
On April 17, Pew Research published an analysis on the shift in public opinion whereby a clear majority of Americans support gun rights over gun control for the first time in more 20 years.
by AWR Hawkins20 Apr 2015, 11:22 AM PST0

On April 13, The Daily Beast (TDB) reacted to the NRA’s Nashville convention by accusing Wayne LaPierre of “lying” in telling NRA members that Obama and the Democrats want to take guns away.
by AWR Hawkins13 Apr 2015, 9:44 AM PST0

On March 12, The Washington Post (WAPO) reacted to the failed AR-15 ammo ban, which was one more gun control loss in a string of many others, by suggesting that President Obama is hurting the gun control movement with his hyperbole on gun crime statistics and America’s place in the world among gun-owning countries.
by AWR Hawkins13 Mar 2015, 9:41 AM PST0

Speaking at Benedict College in South Carolina on March 6, President Obama said the “Second Amendment … is important,” that it is “part of our culture” and “part of who were are.” Then he quickly added, “But what we also have to recognize is, is that our homicide rates are so much higher than other industrialized countries–by like a mile.”
by AWR Hawkins9 Mar 2015, 5:52 AM PST0

On March 6, just days after Democrat lawmakers relaunched a push to expand background checks to gun shows, President Obama did his part by saying, “There are neighborhoods where it is easier for you to buy a handgun… than it is for you to buy a fresh vegetable.”
by AWR Hawkins7 Mar 2015, 5:34 PM PST0