NRA official: ‘Culture war’ more than gun rights

HOUSTON — The National Rifle Association kicked off its annual convention Friday with a warning to its members they are engaged in a “culture war” that stretches beyond gun rights, further ramping up emotions surrounding the gun control debate.

City paid almost $10K for gun buy

Tucson Police Department records show just under $10,000 was spent on 42 police officers who worked at Councilman Steve Kozachik's gun buyback event last January.

When we say 'never again,' we don't always mean it

The nation demonstrated again last week how resolute it can be when threatened by murderous terrorists - and how helpless when ordered to heel by smug lobbyists for the gun industry.

Giffords meets with senators on gun buyer checks

WASHINGTON —Wounded former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and husband Mark Kelly met Tuesday with the two senators sponsoring a compromise on expanding background checks for gun buyers.

Boost for background checks: Senators compromise

WASHINGTON — Conservative senators from both parties announced their support for expanding background checks for gun buyers Wednesday, giving a burst of momentum to supporters of stronger restrictions. But big questions remain about whether President Obama can push significant gun controls t…

Proposed gun-control regulations are only feel-good steps

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Desde Tucsón: Sumemos a las minorías por el control de armas

Gerald Kicanas, obispo de la Diócesis Católica de Tucsón, habla a favor de la prohibición de armas de asalto y de barriletes de gran capacidad en una conferencia de prensa el pasado 28 de marzo frente de las oficinas del municipio de Sur Tucsón.

Desde Tucsón: Sumemos a las minorías por el control de armas

En el arranque a nivel local, el jueves 28 de marzo, del esfuerzo nacional para que el Congreso apruebe una legislación razonable sobre armas, una docena de oradores abogó por que los compradores de armas sean sometidos a una revisión universal de antecedentes.

NRA study suggests trained, armed school staffers

WASHINGTON — The Senate gun control debate on the near horizon, a National Rifle Association-sponsored report on Tuesday proposed a program for schools to train selected staffers as armed security officers. The former Republican congressman who headed the study suggested at least one protect…

Neto's Tucson: Minorities need to be at the table in gun-control debate

At Thursday's local kickoff of a nationwide effort to get Congress to pass some common-sense weapons' legislation, a dozen speakers made the case for universal background checks for gun buyers.

Bill forbids recording firearm ownership

PHOENIX - Saying it's nobody business, state lawmakers are poised to keep local governments - and anyone else - from finding out who owns a gun.

Arizona legislators edge closer to letting some school staffers be armed

PHOENIX - State lawmakers edged closer Wednesday to allowing armed staffers in some public schools.

Seize moment on expanded gun-sales checks

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Congress facing facts on politics of gun control

The following editorial appeared Thursday in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:

Tucson moves toward requiring reporting of lost or stolen guns

A proposed city ordinance requiring gun owners to report lost or stolen weapons moved one step closer to becoming law.

No assault-weapons ban included in Dems’ Senate bill

WASHINGTON — An assault-weapons ban won’t be in the gun-control legislation that Democrats bring to the Senate floor next month, a decision that means the ban’s chances of survival now are all but hopeless.

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Colo. Senate give final OK to gun-control bills

DENVER — A gun-control package pushed by Colorado Democrats cleared the state Senate on Monday, as sponsors described it as a needed response to Colorado’s blood-soaked history of mass shootings.

Will Latinos play a role in current gun debate?

Friends Sergio Arellano and Artemisa Gaxiola, both gun enthusiasts, work on their firearms at Gaxiola's apartment. Gaxiola recently purchased her revolver, and Arellano acquired his gun through a bankruptcy auction.