Tag: Second Amendment

Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn, R-Texas, moved Monday afternoon to bring up for an immediate vote the Fix NICS bill, a bipartisan measure that would use both penalties and rewards to get more states and federal agencies to send information to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate negotiating swift action on bill to boost gun background check system

Susan Ferrechio · February 27, 2018 12:07 am

Delta, along with other corporations, has cut ties with the National Rifle Association in the wake of the school shooting in Parkland, Fla. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Beltway Confidential

How this NRA vs. Delta fight in Georgia could accidentally lead to corporate welfare reform

Philip Wegmann · February 26, 2018 9:49 pm

House Democrats introduced a bill that prohibits the "sale, transfer, production, and importation" of semi-automatic rifles and pistols that can hold a detachable magazine, as well as semi-automatic rifles with a magazine that can hold more than 10 rounds. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)

House Democrats introduce bill prohibiting sale of semi-automatic weapons

Melissa Quinn · February 26, 2018 9:46 pm

A better data policing effort on both sides will make for a more sober debate with more promising outcomes. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

White House: Trump ‘still supports’ raising age for AR-15 sales, will meet lawmakers Wednesday

Steven Nelson · February 26, 2018 9:05 pm

"My community, my country is not safer with this unfettered access of anybody that's 18 years or older having access to this platform," Rep. Brian Mast, R-Fla., said. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Florida Republican: People are ‘not safer’ with access to AR-15 style guns

Pete Kasperowicz · February 26, 2018 1:12 pm

The pain and fear the teenagers feel are pertinent to the debate on gun control and policy, driving home the truth that while any single student is unlikely to be a victim of a school shooting, such events are nevertheless monumentally traumatic for many of them. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

The debate we need on school shootings

Washington Examiner · February 26, 2018 5:01 am

"I wish that as much attention were given to the Broward County sheriff and their abdication of duty as trying to blame 5 million innocent, law-abiding gun owners all across the country," Dana Loesch said during an interview on ABC's "This Week." (Image courtesy screenshot)

NRA’s Dana Loesch: More attention should be paid to Broward sheriff and ‘their abdication of duty’

Melissa Quinn · February 25, 2018 4:12 pm

"I'm not into banning, you know, specific weapons," Florida Gov. Rick Scott said. "I think what you need to do is ban specific people from having weapons." (AP Photo/Mark Wallheiser)

Rick Scott: We need to ban ‘specific people from having weapons’

Naomi Lim · February 25, 2018 3:20 pm

Gun rights is a visceral issue for many committed Republicans — the sort who tend show up in congressional primaries in red states and partisan-drawn districts. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

GOP primary season a key obstacle to gun legislation

David M. Drucker · February 25, 2018 1:53 pm

After the recent school shooting in Florida, gun control has once again become a topic of national public debate. The judiciary branch is just as divided as the common man. (iStock)

Is Trump’s push for an AR-15 age limit constitutional?

Steven Nelson · February 25, 2018 5:01 am

Members of his own party are urging House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis., to help reinstitute the National Criminal Instate Background Check System. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

GOP lawmakers urge Paul Ryan to bring background check bill to a vote next week

Diana Stancy Correll · February 23, 2018 11:30 pm

Nikolas Cruz faces 17 charges of premeditated murder in the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Transcript: Tipster told FBI she feared Florida shooting suspect would end up ‘getting into a school and just shooting the place up’

Melissa Quinn · February 23, 2018 11:17 pm