Pro-gun organization increases influence spending as congressional debate rages.... Read more»
Gil Kerlikowske, head of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, also said border security has received a boost from more personnel, better technology and increased communication among local, state and federal agencies – and their counterparts in Mexico.... Read more»
Tucson lawyer David Hardy told a Senate committee that limiting semiautomatic weapons would be a misguided response to mass shootings that have sparked renewed calls for gun control. Others at the often-contentious hearing said something must be done.... Read more»
Tragic mass shootings in Newtown, Connecticut, and elsewhere have prompted renewed national interest in the federal regulation of firearms. In January 2013 President Barack Obama publicly announced support for three new legislative measures to regulate firearm ownership and sales.... Read more»
A look at migrant experiences along the border, responses to immigration policy announced by President Obama and lawmakers, threats to Border Patrol from cartels and corruption, and Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto faces down cartels and gas explosions.... Read more»
House Minority Leader Chad Campbell, D-Phoenix, said he’s troubled that none of the bills making up his Safer Schools, Safer Communities plan has been scheduled for a committee hearing. He says that by ignoring his bill GOP leaders are avoiding discussion of the issue.... Read more»
Rep. Chad Campbell, D-Phoenix, says spending $261 million to beef up school security, help at-risk students and address the needs of the mentally ill would help prevent gun violence in schools and communities. A House GOP spokesman calls the proposal “irrelevant.”... Read more»
More than 200 unwanted guns were turned in to be destroyed in exchange for $50 grocery store gift cards Tuesday. The buyback was aimed at honoring the victims of the Jan. 8, 2010, Safeway shootings.... Read more»1
Two years to the day after being shot through the head, Gabrielle Giffords announced an effort to “stand up for solutions to prevent gun violence” in launching Americans for Responsible Solutions.... Read more»
An interview with Ward 6 Tucson City Councilman Steve Kozachik, Then, the Reporters’ Roundtable with Sarah Garrecht Gassen, editorial writer at the Arizona Daily Star, and Mark B. Evans, administrator at TucsonCitizen.com. Plus, Matt Russell checks in with his top picks on the Weekend Watch.... Read more»
While legislators in Virginia, Alabama, Arizona, New York, Texas and Colorado sometimes contemplated tightening rules after rampage shootings, few measures gained passage. In fact, several states - including Arizona - have made it easier to buy more guns and take them to more places.... Read more»
Speaking on Meet the Press, President Barack Obama said that he was skeptical of the NRA’s proposal to put armed guards in schools.... Read more»1
While the federal government and other states ponder more rigorous gun control laws following the shootings at a Connecticut elementary school, some legislators in Texas have taken the opposite approach. They have emphasized the need to make firearms more available, and their discussions have included increasing access for teachers and other school personnel.... Read more»
An interview with Karin Uhlich, city councilwoman from Tucson’s Ward 3. Also, certified financial advisor Shelly Fishman has the Tuesday Money Maker Report. Plus, Richard White, of the American Red Cross and Tom Collier, Buckmaster consumer affairs contributor.... Read more»
Police traded grocery store gift cards for more than 1,300 guns in Los Angeles on Wednesday as part of an annual buyback program which Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa brought forward this year in response to the deadly shooting rampage in Newtown, Connecticut.... Read more»
Ammo supplier Brownells says sales of 3 1/2 years of magazines in 72 hours a response to stricter gun control.... Read more»
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