Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin (R) wants to be able to carry a gun in her purse. Fallin, who owns handguns, has applied for a concealed carry permit so...

The acrimony of politics continues to get in the way of looking at public safety and mental health issues. That's not surprising.

WASHINGTON — The next big issue in the national debate over guns – whether people have a right to be armed in public – is moving clo...

Must we treat the Constitution, and its Second Amendment, as static and sacrosanct, as the bloodshed spirals onward? From a historical perspective, the answer is no.

After all, what value is there in having a right (self-defense) in theory if the state effectively denies you the very means to enforce that right?

The letter signed by 23 state Attorneys General in support of the National Rifle Association's bill to nationalize concealed carry of handguns suggests that, for those public officials, pandering to the gun lobby is far more important than doing the job they were sworn to perform.

In a real sense, Trayvon Martin's death at the hands of George Zimmerman exposes the mythology of the NRA's core narrative about guns and self-defense.

WASHINGTON -- Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) on Tuesday placed a hold on two controversial pieces of legislation that would force states that a...