Nov 08 WATCH: Pence promises swift review of ‘bureaucratic failures’ that enabled Texas shooter to buy a gun By Erica R. Hendry An Air Force review of why the military did not report Kelley’s domestic violence conviction to the National Crime Information Center in 2012, which would have blocked his ability to purchase a gun, would be completed in a matter of… Continue reading
Nov 07 After the Texas church shooting, will the military fix how it reports crime? By A.C. Thompson and T. Christian Miller, ProPublica The Air Force and the military’s other armed services have known for years there were widespread problems with their reporting procedures. Continue reading
Oct 23 Democratic state prosecutors unite against concealed-carry gun law By Associated Press The top prosecutors warned that proposals being debated on Capitol Hill "will lead to the death of police officers and civilians, the proliferation of gun traffickers, and acts of terrorism and other mass violence."… Continue reading
Oct 18 Twitter chat: How the gun control debate mirrors larger issues of partisanship in America By Lora Strum What would it take to turn Texas, a Republican stronghold, into a blue state? According to data from SurveyMonkey, just remove all the gun owners from the Lone Star State and it would have gone to Hillary Clinton in… Continue reading
Oct 05 NRA says it’s open to regulation of bump stocks By Associated Press In a statement on Thursday, the NRA says the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives should immediately review whether these devices comply with federal law. Continue reading
Oct 05 Senior Republicans weigh bump stock ban after Las Vegas shooting By Erica Werner, Associated Press The comments from lawmakers marked a surprising departure from GOP lawmakers' general antipathy to gun regulations of any kind. But they were far from a guarantee of a path forward for the new legislation. Continue reading
Oct 04 Watch 7:05 Sen. Lankford: Congress has to address issue of bump stocks By PBS News Hour The political debate over gun control in the U.S. has been reignited by the tragedy in Las Vegas. Judy Woodruff speaks with Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., about the use of bump stocks in the attack and how Washington might respond,… Continue watching
Oct 03 The Las Vegas shooter had a cheap modification that made his rifles more deadly By Gretchen Frazee At about 10 p.m. Sunday, a rapid pop-pop-pop rang out at the Route 91 Harvest Festival, a country music festival in Las Vegas. At first the rapid-fire burst was so steady, many concertgoers mistook it for firecrackers. The noise came… Continue reading
Oct 03 WATCH: Ryan says no plan to act soon on easing gun regulations By Matthew Daly, Associated Press The Republican-led Congress had been pushing ahead on measures to loosen gun restrictions. Continue reading
Oct 02 Watch 6:50 How do you protect soft targets like a concert? By PBS News Hour Can anything be done to predict or prevent mass shootings? How do you protect people in hard-to-secure public spaces? Hari Sreenivasan talks to security expert Russ Simons of Venue Solutions Group and Jeffrey Swanson of the Duke University School of… Continue watching