gun control

HONOLULU (AP) — The Obama administration is announcing a pair of executive actions aimed at strengthening federal background checks for gun purchasers, with a particular focus on limiting firearm access for those with mental health issues.

Starting today, some employees of the Huntington Independent School District in Lufkin, Texas will be carrying loaded weapons on campus.

According to Flemming's interpretation of the report, "Harvard--which I believe is Obama's alma mater--actually said, you know, gun control doesn't work. It has no effect on crime."

Everyone knows you should not look down the barrel of a gun....but.

If your gun blows up in your hand you're having a bad day!

Anti-gun laws are backfiring in some states.

If a child is traumatized by a LEGO that family has a lot more to be concerned about.

A "Mornings with Ken and Bernie" listener has informed us that on recent visit to the hospital for her child, she was asked to fill out a Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals questionnaire.

7-year-old Christopher Marshall, a 2nd grader at Driver Elementary in Virginia was recently suspended for making "gun noises" while pointing his pencil in what his teacher described as a "threatening" manner.

NASCAR's chief concern seems to be making certain that it is not seen as endorsing any political agenda supported by its sponsors.

A recent school safety study sponsored by the National Rifle Association and headed by former Republican Rep. of Arkansas Asa Hutchinson, suggests that trained and armed staff members on campus, along with at least one armed security officer, would be the best response to stopping horrific school shootings like the recent tragedy in Newtown, Connecticut...

As a far-reaching gun-control measure aims to ban assault weapons in Maryland, neighboring states are trying to woo away a Beretta factory, whose employees would be unable to buy some of its products.

Utah Senator Orrin Hatch (R) made comments that were picked up by the Huffington Post.  In his comments, made to Laura Ingraham on her radio show, he responded to the question, "Do you think, if he had his druthers, President Obama would repeal the Second Amendment...

A bill introduced to the New York State Assembly would require all New York gun owners to purchase at least $1 million in firearm liability insurance that would cover any damages caused by the firearms.

The University of Colorado at Colorado Springs has advised female students on ways to defend themselves from possible rape.  While there have been things like yelling, hitting or biting your attacker, they have added some new things to the list of possibilities...

He uses people props whether they want to be there or not.

Louisiana and two other states saw the biggest declines.

Republican lawmakers are putting together measures that they say will limit what the federal government can do to enforce gun laws.  That includes penalties for publishing names of concealed carry permit holders and prohibition of enforcement of any new federal laws that come along. ...

In regards to gun control, deficiencies in mental health treatment need to be addressed.

It always makes more of an impression when you see something in action.  Rather than hearing how guns protect you at home and protects you individually, seeing it removes all doubt. Glock put together a series of commercials that illustrate the point so much better than anything else out there...