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Jan. 25, 2013
Vice President Biden said that a proposal to require background checks on all gun sales won't endanger second amendment rights.
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Jan. 24, 2013
A week after President Obama unveiled a sweeping list of proposals to address gun violence, Vice President Biden hosted a Google+ Hangout with Hari Sreenivasan to talk to Americans and answer questions on the gun debate. NewsHour political editor Christina Bellantoni weighs in on where the gun fight stands in Congress.
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Jan. 24, 2013
In a Google Plus hangout Thursday moderated by the NewsHour's Hari Sreenivasan, Vice President Joe Biden addressed many issues about gun safety, from an assault weapons ban and background checks to armed guards in schools and mental health resources.
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Jan. 24, 2013
Hari Sreenivasan moderates a Google Plus "fireside hangout" with Vice President Biden on gun control issues. Learn more about how you can submit a question for the vice president to be answered in the live discussion scheduled for 1:45 p.m. ET Jan. 24.
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Jan. 24, 2013
On Thursday, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., will introduce a ban on assault weapons. The legislation would ban the sale, transfer, importation and manufacture of assault weapons, as well as ammunition magazines that hold more than 10 rounds.
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Jan. 22, 2013
Wayne LaPierre, Executive Vice President of the National Rifle Association, responded Tuesday to President Barack Obama's second inaugural address. LaPierre criticized the president for using language that he says demonizes his opponents, including Republicans and the NRA.
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Jan. 18, 2013
Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks talk with Jeffrey Brown about the week's political news, including President Obama's executive actions on gun control, the future of gun culture in America, resolving the debt ceiling fight in Congress and the president at the beginning of a new term.
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Jan. 17, 2013
In the wake of the mass shooting in Newtown, Conn., the NewsHour asked students from 45 schools around the country to provide advice on how to prevent future shootings at schools. Ray Suarez presents some of these high schoolers' takes on the gun debate, which were collected through NewsHour's Student Reporting Labs.
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Jan. 17, 2013
Ray Suarez looks at responses by lawmakers and the NRA to President Obama's gun violence proposals. Jeffrey Brown hones in on the topic of mental health with Barry Rosenfeld, a clinical forensic psychologist at Fordham University, and Dr. Paramjit Joshi of the Children's National Medical Center in Washington, D.C.
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Jan. 17, 2013
Still three days from the start of his second term, President Obama on Wednesday unveiled his comprehensive plan to address gun violence, making clear that his strategy for pushing his legislative agenda would involve a little less compromise and a little more confrontation.
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Jan. 16, 2013
To understand the realities of President Obama's new proposals on gun, Jeffrey Brown gets perspective from Josh Horwitz from the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence, David Kopel of the Independence Institute, Georgetown University School of Medicine's Dr. Liza Gold and Norm Ornstein of the American Enterprise Institute.
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Jan. 16, 2013
At a White House news conference, President Obama unveiled a series of executive actions meant to prevent gun violence, including proposed bans on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines. Ray Suarez reports on the set of far-ranging initiatives, which also touch on mental health, health care reform and the ATF.
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Jan. 16, 2013
On Wednesday, President Obama signed a series of 23 executive actions aimed at stopping what he called, "the epidemic of gun violence in this country." Find that a list of those executive actions here.
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Jan. 16, 2013
President Obama announced today his intention to use executive action to promote the most stringent regulation of guns since the Federal Assault Weapons Ban was signed into law in 1994. Standing on stage with Vice President Biden, the president sounded resolute as he ticked off the recommendations of the gun violence task force.
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Jan. 16, 2013
President Barack Obama outlined on Wednesday his intention to use executive action toward gun control legislation. We want to hear from you. Do you think gun control and restriction is a necessity to the country's safety, or is it an attack on your Constitutional rights?
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Jan. 16, 2013
President Obama on Wednesday will lay down his blueprint for a mix of executive and legislative action to curb gun violence, the opening elements of a debate expected to dominate conversation in Washington.
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Jan. 15, 2013
Judy Woodruff talks to National Rifle Association president David Keene about his opposition to potential, additional gun control laws intended to curb gun violence nationwide. Keene has rejected White House recommendations on gun control and dismissed any ban on assault weapons or high-capacity magazines.
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Jan. 15, 2013
The White House is set to announce proposals for gun control laws, but some state governments aren't waiting for federal action. Jeffrey Brown talks to Gov. Jack Markell, D-Del., about Delaware's proposals to curb gun violence, including stricter background checks, a state-wide database of gun owners and an assault weapons ban.
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Jan. 15, 2013
One month after a mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Conn., the White House and various State legislatures forge ahead with proposals for legislation to strength gun control laws and penalties. Judy Woodruff reports on the unveiling of different measures to stem gun violence nationwide.
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Jan. 15, 2013
Universal background checks, armed officers and changes to the country's mental health system are ideas being floated as the nation searches for solutions to gun-related violence. In the wake of the mass shooting in Newtown, Conn., the NewsHour asked students from its Student Reporting Labs to imagine solutions to gun violence.
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Jan. 15, 2013
President Obama is set to receive Tuesday a list of recommendations from Vice President Biden detailing possible ways to reduce gun violence and within days is expected to go public with a comprehensive plan that contains legislative elements as well as executive action.
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Jan. 11, 2013
Vice President Joe Biden said Thursday that there was an "emerging set of recommendations" coming from the groups he has been meeting with as part of an effort to reduce gun violence in the country and that he planned to deliver his recommendations to President Obama by Tuesday of next week.
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Jan. 10, 2013
In other news Thursday, Vice President Biden met with sporting groups and the NRA as part of his preparation of a set of recommendations for curbing violent gun crimes and mass shootings. Also, new border violence has sprung up between India and Pakistan in the disputed territory of Kashmir.
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Jan. 9, 2013
This week marks a pivotal moment in the effort to curb gun violence, with Vice President Biden, former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and others mounting campaigns to seize on the urgency of the issue.
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Jan. 8, 2013
In response to mass shootings in Aurora, Colo., and Newtown, Conn., former congresswoman Gabby Giffords announced plans to launch a new PAC that would balance the influence of the gun lobby, galvanizing efforts for a comprehensive plan against gun violence. Judy Woodruff talks to Colorado Public Radio's Megan Verlee.
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Dec. 31, 2012
Did you know the Affordable Care Act stands up for gun rights? Under the health reform law, insurance companies are barred from denying coverage or raising premiums on members because of gun use. Find out what else the law has to say about guns here.
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Dec. 26, 2012
In the wake of several recent shootings, politicians and commentators have called for improved mental health screening and treatment. Spencer Michels reports on a program in California called "Laura's Law," an unfunded mandate that has proven difficult to implement and has drawn concern about involuntary treatment for patients.
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Dec. 24, 2012
Gunfire tore at the nation’s holiday mood again Monday with the emotional wounds from a school massacre still fresh. There were more fatal shootings, including one in Rochester, N.Y., where an attacker lay in wait for a fire crew, and in Houston, where a gunman killed a police officer and another man before being captured.
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Dec. 21, 2012
As news of the shooting in Newtown, Conn., filtered into schools and homes, children and teenagers absorbed the tragedy in very different and personal ways. The NewsHour asked the 45 schools in our network of Student Reporting Labs to record interviews with young people.
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Dec. 21, 2012
As young people across the country began to mourn and process the mass shooting in Newtown, Conn., the NewsHour asked students from the 45 schools participating in its Student Reporting Labs to talk with their classmates about their initial reactions. Here are some of their stories.