As an “assault weapons” ban seems less likely to even make it to a floor vote, President Obama and Democrat lawmakers are increasingly looking to universal background checks as the piece of legislation they can push through the House and
Illinois state Sen. Toi Hutchinson a Democratic candidate for Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.’s congressional seat in Illinois has dropped out of the race after she faced an onslaught of advertising from New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s (I) super PAC Independence
On Fox News, the America’s Newsroom Mary Katharine Ham got intense while debating the NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre’s Thursday response to the president’s State of the Union address.
Once again MSNBC has accused the National Rifle Association of being racists. Now host Alex Wagner claimed that NRA chief Wayne LaPierre employed coded racism in a recent op-ed he wrote. The day after the President’s State of the Union
On the Feb. 14 airing of Hardball, Chris Matthews and former PA Gov. Ed Rendell got so worked up over Wayne LaPierre’s “Stand and Fight” speech that they played the race card against the NRA. Rendell said LaPierre’s reference to
As President Obama delivered his State of the Union address Tuesday, the NRA rolled out a new commercial warning that his words cannot hide the fact that his gun control objectives seek mandatory gun buybacks and gun registration. Narrated by
Former Congresswoman Debbie Halvorson (D-IL), considered by many to be the current front-runner in the race to replace Jesse Jackson, Jr. in Congress, has come under tremendous attack from the left for her pro-Second Amendment stance in the current gun
According to a recent Rasmussen gun control poll, only 32% of Americans believe newer, stricter gun control laws will reduce violence, while 57% believe enforcement of current laws is the answer. This means a third of Americans agree with Obama’s approach
President Obama announced on Monday that he’d be visiting crime-ridden Chicago – his hometown, and the domain of his former chief of staff Mayor Rahm Emanuel – to talk about gun violence. Tomorrow, President Obama is slated to give his
Colorado Democrats are prepared to launch an all-out war on guns with legislation that includes bans on “high capacity” magazines, requirements for universal background checks, fees for existing background checks, and allowing victims of gun violence to sue firearm manufacturers for the
When it comes to airbrushing away inconveniences, the San Jose Mercury-News can teach those 1938 Soviets a thing or two. Case in point: their story on suspected serial killer Chris Dorner (complete with handy ‘RACISM’ headline and camo-American flag photo)
(AP) Senators seek deal on gun-sale background checksBy ALAN FRAMAssociated PressWASHINGTONA bipartisan quartet of senators, including two National Rifle Association members and two with “F” ratings from the potent firearms lobby, are quietly trying to find a compromise on expanding
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) launched into a rant on Twitter Wednesday morning about a so-called “Enemies List” on the NRA website. In his rant, Murphy defended celebrities and even religious organizations from what he dubbed the NRA’s “Enemies List,” which
Via SooperMexican, a progressive former LAPD patrolman makes the case for gun control (naughty word alert): “Who in there right mind needs a f***ing silencer!!! who needs a freaking SBR AR15? No one. No more Virginia Tech, Columbine HS, Wisconsin
Independence USA PAC, founded by New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg, released an attack ad last week against former Congresswoman Debbie Halvorson (D-IL) for her support of the Second Amendment. “When she was in Congress before, Halvorson got an ‘A’
On Monday, President Barack Obama attempted to go around the National Rifle Association’s (NRA) leadership and appeal directly to NRA members to push for “common-sense” gun control measures by urging gun owners, many of whom are NRA members, to “keep
When Bill Stevens testified in Connecticut’s State Capital regarding new gun control proposals being considered in the wake of the crime at Sandy Hook Elementary, he made one thing clear: “You will take my [guns] from my cold dead hands.”
JOE SCARBOROUGH: And this argument, and Chris Wallace really drilled down hard here, the argument. Seriously? That all of our children deserve the same amount of protection as the President of the United States’s children? That’s the problem with Wayne
Appearing on FOX NEWS Sunday following retired Navy Capt. Mark Kelly, the NRA’s Wayne LaPierre made the point that an attempt to characterize semi-automatic weapons as some new, emerging danger in the firearms world is ludicrous: “Semi-automatic firearm technology has been
The head of the NRA, Wayne LaPierre, said on “Fox News Sunday” America should not trust Obama to pursue only limited alterations to gun-control laws.
New York Times columnist Paul Krugman
In an interview aired this morning on ABC News’ This Week with George Stephanopoulos, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) was asked to define his position on gun legislation. Stephanopoulos asked him pointedly: “Many, including the National Rifle Association President David Keene,
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s group, Mayors Against Illegal Guns, will use children in an anti-gun ad the group will run in the Washington, D.C. market in the second half of Sunday’s Super Bowl. According to CNN, the “ad features
There’s little difference in the talking points of the 17 democratic candidates in the special election for former Congressman Jesse Jackson, Jr.’s, 2nd district seat. But candidate and former Congresswoman Debbie Halvorson abandoned her left-wing counterparts at a candidate forum this
Alternate headline: “Piers Morgan Hit Hardest.” When the rubber hits the road, when the stark and very real choice is either empty political posturing with useless gun control laws or doing something practical to protect your children, the only people
