Outside the Beltway

Does Rick Santorum really think that learning CPR can stop school shootings?

Organizing protests was the easy part. The hard part for those who would seek to expand gun regulations is yet to come.

Personal attacks on teenagers whose friends were murdered is a strategy sure to backfire.

The Department Of Justice is proposing a rule change that would ban bump stocks, but it could run into legal problems.

Republicans on Capitol Hill worried about all the leaking coming from the Trump White House would be wise to actually do the oversight the Constitution compels them to do.

A top basketball prospect is skipping the farcical year in college before turning pro.

Americans actings as agents for Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have been working hard to manipulate the President.

Having journalistic integrity at the Fair and Balanced network has never been more challenging.

Polls released since the Parkland, Florida shooting show that support for gun control measures is at its highest level since 1993, but will it last?

Another Federal Court has ruled in favor of a student seeking to use the restroom facilities that correspond with their gender identity.

Students across the country are staging 17-minute protests at 10 am in their time zones.

The British prime minister and outgoing US Secretary of State declared a red line crossed. There’s no reason to think this White House will follow through.

Not surprisingly, the Trump Administration is backing away from gun regulations opposed by the N.R.A.

A majority of Americans say their lives are not “disrupted” by the time change. They’re wrong.

Within hours after the new Florida gun law was signed by Governor Rick Scott, the National Rifle Association had filed a lawsuit seeking to strike it down.

A big win for gun control advocates in a deeply Republican state.

What the heck is going on in Kentucky and Tennessee?

POLITICO buries the lede in making the case for “Donald Trump’s bubble presidency.”

The President jokingly praised his Chinese counterpart’s power grab at a fundraiser. But he seriously doesn’t understand the rule of law.

I’ve made the sad discovery that longtime friend of the blog John Burgess passed away on February 16, 2016.

Is it legal for retail businesses to restrict gun sales based on age? The short answer appears to be yes.

President Trump appeared to change positions on several gun control ideas, but he probably doesn’t mean it.

Yesterday, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in a case pitting the First Amendment against the right of states to regulate elections.

Following yesterday’s move by Dick’s Sporting Goods, Walmart has raised the age for all gun sales to 21.

“All In The Family” predicted a policy proposal that President Trump and many other conservatives have made in the wake of the Florida school shooting.

Despite the activism we’ve seen in the wake of the school shooting in Florida, it’s unlikely that we’ll see significant Congressional action on guns.

Dick’s Sporting Goods will no longer sell “assault weapons” at any of its stores, and will limit the sale of any gun to people aged 21 and above.

As with any such discretionary power given to police, it will surely be abused. But the Parkland shooting was yet another in a long line of situations where obvious “red flags” were ignored until it was too late.

Democrats appear to have regained momentum in the Generic Congressional Ballot.

The shipping giant FedEx is coming under serious pressure to sever its ties with the NRA. Its president has issued a strong statement as to why they won’t.

I don’t see how the state legislature making tax decisions on the basis of the public position an company takes is legal under the 14th Amendment. 

New polls show increased support for various gun control measures, including limitations on so-called “assault weapons,” but that doesn’t mean we’re likely to see Congressional action on the subject.

President Trump’s job approval hits a new low.

The President would like to copy Singapore’s zero-tolerance policy. The US Constitution stands in his way.

Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee have released a memo that completely eviscerates the memo prepared by Committee Chairman Devin Nunes.

More than a dozen companies have ended relationships with the gun rights organization and protesters are demanding more follow suit.

If a law enforcement officer with 30 years of experience can’t stop an active school shooter, what makes anyone think a teacher with a gun can?

Since the Supreme Court handed down its decision in District of Columbia v. Heller four separate Federal appellate courts have ruled that state and local laws banning “assault weapons” do not violate the Second Amendment.

President Trump is pressing the idea of arming teachers to stop shootings in schools.

The students who survived last week’s mass shooting in Parkland, Florida are speaking out, and some on the right are responding by engaging in personal attacks and spreading conspiracy theories.

Billy Graham was the son of a North Carolina farmer who grew up to become a counselor to Presidents, Prime Ministers, and even a Queen.

President Trump is calling on the Justice Department to ban bump stocks, but it seems clear that this is an area where Congress needs to be taking the lead.

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has redrawn the state’s Congressional Districts based on its recent ruling finding the current map to be unconstitutional partisan Gerrymandering. It makes a lot more sense than the map the state is currently using.

Donald Trump’s dereliction of duty in response to clear evidence of Russian interference in the 2016 election is a staggering and flagrant dereliction of the duties he agreed to take on when he took the Oath Of Office more than a year ago.

The tragedy in Florida last week revealed once again how hyperpartisanship is destroying our politics and harming the country.

Al Hoffman Jr., a Florida-based real estate developer who was a leading fund-raiser for George W. Bush’s campaigns, said he would seek to marshal support among other Republican political donors for a renewed assault weapons ban.

Phil Carter makes an interesting argument but he’s ultimately mistaken.

From the F.B.I. on down, there were multiple warnings that could have prevented Wednesday’s tragedy in Parkland, Florida.

To the surprise of nobody, Mitt Romney entered the race to succeed Orrin Hatch in the Senate. He’ll probably win.