Apr 15 Artists Wield Chalk as Weapon Against Gun Violence By Tom LeGro About 100 artists and activists organized by the group Art=Ammo participated in a flash-mob style performance against gun violence at the Lincoln Memorial. Continue reading
Apr 12 With Procedural Hurdle Cleared, Senate Begins Gun Debate Gary Lampert of National Armory gun store in Pompano Beach, Fla., helps Cristiana Verro choose a firearm. Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images. Gun control advocates hailed Thursday's Senate vote allowing debate to move forward on a sweeping package… Continue reading
Apr 11 Senate Ready to Debate Gun Legislation Family members of Newtown shooting victims step off Air Force One with US President Barack Obama (2nd R) upon arrival April 8, 2013 at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland. The family members traveled to Washington, DC with Obama… Continue reading
Apr 11 Senate to Take Key Vote on Guns Volunteers place grave markers on the National Mall Thursday to remember victims of gun violence. Clergy from Newtown, Conn., and elsewhere will begin a 24-hour vigil to urge Congress into passing tougher gun laws. Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images. Continue reading
Mar 25 Bloomberg, Mayors Against Illegal Guns Take Aim at Key Senators New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg. Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images. Lawmakers are on recess for the next two weeks, but for 15 senators, there is no escaping New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and the upcoming debate… Continue reading
Mar 21 The Assault Weapons Ban as Understood by a 2nd Amendment Scholar EmbedVideo(6004, 514, 320); Kwame Holman speaks with Second Amendment expert Joyce Lee Malcolm. With news that Sen. Dianne Feinstein's, D-Calif., recent assault weapons ban will not get a vote on the Senate floor, PBS NewsHour examined the… Continue reading
Mar 20 Watch Lacking Strong Democratic Support, Senate Pulls Plug on Assault Weapons Ban Lacking Strong Democratic Support, Senate Pulls Plug on Assault Weapons Ban… Continue watching
Mar 20 Watch Kwame Holman with Joyce Lee Malcolm on assault weapons ban Kwame Holman with Joyce Lee Malcolm. Continue watching
Mar 08 Colorado Senate Begins Voting on Gun Measures Lawmakers in Colorado have grappled in recent weeks with how to respond to the mass shootings in Aurora and Newtown, Conn. Friday the state senate begins voting on those bills, as well as additional measures that would prevent people who… Continue reading
Mar 07 Pelosi Hoping for ‘Boldest Common Denominator’ on Gun Control EmbedVideo(5906, 514, 320); House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi on Thursday sounded optimistic notes about two major legislative priorities on Capitol Hill. The California Democrat joined NewsHour's Judy Woodruff for a wide-ranging interview about budget matters, politics and presidential… Continue reading