Jan 01 Obama to take executive action on gun control next week By Kevin Freking, Associated Press HONOLULU — President Barack Obama is expected to take executive action next week to expand background checks on gun sales, according to an individual whose gun control advocacy group has been briefed by administration officials about the timing. Continue reading
Oct 18 Democrats welcome the gun debate to the 2016 campaign By Kathleen Hennessey, Associated Press Democrats are talking about guns in politics again. President Barack Obama is mulling more action on gun control, Hillary Clinton says she won't be "silenced" on guns, and at the Democrats' first debate, candidates jockeyed for bragging rights over who… Continue reading
Oct 09 Obama says Americans must 'come together' on gun crimes By Kevin Freking, Associated Press The public must "come together" to figure out how to keep deadly mass shootings from happening, President Barack Obama said Friday. But he emerged from a private meeting with family of the victims of last week's shooting in Oregon to… Continue reading
Oct 03 GOP hopefuls reiterate opposition to stiffer gun laws By Associated Press Presidential hopeful Jeb Bush and other Republicans declared their opposition to stiffer gun laws Friday in the aftermath of the Oregon college mass shooting. Continue reading
Sep 19 Trump argues against gun control, background checks in policy paper By Jill Colvin, Associated Press Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, who once advocated certain gun control measures, says he is a staunch supporter of the Second Amendment and that gun rights should not be infringed upon. Continue reading
Aug 26 Watch 5:24 News Wrap: Two journalists murdered during live newscast By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Wednesday, Virginia TV reporter Alison Parker and cameraman Adam Ward were shot dead by a former co-worker during an interview Wednesday morning. The gunman, Vester Lee Flanagan, shot himself after a highway chase. Also, James Holmes… Continue watching
Aug 08 Watch 4:43 NRA-backed bill aims to keep guns from the mentally ill By PBS News Hour On the cusp of James Holmes's sentencing, Texas Republican Sen. John Cornyn is sponsoring a bill to help states better report people known to be mentally ill to the FBI database of individuals prohibited from buying guns. The bill has… Continue watching
Jul 24 Watch 12:10 Shields and Brooks on guns, Iran, and whether Clinton's emails will turn into scandal By PBS News Hour Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week's news, including the recent wave of mass shootings, selling the Iran nuclear deal to Congress, and whether Hillary Clinton needs to worry… Continue watching
Jul 24 Watch 10:16 Why is it so difficult to stop mass shootings in the U.S.? By PBS News Hour Following recent mass shootings, NewsHour begins a series called “Guns in America” where we will talk with people intimately involved in the gun control debate. Tonight we speak to author and advocate Mark Kelly, husband of congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, who… Continue watching
Jul 20 Watch 10:34 Gangs and guns fuel Chicago's summer surge of violence By PBS News Hour In Chicago, the number of shooting deaths has climbed in 2015 after falling the last two years. Vonzell Banks was one of the victims -- a 17-year-old church choir drummer, who got caught in the crossfire during a family outing… Continue watching