With confirmation hearings for Judge Sonia Sotomayor scheduled for next month, it is worth noting the gun lobby's disingenuous -- and surprisingly muted -- reaction to her nomination so far.

On the eve of those hearings, the National Rifle Association still has not decided whether to score Senate...

Please take a moment this weekend to read Bob Herbert's column published today in the New York Times.

His message is long overdue:

Even with the murders that have already occurred, Americans are not paying enough attention to the frightening connection between the right-wing hate-mongers who continue to...

Today we offer them our thoughts and prayers, but we also have to offer them our determination to do whatever it takes to eradicate this violence from our streets, from our schools, from our neighborhoods and our cities. That is our duty as Americans.

- Senator...

Un-"wise" analysis
Supreme Court nominee Judge Sonia Sotomayor has drawn criticism for saying in an October 2001 speech, "I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn't...

The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence is profoundly disappointed that President Obama has failed to follow through with his promises for 'openness' by reaffirming much of the so-called Tiahrt Amendments.

This means a continuation of the reckless Bush-era policies that endanger public safety and make...

Trying to "grade" President Obama's first hundred days with respect to gun violence prevention is like grading a student who has registered for class, done a good job with preparations, but has put off attendance and test-taking to the next semester.

Over the last 100 days, the nation has suffered...

Mass killings in the United States are not inevitable.

If they would have the political courage to create a safety net of gun violence prevention laws, America's elected officials could help keep dangerous weapons out of the hands of dangerous people and thus reduce the total number of killed and...

Today's Gallup news release, "Support for Gun-Control Laws at All-Time Lows", is one of the most misleading I've seen in a long time.

Not only is the information old, but the main question asked and highlighted is not reflective of current efforts by activists around the country to...

In Pittsburgh on Saturday, three police officers were murdered, reportedly by an assault-weapon wielding man shooting 'hundreds of shots' who apparently believed the gun lobby propaganda that an 'Obama gun ban' would lead to his 'rights being infringed upon.'

This was just a day after

Today's mass shooting in Binghamton is just the latest wakeup call reminding us that we must do something to stop the gun violence in our country.

In the past few weeks alone, in mass shootings, 10 were killed in Alabama, eight killed in a...

A war is being waged by Mexican drug cartels that is killing thousands of ordinary citizens, police, and government officials.

According to an analysis by the Pentagon, the violence is even beginning to jeopardize the stability of Mexico -- a nation of almost 110 million people on our southern border.

To the families of the innocent victims in Carthage, North Carolina, we offer our sorrow and condolences.

We are having too many incidents like the one at the Pinelake Health and Rehab Center in this country.

In Oakland, in Alabama, on the...

Even by the standards of the Conservative Political Action Committee event where he recently spoke, the NRA's Wayne LaPierre was over the top.

He explained to all of us in...

In a landmark 5-4 opinion written by Justice Antonin Scalia, the U.S. Supreme Court has defined an individual Second Amendment right to own a gun for self defense in the home.

After the decision, the National Rifle Association's Wayne LaPierre said, "This is a great moment...

Would you feel safer having more loaded and concealed guns being carried in the public places you and your family visit?

The issue has been in the news recently, including editorials in the New York Times last Friday and the Washington Post today.

On the...

Whether or not you agree with a policy idea, the government is supposed to follow the rules before it can give that policy the force of law. That is essentially the principle now at issue in a case pending in U.S. District Court here in Washington, DC.

A...

With over 100,000 gun deaths or injuries every year in America, it is clear what we're doing now to reduce gun violence is not working. Last week, the Brady Campaign released our State Scorecard for 2008, the latest in our annual rating of the...

As former President of the U.S. Conference of Mayors, I attended a session two weeks ago at their Winter Meeting here in Washington, DC, where an old law school classmate of mine - former President Bill Clinton - was invited to speak.

In an extemporaneous speech,...

Last year at this time, I said that America was turning a corner on the gun issue, and the watershed events of 2008 confirmed that prediction.

The past year brought fundamental change to the way we understand and talk about gun violence prevention. The year also...

Recently we learned that a convicted killer in one of the most notorious school massacres in American history tried to get a permit to carry a concealed handgun.

Arkansas resident Drew Douglas Grant applied for a concealed carry permit on October 7, according to reports. Authorities said they...