PostPartisan: gun control


Posted at 09:50 AM ET, 05/07/2013

Washington's inability to keep pace
By Carter Eskew
New 3-D printers create plastic guns and human tissue

By Carter Eskew  |  09:50 AM ET, 05/07/2013 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  3D printer, Congress, gun control

Posted at 10:31 AM ET, 04/18/2013

The Insiders: The president's Sandy Hook exploitation fails
By Ed Rogers
President Obama used the Sandy Hook families as props and lobbyists to try and fight a Washington legislative battle that was not their fight.

By Ed Rogers  |  10:31 AM ET, 04/18/2013 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Barack Obama, Congress, Democrats, gun control, sandy hook, The Insiders

Posted at 07:17 AM ET, 04/18/2013

Obama and Giffords shame the Senate
By Jonathan Capehart
Blunt, unsparing and truthful words about the cowardice of the world's greatest deliberative body.

By Jonathan Capehart  |  07:17 AM ET, 04/18/2013 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  gun control, Guns, Senate

Posted at 08:02 AM ET, 04/12/2013

The Senate's bill is just the beginning on gun control
By Stephen Stromberg
The bill is just good — not great.

By Stephen Stromberg  |  08:02 AM ET, 04/12/2013 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Congress, gun control

Posted at 02:47 PM ET, 04/03/2013

On guns, Obama is doing all he can. Are you?
By Jonathan Capehart
There is still widespread support for sensible measures to curb gun violence. All that's needed now is the political activism to match it.

By Jonathan Capehart  |  02:47 PM ET, 04/03/2013 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Barack Obama, Connecticut shooting, gun control, Guns

Posted at 03:49 PM ET, 04/01/2013

Obama needs backup on guns
By Jonathan Capehart
Imagine how much could get done if Obama's consistent calls for help from the American people on guns were backed up by a consistent flood of calls to Congress.

By Jonathan Capehart  |  03:49 PM ET, 04/01/2013 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  gun control, Guns

Posted at 04:14 PM ET, 03/25/2013

The Insiders: Ineffective approaches to 2014
By Ed Rogers
Mayor Bloomberg and Karl Rove may have approached their new respective political initiatives in a way that diminishes their effectiveness.

By Ed Rogers  |  04:14 PM ET, 03/25/2013 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  election 2014, gun control, Karl Rove, mayor bloomberg, Republicans, The Insiders

Posted at 11:33 AM ET, 03/20/2013

Assault weapons ban gets the Hook
By Jonathan Capehart
Despite the slaughter of 20 innocents, a proposed ban on assault weapons was stripped out of a gun violence bill in the Senate.

By Jonathan Capehart  |  11:33 AM ET, 03/20/2013 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Connecticut shooting, gun control, Guns

Posted at 02:38 PM ET, 03/14/2013

The Insiders: CPAC needs to stay on message with the economy
By Ed Rogers
The annual conference is still relevant, but it needs to focus on the problems we face and the solutions conservatives can offer.

By Ed Rogers  |  02:38 PM ET, 03/14/2013 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Barack Obama, Congress, CPAC, gun control, Republicans, The Insiders

Posted at 11:19 AM ET, 03/13/2013

The Insiders: Gun politics won't produce new laws
By Ed Rogers
Most of the new proposed gun laws only harass citizens who want to protect their families, their homes, and themselves.

By Ed Rogers  |  11:19 AM ET, 03/13/2013 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Congress, gun control, Guns, nra, Republicans, The Insiders

Posted at 04:51 PM ET, 01/17/2013

Always leave the president's kids alone
By E.J. Dionne Jr.
The lives of a president's children, particularly minor children, should be out of bounds for public discussion.

By E.J. Dionne Jr.  |  04:51 PM ET, 01/17/2013 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Barack Obama, gun control, nra

Posted at 04:08 PM ET, 01/16/2013

Nonsense from Gun Owners of America
By Jonathan Capehart
Andrea Mitchell's interview with Erich Pratt of Gun Owners of America was a revealing look at the fevered thinking within the gun-rights movement.

By Jonathan Capehart  |  04:08 PM ET, 01/16/2013 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  gun control, Guns

Posted at 02:20 PM ET, 01/16/2013

How gun control is another front in the far right's war on science
By James Downie
Obama’s call for research counters an impulse that has perverted our broader political debate.

By James Downie  |  02:20 PM ET, 01/16/2013 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Barack Obama, gun control, Joe Biden, nra

Posted at 11:44 AM ET, 01/16/2013

Three strikes for the NRA
By Jonathan Capehart
Strike three came this morning when the NRA released an ad that pulled President Obama's two daughters into the national gun debate.

By Jonathan Capehart  |  11:44 AM ET, 01/16/2013 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  gun control, nra

Posted at 06:12 PM ET, 01/10/2013

Pushing forward on gun violence prevention
By Jonathan Capehart
What's maddening about a major societal change is that it requires a series of big events to bring about the incremental change to advance a particular cause.

By Jonathan Capehart  |  06:12 PM ET, 01/10/2013 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Connecticut shooting, gun control, Newtown

Posted at 05:15 PM ET, 01/04/2013

Nancy Pelosi won't 'duck' gun violence
By Jonathan Capehart
The massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., is what's driving this new push to get something done on gun violence prevention.

By Jonathan Capehart  |  05:15 PM ET, 01/04/2013 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Connecticut shooting, gun control, Guns, Nancy Pelosi, Newtown, nra

Posted at 12:41 PM ET, 12/31/2012

From Trayvon to Newtown
By Jonathan Capehart
2012was a year book-ended by tragedies that shocked the nation.

By Jonathan Capehart  |  12:41 PM ET, 12/31/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Barack Obama, Connecticut shooting, gun control, Guns, nra, Trayvon Martin

Posted at 01:51 PM ET, 12/27/2012

The NRA's party stories
By Jonathan Bernstein
What seems like a story about the gun lobby is really about how our political parties work now.

By Jonathan Bernstein  |  01:51 PM ET, 12/27/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  gun control, Mitch McConnell, nra, Senate, sonia sotomayor, Supreme Court

Posted at 03:45 PM ET, 12/26/2012

PostScript: Allen and America's guns
By Rachel Manteuffel
Readers respond to Henry Allen's argument that guns are symbols for America

By Rachel Manteuffel  |  03:45 PM ET, 12/26/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Connecticut shooting, gun control, Guns, PostScript

Posted at 03:51 PM ET, 12/21/2012

PostScript: Krauthammer, commenters and somebody's rights
By Rachel Manteuffel
Readers respond to Krauthammer's column on civil liberties and mass shootings

By Rachel Manteuffel  |  03:51 PM ET, 12/21/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Connecticut shooting, gun control, Guns, PostScript

Posted at 12:16 PM ET, 12/21/2012

The NRA's insulting response to Newtown
By Jonathan Capehart
Wayne LaPierre's lives in an alternate universe.

By Jonathan Capehart  |  12:16 PM ET, 12/21/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Connecticut shooting, gun control, Guns, nra, Post Partisan, Wayne LaPierre

Posted at 06:11 PM ET, 12/20/2012

PostScript: Zakaria and the call for fewer guns
By Rachel Manteuffel
Readers respond to the columnist's call for stricter gun laws.

By Rachel Manteuffel  |  06:11 PM ET, 12/20/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  gun control, Guns, PostScript

Posted at 03:59 PM ET, 12/19/2012

Obama: From talk to action on gun violence
By Jonathan Capehart
The hard part is turning all this anger and urgency into legislation that becomes law. And doing it quickly.

By Jonathan Capehart  |  03:59 PM ET, 12/19/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Barack Obama, Connecticut shooting, gun control

Posted at 08:23 AM ET, 12/17/2012

'Surely, we can do better than this'
By Jonathan Capehart
There is a right to bear arms, but no right is absolute. When an elementary school is no longer sacrosanct, the laws must change.

By Jonathan Capehart  |  08:23 AM ET, 12/17/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Barack Obama, Connecticut shooting, gun control, Michael Bloomberg

Posted at 07:28 PM ET, 12/14/2012

This time has to be different
By E.J. Dionne Jr.
After the Newtown shooting, the cowardice, the fear, the evasion and the political convenience must end.

By E.J. Dionne Jr.  |  07:28 PM ET, 12/14/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Connecticut shooting, gun control

Posted at 04:15 PM ET, 12/14/2012

After Newtown, wait first, then turn to politics.
By Jonathan Bernstein
Reacting to horrific events such as the Newtown shooting by turning to politics is in the finest patriotic tradition of this nation

By Jonathan Bernstein  |  04:15 PM ET, 12/14/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Connecticut shooting, gun control