
The gun control town hall CNN hosted for President Obama was very one-sided. The vast majority of the questions directed at Obama were leading questions centered on gun control, while the few questions or comments that were pro-Second Amendment in nature went unanswered or were only partially answered.
by AWR Hawkins7 Jan 2016, 9:00 PM PST0

Fox News’s O’Reilly Factor host Bill O’Reilly praised President Obama’s executive actions to expand background checks.
by AWR Hawkins5 Jan 2016, 8:25 PM PST0

While introducing his executive gun control today, President Obama suggested Americans “are not inherently more prone to violence” than citizens of other nations. Film director Michael Moore took issue with this, countering that Americans “start wars” and use drones to “bomb civilians.”
by AWR Hawkins5 Jan 2016, 1:13 PM PST0

On January 4, the White House released a fact sheet which previews the executive gun control Obama will announce Tuesday, and it reveals there is no numerical threshold of sales that a private seller has to cross before being considered “engaged in the business of dealing in firearms.”
by AWR Hawkins4 Jan 2016, 5:22 PM PST0

On January 4, President Obama will meet with Attorney General Loretta Lynch to finalize the executive gun controls expected to be announced next week.
by AWR Hawkins1 Jan 2016, 8:55 AM PST0

Gun crime convictions are down more than 33 percent compared to a decade ago, but the Obama administration’s gun control push has risen sharply.
by AWR Hawkins1 Jan 2016, 6:01 AM PST0

On December 28 Bloomberg Business explained what form Obama’s executive action on gun control will take and predicted it will come “soon after New Year’s Day.”
by AWR Hawkins29 Dec 2015, 8:40 AM PST0

On December 14–the 3rd anniversary of the heinous attack on Sandy Hook Elementary–President Obama used a Facebook post to try to shame Congress into passing gun controls that would not have prevented the Sandy Hook attack from happening.
by AWR Hawkins15 Dec 2015, 8:48 AM PST0

Organizers of Crossroads of the West gun show in Del Mar, CA, expected a weekend crowd large enough to exceed twice the normal show attendance.
by AWR Hawkins13 Dec 2015, 5:29 PM PST0

During the December 10 airing of Late Night with Seth Meyers, Democrat presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton said “92 percent” of Americans support “common sense measures” like opening up gun makers and sellers to lawsuits over gun crime.
by AWR Hawkins11 Dec 2015, 10:50 AM PST0

Presidential “Executive Action” expanding background checks on gun-buyers is imminent, according to a Dec. 10 Associated Press repo
by AWR Hawkins10 Dec 2015, 12:43 PM PST0

On December 9 conservative talk radio host Laura Ingram tweeted a quote from John Lott showing that there have been 424 mass shooting “casualties” in the U.S. since Obama took office, but 508 such casualties in heavily gun-controlled France in the past year alone.
by AWR Hawkins9 Dec 2015, 11:06 AM PST0

On December 6 the Associated Press pointed out that California’s aggressive gun control laws–expanded background checks, heavy regulations on “assault weapons,” and other regulations–all proved impotent to stop the San Bernardino terror attacks.
by AWR Hawkins6 Dec 2015, 11:17 AM PST0

The two handguns Syed Farook and Tashfeen Malik used in the San Bernardino attack were purchased “legally.”
by AWR Hawkins3 Dec 2015, 7:06 AM PST0

Speaking from Paris, France, on December 1, President Obama criticized the lack of gun control in the U.S. and pledged to remain focused on using executive action to enact new controls where possible.
by AWR Hawkins1 Dec 2015, 12:50 PM PST0

Colorado has expanded background checks, a “high capacity” magazine ban, and two high profile shootings within a month’s time.
by AWR Hawkins28 Nov 2015, 2:33 PM PST0

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.
by AWR Hawkins14 Nov 2015, 10:54 AM PST0

On September 29, Breitbart News reported on a Quinnipiac University poll showing that the majority of American voters oppose more gun control—and this opposition includes roughly 3 out of 4 Republican voters and 49 percent of Independent voters.
by AWR Hawkins30 Sep 2015, 7:55 PM PST0

Oregon’s SB 941—the legislation requiring background checks for all gun sales—went into effect on August 9, but Lane County Sheriff Byron Trapp pointed out that the law is unenforceable without an accompanying statewide gun registry.
by AWR Hawkins11 Aug 2015, 6:37 PM PST0

During a July 26 appearance on CBS News’ Face the Nation, Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) acknowledged that alleged Lafayette gunman Joe Russell Houser did not do “anything wrong” in the way he acquired his firearm.
by AWR Hawkins27 Jul 2015, 11:03 AM PST0

Donald Trump says that if elected president, he will abolish the gun free zones currently imposed on U.S. troops by “[mandating] that soldiers remain armed and on alert at our military bases.”
by AWR Hawkins9 Jul 2015, 12:41 PM PST0

It is a fact that California’s expanded background checks for gun sales did not prevent illegal alien Juan Francisco Lopez Sanchez from allegedly shooting Kathryn Steinle on July 3.
by AWR Hawkins7 Jul 2015, 12:57 PM PST0

On May 29, Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) introduced legislation requiring all would-be gun owners to purchase liability insurance before being allowed to purchase a firearm.
by AWR Hawkins29 May 2015, 6:05 PM PST0

Over the Memorial Day Weekend in heavily gun controlled Chicago, 12 persons were killed and “at least” 43 were wounded in shootings across the city.
by AWR Hawkins26 May 2015, 9:17 AM PST0

On May 19, Representative Carolyn Maloney (D-NY-12th District) introduced legislation to expand background checks to gun shows.
by AWR Hawkins20 May 2015, 7:34 AM PST0