Tag: Mass Shootings

"The idea that you need more guns to stop people who are committing mass shootings is not only illogical, but offensive," said Hillary Clinton. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Clinton: Using guns to stop crime is ‘illogical’ and ‘offensive’

Ariel Cohen · October 7, 2015 7:02 pm

In this Monday, July 7, 2014, file photo, Chicago police display some of the thousands of illegal firearms they have confiscated so far this year in their battle against gun violence in Chicago. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

Beltway Confidential

There’s also no correlation between states’ gun ownership and gun robbery rates

David Freddoso · October 7, 2015 5:07 pm

House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, hadÂ hoped he could retire on Oct. 30. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Boehner to Obama: Work with Congress on gun legislation

Susan Ferrechio · October 7, 2015 3:28 pm

"Ben Carson was speaking in general terms as to what he would do if confronted with a gunman, and was not criticizing the victims. Not fair!"Â Donald Trump tweeted Wednesday. (AP file photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Trump defends Carson amid backlash for gun comments

Gabby Morrongiello · October 7, 2015 2:29 pm

Editorial cartoons

Editorial cartoon: Violent forecast

Washington Examiner · October 6, 2015 8:47 pm

Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., makes his way to a press conference on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, October 6th, 2015, following a Senate Democratic policy luncheon meeting. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Senate Dems plot new gun control legislation

Susan Ferrechio · October 6, 2015 7:50 pm

White House: Obama’s Oregon trip will ‘not be about politics’

Nicole Duran · October 6, 2015 6:17 pm

A bill that would allow the open carry of a firearm in public got its first Florida subcommittee hearing. (Dominic Valente/The Ann Arbor News via AP)

Could open carry be heading to Florida?

Kelly Cohen · October 6, 2015 4:29 pm

"Well, this is something we should politicize,"Â Obama said Thursday. "It is relevant to our common life together, to the body politic."Â (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

N.Y. Times, USA Today take Obama’s advice to ‘politicize’ shooting

Eddie Scarry · October 6, 2015 3:23 pm

Report: Obama to meet families of Oregon victims

Daniel Chaitin · October 6, 2015 2:01 am

"To pass background checks, we need Republicans to stop acting as puppets of the NRA," saidÂ Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Reid: Republicans ‘puppets’ of the NRA

Daniel Chaitin · October 6, 2015 1:14 am

Republican presidential candidate, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee speaks during the Values Voter Summit, held by the Family Research Council Action, Friday, Sept. 25, 2015, in Washington. ( AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Huckabee: ‘Let me defend Jeb’ on guns

Gabby Morrongiello · October 5, 2015 2:47 pm