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Senators Discuss Changing Background Checks Bill
(WASHINGTON) — Senators backing gun control are discussing ways to revise the defeated Senate background check bill in order to help win the votes they need to...
Father of Sandy Hook Victim Faces Criminal Charges
A man whose 6-year-old son was among those killed in the Newtown, Conn., elementary school massacre is facing a court hearing on larceny and other charges.
The Battle Over Gun Control Follows Key Senators Back Home
There's no place like home for Senators Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.), Max Baucus (D-Mont.), and Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) after they voted to kill the bill expanding gun...
NH’s Ayotte Defends Gun Control Vote
(WARREN, N.H.) -- A woman whose mother was killed in last year's school shooting in Newtown, Conn., confronted Sen. Kelly Ayotte Tuesday during the senator's...
Manchin: Gun Bill to be Reintroduced
(WASHINGTON) — One of the architects of failed gun control legislation says he's bringing it back. Sen. Joe Manchin on Sunday said he would re-introduce a...
Disgruntled Worker Stars in Amazing New Gun Control Ad
Even though efforts to enact gun control legislation have stalled in Washington, that doesn't mean its supporters are putting up their hands. Take, for example,...
President Obama’s Speech On Gun Control Bill Defeat (Transcript)
"Sooner or later, we are going to get this right. The memories of these children demand it. And so do the American people."
An Angry Obama Lashes Out After Gun Control Defeat
Stoned faced and curt, the President used unusually pointed words to criticize the 45 Senators, including four Democrats, who successfully defeated the bill...
Senate Rejects Expanded Gun Background Checks
(WASHINGTON) — The Senate has rejected a bipartisan effort to expand federal background checks to more firearms buyers in a crucial showdown over gun control. ...
SNL on Gun Control
SNL's cold open took a look at the Toomey-Manchin deal on gun background checks.
Gun Control: What Really Matters
I'm worried about what happens if the Congress passes the tepid but worthy background checks measure being debated this week. It has become Armageddon because...
Both Sides Hunt Support in Background Check Fight
(WASHINGTON) -- Republican opposition is growing to a bipartisan Senate plan for expanding background checks for firearms buyers, enough to put the proposal's...
WATCH: President Obama Speaks Out on Rejected Gun Control Measure
President Obama: "This was a pretty shameful day for Washington. But this effort isn’t over."
Gun Control Bill Clears First Hurdle in Senate
(WASHINGTON) — Gun control supporters won the first Senate showdown Thursday over how to respond to the December carnage in Newtown, Conn., defeating an effort...
Newtown Mom Pleads for Gun Control at White House
(WASHINGTON) — The mother of a 6-year-old boy killed in the Connecticut school shooting used the opportunity to fill in for President Barack Obama during the...
Top Opinions of the Week : April 6–12
TIME Ideas rounds up the most thought-provoking posts on the web
Senate Ready to Launch Gun Control Debate
(WASHINGTON) -- The Senate is ready to launch an emotion-charged debate on new gun restrictions, four months after the carnage at a Connecticut elementary school...
Under the Gun: Businesses Pressured, Punished in States Passing Tough Gun Regulations
States have been passing tougher gun laws with the hopes of preventing another Newtown. But lawmakers are facing the possibility that their efforts to save lives...
