Gun Control

Top House Republican Falsely Claims Gun Control Doesn’t Work So GOP Won’t Act To Stop Mass Shootings

Top House Republican Falsely Claims Gun Control Doesn’t Work So GOP Won’t Act To Stop Mass Shootings

The #2 Republican in the House Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) told reporters that gun control doesn't work, Republicans won't be…

2 years ago

Lauren Boebert Spells America Wrong While Ranting About The 2nd Amendment

Rep. Lauren Boebert ranted against the Senate gun control bill while spelling America wrong.

2 years ago

The Bipartisan Gun Control Proposal In The Senate Is Big And Historic

It has been decades since serious gun legislation was passed and the bipartisan gun violence bill in the Senate is…

3 years ago

Democracy in Peril: 90% of People Want Gun Control But Won’t Get It

What does it mean if 90% of Americans want the right to life, a right enshrined in the Constitution, but…

3 years ago

Opinion: If Americans Really Want to Address Gun Violence, It’s Democracy, Stupid

All of these issues—women’s right to choose, gun control, the rights of people to love how they want and marry…

3 years ago

Biden To Take Action To Crack Down On Ghost Guns

President Biden will announce new rules cracking down on ghost guns and two executive actions on gun violence.

3 years ago

Biden Commemorates 4-Year Anniversary of Parkland Shooting, Says Congress Must Act on Gun Control

President Joe Biden commemorated the fourth anniversary of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, and…

3 years ago

Former NRA President Tricked Into Appearing in Gun-Control Videos

While we seem to finally be gaining ground on the COVID-19 pandemic, there is one public health crisis to which…

3 years ago

Poll: Two-Thirds of Americans Support Stricter Gun Control Measures

According to the latest Morning Consult-Politico tracking poll, two-thirds of Americans support stricter gun control measures. The poll was conducted…

4 years ago

Tired Of Waiting For Republicans To Do the Right Thing, Biden Announces Executive Action To Expand Gun Control

When Joe Biden was running for president, he promised to use executive action to help with the gun problem in…

4 years ago

WATCH: Lindsey Graham Posts Video Shooting AR-15 in Response to Calls For Gun Control

Over the last 20 years, the United States has experienced a number of mass shootings. 2021 has been no different.…

4 years ago

Harris Tells GOP to Stop Pushing “False Choice” That Dems Are Coming For People’s Guns

Vice President Kamala Harris criticized the Republican Party and politicians who've refused to consider gun reform in the wake of…

4 years ago

Senator Chris Murphy on Mass Shootings: “Congress Has Become Complicit in These Crimes”

Senator Chris Murphy criticized his colleagues for their inaction on gun reform measures just two days after a gunman killed…

4 years ago

Dick Durbin Says He “Can’t Keep Up With” Sheer Number of Mass Shootings

Senator Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), who serves as the Senate Judiciary Chairman, called the recent mass shooting in Boulder, Colorado, "devastating,"…

4 years ago

Colorado Congressman Jason Crow Calls for Gun Control in Wake of Mass Shooting

Representative Jason Crow (D-Co.) is calling for comprehensive gun control measures in the wake of yesterday's mass shooting in Boulder,…

4 years ago

Gabrielle Giffords’s Gun Violence Prevention Advocacy Group Launches Ad Campaign Supporting Universal Background Checks

Giffords, the gun violence prevention advocacy group created by gun violence survivor and former Representative Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.), has launched…

4 years ago

House Set to Pass Measures to Expand Background Checks on All Firearms Purchases

The Democrat-led House of Representatives is set to pass two measures to expand background checks on all firearms purchases and…

4 years ago

Bill to Expand Federal Background Checks on All Gun Sales Reintroduced in the Senate

A bill to expand federal background checks on all gun sales has been reintroduced in the Senate by Senator Chris…

4 years ago

Donald Trump Jr. Falsely Claims Biden’s Campaign is “The Most Anti-2nd Amendment in History”

Donald Trump Jr. claimed Democrat Joe Biden's campaign is "the most anti-2nd Amendment Presidential ticket in history." "Make no mistake…

4 years ago

Trump Claims The Second Amendment is “DEAD” If Biden Wins Election

President Donald Trump claimed the Constitution's Second Amendment is "DEAD" if his rival Joe Biden wins November's general election. "Is…

4 years ago

New House Democrats Have Their Sights Set On Gun Control

Sarah Palin sounded the alarm on Twitter when she wrote: “Here They Come: Dems Planning 'Aggressive' Gun Control Push When…

6 years ago

NRA Election Spending Is Cut In Half As Gun Debate Changes

So far this year the National Rifle Association (NRA) has spent just $11 million on midterm races, less than half…

6 years ago

Rabbi Trashes Trump for Blaming Synagogue Deaths on Lack of Security

A leading Jewish rabbi expressed the feelings of millions of Americans when he appeared on CNN and criticized President Donald…

6 years ago

Six New Gun Control Laws Signed Into Law by New Jersey Governor

New Jersey Democratic Governor Phil Murphy signed a half-dozen new gun control laws on Wednesday, tightening the Garden State’s already…

6 years ago

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott To Support Two Gun Control Measures

In a change of heart after the Santa Fe school shooting, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said Wednesday that he could support…

7 years ago

Amazing Waffle House Shooting Hero Raises Nearly $200,000

According to James Shaw Jr he is not a hero, but in the eyes of millions he is.  He's the…

7 years ago

Illinois City Bans Assault Rifles — Imposes Fines of $1,000 Per Day

When 17 people were killed by a teenager with an assault rifle at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland,…

7 years ago

Bayer 16th Co. to Drop Ingraham As Gun Control Issue Looms in Midterms

Bayer AG, the massive German conglomerate, confirmed Saturday that the company will no longer be spending ad dollars to support…

7 years ago

Laura Ingraham Goes Into Hiding After Advertisers Drop Her Show

Embattled Fox News host Laura Ingraham announced on her show Friday night that she was taking a break from her…

7 years ago

Poll Shows Americans Are Fired Up — And It May Mean a Blue Wave in 2018

According to NBC, Americans are mad. Maybe more mad than they’ve ever been. A large majority of all Americans —…

7 years ago

The Good Samaritan And The March For Our Lives

While the Samaritan was the surprising character to show mercy to the man left for dead in the ditch, the…

7 years ago

Amazing! Jared Kushner’s Democratic Brother Josh Just Donated $50,000 to March for Our Lives.

Who knew that the entitled Trump son-in-law (and future felon) Jared Kushner has a brother who is a good guy?…

7 years ago

The Second Amendment Didn’t Fall From Heaven Into The U.S. Constitution

Reading the Second Amendment on its face value and in its historical context or original intent, it is clear that…

7 years ago

New Poll Shows Most Americans Think Arming & Training Teachers Is a Horrible Way to Stop School Shootings

A new NBC poll released Thursday morning should be a wakeup call to the NRA and its supporters in Washington,…

7 years ago

Mitch McConnell Ignores Students’ Pleas For Gun Control And Goes for Gutting Banking Bill

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is a coward and a crook. Instead of working to pass legislation addressing the gun…

7 years ago

Background Checks Are Back: Reid Says Only 3 More Republicans Needed to Pass

Senate Democrats are bullish on background check legislation, they only need 3 more Republicans. There are 4 Republicans being targeted…

12 years ago

Right Wingers Claim Prayer Doomed Manchin-Toomey

You probably didn't know this but gun safety laws are "pagan" and it was prayer that defeated Manchin-Toomey

12 years ago

Senators Face ‘Serious Backlash’ After Failure to Support Background Checks

Five Senators in Alaska, Arizona, Nevada, and Ohio are feeling the wrath of the public after failing to support a…

12 years ago

Larry Pratt: Bombing Seen by Liberals as Opportunity to Increase Government Control

Republicans want bombing suspect treated as enemy combatant but it's liberals who want increased government control?

12 years ago

The GOP’s Boston-inspired Insanity

The GOP: Sodomizing our shared reality - and you

12 years ago

Dzhoklar Tsarnaev Has Been Captured But The Questions Are Just Beginning

The capture of Boston bombing suspect Dzhoklar Tsarnaev was and will continue to be tragic theater with an endless stream…

12 years ago

Irony: Victims of Gun Violence Subjected to Background Checks by Senate

If you buy a gun, opponents of background checks say it's an invasion of privacy. Speaking in the Gallery of…

12 years ago

It Is Time For Democratic Women to Usurp the Power of Male Republicans

By any measure, America is in decline. The fault lies almost completely with male Republicans. Democratic women must usurp the…

12 years ago

Rick Warren Forgives Whoever Sold His Son the Unregistered Gun Used in His Suicide

After the brutal slayings of 20 precious Sandy Hook children, the son of Pastor Rick Warren shoots himself with an…

12 years ago

Rand Paul’s Threatened Gun Control Senate Filibuster Completely Flops

Rand Paul's promised filibuster of expanded background checks flopped today, as Harry Reid's bill sailed through the cloture vote 68-31.

12 years ago

20 Dead Children Are Not Enough to Keep Republicans from Filibustering

The fact that polls show the vast majority of Americans want stronger gun laws means absolutely nothing to Republicans, because…

12 years ago

Obama Scores a Major Victory as Senate Reaches Bipartisan Agreement on Background Checks

The announcement by Sens. Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Pat Toomey (R-PA) that the Senate has reached a bipartisan agreement on…

12 years ago

Republican Politicians Don’t Care About the Victims of Columbine, Aurora, and Sandy Hook

Most of the perpetrators of recent mass shootings were already identified as being mentally disturbed. None legally purchased their guns.

12 years ago

God Wills It! Things You Will Never Hear an Atheist Say

When Reshad Riddle gunned down his father at Church, he didn't say his act was the will of atheism.

12 years ago

Ted Cruz, Rand Paul and Sarah Palin, the GOP’s New, Kinda New and Old Voices

Ted Cruz, Rand Paul and Sarah Palin seem to have captured the spirit of the current crop of Republicans; still…

12 years ago

Loesch Says Spoons Can Be Assault Weapons, Accuses Van Jones of ‘Uneducation’

Piers was trying to have a sane discussion about gun safety measures when Dana Loesch exploded, 'If you stab someone…

12 years ago

New Poll: 85% of Gun Owners Support the Background Checks in Senate Dems Bill

It turns out the"liberal extremists" that Wayne LaPierre warned were pushing background check legislation are 85% of U.S. gun owners.

12 years ago

What the DINOs In The Senate Have Really Cost Us

The five Democrats who killed the assault weapons ban will further embolden the million caliber wackjobs to make this the…

12 years ago

NRA Ridicules Congresswoman Whose Husband Was Shot and Killed in Mass Shooting

The NRA has decided that it is great strategy to claim that Rep. Carolyn McCarthy whose husband and son were…

12 years ago

The Bill to Fund the Government Is the Latest Bit of Stand-up Comedy From House Republicans

The primary purpose of House Bill 933 is to perpetuate the bloat of the defense budget and decimate domestic programs.

12 years ago

Millions of America’s Gun Nuts Aren’t Hiding Their Yearning for Civil War

After years of manipulation and buying off elected officials, a large percentage of radical right-wingers are planning a civil war.

12 years ago

When One Receives a Political Email Full of Pure BS, You Know It Came From a Republican

There's a national email movement to demand the defunding of ACA. It's spearheaded by Heritage Action for America (HAA), an…

12 years ago

The Tragic Shooting of Reeva Steenkamp Proves that Some People Can’t Handle Guns

Olympic star Oscar Pistorius's shooting of his girlfriend, whether it was an accidental infliction of a mortal wound or premeditated…

12 years ago

Republicans Love to Regulate When it Benefits Their Wealthy Friends

A long-time and oft-repeated Republican criticism of Democrats is the tendency to regulation. But, so do Republicans, especially for friends.

12 years ago

Show Me State Republicans Need Somebody to Show them Reality on Gun Control

If any facet of the GOP's war on America has grown to lunatic proportions, it is gun control. The more…

12 years ago

Why Fashion Designers are the Last Line of Defense Against the Gun Obsessed

It's clear that there will be no effective gun legislation passed as long as the House remains in Republican hands,…

12 years ago

Calling all Right Wing ‘Patriots’ Please Identify All the Freedoms You’ve Lost

Right wing "patriots" are constantly complaining of losing their freedoms and liberty. I would ask what these freedoms and liberties…

12 years ago

Look out Idaho, A New Herd of Paranoid Survivalists Are Heading to Your State

A planned, walled-in Patriot Community called the Citadel Project is being planned for a mountainous region of Idaho. It's all…

12 years ago

GA Republican State Senator Claims Frying Pans Kill More People than Guns

A Republican State Senator from Georgia, Bill Jackson (R-Augusta), took to the Senate floor on Monday to inform his colleagues,…

12 years ago

Like Most Cockroaches, Ted Nugent is Still Here

Ted Nugent said that if Barack Obama was re-elected and Mitt Romney did not prevail, then he would either be…

12 years ago

Steven Seagal Shows Sheriff Joe’s Criminal Vigilantes How to Rescue our Children

Are you not entertained? Former action star Steven Seagal is training a criminal collection of deputies how to protect our…

12 years ago

After Whining About MSNBC’s ‘Deceptive Editing’ the Right Pushes a Fake Sandy Hook Father

Right wing media failed to correct stories in which they falsely claimed that a man who is against gun safety…

12 years ago

The NRA Is so Toxic that Their Support Could Lose Elections for Republicans

According to a new PPP poll, the NRA's position on gun control has become so toxic that voters view NRA…

12 years ago

The NRA’s American Dream: Another Child Dead, Woman Points a Gun at School Official

The Republican/NRA American dream is coming true. A 3-year-old is killed while playing with a loaded pink handgun and a…

12 years ago

Wayne LaPierre Gets so Crazy that Even Fox News Calls Out His BS

Wayne LaPierre went so far off the crazy cliff today, that even Fox News had to call out his conspiracy…

12 years ago

The NRA Puts Pro Sports Teams In Its Crosshairs But Not the RNC

NRA has a very long 'enemies list' that includes sports teams, but they left the RNC off their list even…

12 years ago

Skeet Birthers Freak Out Over President Obama Shooting Picture

Conservatives freak out over the President's skeet shooting photo, falling right into the President's trap. Again.

12 years ago

Joe Scarborough, ‘If you defend assault weapons, you look like a jackass.”

Joe Scarborough has a message for those who are defending assault weapons, "If you go out and try to defend…

12 years ago

The More Wayne LaPierre Talks, The More I Support Gun Control

Listening to Wayne LaPierre testify against something as common sense as background checks is causing me to rethink my position.…

12 years ago

NRA Tactics Under Fire After Father of Newtown Victim Heckled

Martin Bashir took down the tactics of the NRA against gun safety today, starting off with a clip of an…

12 years ago

The gun issue reaches the tipping point as the radicals are making their voices heard

The gun movement radicals are coming out of the woodwork post-Obama Executive Orders. The worst of them has threatened death…

12 years ago

NRA Fueled Loonies Are Now Threatening Democratic Members of Congress

Rep. Richard Nolan is the first Democratic to go the record describing the thinly veiled threats that he is getting…

12 years ago

The Right Calls Obama a Dictator, but Sarah Palin Disarmed the Alaska Civil Militia

The same people who love Sarah Palin call Obama a dictator. But in 2008, then Gov. Palin stripped the militia…

12 years ago

The GOP is going try to fight President Obama’s Executive Orders

The President's 23 Executive Orders on gun control are now public. The Republicans are pushing back implying some may be…

12 years ago

Proposed Missouri Law Would Throw Federal Agents in Prison Over Guns

If you think a person is violating the Constitution, you don't violate the constitution yourself as a remedy and expect…

12 years ago

The Tea Party’s Intolerable Acts Are a Parting Shot from George III

The Tea Party's actions in Wisconsin and Michigan show them to owe their inspiration not to the Patriots of 1776…

12 years ago

Obama talks to the nation about gun control, but House Republicans won’t listen

President Barack Obama gave a moving speech on gun reform, but House Republicans have already chosen the gun lobby over…

12 years ago

Morning Joe Calls New NRA Ad Taking Aim at Obama’s Kids ‘Sick’

'What's wrong with these people, Mika? What's wrong with these people?' Joe asks Mika on MSNBC's Morning Joe after showing…

12 years ago

GOP: Refusing to do What We Want You to Do is a Violation of the Constitution

The Republican Party seems to think if Obama doesn't do what they want him to do, he is violating the…

12 years ago

Guns don’t kill people. People with guns kill people. A whole lot of people.

Guns do not kill people. People armed with guns kill people. And people armed with assault rifles have the capability…

12 years ago

Presidents Bush and Clinton Also Used Executive Orders to Reform Gun Laws

Republicans are threatening to impeach Obama over executive action on gun control, but many presidents have issued executive orders on…

12 years ago

Impeach Obama for Pagan Gun Safety Laws?

According to GOP gun nut Larry Pratt, gun-control policies are Pagan, thus proving Piers Morgan's accusation that he is unbelievably…

12 years ago

Gun Nuts to Build 2,000 Acre Citadel in Idaho’s American Redoubt

How do America's most extreme gun enthusiasts want to live? You'll soon get to find out as they build their…

12 years ago

The Republican homage to Sandy Hook – anything goes state gun laws

The Firearms Freedom act legislation is passing in a number of states. It establishes state laws that override the feds;…

12 years ago

America’s stance on guns brings shame on an otherwise civilized nation

While the population still grieves over the loss of young lives at Sandy Hook, the NRA and Congress dig in…

12 years ago

The Religious Right Wants You Dead in God’s Name

The endless chorus from the Religious Right that all that plagues our society is the result of divine wrath has…

12 years ago

Tennessee Toddler Dies After Accidentally Shooting Himself

More tragic news. In Tennessee, a toddler shot and killed himself accidentally with his grandfather's gun.

12 years ago

NRA’s LaPierre suggests a solution for 1% of gun deaths

The NRA held a press event today. Wayne LaPierre presided. He suggested police in all schools. He mentioned no new…

12 years ago

The NRA’s Response to Sandy Hook Massacre is to Sell More Guns

NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre's presser today sounded more like a marketing strategy for the manufacturers on the board of the…

12 years ago

Staying at a Wyndham Hotel Equals NRA Blood Money

One of the world's largest hospitality companies is Wyndham Hotels. When you stay at one of their hotels, you're funding…

12 years ago

Dare We Hope that After Sandy Hook Things Will Be Different?

At this point, there is reason to hope for action on gun violence in response to the tragic shooting in…

12 years ago

David Barton Says We’ve Got to Have the Same Guns the Government Has

David Barton says the Founding Fathers would want us armed with the same weapons available to the government - because…

12 years ago

The Ignorant Rantings of Unreasonable, Irresponsible Gun Nuts

I've covered our military training on some pretty hefty weapons that I could barely hold up to my shoulder, which…

12 years ago

Senator Boxer: The slaughter of innocents must stop

Senator Boxer spoke on the floor on the need to end gun violence and better protect our children following the…

12 years ago

James Dobson Says Sandy Hook is God’s Judgment on America

James Dobson says America has turned its back on God and Sandy Hook is God's response: the murder of our…

12 years ago