Gun control advocates in Bridgeport say they’ll keep pressure on state and federal leaders, even as U.S. Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT ...

Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) said on Wednesday that he believes lawmakers have gone “about as far as we’re going to” on gun control legislation following a shooting at a Nashville elementary ...

House passes series of sweeping gun new control measures Chief executives at some of the nation's largest companies are urging federal lawmakers to pass stronger gun safety laws amid a recent ...

Congress passed a 10-year ban on assault weapons in 1994 under former President Clinton, when Biden served in the Senate. Biden said that mass shootings and gun violence prevention declined before ...

Since 2015, members of Congress have proposed 100 civilian-focused gun bills, 56 aimed at increasing gun control and 44 that attempted to expand or protect Second Amendment rights. None have ...

Gun control measures many Democrats pushed, like raising the age to buy assault rifles from 18 to 21, mandatory waiting periods and a ban on high-capacity magazines, were not included in the bill.

Democrats argued that Congress has waited too long to act, with 311,000 students experiencing gun violence since the Columbine mass shooting in 1999, according to statistics from The Washington Post.

NPR's A Martinez speaks with gun control expert Robert Spitzer about President Biden's push for an assault-style weapons ban after recent mass shootings in Colorado and Virginia.

WASHINGTON — Amid renewed calls for urgent action on gun control, members of Congress are weighing potentially bipartisan ideas to curb gun violence after mass shootings in El Paso, Texas ...