Gun politics

Feds seek 18 months for Virginia man with neo-Nazi ties

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — Prosecutors are seeking an 18-month sentence for an alleged neo-Nazi from northern Virginia who p...
6:11 28 February 2022

Bloomberg’s influence stretches far and wide

When Mike Bloomberg held a rally this month at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, the signs of his wealth...
15:40 25 February 2022

Girl, 11, brings AR-15 to Idaho hearing on gun legislation

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — An 11-year-old girl toting a loaded AR-15 assault weapon appeared Monday at a legislative hearing wi...
22:37 24 February 2022

The Latest: Klobuchar revisits flub about Mexico’s leader

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Latest on the 2020 presidential campaign (all times local):7:35 p.m.Amy Klobuchar is trying to make...
3:36 19 February 2022

Virginia a key state in Bloomberg’s Super Tuesday strategy

RICHMOND, Va. — If there is a state where Democratic presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg could expect a return on investment, it is Virginia.
23:49 15 February 2022

Biden in Vegas takes on Sanders’ gun votes in fiery speech

LAS VEGAS — Joe Biden, standing on a Las Vegas stage roughly 1,000 feet from the scene of the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, took on ...
21:30 15 February 2022

Florida ‘red flag’ gun law used 3,500 times since Parkland

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A 23-year-old man who posted on Facebook, “I don't know why I don't go on a killing spree." A West Palm Beach couple who shot ...
16:49 14 February 2022

Thai army chief: Gunman wasn’t treated fairly in land deal

BANGKOK — Thailand's army commander said Tuesday the soldier who killed 29 people in a shooting rampage had not been treated fairly in a land deal inv...
7:38 11 February 2022

Parkland dad apologizes for State of the Union outburst

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The father of a student killed in the 2018 Florida high school massacre apologized Wednesday for disrupting President Donald T...
20:06 5 February 2022

Legislator proposes gun restrictions, gets threatening memes

HUDSON, Ohio — An Ohio state representative who has proposed gun restrictions said he found memes that he considers threatening printed out and placed...
16:41 21 January 2022

Pro-gun rally by thousands in Virginia ends peacefully

RICHMOND, Va. — Tens of thousands of gun-rights activists from around the country rallied peacefully at the Virginia Capitol on Monday to protest plan...
22:09 20 January 2022

A look at expected participants in Virginia gun rally

RICHMOND, V.a — State officials and U.S. hate-monitoring groups are warning about the potential for violence ahead of a gun-rights rally in Virginia t...
13:45 19 January 2022

Gun-rights activists gear up for show of force in Virginia

RICHMOND, Va. — Police are scouring the internet for clues about plans for mayhem, workers are putting up chain link holding pens around Virginia's pi...
13:20 18 January 2022

Virginia’s highest court upholds weapons ban at gun rally

RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia's highest court on Friday upheld a ban on firearms at a pro-gun rally in the state's capital next week, an event that authori...
23:57 17 January 2022

3 more linked to neo-Nazi group arrested in Georgia

WASHINGTON — Three men linked to a violent white supremacist group known as The Base were charged with conspiring to kill members of a militant anti-f...
23:57 17 January 2022

Pentagon adding to restrictions on foreign military students

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon is imposing new restrictions and controls on all international military students at American bases, including barring them f...
21:39 17 January 2022

Organizers appeal ban on arms at upcoming Virginia gun rally

RICHMOND, Va. — A gun-rights group filed an emergency appeal late Thursday of a judge's ruling upholding a ban on firearms at a pro-gun rally expected...
3:29 17 January 2022

FBI arrests 3 alleged white supremacists ahead of gun rally

GREENBELT, Md. — A former Canadian Armed Forces reservist and two other men who authorities say are linked to a violent white supremacist group were a...
0:19 17 January 2022

Design of AR-15 could derail charges tied to popular rifle

DALLAS — A subtle design feature of the AR-15 rifle has raised a technical legal question that is derailing cases against people who are charged with ...
18:10 13 January 2022

Top issues in the 2020 Virginia legislative session

RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia lawmakers are kicking off a 60-day legislative session with Democrats in full control for the first time in more than two dec...
6:14 8 January 2022

Bloomberg, Northam push back on gun law ‘misinformation’

RICHMOND, Va. — Democratic presidential hopeful Michael Bloomberg voiced strong support Tuesday for enacting new gun regulations in Virginia a few mon...
19:03 7 January 2022

Minister: Texas gunman grew angry in past over cash requests

DALLAS — The congregation at a Texas church where two people were fatally shot had repeatedly given food to the gunman, according to the pastor, but h...
23:20 31 December 2022

Firearms instructor took out gunman at Texas church service

WHITE SETTLEMENT, Texas — Alarms went off in Jack Wilson's head the moment a man wearing a fake beard, a wig, a hat and a long coat walked into a Texa...
1:25 31 December 2022

States charge more for electric cars as new laws take effect

The new year will bring new charges for some owners of electric vehicles, as an increasing number of states seek to plug in to fresh revenue sources t...
15:31 29 December 2022

US mass killings hit new high in 2019, most were shootings

The first one occurred 19 days into the new year when a man used an ax to kill four family members including his infant daughter. Five months later, 1...
8:49 28 December 2022

New Mexico police investigate killing of 4 on Christmas Day

RIO RANCHO, N.M. — Police in New Mexico on Thursday were investigating the shooting of four people found dead on Christmas Day in a home in a suburb o...
17:51 26 December 2022

Second Amendment Sanctuary push aims to defy new gun laws

BUCKINGHAM, Va. — A standing-room only crowd of more than 400 packed the meeting room, filled the lobby and spilled into the parking lot recently in r...
14:23 21 December 2021

New Zealanders hand in 50,000 guns after assault weapon ban

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — New Zealand authorities said Saturday their country will be a safer place after owners handed in more than 50,000 guns durin...
5:51 21 December 2021

Community mourns victim of housing complex shooting

WESTERLY, R.I. — A Rhode Island community were remembering on Friday a woman gunned down in a shooting that wounded two others as a loving mother and ...
20:03 20 December 2021

Feds: Man whose number found on NJ shooter was selling arms

NEWARK, N.J. — A bail hearing for a man whose number was found in the pocket of one of the perpetrators of last week's fatal attack on a Jewish market...
17:49 18 December 2021