Tag: Gun Control

Rep. Mike Thompson, D-Calif., claimed that those who were accidentally on the watch list could use an appeals process to remove themselves. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Dem lawmaker: No guns for people on terror watch list

Ariel Cohen · December 11, 2015 2:40 pm

More than a dozen House Democrats have proposed legislation that would change federal law to prevent foreign nationals from buying firearms after entering the United States through the Visa Waiver Program. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)

Energy and Environment

Spending deal may hinge on federal study of gun violence

Susan Ferrechio · December 11, 2015 5:01 am

House Appropriations Chairman Hal Rogers, R-Ky., told the Washington Examiner on Thursday the two sides continue to negotiate after Democrats sent an offer late Wednesday. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Senate passes five-day government funding bill

Susan Ferrechio · December 10, 2015 7:46 pm

Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy said he would deny gun sales to those "who represent a real risk, as opposed to a made-up one or perceived one." (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)

Conn. moves to block gun sales to those on federal ‘no-fly’ list

Kelly Cohen · December 10, 2015 7:22 pm

White House finalizing executive action to expand background checks

Kelly Cohen, Nicole Duran · December 10, 2015 6:55 pm

âÅWe must insist that we cannot have a bill leave the station that still has that ban on research in it,âï¿½ Nancy Pelosi said. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner file)

Pelosi wants repeal of gun research ban in omnibus

Robert King · December 10, 2015 4:43 pm

White House adviser Valerie Jarrett to submit a proposal expanding background chucks on gun purchases.(AP Photo/Philip Kamrass, File)

LA Times breaks with media, Obama on gun ban

Becket Adams · December 9, 2015 11:40 pm

The 57-year-old defendant said during the hearing that he was guilty and that there would not be a trial. He also objected to his lawyer's attempt to limit publicity. (Daniel Owen/The Gazette via AP, File)

Colorado shooting suspect says he’s a ‘warrior for the babies’

Anna Giaritelli · December 9, 2015 10:26 pm

President Obama delivers an address to the nation from the White House following the terrorist attack in San Bernardino, Calif. (Saul Loeb/Pool via Bloomberg)

President ignores the implications of California terror attack

Jason Lewis · December 9, 2015 5:02 am

Cotton: Terror Watch List ‘Notoriously Inaccurate’

Jim Swift · December 8, 2015 9:15 pm

Democrats such as Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., (left) used delay tactics to protest the lack of consideration in Congress on new gun control legislation. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Dems stage protests in Congress over gun control

Susan Ferrechio · December 8, 2015 7:37 pm

Pelosi: Gun restrictions needed to ‘protect and defend’ Americans

Pete Kasperowicz · December 8, 2015 4:55 pm