Tag: Gun Control

"If you had people like me in that room and somebody starts shooting, I guarantee you, we're going down shooting." (AP Photo/Paul Vernon, File)

Why Trump would go down guns blazing

Anna Giaritelli · December 18, 2015 4:47 am

President Obama thanked Michael Bloomberg for his commitment to the gun control fight. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Obama meets with gun control advocate Michael Bloomberg

Daniel Chaitin · December 17, 2015 12:50 pm

Just 45 percent support an assault weapons ban, compared to 53 percent who are opposed to such a ban, according to a new ABC News/Washington Post survey released Wednesday. (AP file photo/Seth Perlman)

Support for assault weapons ban hits 20-year low

Kelly Cohen · December 16, 2015 2:13 pm

Republicans are warning that President Obama is preparing a gun-control executive order. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Washington Secrets

RNC joins with NRA in warning of Obama gun grab

Paul Bedard · December 15, 2015 4:29 pm

NY Times on the warpath for gun control

Becket Adams · December 15, 2015 5:01 am

New York. Gov. Andrew Cuomo says the feds should share information it has on suspected terrorists with the states, so those states can block those suspects from owning guns. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

National Security

Gov. Cuomo to feds: Share terror suspect list

Sarah Bedford · December 14, 2015 1:26 pm

The .50 caliber sniper rifle is a bolt-action rifle, and bolt-action rifles weren't covered by the now-defunct 1994 Federal Assault Weapons Ban. (AP Photo/Warren Westura)

NY Times shows it doesn’t know much about guns

Becket Adams · December 12, 2015 5:01 am

Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., on Friday called on his state's governor to ban gun ownership for "suspected terrorists." (AP Photo)

Durbin asks Illinois to ban guns for ‘suspected terrorists’

Curt Mills · December 11, 2015 10:44 pm

Under current law, the federal government imposes an excise tax of 10 percent on pistols and revolvers. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

Dems push to raise taxes on guns, ammo

Pete Kasperowicz · December 11, 2015 7:28 pm

Congress sends five-day funding extension to Obama

Susan Ferrechio · December 11, 2015 5:38 pm

The Times famously ran a front-page editorial Dec. 4 calling for drastic gun control measures, including confiscation of weapons. The response: No. (AP Photo)

Beltway Confidential

The negative impact of New York Times front-page editorials

Michael Barone · December 11, 2015 5:28 pm

A scene from "Glock Day" at Hyatt Guns in Charlotte, N.C.

Washington Secrets

Surge in gun sales, conceal-carry applications, gun safety classes

Paul Bedard · December 11, 2015 3:59 pm