http://www.mail.com/subjects/12818-gun-politics.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.23/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/12818-gun-politics.html http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1862736-chicago-takes-leading-role-national-gun-debate.html CHICAGO (AP) — They are counting the dead from gunfire again in Chicago, a city awash in weapons despite having one of the strictest gun-control ordinances in the nation. After a year in which Chicago's death toll surpassed 500, the bloodshed has continued in 2013 at a rate of more than one killing a day. It was the city's deadliest January in more than a... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 20:33:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1862736-chicago-takes-leading-role-national-gun-debate.html 2013-02-01T20:33:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1860484-biden-gun-curbs-killings-help.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Curbing guns can't ensure an end to mass slayings like December's killings of 20 first-graders in Newtown, Conn., but it will reduce firearm deaths, Vice President Joe Biden said Thursday. Biden said lawmakers can take steps "that have virtually zero impact on your Second Amendment right to own a weapon for both self-defense and recreati... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 22:26:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1860484-biden-gun-curbs-killings-help.html 2013-01-31T22:26:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1859710-arizona-lawmakers-struggle-to-stay-priorities.html PHOENIX (AP) — One Republican proposal would ban state enforcement of federal gun laws. Another would require that hospitals check the citizenship of anyone treated in an emergency room. Still another would call for students to pledge loyalty oaths to the Constitution before high school graduation. It's early on in t... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 21:24:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1859710-arizona-lawmakers-struggle-to-stay-priorities.html 2013-01-31T21:24:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1857118-fact-check-gun-control-claims-target.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The intensifying gun-control debate has given rise to sloppy claims on both sides. Here's a sampling, with the first two examples from the Senate Judiciary Committee's hearing on guns Wednesday, and the third from Vice President Joe Biden's online video chat last week during a Google Plus forum. IOW... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 19:42:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1857118-fact-check-gun-control-claims-target.html 2013-01-31T19:42:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1858326-conn-town-residents-urge-stricter-gun-control.html NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — One after another, Newtown residents stepped to the microphone and urged Connecticut lawmakers to stop another tragedy like the deadly shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School and take action, such as banning high-powered, military style rifles and high-capacity magazines. While a General Assembly bipartisan task force heard Wednesda... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 09:46:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1858326-conn-town-residents-urge-stricter-gun-control.html 2013-01-31T09:46:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1858352-developments-us-debate-guns.html Developments Wednesday connected to the debate over gun violence and weapons control in the U.S.: GIFFORDS BEFORE CONGRESS Former Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, still recovering from a Tucson shooting spree that killed six people, implored federal lawmakers at an emotional hearing to act quickly to curb firearms. "Too many children are dying," she said ... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 06:46:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1858352-developments-us-debate-guns.html 2013-01-31T06:46:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1857412-teen-performer-inaugural-events-fatally-shot.html CHICAGO (AP) — A 15-year-old girl who had performed in President Barack Obama's inauguration festivities is the latest face on the ever-increasing homicide toll in the president's hometown, killed in a Chicago park as she talked with friends by a gunman who apparently was not even aiming at her. Chicago police said Hadiya Pendleton was in a park about a m... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 01:14:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1857412-teen-performer-inaugural-events-fatally-shot.html 2013-01-31T01:14:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1855650-giffords-pleads-gun-curbs-nra-fights.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Severely wounded and still recovering, former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords begged lawmakers at an emotional hearing Wednesday to act quickly to curb firearms because "Americans are counting on you." Not everyone agreed, underscoring the national political divide over gun control. Giffords' 80-word plea was the day's most riveting moment, deli... Wed, 30 Jan 2013 22:46:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1855650-giffords-pleads-gun-curbs-nra-fights.html 2013-01-30T22:46:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1857752-sc-man-pleads-guilty-to-illegal-gun-sales-nc.html RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — In a case prosecutors say highlights weaknesses in the nation's gun laws, a South Carolina man admitted Wednesday he sold dozens of powerful military-style rifles at gun shows and in a hotel parking lot without any paperwork or background checks. Michael A. Beas of Greer, S.C., pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Charlotte to a s... Wed, 30 Jan 2013 22:02:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1857752-sc-man-pleads-guilty-to-illegal-gun-sales-nc.html 2013-01-30T22:02:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1856454-giffords-asks-congress-bold-gun-control-bill.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords says Congress should be bold in writing new laws to address gun violence in America. Giffords was severely wounded in a 2011 shooting spree that killed six people during a forum in Tucson. She told the Senate Judiciary Committee that Americans are counting on lawmakers to address the problem. Speak... Wed, 30 Jan 2013 14:39:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1856454-giffords-asks-congress-bold-gun-control-bill.html 2013-01-30T14:39:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1856198-top-senator-close-gun-background-check-loopholes.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee says closing loopholes in the background check system for gun purchasers won't threaten firearms owners' Second Amendment rights to own a gun and is a matter of common sense. In a prepared statement for his committee's hearing Wednesday on curbing guns, Vermont Democratic Sen. Patrick Leahy ... Wed, 30 Jan 2013 13:00:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1856198-top-senator-close-gun-background-check-loopholes.html 2013-01-30T13:00:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1854988-sandra-day-oconnor-steps-carefully-ny-gun-case.html NEW YORK (AP) — Retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor warned Tuesday against a rush to judgment in a New York gun ownership dispute, citing the recent killings of 20 Connecticut schoolchildren and six educators. Sitting on a federal appeals court panel, O'Connor cited the Sandy Hook Elementary school massacre in commenting on the role that cou... Wed, 30 Jan 2013 00:02:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1854988-sandra-day-oconnor-steps-carefully-ny-gun-case.html 2013-01-30T00:02:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1854382-school-shooting-conn-debates-mental-health.html HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut lawmakers on Tuesday began reviewing mental health care following the deadly Newtown school shooting, even though they and the public have little insight into the mental state of the 20-year-old gunman. The prosecutor in the case, Danbury State's Attorney Stephen Sedensky III, said he cannot release information about Ada... Tue, 29 Jan 2013 22:57:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1854382-school-shooting-conn-debates-mental-health.html 2013-01-29T22:57:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1854256-nra-gun-control-serious-proposal.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Banning some assault weapons and requiring background checks for all firearms purchases aren't a serious attempt to reduce gun violence, a top National Rifle Association official warned Tuesday as Congress geared up for the year's first hearing on the subject. Wayne LaPierre, executive vice president of the NRA, said the country must ins... Tue, 29 Jan 2013 20:38:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1854256-nra-gun-control-serious-proposal.html 2013-01-29T20:38:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1852922-gun-crime-weapon-history-takes-time-to-find.html WASHINGTON (AP) — In the fictional world of television police dramas, a few quick clicks on a computer lead investigators to the owner of a gun recovered at a bloody crime scene. Before the first commercial, the TV detectives are on the trail of the suspect. Reality is a world away. There is no national database of guns. Not of who owns them, how many are... Tue, 29 Jan 2013 18:35:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1852922-gun-crime-weapon-history-takes-time-to-find.html 2013-01-29T18:35:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1850636-police-push-background-checks-gun-purchases.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Law enforcement leaders who met with President Barack Obama Monday urged him to focus on strengthening gun purchase background checks and mental health systems, but did not unify behind his more controversial gun control efforts. The message from sheriffs and police chiefs gathered at the White House reflected the political reality in Co... Tue, 29 Jan 2013 02:06:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1850636-police-push-background-checks-gun-purchases.html 2013-01-29T02:06:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1852294-newtown-parents-urge-enforcement-gun-laws.html HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Parents of children killed in the Newtown school shooting called for better enforcement of gun laws and tougher penalties for violators Monday at a hearing that revealed the divide in the gun-control debate, with advocates for gun rights shouting at the father of one 6-year-old victim. Neil Heslin, whose son Jesse was killed in last... Mon, 28 Jan 2013 23:03:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1852294-newtown-parents-urge-enforcement-gun-laws.html 2013-01-28T23:03:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1852150-chicago-reaches-40-homicides-january.html CHICAGO (AP) — A bloody weekend in which seven people were killed and six wounded has put an abrupt end — at least for now — to hopes that Chicago was at least putting a lid on its frightening homicide rate. With a few days left in the month, the nation's third-largest city now finds itself on the cusp of its deadliest January in more than a decade. The n... Mon, 28 Jan 2013 22:56:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1852150-chicago-reaches-40-homicides-january.html 2013-01-28T22:56:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1852146-background-checks-peak-week-conn-shooting.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI said Monday it conducted more background checks for firearms sales and permits to carry guns the week following the Newtown, Conn., shooting massacre that it has in any other one-week period since 1998. The second highest week for background checks came earlier this month as President Barack Obama announced sweeping plans to curb... Mon, 28 Jan 2013 22:10:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1852146-background-checks-peak-week-conn-shooting.html 2013-01-28T22:10:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1851356-reset-guns-immigration-topping-weeks-agenda.html A week into his second term, President Barack Obama is temporarily turning from perpetual political fights over the national debt, government borrowing, spending and taxing to tackle two other big issues: immigration and gun-law overhaul. With Congress delaying a debt limit showdown until May 18, the White House postponing its annual budget submission unt... Mon, 28 Jan 2013 16:27:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1851356-reset-guns-immigration-topping-weeks-agenda.html 2013-01-28T16:27:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1848786-world-gun-rules-results-vary-wildly.html OOI, Japan (AP) — After a tragedy like the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, the statistic is always trotted out. Compared to just about anywhere else with a stable, developed government — and many countries without even that — the more than 11,000 gun-related killings each year in the United States are simply off the charts. To be sure, ther... Mon, 28 Jan 2013 00:42:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1848786-world-gun-rules-results-vary-wildly.html 2013-01-28T00:42:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1849306-leading-democrat-gun-control-faces-uphill-climb.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Dianne Feinstein, who's leading the push to restore an assault weapon ban, acknowledged on Sunday that the effort faces tough odds to pass Congress and she blamed the nation's largest gun-rights group. Feinstein, D-Calif., on Thursday introduced a bill that would prohibit 157 specific weapons and ammunition magazines that have more ... Sun, 27 Jan 2013 17:30:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1849306-leading-democrat-gun-control-faces-uphill-climb.html 2013-01-27T17:30:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1849518-push-futuristic-guns-builds-embattled.html NEW YORK (AP) — It sounds, at first, like a bold, next-generation solution: personalizing guns with technology that keeps them from firing if they ever get into the wrong hands. But when the White House called for pushing ahead with such new technology as part of President Obama's plan to cut gun violence, the administration did not mention the concept's ... Sun, 27 Jan 2013 17:00:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1849518-push-futuristic-guns-builds-embattled.html 2013-01-27T17:00:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1848736-obama-gun-control-advocates-to-listen.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says gun-control advocates should be better listeners in the debate over firearms in America. In an interview with The New Republic, Obama says he has "a profound respect" for the tradition of hunting that dates back for generations. "And I think those who dismiss that out of hand make a big mistake. Part of being ... Sun, 27 Jan 2013 12:38:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1848736-obama-gun-control-advocates-to-listen.html 2013-01-27T12:38:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1847462-thousands-march-gun-control-washington.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Thousands of people, many holding signs with names of gun violence victims and messages such as "Ban Assault Weapons Now," joined a rally for gun control on Saturday, marching from the Capitol to the Washington Monument. Leading the crowd were marchers with "We Are Sandy Hook" signs, paying tribute to victims of the December school shoot... Sat, 26 Jan 2013 18:56:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1847462-thousands-march-gun-control-washington.html 2013-01-26T18:56:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1847728-democrats-stand-obamas-way-gun-measures.html WASHINGTON (AP) — As the Senate prepares to begin debating new gun control measures, some of President Barack Obama's fellow Democrats are poised to frustrate his efforts to enact the most sweeping limits on weapons in decades. These Democrats from largely rural states with strong gun cultures view Obama's proposals warily and have not committed to suppor... Sat, 26 Jan 2013 15:58:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1847728-democrats-stand-obamas-way-gun-measures.html 2013-01-26T15:58:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1845200-maze-gun-laws-us-hurts-gun-control-efforts.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Military-style assault weapons, gangster-style Tommy guns, World War II-era bazookas and even sawed-off shotguns — somewhere in the U.S., there is a legal avenue to get each of those firearms and more. This is thanks to the maze of gun statutes around the country and the lack of a minimum federal standard to raise the bar for gun control... Fri, 25 Jan 2013 20:14:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1845200-maze-gun-laws-us-hurts-gun-control-efforts.html 2013-01-25T20:14:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1846424-obama-presses-liberal-agenda-starts-2nd-term.html WASHINGTON (AP) — From gun control to gay rights, President Barack Obama's second-term agenda is shaping up as an unabashedly liberal wish list. In less than a week, he's vowed to tackle climate change and protect government entitlements. His administration has lifted a ban on women in combat and expanded opportunities for disabled students. Proposals for... Fri, 25 Jan 2013 18:58:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1846424-obama-presses-liberal-agenda-starts-2nd-term.html 2013-01-25T18:58:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1845244-whats-assault-weapon-anyway-gun-glossary.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Even Americans who have never touched a gun are probably familiar with the looks and names of a few — the military M16, the action-movie's Uzi, the historic Colt .45. The terms thrown around in the national debate over gun control can be harder to fathom. What's a high-capacity magazine? Which guns are "military style"? Why would a perso... Fri, 25 Jan 2013 08:06:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1845244-whats-assault-weapon-anyway-gun-glossary.html 2013-01-25T08:06:00Z