Read more gun control stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/1255/gun-control.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 12:10:29 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73204/ammo-supply-cant-keep-up-with-demand.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCrime is down, gun control is on Obama's back burner, and Americans are buying more ammunition than factories can produce. While there are economic reasons—supply is off as the war effort eats up necessary materials—Americans have still managed to buy 12 billion rounds in the past year, up...http://www.newser.com/story/73204/ammo-supply-cant-keep-up-with-demand.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 03 Nov 2009 13:35:23 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/67530/gun-nuts-firing-blanks-in-power-play.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagOklahoma Sen. Tom Coburn has some gall. The fact that he can defend gun nuts calling for blood to "water the tree of liberty" after terrorist Timothy McVeigh wore the same Thomas Jefferson quote on his shirt in the Oklahoma City bombing infuriates New York Times columnist Frank Rich. When...http://www.newser.com/story/67530/gun-nuts-firing-blanks-in-power-play.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 23 Aug 2009 5:52:40 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67353/nra-shouldnt-tolerate-gun-toting-protesters.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIf the National Rifle Association is really, to quote its website “dedicated to the lawful, effective, responsible, and above all safe use of firearms,” then it should loudly discourage people from carrying those firearms to political rallies, writes Stephen Stromberg of the Washington Post. Politics aside, it’s just bad gun...http://www.newser.com/story/67353/nra-shouldnt-tolerate-gun-toting-protesters.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 20 Aug 2009 9:34:03 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67327/dc-delegate-ban-guns-near-obama.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWashington DC's congressional delegate is watching gun-toting protesters outside venues where Barack Obama speaks, and she's not gonna take it anymore, reports The Hill. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton—whose constituency last year had its handgun ban tossed by the Supreme Court—wants guns banned in the president's vicinity, and is...http://www.newser.com/story/67327/dc-delegate-ban-guns-near-obama.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 20 Aug 2009 6:20:50 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66716/anti-us-govt-militias-are-awakening.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAnti-government militia groups largely dormant during the Bush years are making a comeback and dozens of new ones are sprouting up, AP reports. Such groups, fueled by the poor economy and distrust of the Obama administration, are poised to grow rapidly, according to a report from the Southern Poverty Law...http://www.newser.com/story/66716/anti-us-govt-militias-are-awakening.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 12 Aug 2009 4:53:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64465/firefighters-drop-in-on-sotomayor.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe New Haven Fire Department arrived in uniform on Capitol Hill today to watch the third day of Sonia Sotomayor’s confirmation hearings, the New York Times reports. So far talk has swirled around abortion, with Sotomayor refuting reports that the Obama administration had given her a “litmus test” on the...http://www.newser.com/story/64465/firefighters-drop-in-on-sotomayor.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 15 Jul 2009 10:36:19 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62814/gop-to-target-sotomayor-with-gun-questions.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagRepublicans, who've failed to get traction in opposing Sonia Sotomayor's nomination to the Supreme Court, finally think they have an issue that might stick: gun control. When the high court struck down Washington’s tough gun control laws as unconstitutional, many wondered if the ruling applied to state laws as well....http://www.newser.com/story/62814/gop-to-target-sotomayor-with-gun-questions.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 25 Jun 2009 10:07:43 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/58983/meghan-mccain-dont-politicize-take-my-guns.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagShe supports gay marriage and thinks the Republican Party is out of touch, but on guns, Meghan McCain is “red through-and-through,” she writes in the Daily Beast: “The right to bear arms, and specifically the idea of it being taken away from me, is one of my biggest concerns.” Individual...http://www.newser.com/story/58983/meghan-mccain-dont-politicize-take-my-guns.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 14 May 2009 11:46:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/57537/forget-the-flu-guns-cause-far-more-deaths.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIn the US and Mexico, a plague much more widespread than swine flu continues to pick off its victims, regardless of age, health, or hometown. "While federal and state authorities are preoccupied with preventing a swine flu pandemic from overwhelming the United States, the epidemic of gun violence rages on,...http://www.newser.com/story/57537/forget-the-flu-guns-cause-far-more-deaths.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 29 Apr 2009 8:56:13 CDT