
In an interview published November 25, actress Angela Bassett suggested some Chicago leaders are having trouble with Spike Lee’s film Chi-Raq because they are embarrassed by the gun violence in their city.
by AWR Hawkins27 Nov 2015, 1:08 PM PST0

As of November 23, there had been 2703 shootings which resulted in 440 deaths year-to date in heavily gun-controlled Chicago.
by AWR Hawkins27 Nov 2015, 8:47 AM PST0

Lt. Governor Gavin Newsom’s (D) is betting his political future on gun control, especially his future plans to succeed Jerry Brown (D) as Governor of California.
by AWR Hawkins27 Nov 2015, 7:50 AM PST0

During the November 25 airing of Fox News’ Special Report, French Ambassador to the United States Gerard Araud countered Donald Trump’s emphasis on the importance of an armed citizenry by claiming that armed citizens succeed in defending themselves “only in the movies.”
by AWR Hawkins26 Nov 2015, 6:36 AM PST0

“As you may have heard, for months, there has been a fierce competition between a bunch of turkeys trying to win their way into the White House,” snarked President Barack Obama, during the traditional presidential pardon of a turkey before Thanksgiving.
by John Hayward25 Nov 2015, 6:37 PM PST0

Michigan state senator Rebekah Warren (D-Ann Arbor) is pushing Senate Bill 611 to repeal her state’s stand your ground law in light of Trayvon Martin’s death and what she suggests are countless deaths that result from gun owners not backing down.
by AWR Hawkins25 Nov 2015, 5:34 PM PST0

On November 23 Representative Mike Thompson (D-CA-5th) and 113 of his Democrat colleagues submitted a letter urging President Obama to circumvent Congress by using executive action to expand background checks to cover private gun sales.
by AWR Hawkins25 Nov 2015, 7:53 AM PST0

New Jersey Governor and Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie declared President Obama a “petulant child” on the Syrian refugee issue on Tuesday’s “Special Report” on the Fox News Channel. Christie said, [relevant remarks begin around 3:30] “the president was a
by Ian Hanchett24 Nov 2015, 7:05 PM PST0

During the November 24 airing of Special Report with Bret Baier, Governor Chris Christie (R) denied that he entered politics to push gun control, only to have Baier read a 1993 quote of Christie’s saying he was running for office to fight for an “assault weapons” ban.
by AWR Hawkins24 Nov 2015, 6:25 PM PST0

Hillary Clinton is campaigning on a war against gun stores, gun makers, and gun owners, yet she has spent decades of her life—perhaps the majority of her life—enjoying around-the-clock armed protection either for offices she occupied or those occupied by her husband Bill Clinton.
by AWR Hawkins24 Nov 2015, 5:42 PM PST0

On November 20 Democrat presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton expressed astonishment that Republicans in the House and Senate oppose more gun control following terror attacks in Paris, France.
by AWR Hawkins24 Nov 2015, 2:04 PM PST0

On Monday, 24 Senate Democrats urged President Obama to circumvent Congress by using executive action to expand background checks to cover private gun sales.
by AWR Hawkins24 Nov 2015, 8:52 AM PST0

A Newspoll survey published November 22 shows that three in four Australians believe their gun-controlled country will face a large-scale terror attack.
by AWR Hawkins23 Nov 2015, 9:30 PM PST0

California’s Lieutnant Governor Gavin Newsom (D) is considering going duck hunting “for the first time” as he looks for ways to bridge the gap with conservatives in the lead-up to a 2018 gubernatorial run.
by AWR Hawkins23 Nov 2015, 12:27 PM PST0

This Thanksgiving, the Obama administration wants Americans to talk about why Congress won’t pass more gun control – but not about Obama’s foreign policy failures.
by Charlie Spiering23 Nov 2015, 12:09 PM PST0

After a week of subtly baiting the NRA to enter into a shouting match over the Democrats’ efforts to expand background checks to include the no-fly list, the New York Daily News is taking the not-so-subtle approach of setting up the
by AWR Hawkins23 Nov 2015, 6:26 AM PST0

California Lt. Govenor Gavin Newsom (D) is following Michael Bloomberg’s gun control playbook–hypocrisy and all.
by AWR Hawkins23 Nov 2015, 5:08 AM PST0

On November 22 former Obama advisor David Axelrod tweeted that the refusal to expand gun control in the wake of the Paris attacks shows that the Republican caucus fears the NRA more than they fear ISIS.
by AWR Hawkins22 Nov 2015, 2:12 PM PST0

During the November 22 airing of This Week With George Stephanopoulos, Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump responded to a post-Paris push for more gun control by explaining that arresting enemies of the state removes the impetus for gun control.
by AWR Hawkins22 Nov 2015, 1:25 PM PST0

In a 60 Minutes interview scheduled to air November 22, Washington DC police chief Kathy Lanier said taking out the gunmen in a Paris-style attack is the “best option” for citizens between the time they call 911 and the moment police arrive.
by AWR Hawkins22 Nov 2015, 8:02 AM PST0

California Lt. Governor Gavin Newsom (D) wants to lead a fight against gun ownership–yet has spent millions of taxpayer dollars to surround himself with armed security.
by AWR Hawkins22 Nov 2015, 5:02 AM PST0

During the November 20 airing of Real Time With Bill Maher, California Lt. Governor Gavin Newsom (D) countered Donald Trump’s defense of an armed citizenry by suggesting armed citizens would have only made things worse during the recent Paris terror attacks.
by AWR Hawkins21 Nov 2015, 10:53 AM PST0

During the November 20 airing of “Real Time with Bill Maher,” California Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom’s (D) pro-gun control comments were countered by Maher’s observation that being armed during a Paris-style attack would at least give citizens a fighting chance to survive.
by AWR Hawkins21 Nov 2015, 10:36 AM PST0

Following the Paris terror attacks, a trickle turned to a stream, which turned to a torrent of Democrats and Democrat surrogates attacking the NRA for continuing to oppose the inclusion of the no-fly list in the prohibited categories for background checks in the United States.
by AWR Hawkins20 Nov 2015, 4:09 PM PST0

On November 13 terrorists who were able to acquire firearms and other weaponry despite France’s strict gun controls shot and killed approximately 130 law-abiding citizens who could not arm themselves for self-defence due to the same laws the terrorists ignored.
by AWR Hawkins20 Nov 2015, 5:27 AM PST0