After the NRA annual convention kicked off Friday, MSNBC host Chris Hayes discussed how the gun lobbying organization has been embracing conservative ...

BYRON, Maine — Residents of a small western Maine town have rejected a proposal that would have required a gun in every home. About 50 register...

By Sarah Mahoney DURHAM, Maine, March 11 (Reuters) - Residents of a Maine town are expected to vote on Monday on whether each househol...

AUGUSTA, Maine — A town of 140 people in western Maine is considering an ordinance making gun ownership mandatory, the latest of a handful of co...

With much of the national discussion revolving around the merits of emerging gun control legislation, a small town in Georgia is taking the issue in t...

Unfortunately, we are once again being reactive instead of proactive, and while these new gun laws and edicts may silence some of the critics of our supposedly "too lenient" gun laws, it really does nothing at all to curtail the sale or use of illegal firearms.

I do not, necessarily, propose to make owning such weapons illegal. Instead, I propose we adopt an aggressive buy-back program that is funded through a tax on gun and ammunition sales.

By Ian Simpson WASHINGTON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Lawmakers eager to reduce gun violence in their states are proposing mandatory liability ...

Now, I'm not opposed to guns or to gun ownership. I've shot various kinds of guns in various contexts over the years. However, the notion that a person should own a gun because someone might try to victimize them is an argument that doesn't resonate with me.

More than 50 state legislators in Kansas -- including four Democrats -- have co-sponsored a gun bill that would, among other things, prohibit most doc...

When I was twelve years old growing up in San Francisco, I discovered my dad's pistol and a box of ammunition tucked under his mattress. I never asked him about it.

As a dual citizen of the United States and Switzerland, and as someone who has lived for more than 20 years in each country, I feel not only qualified to set the record straight on this absurd gun comparison between both countries -- but entitled.

Politics and controversy aside, it is clear guns occupy a deep and generally accepted role in the social fabric of the United States. The number of...

On my way home, I mulled two thoughts. "Do more people having guns make me feel safer?" And: "Do I want my daughter going to her friend's home for a play date knowing that father is possibly wearing his gun in the home?"

BY KATE BRUMBACK, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LOGANVILLE, Ga. — A Georgia mother who shot an intruder at her home has become a small part of the roaring...

These questions provoke an equally loud and strident defense from folks who believe their basic right to own guns is under attack. They've been told for decades by organizations like the National Rifle Association that they need guns -- lots of guns -- to protect themselves and their families.

That image of a home intruder is terrifying. Many people arm themselves in response to it, ignoring clear data that weapons at home put the armed homeowner and his family at far greater risk of injury from a momentarily furious spouse or a curious child.

The NRA is an amazing public relations machine, endowed with a large budget from America's gun manufacturers -- but that is all they are, a very well endowed group seeking to stagnate America with out of date thinking, fear and money.