Tag: Gun Control

"We're not going to watch any more people in this country get slaughtered and do nothing," Rep. Mike Doyle said. (AP Photo)

Dem: ‘The Second Amendment needs some changing’

Joel Gehrke · June 22, 2016 5:29 pm

Earnest said what Democrats are seeking with their protest is "neither radical nor controversial." (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama backs House protest over gun control

Nicole Duran · June 22, 2016 5:18 pm

"This is what real leadership looks like," Clinton tweeted Wednesday afternoon. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Clinton endorses House sit-in over gun control

Kelly Cohen · June 22, 2016 4:28 pm

National Security

Dems shut down House floor to protest for gun control

Susan Ferrechio, Pete Kasperowicz · June 22, 2016 3:50 pm

Murphy's bill would allow the government to take away constitutionally protected freedoms with no trial. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Murphy’s law: Ignore civility and the Constitution

Washington Examiner · June 22, 2016 4:01 am

When President Obama was blamed for a recent mass shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Fla., the press jumped to the his defense. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

National Security

Media protect Obama, rush to accuse NRA of murder

Becket Adams · June 22, 2016 4:01 am

"Republicans won't even agree to keep guns away from terrorists," said Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Harry Reid: ‘It’s true’ that GOP wants to sell guns to ISIS

Joel Gehrke · June 21, 2016 9:52 pm

Burr isn't sure it's good enough to "meet the threshold that I think due process needs to happen." (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Senate Intelligence chair ‘skeptical’ of compromise gun bill

Joel Gehrke · June 21, 2016 7:59 pm

It would empower federal authorities to block gun purchases by people who appear on the "no-fly" list. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Senate will vote on gun control compromise bill

Susan Ferrechio · June 21, 2016 7:14 pm

White House press secretary Josh Earnest said that he doesn't believe Republican the effort to fight gun violence by boosting spending on mental healthcare coverage is genuine. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Earnest: ‘I don’t believe Republicans’ on gun control

Mariana Barillas · June 21, 2016 6:14 pm

When asked Tuesday if Democrats should have instead accepted the GOP proposals as a smaller step in the right direction, spokesman Josh Earnest said that plan would have locked in the GOP answer and made it harder to find a compromise, which senators continue to work on. (Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg, File)

White House defends Dem votes against GOP gun measures

Pete Kasperowicz · June 21, 2016 5:51 pm

"Republicans won't even agree to keep guns away from terrorists," Reid said. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

National Security

Reid: GOP is the ‘legislative wing of the NRA’

Joel Gehrke · June 21, 2016 3:49 pm