The partisan divide on proposed gun legislation has only sharpened in the 90 days since the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary, and votes in the Senate's Judiciary Committee now suggest that high-profile reforms — from the most controversial to the most popular — may be in more trouble than anyone might have imagined.
As President Obama takes to the road to sell a "comprehensive set of commonsense ideas" about gun violence, Senate Democrats are reportedly working on a gun-control bill that will include all of the his policy proposals — except the one that might be the biggest.
As Vice President Biden prepares his recommendations on gun control, both the administration and the its toughest opponents seem convinced that a new assault weapons ban isn't in the cards.
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Those following the gun control legislation bubbling up on Capitol Hill must be getting a lot of déjà vu, since similar legislation made its way through Congress 20 years ago.
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A new Senate report claims that 70 percent of guns used in Mexico come from the U.S.
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