Gun News

Seattle Times readers are in something of a huff about a story running Saturday about a federal judge's ruling that Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio and his Maricopa County deputies have been profiling Latinos "at the expense of fighting crime." Too bad that doesn't apply to gun owners.

By an 85-30 vote, the Illinois House moved on Friday to approve a law allowing certified residents to carry concealed firearms, which would end Illinois' status as the only state in the nation to completely prohibit carrying guns in public.

Extremities in defense of liberty is no vice. Sacrificing themselves in the cause of Freedom this week were four hands, five legs, and one foot.

Gays and guns seem as likely to go together as Nicki Minaj and Mariah Carey. As a culture, even under attack, we are a peaceful lot -- you catch more bees with honey, right? "Wrong," says Gwendolyn Patton of Pink Pistols, a group that advocates gun ownership for the LGBT community.

Dustin Reininger is serving a five-year sentence with a three-year minimum before he's eligible for parole.

Gun owners could carry concealed weapons in Illinois, the last state in the nation to prohibit it, under legislation that swept through the House Friday with the backing of the powerful Democratic speaker from Chicago, a longtime proponent of firearms restrictions.

Illinois Senate President John Cullerton says a concealed carry bill that would wipe out all local gun ordinances in the state is "offensive." The measure brokered by House Speaker Michael Madigan also would allow qualified gun owners to carry their weapons in public, with some restrictions.

The Illinois House has passed a concealed carry bill, 85-30, which would set uniform standards for concealed carry statewide.

I was heartbroken, along with the rest of the country, over the shooting of 26 innocent adults and children in Newtown, Conn., last December.

Gandhi once said that "the best politics is right action." President Obama should have followed that sage advice when proposing a response to recent shootings that have shocked the nation.

Assemblyman Joe Lentol sponsored the measure, which has not rankled gun control advocates.

Leaders of Connecticut gun advocacy groups said on Thursday they had sued to knock down a strict new gun-control law passed in April because they believed the measure would not improve public safety.

Second Amendment activists complain about the pro-gun-control camp "politicizing" the various firearm-related tragedies that are the regular scourge of America.

There's a lot of talk around the country these days about rights and freedoms. The Second Amendment right to bear arms and the First Amendment right to speak freely have been of primary focus as the debate rages over gun control in the wake of December's shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School.

Over the past 48 hours, National Public Radio , India Today and Opposing Views have zeroed in on a months-old southwest Oregon rape case that underscores the need for gun ownership where police are few and far between due to budget cuts.

A post yesterday featured the Independence Institute's Dave Kopel talking about a lawsuit targeting Colorado's new gun-control laws -- and featuring the support of Larimer County Sheriff Justin Smith and 54 of his colleagues around the state.

A concealed-carry gun deal brokered by House Speaker Michael Madigan cleared a House committee Thursday, but its prospects were unclear across the Capitol in the Senate because of the way it would curb existing local gun laws.

Illinois legislation allowing public possession of concealed guns has passed the House Judiciary Committee.

A new Pew Research Center poll finds broad support for background checks on gun purchases, but 6 in 10 Americans doubt Congress will pass gun control laws this year.

When the League of Humane Voters of New Jersey announced support for state Senator Raymond Lesniak in his primary election campaign, the New Jersey Outdoor Alliance reacted with some strongly worded remarks attacking the lawmaker.