Angered and afraid that President Barack Obama's proposals to ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines are a ploy to strip them of their right to own weapons, pro-gun activists plan to rally across America on Saturday.

During the past two years as his frustration with a "dysfunctional" Congress has grown, President Barack Obama has resorted to bypassing the legislative branch as he did on Wednesday to implement tighter gun control laws.

President Barack Obama proposed a new assault weapons ban and mandatory background checks for all gun buyers on Wednesday as he tried to channel national outrage over the Newtown school massacre into the biggest U.S. gun-control push in decades.

Vice President Joe Biden butted heads with the powerful National Rifle Association on Thursday in his drive to reduce U.S. gun violence, drawing complaints from the lobby group that the White House is trying to limit constitutionally protected gun rights.

A divided and emotionally raw populace stews in debate and existential questioning in the wake of the 15th mass shooting by a lone gunman in 2012 at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Conn. President Barack Obama has already come out calling for stricter gun control laws. Now Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords has said "Enough," as well, and has announced her own initiative for curbing gun violence.

One child received a particularly unique holiday surprise when opening up presents on Christmas morning: a teddy bear with a real live handgun.

Authorities in Washington D.C. are reportedly investigating if NBC anchor David Gregory violated the law when he held up a 30-round gun magazine on Sunday's "Meet the Press" program,

The leader of the gun lobby on Sunday defended his call for placing armed guards in all American schools despite withering criticism of the group's response to the massacre of 20 first-graders in Newtown, Connecticut.

Six more victims of the Newtown school shooting will be honored at funerals and remembrances on Wednesday, including the school principal who was killed with 20 of her students and five other staff members at the Sandy Hook Elementary School.

President Barack Obama will announce on Wednesday that Vice President Joe Biden will lead an effort to come up with policies to address gun violence amid calls for action following the massacre of 26 people including 20 children in a Connecticut elementary school last week.

Newscaster Bob Costas is known for offering his unvarnished take on any issue, but the NBC anchor likely shocked everyone with his direct appeal for gun control during halftime of Sunday's football game between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Dallas Cowboys.

With three days to go until Election Day, GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney's views on marriage, gun control, health care, and taxes are pretty much the same and could ultimately affect the turnout of the general election on Tuesday.

With less than two weeks until the Nov. 6 election, what are President Obama's views on abortion, education, gun control and taxes.

With less than four weeks until the election, GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney has starch views than President Obama on education, healthcare, gun control, and taxes.