Gun control

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama is announcing a $500 million package of executive actions and legislative proposals aimed at reducing gun violence a month after a mass shooting in Connecticut killed 20 elementary school children. The package includes a call on Congress to ban military-style assault weapons and high-capacity magazine and it would close loopholes in the gun sale background

Former U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords and her husband Mark Kelly have launched a gun control initiative on the second anniversary of the Arizona shooting spree that wounded Giffords and left six others dead. The Associated Press reports that Giffords and Kelly's political action committee, Americans For Responsible Solutions, will raise money for research and implementation of greater gun