second amendment

Guns In Your Home: A Statistical Accident Waiting To Happen

Over 70 percent of the time a minor is killed by a gun, the gun used was housed in that minor’s own home.

2013/05/15

File photo of ammunition and guns. (credit: Getty Images)

Gallup Poll: Majority Of Americans Wanted Senate To Allow For Gun Background Checks

The majority of Americans would have preferred if Congress had allowed for expanded background checks for gun purchases, according to recently-released data.

2013/05/01

File photo of people shopping for guns. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Close Vote Seen On Background Checks On Gun Buyers

A bipartisan Senate proposal to expand background checks for gun buyers gained the backing of one Republican and the potential support of a second Sunday as sponsors said the vote expected this week was too close to call.

2013/04/14

Dem Senator Considers Joining GOP Gun Filibuster: ‘There’s No Bill, No Amendment, I’ve Seen This Played Before’

Sen. Mark Begich, a democrat from Alaska, said he wants more than news conferences from fellow Democrats pushing gun control legislation and is considering joining a GOP-led filibuster.

2013/04/11

File photo of N.Y. Mayor Michael Bloomberg, right. (credit: STAN HONDA/AFP/Getty Images)

Bloomberg, Mayor Group Tout Big Gun Control Push

A new $12 million television ad campaign from Mayors Against Illegal Guns will push senators in key states to back gun control efforts, including comprehensive background checks.

2013/03/24

Former Congresswoman Gabby Giffords and her husband Mark Kelly are joined by survivors of the Tucson shooting as they call for Congress and the Senate to provide stricter gun control in the United States during a news conference on March 6, 2013 in Tucson, Ariz. (credit: Joshua Lott/Getty Images)

NRA: Mark Kelly Buying Guns Is ‘Cheap Publicity Stunt’

The husband of former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords generated nearly 4,000 comments on Facebook from people on both sides of the gun debate after he posted a photo of himself buying a military-style rifle — a purchase he said he made to demonstrate how easy it is to obtain the kind of firearms he’s lobbying Congress to ban.

2013/03/13

Event organizer Ed Levine. (credit: John Domen/All-News 99.1 WNEW)

Packing Heat with Hot Coffee: ‘Gun Owners Support Starbucks Day’

If you enjoy packing heat while sipping a hot cup of coffee, Friday is your day. Firearms owners and gun rights advocates are heading to their local coffee shop to celebrate ‘Gun Owners Support Starbucks Day.’

2013/02/22

White House Press Secretary Jay Carney conducts the daily news briefing in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on Jan. 8, 2013 in Washington, D.C. (credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

White House: ‘You Would Be Better Off With A Shotgun’

The White House is defending Vice President Joe Biden’s comment that people should buy shotguns for protection.

2013/02/21

Texas Sen. Ted Cruz told the Washington gun control panel firearm victims' families that Constitutional rights can't be decided when politicians find it timely to discuss gun laws. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Sen. Cruz: Constitutional Gun Rights Must Be Protected ‘Not Just When Popular’

The plague of gun violence makes it plain that current firearms restrictions are insufficient and new federal limits are needed, a top Democrat said Tuesday at a Senate hearing on gun control. Parrying that, a Republican said gun rights must be protected, even amid horrors like the mass shooting of school children in Connecticut.

2013/02/12

File photo of an NRA rally supporting the Second Amendment. (credit: Patrick Smith/Getty Images)

Conservatives Make Gun Issue New Rallying Cry

An immigration debate is raging and a budget crisis looms in Congress, but the conservative activists gathered outside the New Hampshire Statehouse had just one thing on their minds: guns.

2013/02/02