
A number of veterans say they’ve received a letter from the Veterans Administration (VA) offering them “free gun locks” if they fill out a form which asks for their address and the number of guns for which they need locks.
by AWR Hawkins6 Jan 2015, 1:26 PM PST0

On Monday, the Huffington Post ran a column arguing that the Constitution is the weakest of all grounds for defending gun rights, and an appeal to self-defense to justify gun ownership is simply “laughable.”
by AWR Hawkins5 Jan 2015, 4:43 PM PST0

In the 2012 movie Pitch Perfect, Anna Kendrick performs a song using a single plastic cup as a percussion instrument. The song, like the film, became an instant hit, landing at #6 on the Billboard Hot 100 and cementing the film’s status as a cult favorite.
by Daniel Nussbaum5 Jan 2015, 2:57 PM PST0

On January 5, Variety magazine ran a column admitting the tremendous power of the NRA, and suggested the gun control lobby is figuring out that the only way to beat the pro-Second Amendment group is to bypass Congress. This means bypassing lawmakers loyal to the NRA as well.
by AWR Hawkins5 Jan 2015, 11:00 AM PST0

On December 29, an Indianapolis home invader was shot and killed after a pregnant woman took away his gun.
by AWR Hawkins5 Jan 2015, 8:39 AM PST0

Moms Demand Action founder Shannon Watts says the media is wrong and “the NRA is losing.”
by AWR Hawkins4 Jan 2015, 2:04 PM PST0

When Democrat Texas gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis admitted to faking her pro-gun positions in an effort to defeat Republican Greg Abbott she put herself in line with a growing number of Democrats who’ve claimed to be pro-gun in order to
by AWR Hawkins4 Jan 2015, 11:30 AM PST0

Two months after taking a beating in the 2014 midterm elections, the gun control lobby is revamping its language and redirecting its energies toward what it views as vulnerable states.
by AWR Hawkins3 Jan 2015, 12:28 PM PST0

Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America is asking gun control supporters to “educate” Alan Jackson and Jeff Foxworthy because the two celebrities have agreed to appear at the 2015 NRA Annual Meetings & Exhibitions in Nashville, Tennessee.
by AWR Hawkins3 Jan 2015, 9:12 AM PST0

On January 1, Salon published an interview in which Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America founder Shannon Watts said that more gun control is needed and the path to securing it includes bypassing Congress.
by AWR Hawkins3 Jan 2015, 8:21 AM PST0

On the night of December 30, a would-be robber pulled a gun on a Katy, Texas fireworks stand owner and demanded money. He got shot four times instead.
by AWR Hawkins2 Jan 2015, 8:35 PM PST0

Americans for Responsible Solutions (ARS)–the gun control group founded by Gabby Giffords and her husband Mark Kelly–is seeking advice and trying to raise money “in the wake of repeated legislative and election defeats,” according to The Washington Times,
by AWR Hawkins2 Jan 2015, 11:56 AM PST0

In January 2014, Breitbart News reported that 2013 had been “The Year of the Gun.” Sens. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and Joe Manchin (D-WV) didn’t intend it to be that way, but it emerged as the year gun control was defeated.
by AWR Hawkins1 Jan 2015, 5:32 PM PST0

On New Year’s Day, California will implement new restrictions on firearms sales, limiting the types of weapons residents can purchase from a gun dealer.
by AWR Hawkins31 Dec 2014, 6:46 PM PST0

The day after an Idaho toddler found a gun in his mother’s purse in a Wal-Mart checkout line and accidentally shot and killed her, the toddler’s grandpa is telling gun control groups to quit grandstanding on the tragedy and quit using the accident to push gun control.
by AWR Hawkins31 Dec 2014, 4:55 PM PST0

Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America is targeting country music star Alan Jackson and comedian Jeff Foxworthy for agreeing to appear at the 2015 NRA Annual Meetings & Exhibitions, April 11 in Nashville.
by AWR Hawkins31 Dec 2014, 7:39 AM PST0

Photographer Shelley Carlton has created a new photo series showing Texas women and the guns they carry.
by AWR Hawkins30 Dec 2014, 7:44 PM PST0

Unlike citizens in 1968, we have to be smart enough to keep the pressure on our Senators and Representatives so they know we are not looking for a crackdown on guns, but a crackdown on lawlessness.
by AWR Hawkins30 Dec 2014, 6:34 PM PST0

Benjamin Parangan, a maintenance man at Osceola, Florida’s Living Water Fellowship, drew a gun and shot at Pastor Terry Howell on Friday. He missed, and Howell responded by drawing his own gun, shooting and critically wounding the maintenance man.
by AWR Hawkins30 Dec 2014, 4:52 PM PST0

At mid-morning on December 26 a Southlake, Texas, man saw a drew his gun to stop a domestic attacker who he spotted “hitting” a woman on the side of the road.
by AWR Hawkins30 Dec 2014, 7:28 AM PST0

Actress Julianne Moore is the celebrity face for Everytown for Gun Safety’s year-end gun control fundraising campaign.
by AWR Hawkins29 Dec 2014, 1:27 PM PST0

On December 28, a Bucks County, Pennsylvania, burglar, who masturbated on one resident’s neck before stealing her dog, was shot and critically wounded after breaking into a second apartment.
by AWR Hawkins29 Dec 2014, 8:56 AM PST0

On December 28, “distinguished” Occidental College Professor Peter Dreier claimed those looking for a cause behind the December 20 executions of NYPD officers, Wenjian Liu and Rafael Ramos, need to quit pointing the finger at NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio (D) and start pointing it at the NRA.
by AWR Hawkins29 Dec 2014, 7:08 AM PST0

On December 28, the Wisconsin Gazette (WG) ran a column claiming “it is long past time to repeal the stupid Second Amendment.”
by AWR Hawkins28 Dec 2014, 4:33 PM PST0

On Friday, Moms Demand Action For Gun Sense in America founder Shannon R Watts said the fact that the NRA had blocked her on Twitter is proof her anti-gun group was “winning.”
by AWR Hawkins28 Dec 2014, 2:20 PM PST0