Gun Safety

The Justice study also said that in 2011, about 70 percent of all homicides were committed with a firearm, mainly a handgun.

Giving the keynote address at the NRA annual meeting, Glenn Beck portrayed New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg as a saluting Nazi. Beck is already under fire for pushing conspiracy theories about the Boston bombing and a shooting at the Houston airport Friday afternoon.

Over 12,000 Americans, including thousands of veterans and military family members have signed a petition asking one simple thing of the NRA – do they or do they not agree with their Board Member, Ted Nugent’s military suicide comments?

Fresh off a huge victory over President Barack Obama on gun control, the message from the National Rifle Association is clear: The fight has just begun.

The National Rifle Association has spent much of the past year under siege, ardently defending gun rights following mass shootings in Colorado and Connecticut and fighting back against mounting pressure for stricter laws in Washington and state capitols across the country.

Under the law, Kansans could manufacture and sell semi-automatic weapons in-state without a federal license or any federal oversight. Bills similar to Kansas’ law have been introduced in at least 37 other states.

The "defeat" Obama suffered when background checks failed in the Senate last month, the "defeat" the RNC is celebrating in this new ad featuring the mother of a Newtown victim, is also a defeat for these victims.

At her first town meeting since the vote, Ayotte was confronted by a visibly angry Erica Lafferty, daughter of slain Sandy Hook principal Dawn Hochsprung. In response, Ayotte stammered, stuttered, fell ingloriously into silence because, really, what is there to say?

One of the architects of failed gun control legislation says he's bringing it back. Sen. Joe Manchin on Sunday said he would re-introduce a measure that would require criminal and mental health background checks for gun buyers at shows and online.

A bunch of cartoonists - including Roz Chast, Tom Tomorrow and Garry Trudeau - have gotten together and are calling on Congress to not back down and take action to enact common sense gun laws that will prevent violence and save lives.