During CNN’s November 13 coverage–just hours after the heinous terror attacks on Paris had taken place–CNN law enforcement analyst Tom Fuentes said European countries have long pretended that gun control can keep them safe, but it cannot.
France’s strict gun controls–including all-out gun bans on certain categories of firearms–proved impotent on November 13 as terrorists opened fire, killing more than 150 people and injuring 200 more.
As the November 13 terror attacks in Paris were still ongoing actor Michael Ian Black used them to mock U.S. gun laws and to wish that the number of Americans who die in shootings could be as small as the number who were reported dead in Paris.
On November 19 Los Angeles will begin enforcing the newly instituted ban on “high capacity” magazines, which are magazines that hold more than 10 rounds.
On November 11, film director Spike Lee told CNN’s Anderson Cooper that he believes “social media is partly to blame” for the surge in “gun violence” and firearm-related homicides in Chicago.
FBI figures on the number of background checks for retail gun purchases show that October was the sixth month of record-setting checks this year. The number of background checks performed in October was 1,976,759, which is considerably higher than the
On November 11, a male driver, who was allegedly under assault by two men in a “road rage incident,” pulled his gun and fatally wounded one of the men before subduing the second.
In an interview on Thursday with Breitbart News Daily, Parents Television Council President Tim Winter discussed how the Hollywood “echo chamber” is responsible for pushing increasingly violent and sexualized television programming at families and why adult-oriented cable channels like the FX Network should
On November 11, registered sex offender David Warren Riggins swapped IDs with his cellmate and was able to escape from the Fresno County Jail. He surrendered the next day.
On November 12 a CBS News report focused on Everytown for Gun Safety’s efforts to secure more gun control revealed that President Obama has “assigned White House lawyers” to look for a way that executive action can be used to expand background checks to include private gun sales or at least some sales by private gun owners.
Gun control proponent Mark Kelly used the example of a man who acquired his guns “legally,” then misused them, to argue that background checks need to be expanded to cover more gun sales.
On November 10, a RallyPoint/Rasumussen Reports poll showed that 81 percent of current and retired military personnel want concealed carry on stateside bases so they can defend their lives in the event of an attack.
On October 3, Mark Carman posted a YouTube video in which he equated gun rights with motorcycle ownership–arguing that the licensing requirement for the latter provides some standard to guide licensing requirements for the former–and the White House responded by inviting him to come visit on November 16 and 17.
On November 10 the Los Angeles Times reported that some universities in Texas are assessing how and where they can create gun free zones to keep law-abiding students with concealed handgun licenses (CHLs) from carrying guns for self-defense.
On November 10, a 13-year-old boy, who was home alone, responded to sounds of someone trying to break in by retrieving his mother’s gun and shooting the alleged intruder, fatally wounding him.
Last week in Detroit, Michigan, Bonnie La Rose saw her boyfriend being beaten. She retrieved her gun, a .38 revolver, positioned herself between her boyfriend and the attacker, and warned him that she would shoot if he took another step toward her or her boyfriend. The attack ended.
During the November 10 Republican presidential debate, Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) suggested that reporters and news anchors who do not see illegal immigration as a threat would change their tunes if the people crossing the Rio Grande had journalism degrees and threatened to destroy the financial livelihood of those who work in the mainstream press.
On November 10 the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence’s Josh Horwitz called on Colorado Springs to defy state law and end open carry within city limits.
Comedian Amy Schumer used her role on Monday night as host of “Glamour” magazine’s Women of the Year Awards to call for more gun control in the United States.
The Works San Jose gallery is currently displaying the “American Gun Show” exhibition, which combines pieces inspired by various aspects of human life in an attempt to communicate America’s “obsession” with firearms.
Federal agencies are taking an increased interest in the Nov. 4 mass stabbing on the University of California Merced campus because of the manner in which the stabber was dressed and the discovery of “a printout of an image of an [ISIS] flag” in his belongings, according to new reports.
On November 9, Governor Chris Christie (R) issued a bipartisan veto on a domestic violence gun control bill backed by Gabby Giffords and subsequently called for expedited gun licenses for victims of domestic violence.
The Trace ran a story pointing to the fact that George H.W. Bush quit the NRA in 1995, thereby setting an example that any of the current five million NRA members can follow if they too want to avoid being tied to the group.
As Yale students demand greater administrative oversight to sustain the “safe spaces” on their campus, University of Oklahoma professor David Deming is denouncing the threats inherent to college campuses and seeking the ability to carry a gun for self-defense.
On November 3, a young North Carolina mother feeding her baby was interrupted by two suspects who allegedly opened fire—shooting her “at least twice”—before she managed to return fire and stop the attack.
