Sen. Richard Lugar's loss in the Indiana Republican primary last week raises a number of troubling issues about the current state of politics and the future of governance in our country.

Throughout our history, compromise and bipartisanship have allowed us to face the challenges and opportunities of a...

On July 10, I will complete my five-year commitment to serve as president of the Brady Campaign and Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence. My tenure with Brady will be ending, but I will remain engaged in the movement to reduce gun violence in America. For me, working...

If California Rep. Darrell Issa and other congressional members who are in lock-step with the NRA bosses want to get to the bottom of the ATF gun trafficking operation, they need to start looking at their own actions and lack of action. By blocking and loosening laws to prevent...

Months before he entered prison in September 2009 for carrying an illegal gun, Plaxico Burress said he realized he had made the worst decision of his life when he armed himself before going to a popular New York City nightclub. Burress believed, mistakenly, that he was protecting himself from...

In yet another sign of how out of touch it is with how people interact in a civilized society, the National Rifle Association is apparently so wrapped up in its paranoid view of the world that it planted an undercover cameraman at our news conference at the National Press Club...

Washington, D.C. -- At the NRA's national convention in Pittsburgh this week, look for the speakers, presidential hopefuls and ardent supporters to rally around the fairy tale that America is a gun-loving country. But don't believe it.

Gun ownership in the nation is at the lowest level ever recorded by...

On Tuesday, when a 6-year-old Houston boy took a gun to school, everyone in the building became a target. The gun fell out of the child's pocket in the cafeteria at Ross Elementary and accidentally discharged. The boy and two other children were wounded.

We are terribly fortunate that...

President Bill Clinton once How%20many%20people%20are%20alive%20today%20because%20of%20Jim%20and%20Sarah%20Brady%3F%20How%20many%3F%20Countless.&ei=KiuTTbmmMIu70QHu6_jMBw&usg=AFQjCNFedeuyoPdtGc0cudHixXmHmtPY5Q&sig2=_I8NB9G0TQJhYFz2Z7Wy3w&cad=rja" target="_hplink">summed up the public service of Jim and Sarah Brady this way: "If it hadn't been for them, we would not have passed the Brady Law, and then the ban on assault weapons, and on cop-killer bullets...How many people are alive today because of...

What America has been doing to prevent gun violence isn't working. It's not enough. And if we're going to change what we've been doing, we have to talk about what's good, what's bad, and what's ugly about America's approach and policies.

After the shocking mass shooting in Tucson on January...

Atlanta, we have a problem. And it's bigger problem than Charlie Sheen's meltdowns, although it's not likely to get nearly as much attention. If the National Rifle Association is being granted the opportunity to influence firearms reports conducted by researchers for the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), this practice must...

After a month of silence following the horrifying Tucson shootings, the NRA's "top gun", Wayne LaPierre, returned to his same old talking points before the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington, D.C. this week. His speech consisted of a string of opportunistic arguments for even weaker gun...

Wednesday represents an important homecoming for a key member of our staff. Colin Goddard, Assistant Director of Federal Legislation for the Brady Campaign, will be in Blacksburg, Virginia for the first screening of the powerful documentary, Living for 32.

The film has earned critical acclaim and was selected...

According to a recent report in the Washington Post, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) could suffer budget cuts of almost 13 percent, which would effectively eliminate Project Gunrunner, a program designed to combat gun-trafficking from the U.S. to Mexico.

Any cuts to the already...

In our country's history, our most successful presidents demonstrated that the best way to honor and secure our principles was to back them with the force of law.

When L.B.J. wanted to pay homage to John F. Kennedy and to secure the right of African-Americans to "flourish", he did...

Being the target of violence has always been a risk for those in public office in this country. The organization I head, the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, is named after an individual, Jim Brady, who was shot and seriously injured nearly 30 years ago while serving as President...

After seeing all the ads on CBS referencing the Second Amendment and this week's episode of The Defenders, I watched the new series for the first time - and was pleasantly surprised.

No, it didn't match the acting quality of the early 1960s lawyer show of...

There the NRA goes again -- siding with the common gang member and drug dealer who wants to use a semi-automatic weapon to wreak havoc in our communities.

Too bad about the bloody, injured, paralyzed, and door-knob-dead bodies. Too...

An angry electorate... More divided than during the Bush years... Marked by nasty ads and commentary, over-the-top rhetoric, and even violence.

These are just some of the ways that political observers have described American voters and the 2010 mid-term elections.

Without a doubt, many election contests were bitterly fought and...

If Democrats want to know what women want this election season, I encourage their campaign gurus to start talking about an issue that has strong consistent support from women of all ages, races, and locations: gun control.

Recent stories and surveys have highlighted the apparent narrowing of the...

Weak gun laws lead to tragedies, but common sense gun laws save lives. The latest example: California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger recently signed into law a bill that will help keep guns away from the dangerously mentally ill. The bill requires mental health facilities to notify the state Department of Justice...