gun control

Today marks the two-month anniversary of the horrific Newtown, Connecticut school massacre. That tragic fact did not stop several gun rights activists from voicing their staunch opposition yesterday to a bill that would allow towns to create gun-free school zones.

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In an effort to fast-track legislation designed to prevent gun violence, the Assembly Law and Public Safety Committee approved 20 bills yesterday.

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The head of the National Rifle Association says he's confident that Congress won't approve an assault weapons ban or an ammunition limit in the wake of mass shootings in Colorado and Connecticut.

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With the memory of the Newtown Connecticut school massacre still fresh in many people's minds, Governor Christie's NJ SAFE Task Force has held the first of 3 planned public hearings this week, to gather ideas and suggestions about how to reduce gun violence in the Garden state.

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President Barack Obama is pressing for a ban on military-style firearms and for universal background checks for gun buyers, taking his case directly to the public amid divisions over the proposals in Congress.

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The White House has released a photo of President Barack Obama firing a gun, two days before he heads to Minnesota to discuss gun control.

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]The National Rifle Association and gun-control advocates, including the husband of wounded former Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, are facing off at the year's first Senate hearing on curbing gun violence.

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President Barack Obama says he wants police from three communities that have experienced mass shootings and across the country to help convince Congress to pass gun legislation.

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President Barack Obama says gun-control advocates have to do a little more listening than they do sometimes in the debate over firearms in America.

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Vice President Joe Biden is taking the White House's campaign for gun control on the road to Virginia.

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