Tag: Gun Control

Obama taped an anti-gun violence message for the 2016 ESPY Awards show. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama, Biden make ESPY appearances

Nicole Duran · July 14, 2016 1:16 am

At a funeral service in Dallas July 12 both George W. Bush and Barack Obama delivered excellent speeches — until Obama went on at greater length to suggest once again that black men are being gunned down by racist police and that this problem could be solved somehow by gun control legislation. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Events roil the 2016 campaign

Michael Barone · July 14, 2016 12:06 am

He was quick to note that Obama said that words have been "inadequate in completely solving this problem." (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

WH: Responses to Obama speech show U.S. is ‘making some progress’

Susan Crabtree · July 13, 2016 5:45 pm

The House Appropriations Committee voted 31-18 to not include an amendment to an appropriations bill that would have enabled the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to conduct gun violence research. (Bloomberg News/George Frey, File)

Republicans kill Dems’ gun research efforts

Robert King · July 13, 2016 4:34 pm

The Help End Assault Rifle Tragedies Act, or the HEART Act, is a response to incidents at gun shows in which young children accidentally kill adults while handling weapons. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner File)

National Security

Kids can’t use machine guns under new Dem bill

Pete Kasperowicz · July 13, 2016 4:11 pm

Mark Hughes is a Democrat who supports the Second Amendment. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Man misidentified as Dallas sniper shows up at Paul Ryan’s town hall

Anna Giaritelli · July 13, 2016 2:08 am

"We flood communities with so many guns, that it is easier for a teen to buy a Glock than get his hands on a computer or even a book," said President Obama. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Conservatives fire back after Obama’s gun comments

Mariana Barillas · July 12, 2016 10:21 pm

Obama: ‘It is easier for a teen to buy a Glock’ than a book

Obama: ‘It is easier for a teen to buy a Glock’ than a book

Becket Adams · July 12, 2016 7:59 pm

Bush: ‘We want the unity of hope’

National Security

Bush: ‘We want the unity of hope’

Nicole Duran · July 12, 2016 6:51 pm

House Dem: GOP trying to ‘minimize’ Dallas police shooting

House Dem: GOP trying to ‘minimize’ Dallas police shooting

Kelly Cohen · July 12, 2016 5:28 pm

The move averts an internal clash over the legislation, which many conservative lawmakers staunchly oppose. (Tim Boyle/Bloomberg, File)

GOP drops gun control bill for the summer

Susan Ferrechio · July 12, 2016 3:01 pm

Director Michael Moore poses for photographers at the photo call of his new film, 'Where To Invade Next' at a central London hotel, Thursday, June 9, 2016. (Photo by Joel Ryan/Invision/AP)

Washington Secrets

Michael Moore: Ban guns, retrain all cops, end war

Paul Bedard · July 12, 2016 1:51 pm