2nd Amendment

The Gun Violence Prevention and Safe Communities Act of 2018, introduced in Congress after February’s Parkland FL school shooting, would increase federal excise taxes on guns and ammunition. The twin ideas behind the bill: Discourage gun and ammunition purchases by raising their price and use the revenue to fund community-based policing, gun violence-reduction projects, and…

A staunchly anti-gun California Democrat made headlines after he suggested using America’s nuclear arsenal against gun owners who refuse to hand over their hardware. As reported at Fox News, Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., made the remark on Twitter after another user said that Swalwell wants a war with gun owners: “Because that’s what you would…

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), who plans to return as Speaker in the next Congress, declared Thursday that gun control will be a priority under the newly elected Democratic majority. “I do believe, because in this Congress…there is bipartisan legislation to have common sense background checks to prevent guns going into the wrong hands.…

National Public Radio uncovered deeply flawed data published by the U.S. Department of Education, following an investigation that found that more than two-thirds of school shootings reported to the authorities during one school year did not actually occur. What are the details? With help from the nonprofit research group Child Trends, NPR analyzed data from…