NRA tries to scare Virginians after massive election spending fails to keep GOP in power
The gun group spent big trying to keep the Republican legislative majorities in its home state.
By Josh Israel - November 06, 2019The gun group spent big trying to keep the Republican legislative majorities in its home state.
By Josh Israel - November 06, 2019Virginians could see new movement on gun background checks and voting rights if Democrats win big on Tuesday.
By Dan Desai Martin - November 01, 2019Trump once pledged not to let victims of gun violence die in vain.
By Josh Israel - November 01, 2019The NRA has spent more than $65,000 to support the Texas Republican.
By Josh Israel - October 23, 2019Bill Drennan, a GOP candidate for Virginia House of Delegates, made a bizarre argument against gun control.
By Josh Israel - October 21, 2019Trump has been vocal in the past about his condemnation of violent video games, which he claims cause mass shootings, but has not commented on a video of him killing political opponents and members of the media.
By Dan Desai Martin - October 14, 2019Gov. Mike DeWine promised to ‘do something’ after a deadly shooting earlier this year. Now he’s reversing course.
By Josh Israel - October 07, 2019Gun policy is the top issue among Virginia voters, who will head to the polls on Nov. 5.
By Dan Desai Martin - October 04, 2019She is.
By Dan Desai Martin - September 25, 2019Senate Republicans are finding more excuses for not doing anything to fight America’s gun violence epidemic.
By Dan Desai Martin - September 24, 2019A new plan by Trump’s Department of Homeland Security to finally address right-wing violence omitted a rather key part.
By Josh Israel - September 23, 2019State Sen. Amanda Chase (R-VA) has not apologized for her ad targeting gun groups.
By Josh Israel - September 23, 2019Days after begging the NRA to reward her for blocking gun action, Virginia state Sen. Amanda Chase (R) is now campaigning on her willingness to shoot gun control advocates.
By Josh Israel - September 20, 2019After promising he would take action to address gun violence, Trump still hasn’t done a thing.
By Associated Press - September 19, 2019The pollster who conservatives love to cite just shocked them with a poll disproving Trump’s argument against action on gun violence.
By Josh Israel - September 19, 2019Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) tried to water down a bill to address school shootings by removing the word ‘shooting.’
By Dan Desai Martin - September 18, 2019Mitch McConnell says he won’t consider gun violence legislation until Trump takes a real position, while Trump is resorting to insult comedy to excuse his own inaction.
By Josh Israel - September 18, 2019The House passed gun safety legislation in February, and Mitch McConnell has spent every day since then blocking the bills from coming up for a vote.
By Dan Desai Martin - September 16, 2019State Sen. Amanda Chase (R-VA) is hoping to cash in on her pro-NRA votes during her time in the Virginia legislature.
By Dan Desai Martin - September 16, 2019The DCCC named Lucinda Guinn as the group’s first Latina executive director, and wins in New Jersey and Michigan are bright spots to celebrate.
By Dan Desai Martin - September 13, 2019O’Rourke’s campaign said it would report the threat from Texas state Rep. Briscoe Cain to the FBI.
By Oliver Willis - September 13, 2019The Texas Republican also still won’t acknowledge that a background check might have stopped the mass shooting in Odessa.
By Josh Israel - September 12, 2019The best way to see good public policy enacted is to not contribute money to the people who fiercely oppose it.
By Josh Israel - September 12, 2019Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) thinks suicides and mass shootings happen because politicians encourage “jealousy” and “covetousness.”
By Josh Israel - September 11, 2019The Texas senator tried to use Chicago as an example of ineffective gun laws — Fred Guttenberg, whose daughter was killed in the 2018 Parkland shooting, quickly dismantled his argument.
By Oliver Willis - September 11, 2019The pressure is on the Senate to act on previously passed House legislation, the speaker said.
By Dan Desai Martin - September 11, 2019The Senate majority leader didn’t even bother mentioning gun violence in his first remarks after the long August recess.
By Dan Desai Martin - September 10, 2019After shootings at Walmart and other retailers, Moms Demand Action has successfully pushed several of the nation’s largest retailers to change their open carry policies.
By Josh Israel - September 10, 2019Most schools in Florida want to keep guns out of schools, not add more through arming teachers.
By Dan Desai Martin - September 09, 2019Speaker Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Schumer are demanding that the GOP ‘stem the endless massacres of our fellow Americans by gunfire.’
By Dan Desai Martin - September 09, 2019