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LONDON -- The following information was released by the UK Government: Consultation proposes new controls on air weapons, miniature rifle ranges, and high-powered firearms. Published 25 November 2020 From: Home [...]

For Print Use Only. This appeared in Saturday's Washington Post. - - - It was a showy gesture of defiance when local elected officials and sheriffs across Virginia and elsewhere [...]

WASHINGTON -- The top two Democrats in Congress, seeking to ramp up pressure on Republicans to pass legislation extending background checks to all gun buyers, told President Trump on Sunday [...]

Byline: Laura Vozzella RICHMOND, Va. - Former congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords will campaign in Virginia two days this week for state House and Senate candidates who support stricter gun laws, an [...]

WASHINGTON -- He has called Senator Christopher S. Murphy, a Democrat from Connecticut, where 26 people were gunned down at an elementary school. He has reached out to Senator Joe [...]

Byline: Greg Bluestein President Donald Trump's support for 'red flag' gun laws after twin mass shootings left at least 31 people dead in Ohio and Texas poses a challenge for [...]

Byline: Josh Dawsey and Seung Min Kim President Donald Trump has repeatedly told lawmakers and aides in private conversations that he is open to endorsing extensive background checks in the [...]

Byline: Hannah Knowles Texas is getting new gun laws. But they're not restrictions on firearms like those Ohio's governor proposed days after Sunday's mass shooting in Dayton. As the state [...]

Byline: Sabrina Siddiqui in Washington John Kerry went pheasant hunting in Iowa weeks before the 2004 presidential election. Hillary Clinton spoke fondly of learning to shoot as a little girl [...]

Byline: John Wagner WASHNGTON - President Donald Trump called Monday for 'strong background checks' in the wake of the mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton, Ohio, and suggested pairing [...]

WASHINGTON -- The following information was released by the Pew Research Center: By Katherine Schaeffer A gun show in Naples, Florida. Large majorities of both Democrats and Republicans continue to [...]

WASHINGTON -- The following information was released by California Senator Dianne Feinstein: States with tough gun laws have far less gun crime than states with strict gun laws WashingtonAs the [...]

WASHINGTON, DC -- The following information was released by the Voice of America (VOA): New Zealand lawmakers have passed legislation banning military-style weapons, less than one month after 50 people [...]

Byline: Perry Stein Former Education Secretary Arne Duncan pushed a radical idea on Twitter: Parents should pull their children out of school until elected officials pass stricter gun control laws. [...]

Byline: Samantha Schmidt With about 80,000 people converging in Dallas for the National Rifle Association's annual convention, one local restaurant decided to send a message to the flood of visitors. [...]

MIAMI -- The Florida State Senate shocked even itself on Saturday when it voted to approve a two-year moratorium on sales of AR-15 semiautomatic rifles, going far beyond the gun-related [...]

The current push for stricter gun control is aiming too low. Sure, passage of new regulations would be a welcome change from our political intransigence and lack of response to [...]

WASHINGTON -- For years, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has been overlooked in Washington. Overshadowed by more politically powerful law enforcement agencies like the F.B.I., the A.T.F. [...]

Byline: Fenit Nirappil Gun control advocates say they hit a major milestone during last week's Democratic sweep in Virginia: they turned out as many of their supporters to the polls [...]

Byline: Karoun Demirjian Senators usually on opposite sides of the gun-control debate are teaming up on bipartisan legislation to improve the national background-check system by increasing how often states and [...]

This appeared in Friday's Washington Post. - - - House Republicans have said they might be open to legislation that would ban the type of firearm accessory that enabled the [...]

Byline: Petula Dvorak Maybe this time will be different. Maybe the sheer number of people killed and injured at a country music festival in Las Vegas - at least 58 [...]

Byline: Petula Dvorak Maybe this time will be different. Maybe the sheer number of people killed and injured at a country music festival in Las Vegas - at least 58 [...]

Byline: Arelis R. Hernández Charlottesville Mayor Michael Signer called on the Virginia state legislature on Friday to convene a special session to push for new laws that would give local [...]

Byline: Arelis R. Hernández Charlottesville Mayor Michael Signer called on the Virginia state legislature on Friday to convene a special session to push for new laws that would give local [...]

When militia members and white supremacists descended on Charlottesville, Va., last Saturday with Nazi flags and racist placards, many of them also carried firearms openly, including semiautomatic weapons. They came [...]

WASHINGTON -- Shaken and angry, Republican members of Congress seized on the brazen daytime shooting of their colleagues on Wednesday to demand that existing restrictions on gun access be loosened [...]

Two years after nine churchgoers were shot to death in a horrific gun spree in Charleston, S.C., tone-deaf state lawmakers are considering a measure to allow South Carolina residents to [...]