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Joe Biden, frontrunner for the US Democratic presidential nomination, got into a heated exchange with an autoworker at a campaign stop when questioned overwhether he was going to take away people’s guns. ‘You’re full of shit,’ Biden told the man, who accused him of ‘actively trying to end the second amendment’. The exchange came during […] More
Ken Buck of Colorado posts video in which he takes a decorative AR-15 rifle off a wall in his Washington DC office and poses A Colorado Republican has posted a video of an AR-15 rifle on the wall of his Washington DC office and dared Democratic frontrunner Joe Biden and his putative gun rights czar […] More
Everytown for Gun Safety to back state and federal politicians who support ‘gun sense’ laws Democratic presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg’s gun control group is planning to spend at least $8m in Texas to elect state and federal politicians who support what it calls “gun sense” laws, including requiring background checks before all gun sales. Last […] More
Outcome drew cheers from gun rights advocates Bill would have prohibited sale of popular AR-15 style rifles Virginia governor Ralph Northam’s push to ban the sale of assault weapons failed on Monday after some of his fellow Democrats balked at the proposal. Senators voted to shelve the bill for the year and ask the state […] More
Almost two dozen Democratic candidates are vying for the party’s nomination to be the one to take on Donald Trump in the 2020 race for the White House, setting the stage for the most crowded and fiercely competitive Democratic primaries in decades. Insurgent progressives, established moderates and everyone in between will be presenting their visions […] More
US elections 2020 Even before the recent spate of mass shootings, candidates touted comprehensive plans for stricter gun laws Kirsten Gillibrand, Julián Castro, Cory Booker and Joe Biden speak during the Democratic primary debate of the 2020 presidential campaign. Photograph: Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images John Kerry went pheasant hunting in Iowa weeks before the 2004 presidential […] More
