Thursday, May 16 2013 3:45 PM EDT2013-05-16 19:45:21 GMT
District of Columbia Mayor Vincent Gray's administration does not support a bill that would require gun owners in the nation's capital to carry liability insurance.
District of Columbia Mayor Vincent Gray's administration does not support a bill that would require gun owners in the nation's capital to carry liability insurance.
Thursday, April 25 2013 5:41 PM EDT2013-04-25 21:41:33 GMT
A gun owners' rights group is threatening to sue 35 Maryland local governments unless they repeal gun regulations that the group says violate state law.
A gun owners' rights group is threatening to sue 35 Maryland local governments unless they repeal gun regulations that the group says violate state law.
Thursday, April 11 2013 8:08 PM EDT2013-04-12 00:08:06 GMT
Congress' most serious gun-control effort in years cleared its first hurdle Thursday as the Senate pushed past conservatives' attempted blockade under the teary gaze of families of victims of December's Connecticut school shootings.
Congress' most serious gun-control effort in years cleared its first hurdle Thursday as the Senate pushed past conservatives' attempted blockade under the teary gaze of families of victims of December's Connecticut school shootings.
Tuesday, April 9 2013 9:25 PM EDT2013-04-10 01:25:40 GMT
The Senate's top Democrat has set Congress' first showdown vote for Thursday on President Barack Obama's gun control drive as a small but mounting number of Republicans appear willing to buck a conservative effort to prevent debate from even beginning.
The Senate's top Democrat has set Congress' first showdown vote for Thursday on President Barack Obama's gun control drive as a small but mounting number of Republicans appear willing to buck a conservative effort to prevent debate from even beginning.
Monday, April 8 2013 8:49 PM EDT2013-04-09 00:49:54 GMT
With time running out on the chance to pass gun control legislation, President Barack Obama on Monday warned Congress not to use delaying tactics against tighter regulations and told families of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims that he's "determined as ever" to honor their children with tougher laws.
With time running out on the chance to pass gun control legislation, President Barack Obama on Monday warned Congress not to use delaying tactics against tighter regulations and told families of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims that he's "determined as ever" to honor their children with tougher laws.
Monday, April 8 2013 6:19 PM EDT2013-04-08 22:19:19 GMT
Months before Newtown - an artist was working on a project about guns. That project has rolled into our area. It is a yellow school bus, shot up with about 6000 rounds of ammunition.
Months before Newtown - an artist was working on a project about guns. That project has rolled into our area. It is a yellow school bus, shot up with about 6000 rounds of ammunition.
Monday, April 8 2013 3:45 PM EDT2013-04-08 19:45:43 GMT
President Barack Obama is providing a ride on Air Force One to 11 relatives of those killed at Connecticut's Sandy Hook Elementary School so they can attend his gun control speech Monday before heading to Washington to personally plead with senators reluctant to back gun legislation.
President Barack Obama is providing a ride on Air Force One to 11 relatives of those killed at Connecticut's Sandy Hook Elementary School so they can attend his gun control speech Monday before heading to Washington to personally plead with senators reluctant to back gun legislation.
Wednesday, April 3 2013 9:50 PM EDT2013-04-04 01:50:22 GMT
Connecticut's Senate on Wednesday approved sweeping new restrictions on weapons and large-capacity magazines, a response to last year's deadly Newtown elementary school shooting that would give the state some of the country's tightest gun control laws.
Connecticut's Senate on Wednesday approved sweeping new restrictions on weapons and large-capacity magazines, a response to last year's deadly Newtown elementary school shooting that would give the state some of the country's tightest gun control laws.
Tuesday, April 2 2013 5:23 PM EDT2013-04-02 21:23:18 GMT
A school safety panel established by the National Rifle Association says it has developed a "model [weapons] training program" for both police officers and selected school staff members.
A school safety panel established by the National Rifle Association says it has developed a "model [weapons] training program" for both police officers and selected school staff members.
PHOENIX -
Should teachers or principals be allowed to have a gun at school to protect your kids?
The idea is to have a gun in a secure place that a trained staff member could get to quickly if something were to happen.
Attorney General Tom Horne and Republican Rep. David Stevens from Sierra Vista came up with the legislation. It allows a teacher or staff member, even someone on the maintenance staff, to go through a training course, then be allowed access to a gun on the campus.
The person would be selected by the principal and the district. The gun would have to be kept in a secure gun locker.
The hope is that the gun's location and the person who has been trained to use it would be kept a secret.
The person who gets to handle the gun would have to go through three days of training.
"Training in marksmanship. When to shoot, when not to shoot, so that there is somebody in each school who is available if a bad guy gets into a school with a gun -- so that somebody is there with a gun to put a stop to it," said Horne.
Teresa Ottensen Binder, a teacher, added, "Some of these schools are located in rural areas. It is going to take 20 to 30 minutes to have a police officer or SWAT team on campus. Who knows the school best? An administrator, somebody who works at that school -- they know the layout."
The people behind this bill say they do not want the person to become a one-man SWAT team chasing someone down. They envision the person playing more of a defensive role.
Still, the bill has come under fire from Democrats and the powerful Arizona Education Association.
The AEA wants more school resource officers -- so do the people behind the gun program -- but they say funding is the problem.
This bill is still a long way to being passed, and it's not known in Governor Jan Brewer would even sign it. She has vetoed gun legislation in the past.
