Gun Show Undercover
New York City sent investigators with hidden cameras to seven gun shows across Ohio, Tennessee and Nevada, and we found out just how easy it is for criminals and the mentally ill to walk in and buy guns -- no questions asked.
New York City sent investigators with hidden cameras to seven gun shows across Ohio, Tennessee and Nevada, and we found out just how easy it is for criminals and the mentally ill to walk in and buy guns -- no questions asked.
Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 10.05.2009 | Politics
The United States is one of the few industrialized countries without common-sense controls on gun sales. We regulate toy guns but not the real ones that kill tens of thousands every year.
AP | ANDREW TAYLOR | Posted 09.16.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON — The Senate voted Wednesday to permit passengers on the Amtrak passenger railroad to transport handguns in their checked baggage. T...
AP/Huffington Post | Posted 08.22.2009 | Politics
UPDATE: 12:20 PM ET The Senate has rejected the GOP's pro-gun measure on concealed weapons. From AP: Gun control proponents scored a rare victory ...
Tom Gregory | Posted 08.17.2009 | Entertainment
This week Disney launched its D-Day assault. With the advertisements for G-Force gracing every highway across America, big artillery has reached the "cute" stage.
Cenk Uygur | Posted 05.05.2009 | Politics
How many shootings do there have to be in the news before we wonder about the wisdom of allowing just about anyone to get a gun in America? Our gun culture is completely out of control.
Keith Thomson | Posted 01.30.2009 | World
A computer video circulating the internet has rekindled fears that an asteroid will hit Earth and send mankind the way of the brontosaurus. Based on NASA projections, there is indeed a chance of this.
Stephen Herrington | Posted 01.14.2009 | Politics
Why exactly do we need firearms? A gun will not insure that you do not lose your job to an international merger or international competition. A gun will not get you a raise.
Frida Berrigan | Posted 11.23.2008 | Politics
The United States is the world's largest arms-supplying nation. In 2007 alone, the United States entered into over $19.1 billion in Foreign Military Sales (FMS) agreements with other nations.
Kathy McManus | Posted 11.14.2008 | Living
Back in June, the website BabyCenter -- usually devoted to the gentler arts of motherhood -- posed this question: Do you think every mother should own a gun?
Liz Spikol | Posted 07.16.2008 | Living
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Michael R. Bloomberg | Posted 10.07.2009 | New York