Tag: Mass Shootings

President Barack Obama returns to the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2015, from a trip to Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Obama: Gun violence ‘dwarfs’ terrorism-related deaths in the U.S.

Pete Kasperowicz · August 26, 2015 10:19 pm

National Security

Two journalists shot dead during live TV report

Barbara Boland · August 26, 2015 1:44 pm

A soldier stands guard Friday Nov. 9, 2012, near the building housing a military courtroom on Joint Base Lewis McChord in Washington state, where a preliminary hearing was held for U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

National Security

Drinking, racial slurs at base where U.S. soldier killed 16 Afghans

Jacqueline Klimas · August 18, 2015 6:23 pm

Texas Sen. John Cornyn introduced legislation to make the federal background check system for gun buyers more effective. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Top GOP senator introduces NRA-backed gun legislation

Kelly Cohen · August 6, 2015 12:14 pm

Police work the scene of a reported shooting in Nashville, Tenn., Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2015. A suspect wielding a hatchet and a gun inside a Nashville-area movie theater died after exchanging gunshots with a police team that stormed the theater, police said Wednesday. (John Partipilo/The Tennessean via AP)

National Security

Suspect in Tennessee movie theater shooting dead

Kelly Cohen · August 5, 2015 8:04 pm

(Photo courtesy of the Mississippi National Guard atÂ http://ms.ng.mil)

National Security

Shots fired near National Guard training center, no soldiers injured

Jacqueline Klimas · August 4, 2015 8:36 pm

The owner of an ammunition manufacturing company holds up a 10 round, left, and a 30 round, right, magazine for the AR-15 rifle. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Los Angeles bans 10-round firearm magazines

Kelly Cohen · July 29, 2015 12:16 pm

Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry said the movie theater shooting in Louisiana is just the latest example of why gun-free zones are a bad idea. (AP Photo)

Rick Perry: Allow guns in movie theaters

Kelly Cohen · July 27, 2015 5:18 pm

President Barack Obama speaks to members of the media in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Thursday, July 16, 2015, on the shooting in Chattanooga, Tenn. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama’s clunky response to terrorism 2.0

Susan Crabtree · July 27, 2015 4:01 am

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, center, delivers a statement following a deadly shooting at the Grand 16 theater, Friday, July 24, 2015, in Lafayette, La. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Jindal threatens to ‘lock up’ Westboro Baptist protestors

Sarah Bedford · July 26, 2015 5:17 pm

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz.,Â said Russia is filling a leadership vacuum left by President Obama, who backed down from using military force against Assad even after Assad used chemical weapons to attack civilians.Â (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)

McCain blocked amendment to arm troops before Chattanooga attack

Barbara Boland · July 25, 2015 7:47 pm

n an interview with the BBC, President Obama said the inability to pass gun control legislation has been the most frustrating part of his presidency. (AP Photo)

Obama: ‘Most frustrated’ by inability to pass gun control

Kelly Cohen · July 24, 2015 1:15 pm