)

Beltway Confidential

3D printing could make Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s proposed ‘bump stock’ ban obsolete

Philip Wegmann · October 4, 2017 9:02 pm

The European political establishment hates the Second Amendment for its ultimate repudiation of big government. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Beltway Confidential

Why the European establishment hates the Second Amendment

Tom Rogan · October 4, 2017 4:48 pm

A gun store employee demonstrates how a "bump" stock works. The gunman who unleashed hundreds of rounds of gunfire on a crowd of concertgoers in Las Vegas attached what is called a "bump-stock" to two of his weapons, in effect converting semiautomatic firearms into fully automatic ones. (AP Photo/Allen Breed, File)

Democrats propose banning ‘bump stocks’ like the ones used in Las Vegas shooting

Susan Ferrechio · October 4, 2017 4:21 pm

Republicans say Second Amendment, not NRA, drives their stance on guns after Las Vegas massacre

David M. Drucker · October 4, 2017 3:52 pm

A salesperson checks rifles in a display in a gun shop in Sydney. Former Australian foreign minister said, "We can share our experience but at the end of the day it is going to be up to United States legislators and lawmakers, the United States public, to change the laws to ensure that this type of incident does not happen again." (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)

Australia offers gun control advice to US

Kara Zupkus · October 4, 2017 3:41 pm

People pause at a memorial set up for victims of a mass shooting in Las Vegas, Nev., on Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2017. A gunman opened fire on an outdoor music concert on Sunday. It was the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, with dozens of people killed and hundreds injured, some by gunfire, some during the chaotic escape. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Las Vegas shooter Stephen Paddock was prescribed anti-anxiety drug months before killing

Kyle Feldscher · October 4, 2017 2:19 pm

Former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., called on lawmakers of both parties to enact gun control measures, days after the mass shooting in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

National Security

Gabby Giffords: ‘It’s time to come together’ to enact gun measures

Al Weaver · October 4, 2017 1:34 pm

Marilou Danley, 62, returned to the United States from the Philippines on Tuesday night, and was met at Los Angeles International Airport by FBI agents, according to a law enforcement official. (Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department via AP, File)

National Security

Girlfriend of Las Vegas shooter returns to US

Pete Kasperowicz · October 4, 2017 11:49 am

A single rose is left at the door of the Mandalay Bay hotel and casino in Las Vegas. A gunman opened fire at an outdoor music concert on Sunday. It was the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Two words Democrats won’t say after Las Vegas: ‘Gun control’

Pete Kasperowicz · October 4, 2017 4:01 am

Fresh off a trip aimed at addressing a tragic weather event, President Trump will set off for Las Vegas on Wednesday to confront another national crisis as he grapples with the most dramatic series of domestic disasters to strike his young presidency. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump to tiptoe around gun control fight in Las Vegas visit

Sarah Bedford · October 4, 2017 4:01 am

In the aftermath of the horrific massacre in Las Vegas on Sunday night, Star Wars actor Mark Hamill is reentering the debate around gun control in the U.S. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)

Beltway Confidential

Star Wars actor Mark Hamill is a force for Australian-style gun control

Stephen Kent · October 4, 2017 12:33 am

House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., who was shot at Republican baseball practice during the summer in Alexandria, Va., said that his experience has only solidified his views concerning gun control. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Steve Scalise: Being shot in the hip ‘fortified’ Second Amendment stance

Diana Stancy Correll · October 4, 2017 12:04 am