Tag: Gun Violence

Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., center, accompanied by Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., third from right, speaks at a news conference on an proposed amendment to ban high capacity magazines in guns, on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2019, in Washington.

Beltway Confidential

The emotional cry to ‘do something’ about gun control makes for horrible policy

adam-kraut · September 4, 2019 4:37 pm

The One Franklin Square Building on K Street NW in Washington, Friday, Dec. 11, 2015, that will house the Washington Post newspaper. The Washington Post is relocating to K Street after decades of history in its building on 15th street.

Washington Post invokes mass shooting victims in call to ban ‘assault weapons’

Tim Pearce · September 4, 2019 3:32 pm

Geraldo Rivera is seen.

Geraldo Rivera says that AR-15 owners have ‘small penises’

Julio Rosas · September 4, 2019 1:31 am

A customer pushes a shopping cart outside a Walmart.

‘Difficult to say’: Former Walmart CEO reluctant to say if store’s gun policy will prevent mass violence

Julio Rosas · September 3, 2019 10:35 pm

Beltway Confidential

Walmart takes a meaningless stand for gun control

Kimberly Ross · September 3, 2019 9:24 pm

Crime scene tape surrounds the home of Seth Aaron Ator, the alleged gunman in a West Texas rampage Saturday, on Monday, Sept. 2, 2019, near Odessa, Texas.

Texas gunman bought gun in private sale after failing background check

Julio Rosas · September 3, 2019 8:33 pm

Franklin, Tennessee, Dec. 23, 2017: Exterior view of a new, suburban Walmart store.

‘Shameful’: NRA trashes Walmart’s decision to halt ammunition sales

Mike Brest · September 3, 2019 8:17 pm

Beltway Confidential

Giving mass shooters the death penalty is a useless virtue signal

Brad Polumbo · September 3, 2019 6:28 pm

The bill to stop those on the Terror Watch list from buying firearms may sound OK, until you realize that anyone can end up on this list, including completely innocent U.S. citizens. (AP Photo)

Beltway Confidential

The myth of the mass shooting epidemic

Brad Polumbo · September 3, 2019 5:11 pm

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., tells reporters he intends to cancel the traditional August recess and keep the Senate in session to deal with backlogged tasks, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 5, 2018.

McConnell pledges action on gun control measures if backed by Trump

Susan Ferrechio · September 3, 2019 4:52 pm

Officials continue to work the scene where 15-year-old Leilah Hernandez was shot and killed at a car dealership during Saturday's shooting incident Monday, Sept. 2, 2019, in Odessa, Texas.

‘We were afraid of him’: Neighbor of Texas gunman describes his strange behavior

Zach Halaschak · September 3, 2019 2:45 pm

Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks.

Biden: Trump administration efforts to speed up death penalty for mass shooters ‘irrational’

Naomi Lim · September 3, 2019 2:26 am