WATCH: Ryan says no plan to act soon on easing gun regulations
The Republican-led Congress had been pushing ahead on measures to loosen gun restrictions.
Political shift, hospital’s fears hand NRA defeat in Kansas
Kansas lawmakers bucked the National Rifle Association by approving a measure meant to keep concealed guns out of hospitals.
Trump to NRA: ‘You have a true friend in the White House’
The first sitting president to address the NRA since 1983, Trump made it clear in a stump-style speech that he wasn't wavering in his support for gun rights.
WATCH LIVE: Trump to speak at NRA convention
The last president to address an NRA convention was Ronald Reagan, who spoke to the 1983 gathering, according to the powerful gun rights lobby.
President Donald Trump has signed a resolution blocking an Obama-era rule that would have prevented an estimated 75,000 people with mental disorders from buying guns.
Gun control supporters hope passage of the proposals shows widening support for more measures designed to keep firearms away from dangerous people.
How has the Orlando shooting slaughter affected the politics of gun control in Congress? A bipartisan House measure barring firearms sales to some suspected terrorists nicely captures the mix of new and familiar forces in play.
His statements were a step too far for the National Rifle Association, a powerful lobby for armed self-defense and broad permissions to carry weapons. "No one thinks that people should go into a nightclub drinking and carrying firearms," the NRA's…
