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USA Today's Denver correspondent, who covered several mass shootings, decided to buy his first handgun
This first-person account from Trevor Hughes*, certainly started a conversation on...
COLORADO SPRINGS — Want a permit to carry a concealed handgun in Colorado Springs? Wait in line. A long line.
“We're swamped,” says Laurie Thomas, coordinator for...
Tom Tancredo wants a third of America armed and organized in militias to fight Islamic terrorists.
Congress should consider buying firearms for low-income people so 100...
Reform revolution
Peter Beinart explains the real difference between Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton: One is an insurrectionist and one an incrementalist. Clinton's bet is...
During last month's Republican presidential debate, Colorado played a larger role than any other state because of legalized marijuana. This month, during the Democratic presidential debate...