Outside the Beltway

Who are you going to believe, the WSJ or your lying eyes?

Weirdly, politicians who don’t understand the debt ceiling also don’t understand other things.

It would be nice if politicians and cable news outlets were more responsible.

A rather bizarre coda to yesterday’s big Supreme Court decision.

Donald Trump and friends speak to the NRA.

The obstacles to fixing the problem are many.

Portland may be a preview of what’s to come.

CBS did a lousy job.

A Senate report alleges that the National Rifle Association allowed itself to become a Russian asset,

Not surprisingly, there are other phone call transcripts and other communications that further complicate Trump’s position.

At last week’s debate, Beto O’Rourke handed Republicans and gun rights advocates a nicely wrapped gift with his claim that he would seize guns from otherwise law-abiding Americans.

As he has in the past, President Trump has backed away from support for any gun control measures in the wake of the mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton.

At some point, what we call conservatism turned into a racket. It’s not surprising that this led directly to Trump.

Republicans have aborted President Trump’s lofty plan for a $2 trillion infrastructure deal just days after it was conceived.

After just a year in office, Oliver North is out as President of the National Rifle Association as the group faces an ongoing series of scandals centered around Wayne LaPierre and others.

One opinion writer says that Senator Kamala Harris should be disqualified as a Democratic candidate because she owns a handgun.

America’s tradition of unlimited free expression increases the danger of violence.

A Federal Judge in Washington State has, at least temporarily, blocked the release of files that would allow anyone to make a 3-D printed gun. The First Amendment seems to clearly indicate that this ruling is wrong.

Jarrod Ramos should have been in jail, let alone allowed to have any weapon more dangerous than a butter knife.

In the end, it may be insurance companies that have the biggest voice in the debate over arming teachers. 

The new President of the National Rifle Association has a new theory to explain mass shootings, but there’s no basis for believing it’s accurate.

Quietly, Mike Pence is seeking to create his own power base inside the GOP even as the White House pushes back.

Oliver North is fitting right in at the N.R.A.

A blast from the past as Oliver North, who was once at the center of a major Washington scandal, is named President of the National Rifle Association.

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

Uh oh.

The network’s longtime “strategic analyst” is “ashamed” of his association because they’ve become a “propaganda machine.”

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

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

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

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.

Two seemingly contradictory essays out today highlight the exhausting political conversation environment.

Once again, the Administration is walking back the President’s statements on a controversial issue.

Will the NRA lobby to have these on America’s streets?

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

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.

The February 2 episode of This American Life gets at some of my frustrations over our inability to have a meaningful discussion about pretty much anything.

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.

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

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.

Notwithstanding overwhelming public support, Congress is not moving forward on a proposal to ban bump stocks.

Don’t hold your breath, but the Las Vegas shooting may actually prompt Congress to do something.

Some interesting statistics.