The Latest News about Gun control

Some Opposition Media journos are taking a novel approach to covering guns. They’re actually going hands-on. Hayley Peterson, of Business Insider, decided to buy a gun. She avoided going to a local gun store — presumably because employees are experts on the process — and decided to try Walmart, which is not known for employee expertise or visibility. “I went ...

One of the key figures in talks to push Trump into using Google to determine the next mass shooter is a longtime friend of the president who is a former NBC executive. Analysts argue that Trump’s potential use of big tech algorithms to determine who could commit a mass shooting risks hitting lots of innocent people. The White House refuses ...

Democratic presidential hopeful Beto O’Rourke’s promise Thursday to confiscate AR-15s from Americans who legally own them is a flip flop from his position on the issue when he was running for Senate last year in Texas. “If you purchased that AR-15, if you own it, keep it. Continue to use it responsibly,” O’Rourke said in an April 9, 2018 interview ...

Former Rep. Beto O’Rourke of Texas is pushing financial institutions into refusing service to Americans who are seeking to purchase semi-automatic rifles, among other forms of artillery. O’Rourke is planning on using the Democratic debate in Houston to drum up pressure on credit card companies, ABC reporter Jeffrey Cook noted in a tweet Thursday. The Texas Democrat is struggling to ...

The majority of House Democrats oppose an assault weapons ban and they are still seven cosponsors short of passing legislation. Democrats have been critical of the president’s changing stance on stronger background-check legislation since mass shootings killed over 50 people in the month of August alone. Republican Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie said House Democrats “want to take your guns,” but ...

Beto O’Rourke on Friday called for mandatory buybacks of so-called assault weapons, and a nationwide gun licensing program. The Democratic presidential candidate unveiled his five-point plan a day after he announced a reset of his campaign. O’Rourke, who is polling in the low single digits, suspended his campaign after a mass shooting in his hometown of El Paso on Aug. ...

A Democratic Party Senator lashed out at the U.S. Supreme Court Monday in hopes of backing the court away from ruling on an oppressive gun control law that New York City wished to implement. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) filed a legal brief that attempted to bully the Supreme Court to dismiss a challenge, New York City Rifle and Pistol Association ...

The fact that many students go to school worried they might become the next casualty in a schooling shooting is beyond disturbing. With school shootings only becoming more prevalent,  Americans are demanding a solution to keep children safe. While many on the right suggest arming school staff is a logical step, those on the left adamantly disagree. When you step ...

President Donald Trump said Friday that he is making sure NRA’s strong views on background checks are being represented in legislative discussions. Trump sent out an early tweet to say that the NRA‘s views are being considered during ongoing discussions with House and Senate leadership on gun background checks, but reiterated that guns should not be in the wrong hands. ...

Walmart employees are planning to walk out of corporate offices Wednesday, demanding the retailer stop selling firearms of all kinds. Offices in California and Oregon will be partaking in the protest, following the El Paso Walmart shooting that left 22 people dead over the weekend. The white-collar workers demand that one of America’s largest retailers cease all gun sales, even ...

Ohio Republican Rep. Mike Turner announced Tuesday that he would support legislation that bans assault weapons and restricts magazine capacity. Turner claims he’s a “strong supporter of the Second Amendment,” but the alleged “carnage” that assault weapons cause is “intolerable.” He also endorses red flag laws, and claims legislation of this nature is a “testament to American values,” a release ...

Former Vice President Joe Biden said Monday he supports a national buyback program for so-called assault weapons, while acknowledging that he is “going to come” for those types of firearms if elected president. “So to gun owners out there who say well, a Biden administration means they’re going to come for my guns,” CNN’s Anderson Cooper said in an interview ...

Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke said Monday that he’s “open” to a “mandatory” gun buyback program. O’Rourke went on left-wing podcast “Pod Save America,” where he was asked if he would be open to “gun licenses and mandatory buyback programs like they did in Australia” if elected president. “Yes. And I’m open to them right now as a candidate. It ...

President Donald Trump spoke at a press conference Monday about implementing “red-flag laws” to help with confiscating guns when threats are detected. Media outlets published misleading headlines indicating Trump had not mentioned gun reform laws. Trump also tweeted Monday morning about improving background checks following two mass shootings over the weekend. Media outlets published misleading headlines stating President Donald Trump ...

GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham said Monday he plans to introduce a bipartisan “red flag” gun confiscation bill that will have President Donald Trump’s support. Graham announced he had reached a deal with Democratic Connecticut Sen. Richard Blumenthal to create a federal grant program to help states establish “red flag” laws, or laws that facilitate gun confiscation when a threat is ...