Recently, Appinions, an influence marketing company, released an infographic that helps explain the mechanics of the gun debate -- most notably, how the focus and devotion of the pro-gun lobby consistently trump the efforts of gun control advocates. Take a peek:
Both President Obama's four-part gun control plan and the NRA's proposal to put armed guards in schools have severe shortcomings. To develop a third, better alternative, one might consider looking back to the specific wording of the Second Amendment.
On Saturday, a coalition of "gun rights and conservative groups" will hold America's first nationwide "Gun Appreciation Day." But guess who isn't coming to the party: Gun manufacturers. And they may have millions of reasons not to protest stricter regulation of their products.
On Wednesday, President Obama unveiled his proposals for curbing gun violence in America. Some would require new laws, but the heart of his multi-pronged gun control plan lies in 23 executive orders that he has already issued. Here's the full list:
Gun stocks rose Wednesday, even as President Obama called on Congress to pass an assault weapon ban. But could they be running out of ammo?
The Aurora, Colo., theater shooting re-energized the national argument on gun control. And whenever that happens, regardless of right, wrong, or the chance of a real national policy shift, gun sales tend to rise in the near term. And that presents an investing opportunity.
In the movie A Christmas Story, Ralphie had his sights set on just one gift: a Red Ryder BB gun. But many Americans this season clearly had heavier arms on their minds: Background checks on gun buyers hit a single-month record in December.
Jared Lee Loughner, the disturbed young man charged in this weekend's massacre in Tuscon, highlights the physical dangers that individuals with untreated mental illness pose to society. But the financial costs of mental illness are high too.
The key question Americans have to face is whether it makes sense to let the gun lobby hold more power than citizens who want to live without fear of a well-armed mad gunman going off in a crowd.
A deeply divided Supreme Court on Monday decided that the Constitution's Second Amendment gives all Americans the individual right to keep and bear arms.
Gun-rights advocates are holding meetings at Starbucks in San Francisco with their weapons in plain sight, which is legal. The coffee giant declined to remove them, because the "open-carry" activists aren't breaking any law. That logic is hard to argue with.
The Starbucks coffee chain will let customers carry guns where it's legal and said it doesn't want to be in the middle of a gun-control debate. Some gun owners have walked into Starbucks and other businesses to test state laws that allow them to carry weapons openly in public places. Gun control advocates have protested.
