Joe HendersonSeptember 16, 2019
6min245
Money and pressure worked for the NRA, and it can work for those wanting better background checks
Tag: gun-control laws
Joe HendersonSeptember 16, 2019Joe HendersonOctober 5, 2017
6min211
Don’t politicize tragedy. That’s on page 1 in the standard response manual for how gun rights supporters respond to a mass murder like the one Sunday morning in Las Vegas. That’s where U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell turned when reporters asked if he might consider tougher controls on weapons now that 59 more people were dead. […]
Associated PressMarch 26, 2015
1min167
A likely Republican presidential candidate has introduced a bill that would ban local elected officials in the nation’s capital from enacting gun-control laws. The bill introduced Thursday by Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida would essentially leave the District of Columbia governed only by federal gun laws. Rubio says in a statement that District leaders have […]