Current Events
Walmart and Dick’s Raise Minimum Age for Gun Buyers to 21
Two of the nation’s leading gun sellers, Walmart and Dick’s Sporting Goods, took steps on Wednesday to limit their sales of firearms, thrusting themselves into the middle of the polarizing national debate over gun control.
Dick’s Sporting Goods Will Destroy the Assault-Style Weapons It Didn’t Sell
Dick’s Sporting Goods plans to destroy the assault-style rifles and accessories it agreed to take off its shelves in February instead of returning them to manufacturers.
Companies Cut Ties to the N.R.A., but Find There Is No Neutral Ground
Within hours of announcing its decision to end a credit card relationship with the National Rifle Association, the First National Bank of Omaha found itself thrust into the center of the resurgent national gun debate.
Voices and Pictures From the Student Walkouts: ‘We Deserve to Live Without Fear’
Thousands of students across the United States walked out of their classrooms and into the nation’s schoolyards and streets on Friday in a renewed, coordinated protest against gun violence.
What to Expect From the National School Walkout for Gun Safety
High school students across the United States are planning to walk out of classes all day on Friday as part of the National School Walkout, a protest against what participants see as political inaction in the face of mass shootings and gun violence.
Repeal The Second Amendment? That's Not So Simple. Here's What It Would Take
Talk of gun rights and gun control is back on full boil after 17 people were killed in the Parkland, Fla., school shooting, so the conversation turns to the Second Amendment quickly and often.
Supreme Court Won't Hear Challenge To California's Gun Laws
The U.S. Supreme Court has, once again, declined to hear a Second Amendment case, turning away a constitutional challenge to a 10-day waiting period for the purchase of guns in California. The court's decision not to hear the case came over an angry dissent from conservative Justice Clarence Thomas.
Conservatives Are Losing the Culture War Over GunsLegislatively, anti-gun control forces remain in control. President Donald Trump, after veering towards the NRA earlier in the week, veered away from it during a meeting with lawmakers on Wednesday. But he did something similar in January, vowing in a bipartisan meeting to legalize the immigrant “Dreamers” only to pull back as the legislative process evolved. And even if Trump remains sympathetic to modest gun-control measures, there’s no guarantee congressional Republicans will go along. Many responded negatively to his comments on Wednesday. And neither Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell nor House Speaker Paul Ryan have even agreed to hold a vote on measures the NRA opposes.
What Critics Don't Understand About Gun Culture
My wife knew something was amiss when the car blocked our driveway. She was outside our house, playing with our kids on our trampoline, when a car drove slowly down our rural Tennessee street. As it reached our house, it pulled partially in the driveway, and stopped.
'I Think We Have a Leadership Problem'
Wednesday marked just one month since a 19-year-old man opened fire in a Parkland, Florida, high school and murdered 17 people. One month since Twitter brimmed with thoughts and prayers from some, and renewed calls for gun control from others. And one month since President Donald Trump told lawmakers he didn’t want to wait “two weeks, three weeks, four weeks” to address gun violence in America, when “people sort of forget and we go on.”
Gun control advocates push to make voter registration the legacy of Parkland shooting
The massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in February sparked a renewed interest in gun control, with students who survived the attack leading rallies, marches, walkouts and campaigns for gun legislation. People across the country, and the world, participated in hundreds of events demanding action on gun violence.
Illinois county declares itself a symbolic gun sanctuary
Authorities say a resolution declaring a community in rural central Illinois a sanctuary for gun owners is symbolic and non-binding.
Texas private school arming administrators with guns
A private Christian school in Arlington, Texas, is arming administrators with guns to keep kids safe.
Michigan Supreme Court to hear case on guns in schools
Public schools want right to set own guidelines when it comes to open carry and concealed weapons in their buildings; gun proponents say that violates state law.
'Red flag' laws allow states to seize guns
Legislation allows guns to be confiscated from individuals deems a risk to themselves or others. 'Fox News @ Night' political panel reacts.
School shootings prompt more teachers to consider carrying guns
The special education teacher from the Salt Lake City region didn’t grow up in a family with guns, and had never gone hunting. She certainly didn’t think guns had a place schools.
Mass shooters use loopholes, lapses in checks to get guns
Nikolas Cruz is just the latest U.S. mass shooter to legally obtain and own guns because of limited firearms laws, lapses in the background check process or law enforcement's failure to heed warnings of concerning behavior.
Good guys with guns saving livesStephen Willeford’s heroic actions last Sunday saved many lives at the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas. The killer, Devin Kelley, was shooting the wounded when Willeford showed up with a rifle. Willeford’s quick actions forced Kelley to stop his attack, presumably saving the lives of the twenty wounded and possibly many more.
Virginia Senate passes bill to allow guns in churches The Virginia Senate has passed legislation aimed at allowing guns in church in response to a deadly church shooting in Texas.
Man shot in head on Facebook Live as friends played with guns, cops say
A Houston man is on life support after he was reportedly shot in the head on Easter while sitting inside a car at a gas station as his friends were playing with two handguns.
Trump administration to ban bump stocks, 'all devices' that turn 'legal' weapons into machine guns
President Donald Trump announced Friday that the administration would ban bump stocks and “all devices” that turn otherwise legal weapons into “illegal machine guns,” keeping a promise made amid a bipartisan gun control debate.
Kasich orders review of how Ohio shares data with gun background check system
Ohio Gov. John Kasich signed an executive order on Monday that looks to improve how the state's data is reported to the National Instant Criminal Background Check system.
CDC, in Surveys It Never Bothered Making Public, Provides More Evidence That Plenty of Americans Innocently Defend Themselves with Guns
Many people who support gun control are angry that the federal Centers for Disease Control (CDC) are not legally allowed to use money from Congress to do research whose purpose is "to advocate or promote gun control." (This is not the same as doing no research into gun violence, though it seems to discourage many potential recipients of CDC money.)
Kansas governor signs bill to bar guns from domestic abusers
Republican Gov. Jeff Colyer has signed legislation making it illegal under Kansas law for people convicted of domestic violence to own guns.
Guns at Daycare? Lawsuit Says DCFS In Violation of 2nd Amendment
Should handguns be allowed inside home daycares? A lawsuit filed in federal court Monday argues they should.
Two of the nation’s leading gun sellers, Walmart and Dick’s Sporting Goods, took steps on Wednesday to limit their sales of firearms, thrusting themselves into the middle of the polarizing national debate over gun control.
Dick’s Sporting Goods Will Destroy the Assault-Style Weapons It Didn’t Sell
Dick’s Sporting Goods plans to destroy the assault-style rifles and accessories it agreed to take off its shelves in February instead of returning them to manufacturers.
Companies Cut Ties to the N.R.A., but Find There Is No Neutral Ground
Within hours of announcing its decision to end a credit card relationship with the National Rifle Association, the First National Bank of Omaha found itself thrust into the center of the resurgent national gun debate.
Voices and Pictures From the Student Walkouts: ‘We Deserve to Live Without Fear’
Thousands of students across the United States walked out of their classrooms and into the nation’s schoolyards and streets on Friday in a renewed, coordinated protest against gun violence.
What to Expect From the National School Walkout for Gun Safety
High school students across the United States are planning to walk out of classes all day on Friday as part of the National School Walkout, a protest against what participants see as political inaction in the face of mass shootings and gun violence.
Repeal The Second Amendment? That's Not So Simple. Here's What It Would Take
Talk of gun rights and gun control is back on full boil after 17 people were killed in the Parkland, Fla., school shooting, so the conversation turns to the Second Amendment quickly and often.
Supreme Court Won't Hear Challenge To California's Gun Laws
The U.S. Supreme Court has, once again, declined to hear a Second Amendment case, turning away a constitutional challenge to a 10-day waiting period for the purchase of guns in California. The court's decision not to hear the case came over an angry dissent from conservative Justice Clarence Thomas.
Conservatives Are Losing the Culture War Over GunsLegislatively, anti-gun control forces remain in control. President Donald Trump, after veering towards the NRA earlier in the week, veered away from it during a meeting with lawmakers on Wednesday. But he did something similar in January, vowing in a bipartisan meeting to legalize the immigrant “Dreamers” only to pull back as the legislative process evolved. And even if Trump remains sympathetic to modest gun-control measures, there’s no guarantee congressional Republicans will go along. Many responded negatively to his comments on Wednesday. And neither Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell nor House Speaker Paul Ryan have even agreed to hold a vote on measures the NRA opposes.
What Critics Don't Understand About Gun Culture
My wife knew something was amiss when the car blocked our driveway. She was outside our house, playing with our kids on our trampoline, when a car drove slowly down our rural Tennessee street. As it reached our house, it pulled partially in the driveway, and stopped.
'I Think We Have a Leadership Problem'
Wednesday marked just one month since a 19-year-old man opened fire in a Parkland, Florida, high school and murdered 17 people. One month since Twitter brimmed with thoughts and prayers from some, and renewed calls for gun control from others. And one month since President Donald Trump told lawmakers he didn’t want to wait “two weeks, three weeks, four weeks” to address gun violence in America, when “people sort of forget and we go on.”
Gun control advocates push to make voter registration the legacy of Parkland shooting
The massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in February sparked a renewed interest in gun control, with students who survived the attack leading rallies, marches, walkouts and campaigns for gun legislation. People across the country, and the world, participated in hundreds of events demanding action on gun violence.
Illinois county declares itself a symbolic gun sanctuary
Authorities say a resolution declaring a community in rural central Illinois a sanctuary for gun owners is symbolic and non-binding.
Texas private school arming administrators with guns
A private Christian school in Arlington, Texas, is arming administrators with guns to keep kids safe.
Michigan Supreme Court to hear case on guns in schools
Public schools want right to set own guidelines when it comes to open carry and concealed weapons in their buildings; gun proponents say that violates state law.
'Red flag' laws allow states to seize guns
Legislation allows guns to be confiscated from individuals deems a risk to themselves or others. 'Fox News @ Night' political panel reacts.
School shootings prompt more teachers to consider carrying guns
The special education teacher from the Salt Lake City region didn’t grow up in a family with guns, and had never gone hunting. She certainly didn’t think guns had a place schools.
Mass shooters use loopholes, lapses in checks to get guns
Nikolas Cruz is just the latest U.S. mass shooter to legally obtain and own guns because of limited firearms laws, lapses in the background check process or law enforcement's failure to heed warnings of concerning behavior.
Good guys with guns saving livesStephen Willeford’s heroic actions last Sunday saved many lives at the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas. The killer, Devin Kelley, was shooting the wounded when Willeford showed up with a rifle. Willeford’s quick actions forced Kelley to stop his attack, presumably saving the lives of the twenty wounded and possibly many more.
Virginia Senate passes bill to allow guns in churches The Virginia Senate has passed legislation aimed at allowing guns in church in response to a deadly church shooting in Texas.
Man shot in head on Facebook Live as friends played with guns, cops say
A Houston man is on life support after he was reportedly shot in the head on Easter while sitting inside a car at a gas station as his friends were playing with two handguns.
Trump administration to ban bump stocks, 'all devices' that turn 'legal' weapons into machine guns
President Donald Trump announced Friday that the administration would ban bump stocks and “all devices” that turn otherwise legal weapons into “illegal machine guns,” keeping a promise made amid a bipartisan gun control debate.
Kasich orders review of how Ohio shares data with gun background check system
Ohio Gov. John Kasich signed an executive order on Monday that looks to improve how the state's data is reported to the National Instant Criminal Background Check system.
CDC, in Surveys It Never Bothered Making Public, Provides More Evidence That Plenty of Americans Innocently Defend Themselves with Guns
Many people who support gun control are angry that the federal Centers for Disease Control (CDC) are not legally allowed to use money from Congress to do research whose purpose is "to advocate or promote gun control." (This is not the same as doing no research into gun violence, though it seems to discourage many potential recipients of CDC money.)
Kansas governor signs bill to bar guns from domestic abusers
Republican Gov. Jeff Colyer has signed legislation making it illegal under Kansas law for people convicted of domestic violence to own guns.
Guns at Daycare? Lawsuit Says DCFS In Violation of 2nd Amendment
Should handguns be allowed inside home daycares? A lawsuit filed in federal court Monday argues they should.
Guns Fall From Record High as Top Problem
Americans' mentions of guns or gun control as the most important problem facing the nation fell by over half this month, ticking down to 6% from last month's record high of 13%. Still, gun control continues to be one of the highest-ranked issues named by Americans -- only dissatisfaction with government, immigration and race relations were named more frequently.
Senator slams bank gun policies, threatens consumer complaint A U.S. senator on Thursday criticized Citigroup Inc and Bank of America Corp’s restrictions on lending to firearm makers and sellers, saying the new policies were wrongly politicizing banking services.
Advocates: School gun clubs teach discipline, not violence
Their classmates took to the streets to protest gun violence and to implore adults to restrict guns, seeming to forecast a generational shift in attitudes toward the Second Amendment. But at high school and college gun ranges around the country, these teens and young adults gather to practice shooting and talk about the positive influence firearms have had on their lives.
A nonprofit raffled off an AR-15. Now a lawmaker seeks a crackdown on such fundraisersA Southern California lawmaker has introduced legislation that would restrict how many times a nonprofit organization can raffle off a gun as a prize in response to the uproar over a Sacramento-area fire department raffling an AR-15 this winter.
Louisiana Senators Reject Raising Age to Buy Assault Weapons
Louisianans will continue to be able to buy assault weapons before they can buy beers, lawmakers decided Tuesday.
Americans' mentions of guns or gun control as the most important problem facing the nation fell by over half this month, ticking down to 6% from last month's record high of 13%. Still, gun control continues to be one of the highest-ranked issues named by Americans -- only dissatisfaction with government, immigration and race relations were named more frequently.
Senator slams bank gun policies, threatens consumer complaint A U.S. senator on Thursday criticized Citigroup Inc and Bank of America Corp’s restrictions on lending to firearm makers and sellers, saying the new policies were wrongly politicizing banking services.
Advocates: School gun clubs teach discipline, not violence
Their classmates took to the streets to protest gun violence and to implore adults to restrict guns, seeming to forecast a generational shift in attitudes toward the Second Amendment. But at high school and college gun ranges around the country, these teens and young adults gather to practice shooting and talk about the positive influence firearms have had on their lives.
A nonprofit raffled off an AR-15. Now a lawmaker seeks a crackdown on such fundraisersA Southern California lawmaker has introduced legislation that would restrict how many times a nonprofit organization can raffle off a gun as a prize in response to the uproar over a Sacramento-area fire department raffling an AR-15 this winter.
Louisiana Senators Reject Raising Age to Buy Assault Weapons
Louisianans will continue to be able to buy assault weapons before they can buy beers, lawmakers decided Tuesday.