gun control

Democratic senator Chris Murphy of Connecticut admitted this morning that "It took me a while to figure out" that belief in gun rights is based on a philosophy:

This week's presidential radio address will be delivered by the mother of a victim of the Newtown massacre, the AP reports.

"The White House says the mother of a Newtown shooting victim will deliver the weekly presidential radio and Internet address," reports the AP.

The Republican party in Arkansas has released this good video showing Sen. Mark Pryor's inconsistent gun record:

Pryor is up for reelection in 2014.

Senator Pat Toomey has finally posted the full text of "The Public Safety And Second Amendment Rights Protection Act," the so called gun Senate compromise bill, agreed upon by Toomey, Joe Manchin, and Chuck Schumer. Here's the text of 7,800 word bill:

THE WEEKLY STANDARD podcast with Geoffrey Norman on the Senate's consideration of Harry Reid's gun control legislation.

Republican Pat Toomey and Democrat Joe Manchin announced a gun bill compromise to expand background checks earlier today. The legislation is in direct response to the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in December.

Republican senator Pat Toomey and Democratic senator Joe Manchin are introducing a gun "compromise" bill today called "The Public Safety and Second Amendment Rights Protection Act."

Harry Reid announced today that there will likely be a gun vote on Thursday.

President Obama, speaking today in Connecticut, said that we should pass gun control measures for the folks who say "let's make it a little harder for our kids to get gunned down":

"This is not about politics," Obama said. "This is about these families, and families all across the country, who are saying, let's make it a little harder for our kids to get gunned down."

Maryland governor Martin O'Malley, a possible Democratic candidate for president in 2016, just passed a very strict gun law, which includes a so-called assault weapons ban. But what's especially interesting is that before the December shooting at a school in Connecticut, Governor O'Malley had no idea what the gun laws were in his state. 

On the day after a gunman killed 20 children in Newtown, Conn., Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley wrote a text messageto his chief legislative lobbyist.

At a fundraiser last night in San Francisco, President Barack Obama said that the Newtown killer gunned down 20 children using a "fully automatic weapon." From the official transcript, provided by the White House:

White House spokesman Jay Carney said that, if you like your gun, you can keep it under President Barack Obama's gun control plan. He made the comments today aboard Air Force One, en route to a speech on gun control in Colorado.