President Joe Biden addressed the nation hours after the Texas school shooting and blamed the gun lobby for the incident that killed over a dozen people.
New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham marked a warning firearm charge Tuesday (Photo : Reuters) New Mexico Representative Michelle Lujan Grisham signed a firearm bill on Tuesday that will empower state district courts to order the brief surrender of firearms from individuals deemed to be a threat to themselves, or others, and urged sheriffs to resign if they refuse to enforce the new bill.
Monday August 1 ushered in a day of controversy in Texas, as the state's 2015 "Campus Carry" law went into effect, allowing students at public universities to legally carry concealed firearms on campus.
Republican candidate Ben Carson appeared in an interview with USA Today's "Capital Download," in which he suggested it would make sense to arm teachers with guns.
Although a recent poll suggest that self-described “democratic socialist” Bernie Sanders is gaining on former secretary of state Hillary Rodham Clinton, the 67-year old candidate still has 42 percent of the Democratic Primary voters
Sen. Marco Rubio and House Rep. Jim Jordan teamed up on Thursday to introduce legislation that would drastically roll back the District of Columbia's strict gun laws.
The parents of eight of the children killed in Dec. 14, 2012 at the massacre at the Sandy Hook Elementary have informed Connecticut courts that they might file wrongful death lawsuits in either state or federal court.
The Directorate of Arms and Munitions Sales is Mexico's only gun store. The shop is run by the Mexican military, and it sells products such as 9mm handguns and semi-automatic rifles only to police departments. Under Mexican law, citizens can only purchase firearms such as "deer rifles and small handguns," The Washington Post reported. One Mexican military veteran is trying to change all that.
On Monday, advocates for stronger gun control celebrated the Supreme Court decision in Abramski v. United States, which upheld illegality of "straw" purchases of guns.
On Wednesday, Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal signed a controversial pro-gun bill into law that allows concealed carry permit holders to carry guns into some bars, churches, schools, government buildings and certain areas within airports.
A controversial policy proposal in Illinois that would have banned medicinal marijuana users from owning a firearm was scrapped Friday after advocates for Second Amendment rights and marijuana proponents urged lawmakers against the proposal.
In response to a controversial state bill that will allow students to legally carry firearms on campus, a Boise State University professor has written a clever opinion piece satirizing the decision.
