A bipartisan deal to expand background checks is struggling to muster the 60 votes required to clear the Senate.
Gun Control
Democrats Score a Win on Guns, but Face Tough Road Ahead
Democrats overcome a gun-control filibuster, but their boasts belie the tough road ahead.
Behind Bloomberg’s Gun Buyer Background Check Ad Blitz
With hearings and floor action awaiting Congress when it returns from Easter recess, gun control groups are being put to the test.
Biden Not Giving Up On Assault Weapons Ban
(WASHINGTON) — The White House is still pushing for an assault weapons ban, Vice President Joe Biden said Wednesday, even though Senate Democrats all but sealed its fate by dropping it from the gun-control package they plan to …
Franklin Graham Backs Universal Background Checks
The son of evangelist Billy Graham tells TIME why he has agreed to support President Obama in passing universal background check legislation.
How Gun Control Ends: Not With A Bang, But A Whimper
Here’s a hard truth: all the emotion and outrage and sadness that followed the Sandy Hook elementary school shooting may make almost no difference in federal gun control laws.
Obama to Campaign for Gun Proposals in Minnesota
Obama will pitch his proposals to stem gun violence Monday in Minnesota, a Democratic-leaning state where officials have been studying ways to reduce gun-related attacks and accidents for several years.
Newspaper Hires Armed Security Guards After Backlash Over Gun Owner Map
The New York City-area newspaper that incited controversy in publishing an interactive map of gun permit holders while advocating for strict gun control laws has absorbed the backlash with a touch of irony: it reportedly hired …
Photographs of American Gun Culture
TIME originally published photographer Zed Nelson’s photo essay about American gun culture in 1998. In light of the recent incidents of mass gun violence in Colorado and Wisconsin, Nelson revisits the work he started in the ’90′s.
