Tag: Firearms
Mother Charged With Manslaughter After 2-Year-Old Fatally Shoots Father
A Florida woman was charged with manslaughter on Monday after her 2-year-old boy found a gun in their…
Voters Say They Want Gun Control. Their Votes Say Something Different.
It’s one of the most puzzling questions for Democrats in American politics: Why is the political system so…
Beto O’Rourke Assails Governor Abbott Texas Over Texas Gun Laws
DALLAS — To loud cheers in a community gym on Wednesday evening, Beto O’Rourke, a former congressman from…
Canada Plans to Ban Handgun Sales and Possession of Assault Weapons
OTTAWA — Most owners of what Canada calls “military-style assault weapons” would be required to turn over their…
Gun in Texas Shooting Came From Company Known for Pushing Boundaries
He has said that his gun company was born out of his poor golf game. Instead of puttering…
Massacres Test Whether Washington Can Move Beyond Paralysis
WASHINGTON — Days after 19 children and two teachers were gunned down in Texas, politicians in Washington are…
Fact-Checking Trump and Cruz at the N.R.A. Convention
Prominent Republicans defended gun rights at the National Rifle Association convention on Friday with some misleading claims about…
At N.R.A. Convention, the Blame Is on ‘Evil,’ Not Guns
HOUSTON — One by one, the gun rights activists and politicians who showed up at the National Rifle…
A Timeline of Failed Attempts to Address U.S. Gun Violence
WASHINGTON — For more than a decade, as mass shooting has followed mass shooting in the United States,…
After Texas Shooting, Ted Cruz Digs In Against Gun Control
In 2013, he introduced legislation with Senator Charles E. Grassley, Republican of Iowa, that would have incentivized states…
School Shooting Raises Stakes at Hearing for Biden’s Pick to Lead A.T.F.
Installing a new A.T.F. director is one of the few consequential moves Mr. Biden’s administration can still make.…
After Cawthorn Charge, Democrats Are Split Over Capitol Gun Ban
WASHINGTON — Congressional Democrats are debating whether to bar lawmakers from carrying firearms on the Capitol grounds, with…