Sarah Garrecht Gassen: The 'wouldn't have prevented' gambit on gun-safety laws

Few words are worth less in the campaign to make our communities safer from gun violence than "But it wouldn't have prevented …"

Poll: Arizonans back tighter gun checks

Sen. Jeff Flake may have lost significant constituent support for his vote against expanded background checks, one poll suggests.

Poll: Arizonans back tighter gun checks

PHOENIX - The political damage to the state's junior senator because of his vote against background checks on firearms sold at gun shows depends on whom you ask - and when.

Guest Column: Mandatory gun insurance could impose order on now-chaotic gun policies

For decades, many of America's finest minds have searched for that single idea, or perhaps set of them, that would ameliorate the growing instances of gun violence that have increasingly blighted our landscape. I don't count myself among the great minds, but I am observant. I notice ideas wh…

Fitz Blog: Every gun is sacred

Every Gun is Sacred (Sung to the tune “Every Sperm is sacred”)

Sarah Garrecht Gassen: A good day for criminals who want to buy a gun

Too many senators support easy access to guns for criminals and people who are dangerously mentally ill.

Supreme Court declines to hear gun-rights case

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court left in doubt Monday whether gun owners have a Second Amendment right to carry a firearm in public.

Tim Steller: Smuggled guns are history of border

Merchants from Fronteras, Sonora, gave the man a wad of money to spend on guns and ammunition in Douglas and smuggle them back south.

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…

Sarah Garrecht Gassen: Kelly is a target because he wants to curb guns; ignore the distractions

We've come to the distraction part of the gun "debate." Look over there! It's a bird, it's a plane, it's Mark Kelly doing something!

Last hours before shooting show gunman unraveling

Jared Lee Loughner

Tucson plans to raise penalties on those who fire weapons while legally drunk

If you are intoxicated when you illegally shoot off a gun in the city, you may face additional penalties.

Tucson shooting: Last hours before rampage show Loughner unraveling

Jared Lee Loughner's mental unraveling is illustrated in thousands of investigative reports released Wednesday by the Pima County Sheriff's Department.

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.

US gun laws could aid Mexico, officials say

Some officials from both sides of the border say stricter gun laws in the U.S. can help curb violence in Mexico.

US vendors a major source of guns trafficked to Mexico, study finds

MEXICO CITY — Some 2.2 percent of all U.S. gun sales are made to smuggling rings that take firearms to Mexico, a scale of illegal trafficking that’s “much higher than widely assumed,” an academic study released Monday found.

Senate votes to OK gun for any school employee

PHOENIX - State senators voted Wednesday to allow a teacher, administrator, custodian or even a cafeteria worker at rural and some suburban schools to be armed.

US should make straw purchases of guns a felony

Buying a gun for a person who can't legally possess a firearm would be a federal felony under legislation now headed toward the Senate; Arizona senators John McCain and Jeff Flake should support this bill.

Law & Order Briefs

Sammy Anthony Terrazas Jr.

Shooting ban in Ironwood is right decision

The U.S. Bureau of Land Management's decision to ban recreational shooting from the Ironwood Forest National Monument is guaranteed to be unpopular with a segment of vocal gun enthusiasts, but it is a thoughtful decision that is best for the natural area and all its users.