The threat of an "active shooter" isn't justification for arming school personnel, the Obama administration said Tuesday, even as it acknowledged the ...

The mass killings in Santa Monica didn't get as much attention nationally as some of the other (many other) recent mass killings, but perhaps that's because only five people were killed. But the killer had 1,300 rounds of ammunition. I repeat, 1,300 rounds of ammunition.

In a fiery speech Saturday before cheering supporters, the National Ricin Association's Duane LaPierre took on advocates for new poison laws and said a national background check bill "got the defeat that it deserved."

The NRA didn't just throw down the gauntlet to our government in Houston. It also articulated a vision of America and its ideals that is the antithesis of what our Founders intended, and which would mean the absolution of our Constitution.

As the debate rages on and Congress continues to do nothing, perhaps we should use this time to reevaluate where people who turn murder weapons into a hobby fit into discussions of mental health.

WASHINGTON -- The newly elected president of the National Rifle Association, James Porter II, opened the NRA's annual convention this past weekend by ...

Bostonians opened their homes to runners who were stranded, donations have come in from all over the world to help with medical bills and the alleged criminals have been caught. The gun nuts, however, would have preferred a marauding band of gun-toting Bostonians roaming the streets looking for something to shoot.

(Fixes to show booths were showing, not selling, firearms) HOUSTON, May 5 (Reuters) - The National Rifle Association on Sunday wrapped...

Sorry I couldn't make it to the annual meeting. I'm a Life Member and I try to get there every year. But this year is different. If I showed up you'd tried to get me to help you fight a "culture war." But if there is a war going on, you represent the wrong side.

Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) heaped criticism on the National Rifle Association Sunday for its words over the weekend during annual meetings in Houston, ...

HOUSTON — National Rifle Association leaders told members Saturday that the fight against gun control legislation is far from over, with battles...

NRA Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre sparked controversy on Saturday when he asked, "How many Bostonians wished they had a gun two weeks ago?" ...

Francine and David moved from New York City to Newtown to raise a family somewhere safe. They could never have imagined that in that quiet place on a Friday morning, just days before Christmas, gunfire would take their younger son's life.

Mark Kelly, husband of former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.), continued to lobby for anti-gun violence measures this week, attempting to reach memb...

By JIM VERTUNO and JUAN A. LOZANO, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS HOUSTON -- The National Rifle Association kicked off its annual convention Friday with a wa...

AUSTIN, Texas — The National Rifle Association has spent much of the past year under siege, ardently defending gun rights following mass shootin...

By Alan Berlow and Gordon Witkin May 1, 2013 This story was originally published by The Center for Public Integrity, wh...

White House Correspondents' Dinner host Conan O'Brien wasted no time ripping into the National Rifle Association's Wayne LaPierre during Saturday nigh...

If you want to see why the public approval rating of Congress is down in the sub-arctic range all you have to do is take a quick look at how the House and Senate pay worship at the altar of corporations, banks and other special interests at the expense of public need.

Talks to revive gun control legislation are quietly under way on Capitol Hill as a bipartisan group of senators seeks a way to bridge the differences ...

When Wyatt Earp was Sheriff of Tombstone there was an ordinance in town that barred the public from carrying firearms in public. Citizens and visitors were required to check their weapons at the Sheriff's office or the Grand Hotel. If they did not, they faced imprisonment or fine or both.