Tag: guncontrol

31 MAR

Here are the laws that student gun-control activists from Parkland actually want to pass

Jonathan Ernst/Reuters The national conversation about guns in America has been hijacked in recent days by a controversy between a Fox News host and David Hogg, one of the student leaders of the gun-control movement that erupted following February’s mass shooting at a high school in Florida. Ingraham and Hogg traded barbs this week after […]

09 MAR

Florida’s Republican governor signed a compromise gun-control bill in a major break with the NRA

Reuters/Joshua Roberts Florida’s Republican governor signed a bill on Friday combining certain gun-control and school-safety measures. The bill broke with the National Rifle Association in raising the minimum age for rifle purchases to 21 from 18. But it also fell short of expectations from survivors of last month’s high-school shooting — they called it a […]

24 FEB

Here are all the brands that have cut ties with the NRA following gun-control activists’ boycotts

Associated Press/Evan Vucci Gun-control activists are organizing boycotts and calling for companies to cut ties with the National Rifle Association. The NRA has partnerships with companies that offer members special deals, such as discounts on car rentals or hotel bookings. The car-rental giant Enterprise and the First National Bank of Omaha are among the companies […]