Tag: Gun Control

Critics said the video exploited the congressional baseball shooting that had just happened prior to the video's release. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

NRA: Washington Post abuses First Amendment

Josh Siegel · July 17, 2017 10:18 pm

A bouquet of flowers adorns the grave of Philando Castile on the one-year anniversary of his death in St. Louis. Minnesota governor has proposed that a new police training fund be named in honor of Castile. (David Carson/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)

Minnesota governor proposes naming police training fund after Philando Castile

Leah DePiero · July 7, 2017 5:09 pm

The Women's March has positioned itself as an organ of the progressive movement. (AP)

Beltway Confidential

Women’s March chasing obscurity with anti-NRA protest

Emily Jashinsky · July 6, 2017 9:51 pm

The gun industry's National Shooting Sports Foundation notes that protection is the top reason people own guns. NSSF photo

Washington Secrets

2017 is second biggest year for gun sales ever, might top 2016

Paul Bedard · July 6, 2017 4:53 pm

The fact that Republicans were targeted exclusively on June 14 is certainly worth mentioning, even if it's only part of a brief aside. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Beltway Confidential

Washington Post report on NRA ad omits crucial context from Steve Scalise shooting

Becket Adams · July 1, 2017 12:36 am

President Trump announced on Friday morning that he has instructed federal officials to help local and state officials in Chicago who are dealing with higher-than-normal rates of violence. (AP Photo/Christian K. Lee)

Trump sends federal officials to Chicago to fight violence

Anna Giaritelli · June 30, 2017 11:23 am

The Supreme Court on Monday declined to take a case about the boundaries of the Second Amendment's right to keep and bear arms. (AP Photo/Philip Kamrass)

Supreme Court refuses to hear high-stakes Second Amendment handgun case

Ryan Lovelace · June 26, 2017 1:44 pm

Predictably, some on the Left are criticizing this move. (iStock by Getty Images)

Beltway Confidential

Colorado is right to train teachers to deal with active shooters

Tom Rogan · June 21, 2017 5:00 pm

An FBI Evidence Response team inspects the contents of one of the many bags left at the scene of a shooting involving House Majority Whip Steve Scalise of La., and others, during a congressional baseball practice. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

FBI: GOP baseball practice shooting not terrorism, attacker acted alone

Anna Giaritelli · June 21, 2017 2:27 pm

"According to their rhetoric, this is everything that they stand againstâ¦an officer of the state depriving a citizen of his life because he was legally carrying a firearm." (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP)

‘Daily Show’ host Trevor Noah: Why is NRA silent on licensed gun owner Philando Castile’s death?

Leah DePiero · June 20, 2017 4:38 pm

It's not practical to assign security details to every federal politician. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Beltway Confidential

Congress should allow members to carry guns

Tom Rogan · June 15, 2017 10:46 pm

It's not clear what exactly Walsh meant by saying he "meant it literally." (AP)

Former Rep. Joe Walsh ‘literally’ grabbing his musket after baseball shooting

Daniel Chaitin · June 15, 2017 9:28 pm