Gun Control

Just one day after a gun rights rally in Pittsburgh that attracted hundreds of gun owners protesting the city’s proposed “assault weapons” ban, Democratic Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf voiced his support for a complete ban on all semi-automatic weapons.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, California Rep. Mike Thompson, and former Arizona Rep. Gabby Giffords unveiled a bill on Tuesday that would prohibit the private sale of firearms. With the exception of law enforcement and the transfer of guns between friends and family, all gun sales would require a background check to be conducted on the prospective buyer.

The first part of Washington State’s new slate of gun ban policies took effect this week and prohibited 18, 19, and 20-year-olds from purchasing any kind of semiautomatic rifle.

Gun collectors, competitive shooters, and hunters frequently purchase multiple firearms in a short span of time, especially during the holiday season. But a new column from the New York Times argues that credit card companies should monitor those purchases and report them to law enforcement officials as a way to prevent mass murders.

Venezuela’s 2012 Disarmament Law banned the private ownership of firearms, and now, according to a new report, its citizens are beginning to realize how gun rights could have kept crime and government tyranny at bay.

The Federal Commission on School Safety led by Education Secretary Betsy DeVos released a 177-page report yesterday outlining its recommendations for preventing, mitigating, and responding to school shootings.

Moms Demand Action launched a new campaign this year to encourage parents to “BeSmart” about gun safety. The problem? Their “instructors” don’t appear to know the first thing about safe gun handling.

Pittsburgh Mayor William Peduto has been a busy boy. Last week he was in Paris grandstanding about climate change, and now he’s sticking his proverbial finger in the eye of the Pennsylvania state legislature by proposing a trio of anti-gun measures in direct contradiction to the state’s firearms preemption law.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released this month their annual “Underlying Cause of Death” report, and the media has, predictably, zeroed in on data related to firearms.