Gun Regulation
Recent polls show nearly 90 percent of Americans favor background checks for firearms purchases, support that crosses party lines and remains high even among gun owners themselves.
As the Senate considers new gun control measures, it may be useful to examine the regulations in place in other countries around the world.
The U.S. Senate has successfully avoided a filibuster of new gun control measures introduced today, in a rare show of bipartisanship for the often-deadlocked body.
First lady Michelle Obama officially weighed in on the gun control debate being waged across the country, urging the Senate to pass new gun control measures in a speech she gave in Chicago on Wednesday.
Connecticut lawmakers were set to vote on Wednesday on some of the toughest gun regulations in the United States in a package agreed to after a December school shooting that left 26 people dead including 20 children.
Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein's proposal to ban the sale certain types of military-style assault weapons will not be included in a larger Senate bill aimed at curbing gun violence in America.
On Thursday, the Senate Judiciary Committee approved a bill that would reinstate a federal ban on assault weapons. The bill, which was introduced by Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein (CA), passed in a party line vote.
Recent polls show more than 90 percent of Americans support requiring background checks for firearms purchases at gun shows.
It's been one year since the death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin rattled the country and pushed the issues of gun violence and racial profiling back into the national discourse.
During an online Facebook town-hall forum hosted by Parents Magazine, Vice President Joe Biden spoke candidly on the issue of gun control urging Americans to buy shotguns rather than military-style assault weapons in order to protect themselves.
Gun stores are reporting shortages of firearms as sales increase ahead of impending gun control legislation working its way through Congress.
President Obama’s gun control proposals are unlikely to get much traction with Republicans in Congress.
