When Irene Schneider heard about the Million Mom March in Washington, D.C., she began looking into the costs of chartering buses. The victim of a shooting four years ago, the Gurley, Ala., woman wanted to march with other moms on Mother's Day 2000 to show support for tougher gun laws. She thought other mothers from Alabama would join her. But Schneider, Alabama's Million Mom March coordinator, is having a difficult time recruiting enough people to even fill a... (GunPolicy.org)

William Schneider couldn't believe his eyes. The CNN commentator and fellow at the American Enterprise Institute felt there must be something wrong with a recent CNN poll. It showed Americans are evenly divided on whether George W. Bush, who doesn't talk much about guns, or Al Gore, who has made gun control a theme of his presidential campaign, handles the "gun issue" better. Schneider requested the question be asked again. It was-with the same result. Meanwhile,... (GunPolicy.org)

At the Crossroads of the West Gun Show at the Salt Palace on Sunday, the firearms cost money — about $200 for a .22-caliber Ruger, or nearly $2,000 for a classic bolt-action Winchester rifle — but the opinions were free of charge. A number of shoppers snarled at President Clinton's attempts to create longer waiting periods for gun show background checks. "We all know [Clinton's] track record. He has no credibility," said John Pickett of Salt Lake City, who... (GunPolicy.org)

The NRA is pleading for money in a militant us-against-the-world letter indicating the gun lobby is launching its most aggressive advertising campaign in years. The letter, which arrived in members' mailboxes late this week, calls for "emergency media" payments, above National Rifle Association dues. The group says it hopes to increase its advertising budget by nearly $3.3 million over what it planned to spend this election cycle. This is the most critical election... (GunPolicy.org)

Catie Berry has a message for anyone hearing about the Million Mom March in Washington D. C. on May 14 — not all women share the paranoid hysteria she says is fueling the march's call for stronger gun control. The Amelia woman, who is the mother of four grown sons, joined the Dallas-based Second Amendment Sisters less than a month ago when she heard the grassroots organization was forming t o rally against the gun control efforts of the Million Mom March. She... (GunPolicy.org)

DENVER — Almost a year has passed since a killing rampage here by two students thrust an otherwise ordinary high school into the vortex of national debates over gun rights, parental responsibilities, cultural violence and the nature of evil. Yet for all the discourse, as well as the symbolism of 15 deaths inside a public school, including the gunmen's, little beyond the walls of Columbine High School in suburban Denver has changed since last April 20. Congress is... (GunPolicy.org)

Donald Zilkha never really planned to get into the gun business. In 1993 he turned 42, and had yet to make his own fortune. Success was expected of him: his family built one of the biggest banking empires in the Middle East before conquering New York. He worried aloud to friends that his father, a philanthropist and banker, disapproved of him. Zilkha was looking for a chance to prove himself, and suddenly there it was. Colt's Manufacturing Co.-known to the world as... (GunPolicy.org)

AKRON, Ohio — At a gun show here, amid survivalist gear and "Gun control equals people control" bumper stickers, two men are selling semiautomatic handguns under different sets of rules. Jim Cyrus, a gun-store owner, is a licensed dealer. As at his store, he can sell only to buyers who pass federally mandated background checks, most of which are completed within a minute. About 10 tables away sits a retired Ford Motor pattern designer, who does a few shows each year... (GunPolicy.org)

WASHINGTON — Since the shooting deaths at Columbine High School a year ago, members of Congress have introduced dozens of gun control bills but not one of them has become law. Still, there's a stong election-year incentive to get something done and general agreement has been reached on several measures: trigger locks, bans on high-capacity ammunition clips and a bar against juveniles with criminal records from possessing guns. The biggest and most elusive prize has... (GunPolicy.org)