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Opinion: Here's an Easy Way to Improve Gun Safety

Since the Tucson, Ariz., tragedy, many people have renewed calls for more gun control measures. But there's already a perfectly good law on the books that could improve gun safety in this country right now. Congress, with the president's support, just needs to fully fund it. Some background: The FBI's National Instant...

Opinion: Gun Control Emotions vs. Gun Control Facts

Just 24 hours after the shooting in Tucson, politicians were calling for more gun control. And the drumbeat has continued. On Sunday, Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., called for using the information supplied on people's applications to join the military to determine whether they will be banned from buying guns. Sens. Dianne...

DeLay Says He'd Welcome Guns at His Public Events

Unrepentant but facing three years in prison on a money-laundering conviction, former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay maintained his innocence Thursday and also said he hasn't changed his hard-line stance on gun control in the wake of the Arizona shootings.

Giffords Shooting Raises Questions About Guns and Mental Illness

WASHINGTON -- It takes a lot to be considered too crazy to own a gun in Arizona. As authorities investigate the mass shooting that killed six people and left Rep. Gabrielle Giffords critically wounded, it appears clear that a growing list of troubling warning signs would not have prohibited suspect Jared Loughner from...

The Giffords Shooting of Course Has Everyone Talking About Gun Control

As the chaos surrounding U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' shooting begins to settle, the echo chamber is filling with talk of gun control. And one of the details from the massacre fueling the passionate debate is that suspected shooter Jared Loughner allegedly used a 33-round magazine during the rampage. The clip had been...