Thursday, May 16 2013 3:45 PM EDT2013-05-16 19:45:21 GMT
District of Columbia Mayor Vincent Gray's administration does not support a bill that would require gun owners in the nation's capital to carry liability insurance.
District of Columbia Mayor Vincent Gray's administration does not support a bill that would require gun owners in the nation's capital to carry liability insurance.
Thursday, April 25 2013 5:41 PM EDT2013-04-25 21:41:33 GMT
A gun owners' rights group is threatening to sue 35 Maryland local governments unless they repeal gun regulations that the group says violate state law.
A gun owners' rights group is threatening to sue 35 Maryland local governments unless they repeal gun regulations that the group says violate state law.
Thursday, April 11 2013 8:08 PM EDT2013-04-12 00:08:06 GMT
Congress' most serious gun-control effort in years cleared its first hurdle Thursday as the Senate pushed past conservatives' attempted blockade under the teary gaze of families of victims of December's Connecticut school shootings.
Congress' most serious gun-control effort in years cleared its first hurdle Thursday as the Senate pushed past conservatives' attempted blockade under the teary gaze of families of victims of December's Connecticut school shootings.
Tuesday, April 9 2013 9:25 PM EDT2013-04-10 01:25:40 GMT
The Senate's top Democrat has set Congress' first showdown vote for Thursday on President Barack Obama's gun control drive as a small but mounting number of Republicans appear willing to buck a conservative effort to prevent debate from even beginning.
The Senate's top Democrat has set Congress' first showdown vote for Thursday on President Barack Obama's gun control drive as a small but mounting number of Republicans appear willing to buck a conservative effort to prevent debate from even beginning.
Monday, April 8 2013 8:49 PM EDT2013-04-09 00:49:54 GMT
With time running out on the chance to pass gun control legislation, President Barack Obama on Monday warned Congress not to use delaying tactics against tighter regulations and told families of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims that he's "determined as ever" to honor their children with tougher laws.
With time running out on the chance to pass gun control legislation, President Barack Obama on Monday warned Congress not to use delaying tactics against tighter regulations and told families of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims that he's "determined as ever" to honor their children with tougher laws.
Monday, April 8 2013 6:19 PM EDT2013-04-08 22:19:19 GMT
Months before Newtown - an artist was working on a project about guns. That project has rolled into our area. It is a yellow school bus, shot up with about 6000 rounds of ammunition.
Months before Newtown - an artist was working on a project about guns. That project has rolled into our area. It is a yellow school bus, shot up with about 6000 rounds of ammunition.
Monday, April 8 2013 3:45 PM EDT2013-04-08 19:45:43 GMT
President Barack Obama is providing a ride on Air Force One to 11 relatives of those killed at Connecticut's Sandy Hook Elementary School so they can attend his gun control speech Monday before heading to Washington to personally plead with senators reluctant to back gun legislation.
President Barack Obama is providing a ride on Air Force One to 11 relatives of those killed at Connecticut's Sandy Hook Elementary School so they can attend his gun control speech Monday before heading to Washington to personally plead with senators reluctant to back gun legislation.
Wednesday, April 3 2013 9:50 PM EDT2013-04-04 01:50:22 GMT
Connecticut's Senate on Wednesday approved sweeping new restrictions on weapons and large-capacity magazines, a response to last year's deadly Newtown elementary school shooting that would give the state some of the country's tightest gun control laws.
Connecticut's Senate on Wednesday approved sweeping new restrictions on weapons and large-capacity magazines, a response to last year's deadly Newtown elementary school shooting that would give the state some of the country's tightest gun control laws.
TEMPE, Ariz. -
The Connecticut school shooting massacre is prompting schools around the country to come up with ways to protect students better.
We visited two districts in the valley doing their best to keep kids safe on campus.
At Esperanza Elementary School in the Kyrene district, at this school, there's an emphasis on safety. So they've made some changes to make this place more secure.
In the Kyrene school district every visitor must provide a picture ID to get a badge to visit the school. When visitors leave the school gets the badge and they get their ID back.
It's a way to know who's on campus, when and where. Parents like the change.
"I love it, this has always been a concern of mine and it makes me feel better knowing they are implementing these security measures," says parent Kendall Downing.
But the district says it's not a defense against an armed gunman with an assault weapon.
"The likelihood of a school being able to thwart that specific of an incident might be difficult, but what it does do is put us in more of a frame of mind to know more about our campuses," says Nancy Dudenhoefer of Kyrene School District.
No armed officers are planned for the Kyrene elementary schools. But there are officers for older students.
The Phoenix Union High School District has an armed school resource officer parked right in front of the school.
After the Connecticut shootings, the school conducted a thorough review of all its safety procedures.
"Having 10 full-time security officers and 140 teachers, they are in tune to anything that falls out of the norm of the school day," says Chris Jones, principal of Central High School.
One thing school districts don't want: teachers carrying guns.
School districts we spoke to say they want teachers to concentrate on teaching kids and let police officers and security professionals handle the guns.
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