A non-profit group from Texas claims to have successfully fired a plastic gun that was made using a 3D printer…
US Senate blocks gun background check
The U.S. Senate blocked bipartisan legislation Wednesday aimed at tightening restrictions on the sale of firearms…
Senators unveil deal on gun sales background check
Two pivotal senators have announced a bipartisan deal on expanding background checks to more gun buyers…
Obama on arms arsenal found in gunman’s home
US President Barack Obama said on Thursday that the gun control votes in the US Senate next month were the best chance…
Father of US school shooting victim speaks on guns
Battling tears, a father whose 6-year-old son was killed in a Connecticut school shooting that revived the national conversation on guns pleaded with senators on Wednesday..
Leland Yee responds to death threat
State Senator Leland Yee hosted a press conference this morning to comment on the death threat he received four weeks ago…
State leaders announce gun control proposals
The legislative package includes bills that propose closing loopholes in existing gun regulations, banning the circulation of firearms…
Dramatic witness at Congress’ gun control hearing
The former U.S. congresswoman who was shot in the head in a 2011 mass shooting made a dramatic appeal to Congress…
Democrats reintroduce assault weapons ban
Congressional Democrats are reintroducing legislation to ban assault weapons but the measure faces long odds even after last month’s mass school shooting in Newtown, Conn…
Chinese gun owners’ opinions on Obama’s gun control plan
What is Chinese gun lovers’ view on the national gun control debate…
Gun victims family member says the constitution should be changed
A Chinese victim whose wife was killed by gun at San Francisco Fishermen’s Wharf two years ago says that President Obama’s gun control policy does not help much in curbing gun violence…
Obama unveils $500 million gun violence package
President Barack Obama on Wednesday launched the most sweeping effort to curb U.S. gun violence in nearly two decades…
In letters, children ask Obama to change gun laws
In the days after the shooting, children around the country put their feelings about the massacre on paper and sent those letters to a receptive White House…
Gun shows attract big crowds amid gun control debate
Cow palace gun show attracts a great number of buyers amid national gun control debate…
Gun buy back in four Bay Area counties on Jan. 15 and 21
Marin County is sponsoring a gun buy back program on Tuesday and Jan. 21 for residents of Marin, Sonoma, San Francisco and Contra Costa counties…
Biden to send gun proposals to Obama by Tuesday
Recommendations on curbing U.S. gun violence will go to President Barack Obama by Tuesday, days before the president’s second term begins…
Violence plays role in shorter US life expectancy
For many years, Americans have been dying at younger ages that people in almost all other wealthy countries. In addition to the impact of gun violence, Americans consume the most calories among peer countries and get involved in more accidents that involve alcohol…