Along with normal first-day jitters and excitement, students in this tiny district started school Monday wondering which teachers might be toting firearms.
A federal judge on Monday upheld a gun ban at the world's busiest airport, dealing a blow to gun rights groups who argued a new Georgia law authorized them to pack heat in certain parts of the Atlanta airport.
A gun-control activist who served on the boards of two anti-violence groups is suspected of working as a paid spy for the National Rifle Association
A gun-control activist who championed the cause for more than a decade and served on the boards of two antiviolence groups is suspected of working as a paid spy for the National Rifle Association, and now those organizations are expelling her and sweeping their offices for bugs.
The District of Columbia Council plans to vote on new gun legislation
Contentious issues have cropped up in presidential campaigns throughout America's history. Controversies from the past include slavery, isolationism, suffrage, civil rights, the prohibition of alcohol, and policies toward organized labor. The following issues are among those on the minds of voters in 2008.
The National Rifle Association will unveil a $15 million ad campaign against presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama this fall over his record on gun control.
Research shows that surprisingly often, gun owners use the weapons on themselves
It looked like the makings of a perfect storm of animosity in the last week of the Supreme Court's current term, before it wrapped up for the summer recess Thursday.
Wesley Higdon didn't have to go far to get his handgun. After an argument with his supervisor at Atlantis Plastics in Henderson, Ky., the 25-year-old simply walked out to the parking lot and retrieved the weapon from the glove compartment of his car. Then, in the early hours on Wednesday, he shot and killed five co-workers before turning the weapon on himself.
Along with normal first-day jitters and excitement, students in this tiny district started school Monday wondering which teachers might be toting firearms.
A federal judge on Monday upheld a gun ban at the world's busiest airport, dealing a blow to gun rights groups who argued a new Georgia law authorized them to pack heat in certain parts of the Atlanta airport.
A gun-control activist who served on the boards of two anti-violence groups is suspected of working as a paid spy for the National Rifle Association
A gun-control activist who championed the cause for more than a decade and served on the boards of two antiviolence groups is suspected of working as a paid spy for the National Rifle Association, and now those organizations are expelling her and sweeping their offices for bugs.
The District of Columbia Council plans to vote on new gun legislation
Contentious issues have cropped up in presidential campaigns throughout America's history. Controversies from the past include slavery, isolationism, suffrage, civil rights, the prohibition of alcohol, and policies toward organized labor. The following issues are among those on the minds of voters in 2008.
The National Rifle Association will unveil a $15 million ad campaign against presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama this fall over his record on gun control.
Research shows that surprisingly often, gun owners use the weapons on themselves
It looked like the makings of a perfect storm of animosity in the last week of the Supreme Court's current term, before it wrapped up for the summer recess Thursday.
Wesley Higdon didn't have to go far to get his handgun. After an argument with his supervisor at Atlantis Plastics in Henderson, Ky., the 25-year-old simply walked out to the parking lot and retrieved the weapon from the glove compartment of his car. Then, in the early hours on Wednesday, he shot and killed five co-workers before turning the weapon on himself.
The Supreme Court has reaffirmed an individual's right to gun ownership, but don't expect gun control laws to go away
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a sweeping ban on handguns in the nation's capital violated the Second Amendment right to bear arms.
In a landmark ruling on personal gun ownership, the U.S. Supreme Court declared a Washington, D.C., handgun ban unconstitutional.
I'm at the Blue Ridge Arsenal in Chantilly, Virginia, the biggest gun store in northern Virginia. I'm looking at a holster on the hip of Arsenal's John Summer in which a black .22-caliber pistol sits snugly.
New research on tough firearms restrictions passed in Australia in 1996 suggests they have had little impact on gun violence
The owner of an online firearms store that sold one of the guns used by Seung-Hui Cho in the massacre at Virginia Tech spoke there Thursday in support of carrying concealed weapons on campus.
A judge on Thursday temporarily blocked the city from enforcing five gun-control ordinances pending a challenge from the National Rifle Association
A year after the massacre, there has been much talk but little real action to prevent such a tragedy from recurring
"Would you rather just sit there and cower underneath a desk when someone executes you or would you rather have a chance to defend your life? That's what it really boils down to."
The battle over the word "bitter" between Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton has sparked a new look at the candidates and their stance on the Second Amendment.
The U.S. Supreme Court takes up a critical case that could define the convoluted Second Amendment -- and decide exactly what Americans' right to bear arms means
The Supreme Court on Tuesday took up gun control, hearing arguments concerning a District of Columbia ban on handguns more than two centuries after the Second Amendment gave Americans the right to "keep and bear arms."
The U.S. Supreme Court is tackling one of the thorniest issues in U.S. life -- gun laws and the extent gun ownership can be restricted.
Americans have a right to own guns, Supreme Court justices declared Tuesday in a historic and lively debate that could lead to the most significant interpretation of the Second Amendment since its ratification two centuries ago
Shelly Parker wants to know why she cannot keep a handgun in her house. As a single woman she has been threatened by neighborhood drug dealers in a city where violent crime rates are on the rise.
The senior at the University of Utah gets dressed and then decides which gun is easiest to conceal under his clothes.
Illinois lawmakers moved swiftly with a gun law after Virginia Tech's shooting, but it came too late for Northern Illinois University and it is unclear whether it would have made a difference
This week's deadly shooting at Northern Illinois University leaves police, campus officials and students with many unanswered questions.
A majority of Congress on Friday urged the Supreme Court to side with gun owners in an upcoming case testing whether an individual has a guaranteed right to bear arms.
Baltimore ended the year with the city's highest murder rate in eight years, despite a new police commissioner's modest success in slowing the spike in homicides
With help from the NRA, nearly 50 Senators are pushing to end a two-decade-old rule forbidding people from openly carrying firearms in most national parks
Nearly two-thirds of Americans say they believe the Constitution guarantees each person the right to own a gun, according to a poll released Sunday.
The acrimony from the Republican campaign trail carried over quickly into the CNN/YouTube GOP presidential debate Wednesday.
Eight Republican presidential hopefuls sparred during their debate in St. Petersburg, Florida, on Wednesday, November 28. Click on the following links to watch or download video of the debate.
Australians are voting in a federal election on November 24, in what many analysts predict will be a tight race.
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to decide whether the District of Columbia's sweeping ban on handgun ownership violates the Constitution's fundamental right to "keep and bear arms."
The war on the streets is escalating. As gangs and other criminals pack more firepower, police departments say they find themselves in an arms race.
The District of Columbia on Tuesday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a ruling that struck down the city's 30-year-old ban on private handgun ownership
Hunters remain a powerful force in American society, as evidenced by the presidential candidates who routinely pay them homage, but their ranks are shrinking dramatically and wildlife agencies worry increasingly about the loss of sorely needed license-fee revenue.
Obama's comparison of student deaths in one city and soldier deaths in another is bad math -- but maybe good politics
The New York City Mayor and California's Governor are doing the things that gridlocked Washington won't
Zero tolerance, huh? Gun-free zones, huh? Try this on for size: Columbine gun-free zone, New York City pizza shop gun-free zone, Luby's Cafeteria gun-free zone, Amish school in Pennsylvania gun-free zone and now Virginia Tech gun-free zone.
When Cho Seung-Hui purchased two handguns this year, he apparently followed the letter of the law to get the weapons he eventually used in a shooting rampage on the Virginia Tech campus.
Most days, it is not at all hard to feel proud to be an American. But on days such as this, it is very difficult.
Newspapers from America to India, South Korea and the UK have expressed shock at the killing of 32 students and faculty at Virginia Tech University.
Is the Virginia Tech tragedy likely to put gun control on the political agenda? Don't bet on it. In recent years, gun control has been an issue most politicians prefer to stay away from.
The U.S. is the world's largest maker, buyer and seller of guns but the country's constitutional right to bear arms comes at a high price -- one that gun control advocates say the whole world is paying.
Sen. Jim Webb called the arrest of a top aide on weapons charges "extremely unfortunate" Tuesday after the aide was stopped as he brought the senator's loaded pistol into a Senate office building.
In a landmark legal victory for opponents of gun control, a federal appeals court Friday struck down a District of Columbia ban on keeping handguns in homes as a violation of the Second Amendment's right to keep and bear arms.
Former New York mayor and 2008 presidential contender Rudolph Giuliani said Wednesday he is not sure the tide will turn in the war in Iraq, as President Bush has said.
In the wake of Darrent Williams' murder -- only the latest and most tragic instance of late-night violence and gunplay involving a well-known athlete -- I was struck by something NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said: "We've really got to get a handle on why there's such a proliferation of gun violence around our players.''
College students across the country are gearing up for November's elections by storming dorms, hosting a "Second Amendment Day," and, in some cases, drinking liberally.
May 9 Bankrupt auto parts maker Delphi is due in court for a hearing on whether it can void union contracts.
It was the tragedy that stunned Australia a decade ago: 35 innocent men, women and children gunned down by a disturbed young man in the forbiddingly beautiful setting of Port Arthur, an isolated 19th century prison on the island of Tasmania.
Born in Wisconsin and schooled at Stanford, the man who set up his early legal practice in the land of Barry Goldwater will be remembered as much for his personal touch on the workings of the Supreme Court as the conservative legal path he charted.
Meet John Kerry, regular guy. Just a baseball watchin', beer drinkin', geese huntin', gun totin', stem cell research supportin' guy. That's who we'll see today in Ohio, the jackpot battleground of regular guys.
President Bush and his Democratic rival, Sen. John Kerry, made health care a main stump topic as they visited neighboring battleground states Thursday.
Bob Elderkin's vote would appear to be a sure bet for President Bush on November 2. He is a hunter, part of a conservative-leaning group of outdoorsmen that is 38 million strong and avidly supports gun rights.
To the astonishment and dismay of Democratic politicians, John Kerry over the last weekend appeared to have forgotten his opponent for president.
We bid adieu today to the 10-year-old ban on assault weapons, loopholes and all, another centerpiece of Clinton-era domestic agenda dismantled by President Bush and his GOP allies in Congress.
Can you get away with defying public opinion? Sometimes. Sometimes you can even get the political Play of the Week.
Swift boat vets, meet the Texans. You're all seeking the "truth." Good luck.
Former Massachusetts Gov. William Weld, the last Republican to wage a close election battle with Sen. John Kerry, portrayed his political rival Thursday as a wily debater prone at times to "analysis paralysis."
The senator shows off his shotgun in the search for NRA votes
Check out the links below to hot political stories around the country this morning.
We're being treated this weekend to a revealing, if slightly predictable, display of President Bush's political priorities.
Check out the links below to hot political stories around the country this morning.
The Senate Tuesday overwhelmingly voted to kill a bill that would have protected gun manufacturers from lawsuits, with supporters turning against the measure after senators added a provision extending the 1994 ban on assault rifles.
Democrats are eager to fight this election on the economy, education, the deficit -- but today they're stuck fighting each other over one of the most potent wedge issues around -- guns.
Maybe it's a coincidence, but Washington is gorging on red meat. Carnivores have stormed the capital, and this city is nothing if not adaptive. From Smith & Wollensky to Nick & Stef's, from Angelo ...
When George W. Bush announced that he was running for reelection as Texas governor in 1998, he laid out an audacious goal. He pledged not only to win but to win on his opponents' turf, including El...
If ever there was a time when the gun lobby should be vanquished, it is now. This year alone, there have been Columbine (15 dead, 23 wounded), the Wedgwood Baptist Church in Fort Worth (eight dead,...
Looking down on Washington (is there any other way?), the common view is that beneath the surface of benevolent democracy seethes a crass commercialism. A little campaign cash from your neighborhoo...
Not long ago real-life lobbyists looked and acted like their caricatures: fat, cigar-smoking men who shoved hundred-dollar bills into the pockets of lawmakers. Nowadays a few people still fit that ...
To FOLKS in nearby Yoakum, Texas, Jim Bohan is just another struggling rancher. But to his compatriots on the Internet, he is Lobo Azul, Spanish for Blue Wolf, and a master of the new world of cybe...
Here's the fastest way to trigger an explosion of firearms sales: gun control legislation. Americans fearing pistol purchasing impediments in last September's crime bill catapulted gun sales beyond...
I disagree with your analysis of the murder of David Johnstone. February's Editor's Notes blames the tragedy on a bullet and suggests that some form of gun control is the solution. Gun control laws...
Would-be owners of semiautomatic assault weapons are charging gun stores, anxious to load up as Congress considers banning the manufacture and sale of such weapons. Says Victor Holbrook of the nati...
Could James C. Wheat III, 40, be having a mid-life crisis? Why else would an investment banker active in Republican politics join forces with Virginia's Democratic governor, L. Douglas Wilder? And ...
THE CHILDREN who killed 12-year-old Amanda Simpson seared a hole in the American Dream. Just after midnight on April 28, 1991, while Amanda and her mother were sleeping, a group of youngsters broke...
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