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Protecting Our Kids

School districts in Pennsylvania, Alabama, New Jersey, and Rhode Island have hired armed officers in the weeks since the mass shooting in Newtown, Conn., the Free Beacon has found. Additionally,...

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After Newtown

More schools are hiring armed guards to protect their students in the wake of the Newtown, Conn., school shooting. Officials in states as diverse as Texas, Washington state, Connecticut, New Jersey,...

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Armed Officer Disarms Teen Shooter

An armed officer in Atlanta, Ga., disarmed a student at a middle school Thursday, according to the Associated Press. The student injured just one student in the shooting, which occurred in the early...

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Blumenthal Repeats Usual Dem Talking Points on NRA

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Suing the Gun Grabbers

A conservative Colorado think tank announced it will sue the state over new gun-control legislation signed into law Wednesday, and several law enforcement organizations as well as the National Rifle...

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Van Hollen Decries Ryan Budget, NRA

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Shielding Our Students

The National Rifle Association-backed National School Shield Task Force released a report today calling on schools and state policymakers to support armed personnel in schools to help prevent shootings...

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Strange Comparisons

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Rep. Jim Moran (D., Va.) compared gun violence in America to “domestic terrorism” and 9/11 at a gun control rally Saturday. Speaking at a rally set up by Organizing for Action and...

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Vandalizing the NRA

Propaganda-influenced artist turned art-influenced propagandist Shepard Fairey introduced his latest poster at a protest against the National Rifle Association in downtown Washington, D.C., Thursday....

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NRA Launches Ad Supporting Ayotte

The National Rifle Association launched a television ad Wednesday supporting Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R., N.H.), who has been the subject of withering attacks from gun-control groups and negative press...

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McAuliffe Appoints Gun-Control Activist to Transition Team

Democratic Virginia Governor-elect Terry McAuliffe has appointed Lori Haas, the Virginia State Director of the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence, to his 54-member bipartisan transition team. The Coalition...

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Murphy: Worst Part of NRA’s Strategy Is ‘It Worked’

An exasperated Sen. Chris Murphy (D., Conn.) lamented over the NRA’s successful pushback against new federal gun control initiatives Friday on MSNBC. Host Chris Hayes posited gun manufacturers’...

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The Five Big Gun Control Moments of 2013

Following the December school shooting at Newton, Connecticut, that left 20 children dead, Democrats and advocacy groups vowed to pass new gun laws in 2013. The gun issue had long been considered...

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Five Totally McAuliffe Moves

Terry McAuliffe has been Virginia’s governor for less than two months and things are beginning to shape up predictably. McAuliffe, a legendary fundraiser for the Democratic Party, built himself a...

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Ellison’s Must Read of the Day

My must read of the day is “Guns and Alcohol,” in letters to the editor, in the New York Times: To the Editor: Re “In Georgia Carry a Gun, Just Not in the Capitol” (editorial, March 26): […] We hear...

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NRA: Leave AR-15 at Home When You Go to Chipotle

The National Rifle Association’s legislative arm said gun rights advocates should stop bringing rifles to restaurants and other businesses, calling the activities “downright weird” in a blog post...

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Gun Rights Groups Not Satisfied By DC Issuing Carry Permits

Leading gun rights groups say Washington, D.C.’s issuance of a limited number of gun carry permits has not lessened their objections to the city’s law. Though the Metropolitan Police Department has...

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Gun Groups Celebrate Defeat of Proposed ATF Ammo Ban

Gun rights groups celebrated the defeat of a proposed ban on a popular form of ammunition commonly used in AR-15 rifles Tuesday. “The announcement that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and...

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Clint Eastwood Denies Threatening Michael Moore’s Life, but Entertains the Idea

Clint Eastwood was asked on Wednesday whether liberal director Michael Moore’s allegation that Eastwood threatened to kill him 10 years ago, and Eastwood’s response led to rousing applause from the...

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NRA: Accusations in Yahoo News Report are False

The National Rifle Association (NRA) says that a Yahoo News report alleging wrongdoing by the gun rights group was “politically motivated” and “misrepresented facts to create a false narrative...

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