Gun Law

Guns Around The World (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Posted 11.06.2009 | World


America leads the developed world for murders committed using firearms, with a rate of 0.0279271 per 1,000 people, according to UN reports from 2000. ...

Vigilante Justice Spreads Across Mexico

Global Post | Ioan Grillo | Posted 10.28.2009 | World


By Ioan Grillo MEXICO CITY, Mexico -- The five teenage boys slump against the wall of a dark house and eye the camcorder nervously. Suddenly, a fis...

Senate To Vote On Concealed Weapons Measure

AP | JIM ABRAMS | Posted 08.22.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON — The Senate on Wednesday rejected letting people carry hidden guns in 48 states if they have a concealed weapon permit in any one of...

Senate Rejects "Radical" GOP Gun Bill

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 ...

The Land Of 10,000 Lakes And Even More Guns

Lloyd Garver | Posted 07.31.2008 | Politics


Lloyd Garver

I emailed the state of Minnesota and asked if it was legal to walk into a bank with a gun. They said it was unless that bank had a sign specifically prohibiting people from doing so. A bank! And this was the law!