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Unhinged Tactical Response CEO threatens to 'start killing people' over Obama's gun control

The CEO of a Tennessee company that specializes weapons and tactical training is threatening to "start killing people" if President Barack Obama moves forward with gun control measures.

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Colbert to NRA's LaPierre: 'You, sir, are f*&ked in the head'

On Wednesday night's edition of "The Colbert Report," host Stephen Colbert talked about recent gun safety measures that the government has proposed and how they prove that the real victims in America's shooting tragedies are guns themselves. He also directed some stinging words to the NRA head Wayne LaPierre.

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Joe Biden: Obama prepared to use executive action on gun control

Vice-president promises swift action from administration at inaugural meeting of national task force on gun control

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Bill Clinton: Gun control opposition 'is nuts'

Former President Bill Clinton on Wednesday said those who opposed gun control measures like banning the sale of high-capacity magazines were crazy.

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Biden: Gun panel not just a photo-op

US Vice President Joe Biden Wednesday promised real action to curb gun violence, including possible executive orders by President Barack Obama, and insisted his policy panel on the issue was no photo-op.

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Fox News guest: Obama's gun control plan is 'papers please like Nazi Germany'

A conservative radio host on Wednesday warned Fox News that President Barack Obama was "becoming more like Hugo Chavez all the time" and that any effort to control guns in the wake of the Newtown massacre would be "like Nazi Germany."

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Florida professor defends theory that Newtown shootings never happened

A communications professor from Florida Atlantic University isn't backing down from his theory that the mass killing of 20 children in Newtown, Connecticut may have never happened.

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Ron Johnson: Walmart 'trying to grow the economy' and doesn't have time for gun control

Tea party-backed Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) on Wednesday excused Walmart's decision to decline an invitation to the White House to discuss gun violence because "they are trying to grow the economy."

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Aurora shooter's defense to argue he is unfit for trial

Defense lawyers for the man accused of opening fire in a US theater in July, killing 12 and wounding dozens more, readied Wednesday to call witnesses in a bid to stop the case from going to trial.

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Jon Stewart mocks Alex Jones rant: Guns needed to fight 'imaginary Hitler'

On his show Tuesday night, The Daily Show host Jon Stewart expressed his bafflement over conservatives who refused to even consider any new restrictions on gun ownership in the wake of multiple mass shootings.

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Glenn Beck: Piers Morgan making gun advocates look crazy like Alex Jones

Conservative radio host Glenn Beck complained Tuesday that CNN's Piers Morgan was portraying gun rights advocates as crazed maniacs by inviting Alex Jones on his show.

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Gabrielle Giffords plans to take on the NRA

Former US congresswoman and gun violence survivor Gabrielle Giffords put the National Rifle Association squarely in her sights Tuesday as she unveiled a major initiative for tougher gun laws.

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Petition to charge Sen. Feinstein with treason soars past White House threshold

A petition started on the White House website seeking to charge Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) with treason has crossed the threshold needed for an official response.

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