
How Obama is wielding executive power in 2nd term
This is what "Forward" looks like. Fast forward, even. President Barack Obama's campaign slogan is springing to life in a surge of executive ...

Economy to be Obama's focus in State of the Union
President Barack Obama will focus his State of the Union address on boosting job creation and economic growth at a time of high unemployment, ...

NRA's LaPierre: wonk with million-dollar megaphone
Wayne LaPierre would just as soon read a book as fire a gun. That's right, the National Rifle Association's fire-breathing defender of gun rights is ...
NFL greats appear in PSA favoring gun law reforms
NFL greats Emmitt Smith, Deion Sanders, Michael Irvin, LaDainian Tomlinson and Marshall Faulk are appearing in a public service announcement in favor ...

Senators seek pact on gun-buy background checks
A cornerstone of President Barack Obama's drive to check gun violence is gathering bipartisan steam as four senators, including two of the National ...

Calif. seeks to adopt nation's toughest gun laws
Weeks after New York enacted the nation's toughest gun laws, California lawmakers said Thursday they want their state to do even more in response to ...

Add-ons let semi-autos fire like military weapons
In the video, a shooter cradles a rifle equipped with a grenade launcher and 250-round magazine. But the star of this demonstration, posted online, ...

Obama meets with Senate Democrats, talks strategy
With a big to-do list at the start of his second term, President Barack Obama is trying to sell Democrats on his strategy for tackling immigration, ...
AP sources: House Dems offer own gun control plan
House Democrats will unveil 15 proposals for curbing gun violence that resemble President Barack Obama's plan and will include a call for banning ...

Bruce Willis: Don't infringe on Second Amendment
Bruce Willis says he's against new gun control laws that could infringe on Second Amendment rights. The "Die Hard" star also dismisses any link ...

Gun background checks drop 10 percent in January
The number of federal background checks for firearms sales declined in the U.S. last month, as retailers continue to run out of guns to sell during ...

Another survivalist development in Idaho?
A group of survivalists wants to build a giant walled fortress in the woods of the Idaho Panhandle, a medieval-style city where residents would be ...

Minn. shooting victim's son pushes for change
Sami Rahamim has committed statistics about gun deaths to memory, folding them into sentences that make his case. He talks like a lawyer, not a high ...

Obama stands firm on gun control despite long odds
President Barack Obama declared Monday on his first trip outside Washington to promote gun control that a consensus is emerging for universal ...

Obama presses his gun proposals in Minnesota
With his gun proposals dividing Congress, President Barack Obama conceded Monday the challenges he faces in winning support for measures ranging from ...
Education secretary, college chiefs urge gun laws
The nation's schools chief says more needs to be done to make sure children live long enough to attend college. He is joining more than 350 university ...
NRA likens universal checks to gun registry
The National Rifle Association's executive vice president continued to oppose background checks for all gun purchases despite polls indicating that ...

White House photo shows Obama skeet shooting
Two days before President Barack Obama's first trip outside Washington to promote his gun-control proposals, the White House tried Saturday to settle ...

Conservatives make gun issue new rallying cry
An immigration debate is raging and a budget crisis looms in Congress, but the conservative activists gathered outside the New Hampshire Statehouse ...
Sylvester Stallone supports assault weapon ban
Sylvester Stallone says that despite his "Rambo" image and new shoot-em-up film "Bullet to the Head," he's in favor of new national gun control ...

Chicago takes leading role in national gun debate
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 ...
Biden: Gun curbs can't end killings but can help
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, ...

Arizona lawmakers struggle to stay on priorities
One Republican proposal would ban state enforcement of federal gun laws. Another would require that hospitals check the citizenship of anyone treated ...

FACT CHECK: Gun-control claims miss target
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 ...