Thursday, May 16 2013 3:45 PM EDT2013-05-16 19:45:21 GMT
District of Columbia Mayor Vincent Gray's administration does not support a bill that would require gun owners in the nation's capital to carry liability insurance.
District of Columbia Mayor Vincent Gray's administration does not support a bill that would require gun owners in the nation's capital to carry liability insurance.
Thursday, April 25 2013 5:41 PM EDT2013-04-25 21:41:33 GMT
A gun owners' rights group is threatening to sue 35 Maryland local governments unless they repeal gun regulations that the group says violate state law.
A gun owners' rights group is threatening to sue 35 Maryland local governments unless they repeal gun regulations that the group says violate state law.
Thursday, April 11 2013 8:08 PM EDT2013-04-12 00:08:06 GMT
Congress' most serious gun-control effort in years cleared its first hurdle Thursday as the Senate pushed past conservatives' attempted blockade under the teary gaze of families of victims of December's Connecticut school shootings.
Congress' most serious gun-control effort in years cleared its first hurdle Thursday as the Senate pushed past conservatives' attempted blockade under the teary gaze of families of victims of December's Connecticut school shootings.
Tuesday, April 9 2013 9:25 PM EDT2013-04-10 01:25:40 GMT
The Senate's top Democrat has set Congress' first showdown vote for Thursday on President Barack Obama's gun control drive as a small but mounting number of Republicans appear willing to buck a conservative effort to prevent debate from even beginning.
The Senate's top Democrat has set Congress' first showdown vote for Thursday on President Barack Obama's gun control drive as a small but mounting number of Republicans appear willing to buck a conservative effort to prevent debate from even beginning.
Monday, April 8 2013 8:49 PM EDT2013-04-09 00:49:54 GMT
With time running out on the chance to pass gun control legislation, President Barack Obama on Monday warned Congress not to use delaying tactics against tighter regulations and told families of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims that he's "determined as ever" to honor their children with tougher laws.
With time running out on the chance to pass gun control legislation, President Barack Obama on Monday warned Congress not to use delaying tactics against tighter regulations and told families of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims that he's "determined as ever" to honor their children with tougher laws.
Monday, April 8 2013 6:19 PM EDT2013-04-08 22:19:19 GMT
Months before Newtown - an artist was working on a project about guns. That project has rolled into our area. It is a yellow school bus, shot up with about 6000 rounds of ammunition.
Months before Newtown - an artist was working on a project about guns. That project has rolled into our area. It is a yellow school bus, shot up with about 6000 rounds of ammunition.
Monday, April 8 2013 3:45 PM EDT2013-04-08 19:45:43 GMT
President Barack Obama is providing a ride on Air Force One to 11 relatives of those killed at Connecticut's Sandy Hook Elementary School so they can attend his gun control speech Monday before heading to Washington to personally plead with senators reluctant to back gun legislation.
President Barack Obama is providing a ride on Air Force One to 11 relatives of those killed at Connecticut's Sandy Hook Elementary School so they can attend his gun control speech Monday before heading to Washington to personally plead with senators reluctant to back gun legislation.
Wednesday, April 3 2013 9:50 PM EDT2013-04-04 01:50:22 GMT
Connecticut's Senate on Wednesday approved sweeping new restrictions on weapons and large-capacity magazines, a response to last year's deadly Newtown elementary school shooting that would give the state some of the country's tightest gun control laws.
Connecticut's Senate on Wednesday approved sweeping new restrictions on weapons and large-capacity magazines, a response to last year's deadly Newtown elementary school shooting that would give the state some of the country's tightest gun control laws.
Tuesday, April 2 2013 5:23 PM EDT2013-04-02 21:23:18 GMT
A school safety panel established by the National Rifle Association says it has developed a "model [weapons] training program" for both police officers and selected school staff members.
A school safety panel established by the National Rifle Association says it has developed a "model [weapons] training program" for both police officers and selected school staff members.
PHOENIX (AP) - Gov. Jan Brewer's proposed budget adds enough money to pay half the costs of 100 new school resource officers and looks to districts for the rest of the cash.
Brewer had promised to add officers after December's school shooting in Connecticut raised concerns about school safety.
The state now pays for 100 officers split among more than 2,000 schools using $7.8 million from a voter-approved 2000 sales tax increase. The plan Brewer released Friday for the budget year beginning July 1 adds $3.6 million that must be matched by districts.
Brewer spokesman Matthew Benson says the $3.6 million is enough with district matches to cover all the officers districts have requested. But those primarily came in before the Connecticut shooting.
Minority Democrats want $17 million more for school officer funding.
