Outside the Beltway

Another poll in the wake of this month’s mass shootings shows increased support for several gun control measures. That doesn’t mean Congress will act, though.

In the wake of the back-to-back shootings in Texas and Ohio, a new poll shows increased support for some gun control measures. But we’ve been here before.

Another Federal Court loss for gun rights activists challenging state laws banning “assault weapons.”

President Trump appeared to change positions on several gun control ideas, but he probably doesn’t mean it.

Since the Supreme Court handed down its decision in District of Columbia v. Heller four separate Federal appellate courts have ruled that state and local laws banning “assault weapons” do not violate the Second Amendment.

Al Hoffman Jr., a Florida-based real estate developer who was a leading fund-raiser for George W. Bush’s campaigns, said he would seek to marshal support among other Republican political donors for a renewed assault weapons ban.

Another mass shooting.

A new poll shows that a majority of Americans oppose a ban on so-called ‘assault weapons,’ a marked change from two decades ago.

The Supreme Court has declined to accept an appeal challenging a law barring certain types of so-called ‘assault weapons’ in a Chicago suburb.

The filibuster is now so commonplace that it’s baked into the expectations.

The politics of gun control is not nearly as easy as its supporters believe it to be.

The prospects for gun control appear to be dimming.

California’s senior senator comes to the right conclusion through the wrong reasoning.

The Quark Side Edition OTB Caption Contest^TM is now over.

The GOP isn’t going to solve it’s problems solely by concentrating on “messaging.”

Bill Clinton has a warning for his fellow Democrats.

Despite the push it’s likely to receive, most of President Obama’s gun control proposals will barely even see the light of day in Congress.

Based on the polls, the odds of some changes to America’s gun control laws will become law. It’s unlikely they’ll accomplish anything, though.

The ultimate impact of the Newtown tragedy on the nation’s gun laws is likely to be very limited.

The NRA’s response to the Sandy Hook shootings was bizarre to say the least.

Obsessive media coverage makes us believe mass shootings are far more common than they actually are.

There’s no evidence that Fast & Furious, whatever it was, was a conspiracy to lobby for tighter gun control laws.