associated press

Published: Mon, Apr 29, 2013

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) -- Gun control advocates in Washington are launching an initiative campaign after state lawmakers declined to expand background checks on gun sales. The group Washington Alliance for Gun Responsibility announced its plans Monday. Supporters will need to collect nearly...

associated press

Published: Mon, Apr 29, 2013

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- Illinois Senate legislation touted as a compromise between Chicagoans weary of street violence and gun owners eager to legally carry concealed weapons elsewhere appears more restrictive than promised, according to a copy obtained by The Associated Press. It will be...

Timothy P. Carney

Updated: Sun, Apr 28, 2013

President Obama, according to his own telling, would have passed a gun control bill supported by nearly every American, but the National Rifle Association drove in trucks full of money and lobbyists, buying off senators. Obama's story isn't true. The NRA doesn't work like the lobbies Obama is...