Wayne LaPierre

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Freshman Democratic Sen. Joe Donnelly is opposing a ban on assault weapons sought by President Barack Obama. A Donnelly spokesman on Wednesday said that the Indiana lawmaker will vote against the ban but has not decided whether...

WASHINGTON – National Rifle Assn. executive Wayne LaPierre and gun safety advocate Capt. Mark Kelly echoed a shared theme to a Senate panel on guns Wednesday: gun ownership is a right.   But they, and other witnesses, diverged significantly on how...

A new Roanoke College poll sheds light on how people in Virginia feel about guns. Roanoke College Professor Harry Wilson conducted the poll.  he's no stranger to polling, but says it's been a while since he's asked about guns, and despite recent events,...

So the nuts are falling from the left and from the right, and this strange winter of discontent on the issue of gun control has led to the cancellation of North America's largest consumer-oriented outdoors show: not gun show, mind you, but outdoors show....

WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Dianne Feinstein, who's leading the push to restore an assault weapon ban, acknowledged on Sunday that the effort faces tough odds to pass Congress and she blamed the nation's largest gun-rights group. Feinstein, D-Calif.,...

When we look at the acts of almost unspeakable gun violence making news and breaking hearts, it doesn't take Rachel Maddow or Wayne LaPierre to target the fact that men are responsible. We don't need to hit the archives for historical documentation....

The National Rifle Association lost favor with voters after its pre-Christmas press conference addressing the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings, according to a new poll from the Public Policy Polling center. A poll conducted before the press...

WASHINGTON -- Denouncing President Obama as an “elitist hypocrite,” the National Rifle Assn. released a new video attacking the president for opposing universal armed guards in schools while his own daughters are protected by the Secret...

The National Rifle Association has promised to give President Obama "the fight of the century" over his new gun control proposals. Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre says this is "about banning your guns . . . PERIOD!" Assorted conservatives accuse...

For priding itself as an organization that teaches gun safety, why does the National Rifle Assn. keep shooting itself in the foot? In its latest attempt to drive home the point that President Obama’s plans for tighter gun control are off target,...

As President Obama prepared to announce his gun control proposals Wednesday, an NRA-branded video game was sparking outrage across the country. “NRA: Practice Range” was released Sunday, according to Apple's App Store -- almost one month...

WASHINGTON -- National Rifle Assn. Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre lobbed a scathing critique at President Obama's second inaugural address Tuesday night, warning that turning away from "absolutism" puts constitutional rights at risk. LaPierre's...