School Shootings

The National Rifle Association.

Beltway Confidential

Here’s why the CNN gun control town hall is a lose-lose for the NRA

Becket Adams · February 21, 2018 8:49 pm

Dinesh D’Souza vs. The Survivors

TWS Podcast · February 21, 2018 7:02 pm

This is the headline that was published two years ago by The Tab: "I was able to buy an AR-15 in five minutes." No he wasn't, according to his own reporting. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli,file)

Beltway Confidential

That story about a 20-year-old who said he was ‘able to buy’ an AR-15 in five minutes with no ID is an outright lie.

Becket Adams · February 21, 2018 6:58 pm

When we asked her about her past statements, Leah Vukmir didn't back down from her criticism of "the self-esteem movement" but added that school shootings are "a multifaceted problem."

Beltway Confidential

Wisconsin Senate candidate Leah Vukmir still says ‘the self-esteem movement’ is one factor in school shootings

Philip Wegmann · February 21, 2018 6:27 pm

Clarksburg High School student Alwin Chen (pictured left) was arrested after a school resource officer found a loaded handgun in his backpack. Police later found an AR-15 style rifle, a shotgun, two handguns, ammunition, a tactical vest, a detonator for landmines, and a list of grievances against other students and the school. (Photos courtesy of Montgomery County, Md. Police Department)

Beltway Confidential

Maryland school shooting prevented with better policing, not just gun laws

Siraj Hashmi · February 21, 2018 6:14 pm

Hundreds from each high school — Richard Montgomery High School in Rockville, Md.; Montgomery Blair High School in Silver Spring, Md.; and Bethesda Chevy Chase High School in Bethesda, Md. — left school buildings at 9:30 a.m. (Images courtesy screenshot)

Scores of Maryland high school students stage walk-outs, take Metro trains to Washington for gun reform protests at Capitol: WATCH

Anna Giaritelli · February 21, 2018 3:59 pm

The NRA has accepted an invitation from CNN to participate in a town hall with students and parents affected by the mass shooting in Parkland, Fla. (Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg)

NRA accepts invitation to CNN town hall on guns

Caitlin Yilek · February 21, 2018 3:01 pm

People shop for guns at a gun show. Current laws prohibit federally licensed firearm dealers from selling long gun rifles or shotguns to someone under 18, and cannot sell handguns to someone under 21. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Trump has discussed raising the minimum age for gun purchases: Report

Katelyn Caralle · February 21, 2018 2:45 pm

"This could affect your grandchild, or your child," Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy said. "You're going to see people in your state killed in restaurants, and movie theaters, and schools, and in churches." (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)

Connecticut governor: Shootings are ‘coming to your neighborhood’

Pete Kasperowicz · February 21, 2018 1:16 pm

"Ask politicians, ask people who represent their constituents if they support school safety, if they support public safety, if they support talking action to prevent more slaughters like the one that happened in Parkland from happening anyplace else," said Rep. Ted Deutch, D-Fla. "That's the way this debate has to go, and because of these kids I think that's the way it's going to start being addressed." (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

National Security

Florida Democrat: We need to focus on ‘school safety,’ not ‘gun control’

Katelyn Caralle · February 21, 2018 1:01 pm

Hundreds of Americans have taken to the streets to campaign for stricter gun laws over the past week after a deadly school shooting in Florida took 17 lives. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

Gun control is a fantasy. Start a realistic conversation about preventing school massacres

Washington Examiner · February 21, 2018 5:01 am

After the school shooting in Florida last week, President Trump instructed Attorney General Jeff Sessions to outline regulations that would outlaw bump stock devices that modify semi-automatic guns to fire at a higher rate akin to automatic firearms. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)

NRA says it will wait until it sees Trump regulation on bump stocks before commenting

Daniel Chaitin and Diana Stancy Correll · February 21, 2018 3:49 am