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Ryan vows to protect sportsmen's rights in Ohio
Republican vice-presidential nominee Paul Ryan is telling a national sportsmen group that he and Mitt Romney would work to prevent any more ...
WHY IT MATTERS: Gun control
The issue: Frightening episodes of gun violence have been splayed across front pages with alarming frequency this campaign season: the movie theater ...
One new justice could change a lot
The issue: With four justices in their seventies, odds are good that whoever is elected president in November will have a chance to fill at least one ...
Poll: Strong support for campaign spending limits
Americans don't like all the cash that's going to super political action committees and other outside groups that are pouring millions of dollars into ...
Obama and Romney: Where they stand on the issues
A look at where Democratic President Barack Obama and Republican presidential rival Mitt Romney stand on a selection of issues: ABORTION and BIRTH ...
Urban voters seek more campaign talk of gun crime
In a tough Philadelphia neighborhood where an off-duty police officer was shot to death last month, a mother is afraid to walk to the corner store ...
DNC security rules trigger free speech worries
Starting Saturday, someone walking through Charlotte's central business district could run afoul of the law by carrying water bottles, hair spray, ...
GOP calls for broader gun rights, unlimited clips
Republicans have strengthened the pro-gun-rights portion of their party platform, including a new call for unlimited bullet capacities in guns, in a ...
Prosecutor hopes to stir debate on Ill. gun laws
Despite a statewide ban on concealed weapons, gun owners in one central Illinois county don't need to worry about facing charges because its top ...
Akin cares little about pressure from GOP leaders
Until this week, Rep. Todd Akin was virtually unknown beyond his suburban district, associated more with his deep religious convictions than any ...
Colo. shooting prompts gun bills in big states
Democratic leaders in three big states have used this summer's mass shooting in Colorado to push bills that would crack down on assault weapons and ...
Some states try to fill national gun control void
OVERVIEW: The July 20 shooting at a suburban Denver movie theater that killed 12 people has prompted Democratic leaders in at least three large states ...
Romney: Gun laws are not the answer
Mitt Romney says gun laws are not the answer to the recent string of mass shootings. Romney says it's not about the weapons used in the attacks, but ...
Doctors target gun violence as a social disease
Is a gun like a virus, a car, tobacco or alcohol? Yes say public health experts, who in the wake of recent mass shootings are calling for a fresh look ...
Zakaria suspended for copying other writer's work
Time editor-at-large and CNN host Fareed Zakaria has been suspended by both the magazine and the network for lifting several paragraphs by another ...
Company once known as Blackwater settles arms case
The international security contractor formerly known as Blackwater has agreed to pay a $7.5 million fine to settle federal criminal charges related ...
UN states fail to reach global arms trade treaty
Member states failed to reach agreement Friday on a new U.N. treaty to regulate the multibillion dollar global arms trade, and some diplomats and ...
Lawmakers press for tough Iran sanctions bill
Republicans and Democrats are pressuring congressional negotiators to produce legislation imposing the severest penalties on Iran, targeting its ...
U.N. treaty unlikely to curb US gun rights
Negotiators at the United Nations are working to put final touches on a treaty cracking down on the global, $60 billion business of illicit trading ...
White House makes clear: No push for new gun laws
President Barack Obama will not push for stricter gun laws this election year, the White House said Thursday, one day after his impassioned remarks ...
White House: Obama not seeking new gun laws
Even as the issue of guns shifts to the forefront of the presidential campaign, the White House and the Senate's top Democrat made it clear Thursday ...
Reid: Senate schedule too busy for gun debate
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says the Senate's schedule is too packed to have a debate on gun control. Reporters asked the Nevada Democrat about ...
Obama pledges to work with Congress on violence
In one of his most expansive responses yet to gun crime, President Barack Obama on Wednesday embraced some degree of control on the sale of weapons ...
Obama, Romney differ over guns after Colo. attack
The politics of guns leapt to the top of the presidential race Wednesday, as President Barack Obama embraced some degree of control of weapons sales ...