Gun control

The AR-15, dubbed "America's Rifle" by the National Rifle Association (NRA), is one of the most commonly owned firearms for U.S. civilians. It has also become emblematic in the debate over gun laws. The weapon was used to shoot Donald Trump at a rally on Saturday, July 13. It has also been used in...

U.S. Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy declared gun violence a public health crisis Tuesday in a 39-page advisory. What Happened: Murthy is imploring the nation to confront the issue with the same effort put toward reducing deaths and injuries from tobacco and motor vehicle accidents. He also...

Former U.S. President Donald Trump was seen admiring a firearm during his South Carolina visit, igniting a flurry of speculation on social media about whether he bought the gun. What Happened: Trump was reportedly interested in buying a Glock handgun while in South Carolina, according to...

Billionaire Elon Musk is not one to shy away from discussing politics or ideology on X, formerly Twitter — the social media platform he bought for $44 billion in 2022. While attending a wedding in person in 2022, Musk was tasked with answering for his political beliefs. What Happened:...

Following a series of deadly shootings across the nation, President Joe Biden has once again called for stricter gun control measures, reigniting the contentious debate over the Second Amendment. What Happened: In the wake of recent shootings in Philadelphia, Fort Worth, Baltimore, and Wichita,...

Senate negotiators have reportedly reached a tentative deal on gun control legislation, which includes updates to background check requirements for gun purchasers. What Happened: The chief negotiators of the proposed legislation, Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Connecticut, and Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas...

U.S. President Donald Trump called for a bipartisan move to strengthen background checks for people trying to buy guns in the wake of weekend mass shootings in Ohio and Texas, and suggested the effort might also include immigration reform. The president’s comments came in a Monday morning...

The maker of the iconic Smith & Wesson gun saw its stock trade higher Thursday after reporting a stronger fourth quarter than Wall Street expected. But one sell-side analyst said American Outdoor Brands Corp. (NASDAQ:AOBC) has an ironic problem in its near-term outlook – there’s not...

Firearm background checks reached their second-highest level in July coming in at over 1.8 million. What Happened  The previous record for July sales was in 2015, when the FBI conducted nearly 2.2 million checks. Although the number of background checks conducted does not correlate with...

October’s mass shooting in Las Vegas and November’s mass shooting in Texas were the first and fifth deadliest mass shootings in modern U.S. history, and the entirety of 2017 was one of the most violent. Gun Violence Archive recorded 345 total mass shootings and 15,539 gun-related...

As Americans continue to make sense of Sunday’s Las Vegas massacre, which left 59 dead and at least 527 injured at the Route 91 Harvest festival, many are eager to take action. Here are five constructive ways to get involved in the healing process: Donate Money The Las Vegas Victims’...

Talk about bad timings for a scandal. Snap Inc (which will trade post-IPO on the NYSE under the ticker SNAP) the parent company of the popular Snapchat app, allegedly coerced a gun safety charity into buying advertising space on its social media platform. According to Mic, Snapchat told a nonprofit...

Following the recent election of a “more gun-friendly Republican administration and Congress, combined with a sluggish start to hunting season due to unseasonably warm autumn weather through much of the country,” Wunderlich’s Rommel Dionisio noted that sales of firearms and...

Gun control is an obvious divisive issue and gets even more divisive when corporations jump into the debate. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL)'s new operating system appears to have replaced the gun emoji with a squirt gun. According to an op-ed by Jonathan Zittrain, which was published in the New York...

The latest data from TickerTags indicate the Orlando shootings may have triggered more public gun control discussions than ever before. TickerTags monitors social media sites to identify trends by searching for words and phrases that appear together in social media content, such as tweets. In the...