DENVER — Colorado State University will join most major colleges nationwide in forbidding concealed weapons on campus after a vote that pitted f...
Susan J. Demas | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics
When extremists are a (vocal) minority, reasonable Republicans and independents come out of the woodwork. And the spoils go to the Democrats, who look comparatively sane.
Tim Taliaferro | Posted 10.13.2009 | Chicago
The justices may want to keep this in mind as they weigh Chicago's handgun ban. If illegal handguns are being bought legally, then what really is the ban accomplishing?
The Associated Press | Mark Scolforo | Posted 10.09.2009 | Home
LEBANON, Pa. - A soccer mom who was thrust into the national gun-rights debate after taking a loaded pistol to youth sports events was killed by her h...
Mike Quigley | Posted 12.02.2009 | Chicago
The Supreme Court has agreed to review McDonald vs. City of Chicago, a case that challenges whether or not our local handgun ban is legal. It is a development that deeply concerns me.
Liz Glover | Posted 11.25.2009 | Politics
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Examiner Chicago | Posted 09.10.2009 | Chicago
For only the second year, Illinois gun rights groups including the ISRA, Illinois Carry, and the Second Amendment Sisters, joined by civil rights grou...
Logan Nakyanzi Pollard | Posted 08.31.2009 | Politics
In Glenn Beck's mind it doesn't add up. How can it be that people who are treated badly are not filled with hate?
The Huffington Post | Susan Crile | Posted 08.29.2009 | Politics
Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) on Wednesday fired back at a fellow Republican senator who declared southern conservatives the party's biggest problem. Sen...
Pams House Blend | Posted 08.23.2009 | Politics
Love how Claire McCaskill put 2+2 together on this one. She did vote against the Thune amendment yesterday, but the Senator from Missouri was more pre...
Jerome Halligan | Posted 08.22.2009 | Comedy
Allen: I have one bill that I'm working on with Senator Sessions that will allow children to bring their parents' guns to school for show and tell. And if that goes down, well, then I just don't understand this country anymore.
HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 08.22.2009 | Politics
Mayors across the country stepped up their opposition to a GOP gun amendment scheduled for a vote in the Senate on Wednesday. The amendment would al...
AP | MARY PEMBERTON | Posted 08.11.2009 | Politics
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Gun rights enthusiasts welcomed Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as she made an appearance Friday on a radio talk show, whose callers...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sahil Kapur | Posted 07.24.2009 | Politics
In defense of the right to bear arms, the National Rifle Association and other gun rights groups seem to have taken up the cause of those on the FBI's...
Washington Independent | David Weigel | Posted 07.10.2009 | Politics
One month after successfully tucking an amendment into the credit card reform bill that expanded gun rights, a small number of Senate Republicans are ...
AP | DON BABWIN | Posted 07.06.2009 | Chicago
CHICAGO (AP) -- The National Rifle Association and Chicago long have been the biggest and toughest guys on the block in the fight over handguns. Afte...
AP | MARK SHERMAN | Posted 07.05.2009 | Chicago
WASHINGTON — The National Rifle Association is asking the Supreme Court to strike down strict gun control laws in the Chicago area, setting the ...
Gerald Sindell | Posted 05.26.2009 | Politics
Gunshot wounds directly cost some $2 billion dollars a year. Gun insurance would help with medical bills and funeral expenses.
Deepak Chopra | Posted 05.22.2009 | Media
It's mysterious how swiftly a society can collectively change its mind. As rapidly as the financial markets crashed, so has Fox News's credibility.
Associated Press | Posted 04.11.2009 | Chicago
A committee of the Illinois Senate has rejected a proposal to give Illinoisans the right to carry concealed weapons. Senate Bill 1976 would allow cou...
AP | Posted 03.13.2009 | Chicago
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Several members of the General Assembly say they will again try to pass legislation allowing Illinois residents to carry concealed...
Los Angeles Times | David G. Savage | Posted 12.12.2008 | Politics
Reporting from Washington -- Thousands convicted of a misdemeanor for threatening or assaulting a spouse or girlfriend could once again own guns becau...
Ryan Rivera | Posted 11.17.2008 | Home
ELKO, Nev. -- A pro-John McCain / anti-Barack Obama bus tour stopped here Thursday morning, urging voters in one of the state's most conservative coun...
Cenk Uygur | Posted 07.04.2008 | Politics
If the Bush administration releases the fourth amendment that it is currently holding hostage, I'm happy to consider the Supreme Court decision on the second amendment final and decisive.
Huffington Post | Posted 07.04.2008 | Politics
Following the Supreme Court's ruling fortifying 2nd Amendment gun rights, reactions are pouring in from politicians, pundits and bloggers. Barack Oba...
AP | KRISTEN WYATT | Posted 12.05.2009 | Denver