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HOUSTON (AP) — National Rifle Association leaders told members Saturday that the fight against gun control legislation ...
HOUSTON (AP) — The National Rifle Association kicked off its annual convention Friday with a warning from its incoming ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans backed by a small band of rural-state Democrats scuttled the most far-reaching gun...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate set a long-awaited vote for Wednesday on a bipartisan plan for expanding background checks...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate gun control supporters struggled Tuesday to salvage their drive to expand background checks to...
BOSTON (AP) — Two bombs exploded in the crowded streets near the finish line of the Boston Marathon on Monday, killing ...
WASHINGTON April 10, 2013 (AP) -- Gun control supporters won the first Senate showdown Thursday over how to respond to the De...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Two pivotal senators announced a bipartisan deal Wednesday on expanding background checks to more gun...
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Gov. Dannel P. Malloy signed a wide-ranging bill that includes sweeping new restrictions on weap...
DENVER (AP) — Ratcheting up pressure for Congress to limit access to guns, President Barack Obama said Wednesday that r...
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — An arsenal of weapons including guns, more than a thousand rounds of ammunition, a bayonet and ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Uncompromising and politically emboldened, President Barack Obama urged a deeply divided Congress Tue...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The plague of gun violence makes it plain that current firearms restrictions are insufficient and new...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The American public will get a competing mix of rhetoric and imagery in President Barack Obama's ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan quartet of senators, including two National Rifle Association members and two with "...
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — With his gun proposals dividing Congress, President Barack Obama conceded Monday the challenges he f...
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A power outage at the Super Bowl put the nation's biggest sporting event on hold for more than a...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Severely wounded and still recovering, former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords begged lawmakers at an emotiona...
By ARLETTE SAENZ (ABC NEWS)Jan. 30, 2013WASHINGTON, D.C. -- It's a showdown on guns, featuring two powerful but conflicti...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Democrat who's introduced an assault weapon ban acknowledges the measure faces an "uphil...
By Arlette Saenz/ABC NEWS -- With an AR-15 and nine other guns on her left, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., introduced a bil...
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Thousands of gun advocates gathered peacefully Saturday at state capitals around the U.S. to rally...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Conceding "this will be difficult," President Barack Obama urged a reluctant Congress on We...
By SHUSHANNAH WALSHE (ABC NEWS) -- Today New York became the first state to pass a gun control law -- the toughest in the nat...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama demanded on Monday that lawmakers raise the nation's $16.4 trillion fe...
By JULIE PACE/WASHINGTON, DC January 14, 2013 (AP) -- President Barack Obama says he's reviewing a list of proposals from...
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — If there's any soul-searching among top television executives about onscreen violence contr...
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — If there's any soul-searching among top television executives about onscreen violence contr...
By CHRIS GOODWASHINGTON, DC (ABC NEWS) -- Partly out of dissatisfaction with the National Rifle Association, a D.C.-based med...
Vice President Joe Biden described his meeting with the National Rifle Association Thursday as “productive” and s...
By RUSSELL GOLDMAN (ABC NEWS) -- A California high school teacher is being hailed a hero for talking a 16-year-old shooter in...
By ARLETTE SAENZ (ABC NEWS) -- The National Rifle Association blasted Vice President Joe Biden after a meeting Thursday after...
By ARLETTE SAENZ/(ABC News) -- Vice President Biden, meeting today with outside groups on gun safety, told reporters he has a...
from ABC NewsA newspaper in New York has received a wave of criticism from its readers after publishing the names and address...
The Associated PressWEBSTER, N.Y. — A gunman ambushed four volunteer firefighters responding to an intense pre-dawn hou...
By COLLEEN CURRY and SARAH PARNASS / ABC NEWSThe National Rifle Association stood its ground today in arguing that the answer...
By KEVIN DOLAK / ABC NEWSDec. 21, 2012Incessant rain and a dreary morning failed to keep onlookers away from a moment-of-sile...
By Colleen Curry ABC NEWSDec 18, 2012 5:20pmThe National Rifle Association has broken its silence on the mass school shooting...
By ARLETTE SAENZ / ABC NEWSDec. 18, 2012Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder today vetoed a bill that would have invalidated "gun f...
By RUSSELL GOLDMAN and ERIN KEOHANE / ABC NEWSNEWTOWN, Conn. -- Dec. 18, 2012Local officials closed a Newtown, Conn., element...
Crouched in fear underneath her desk, Sally Cox, the Sandy Hook Elementary School nurse, watched gunman Adam Lanzathrough a s...
By AARON KATERSKY, EMILY FRIEDMAN, JUJU CHANG and ALYSSA NEWCOMB/ABC NEWSDec. 16, 2012Members of the shattered community of N...
By ALYSSA NEWCOMB/ABC NEWSPresident Obama will visit Newtown, Conn. today to meet with the grieving families and thank the fi...
By RICHARD ESPOSITO, CANDACE SMITH, MATTHEW MOSK and CHRISTINA NG / ABC NEWSThe FBI is in at least three states interviewing ...
Twenty children died today when a heavily armed man invaded a Newtown, Conn., elementary school and sprayed staff and student...
By RICHARD ESPOSITO, CANDACE SMITH and CHRISTINA NG / ABC NEWSDec. 14, 2012Twenty childlren died today when a heavily armed m...
By RICHARD ESPOSITO, CANDACE SMITH and CHRISTINA NG / ABC NEWSA heavily armed man invaded a Newtown, Conn., elementary school...
NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — A shooting at a Connecticut elementary school Friday left 27 people dead, including 18 children, ...
