Gun Show Loophole

NRA Targets Bloomberg, New Yorkers In Commercial For Bob McDonnell (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | David Weiner | Posted 10.07.2009 | New York


The NRA is taking aim at Mayor Bloomberg, New Yorkers, and apparently the mafia (who one would think would be some of the gun rights group's biggest s...

Gun Show Loopholes Tracked By New York City; Dealers Allowed Purchase To Undercover Gun Buyers Who Admitted Spotty Records

The Associated Press | Sara Kugler | Posted 10.07.2009 | New York


NEW YORK (AP)-- New York City officials secretly videotaped dozens of firearm purchases they say were illegal at gun shows in states that have not clo...

Gun Show Undercover

Michael R. Bloomberg | Posted 10.07.2009 | New York


Michael R. Bloomberg

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.

GOP Senator Identifies Gun Violence As Major Factor In Health Care Crisis

Paul Helmke | Posted 10.02.2009 | Politics


Paul Helmke

Even if he didn't mean to, I want to thank Senator John Ensign of Nevada for speaking out about the importance of reducing gun violence as a means of addressing America's skyrocketing health care costs.

Strong Enforcement of Weak Gun Laws? Not Enough

Dennis A. Henigan | Posted 08.08.2009 | Politics


Dennis A. Henigan

Even if we could improve enforcement of existing laws, should improved enforcement be the sum total of our national policy toward gun crime?

10 Years After Columbine, Elected Officials Doing Nothing Is Not Working

Paul Helmke | Posted 05.21.2009 | Politics


Paul Helmke

If terrorists or pirates or even pistachios had killed even a fraction of that number of Americans that guns did last month, news coverage would be wall-to-wall.

A New Day For Gun Violence Prevention

Paul Helmke | Posted 02.09.2009 | Politics


Paul Helmke

Last year at this time, I said that America was turning a corner on the gun issue, and the watershed events of 2008 confirmed that prediction. The pa...

Obama And McCain: Address Gun Violence In America

Paul Helmke | Posted 11.07.2008 | Politics


Paul Helmke

Tonight, Senators John McCain and Barack Obama will debate each other in a town hall at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee. This time, unlike...

Sam Stein

McCain Now Silent On Guns, After Relishing Fights With NRA

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.23.2008 | Politics


Less than one month ago, Mayors Against Illegal Gun Violence released a television advertisement encouraging Congress to close the 'gun show loophole,...