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3D Printer Gun May Be Loop-Hole in Gun Regulation [VIDEO + POLL]

Nora Schreiber — Tue, 07 May 2013 15:20:55 +0000

A Texas law student has developed a plastic gun that can be printed from a 3D printer. Firing real bullets, this gun really works. Could this be a loop hole in gun regulation laws? The University of Texas law student and founder of Defense Distributed plans to release his blue prints so that anyone can [...]

Senate Rejects Gun Control Bill Expanding Background Checks

Chase Colston — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 20:55:32 +0000

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has rejected a bipartisan effort to expand federal background checks to more firearms buyers in a crucial showdown over gun control. Wednesday’s vote was a jarring blow to the drive to curb firearms sparked by December’s massacre of children and staff at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn. President Barack [...]

'Assault Rifle Nail Gun' Found to Be Fake — What if it Was Real? [POLL]

Nora Schreiber — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 17:42:19 +0000

There is a lot of talk going around about the gun control laws and what our Second Amendment world will look like in the future. Part of this argument is about the average citizen's right to own an assault rifle. A picture of an assault rifle nail gun has been flooding Facebook. It is not real, but what if it was?

President Calls for Assault-Weapon Ban, Stronger Background Checks

Chris Chaberski — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 21:59:48 +0000

Wednesday afternoon, President Obama proposed numerous measures in response to a string of recent mass shootings across the country, including one at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, in which 20 children and six adults were murdered by a gunman. Obama called for a ban on assault weapons, like the one used in Newtown, [...]

Barack Obama to Announce Expansive Plan for Gun Control [POLL]

Chase Colston — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 16:59:48 +0000

President Barack Obama is set to announce the most widespread gun control agenda in decades today (Jan. 15), calling on Congress to force all weapons buyers to undergo background checks and prohibit assault weapons.

Was Bob Costas's Gun-Control Rant Inappropriate? — Sports Survey of the Day

BJ Ragone — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 23:00:16 +0000

Most of us tune into ‘Sunday Night Football’ and expect to see one of the weekend’s big games. What you don’t expect is a lecture on gun control. Over the weekend, there was a terrible tragedy in Kansas City. Javon Belcher took the life of his girlfriend, and then himself. During the Sunday-night game between [...]

Undercover NYC Sting Nets Guns in Arizona

Marcie Pink — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 16:00:26 +0000

Prompted by last month’s Tucson tragedy in which six people were killed and 13 injured, New York City sent undercover agents to a Phoenix gun show to demonstrate how easy it is to purchase weapons in Arizona. New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg showed reporters yesterday undercover videotape of gun sales from last week, noting it [...]