This is in response to Will Dursts’ “Guns, Guns and Guns” of Dec. 26, which I found interesting but curiously lacking solid objectivity. His conclusions could lead one to think that opinions and objective reasoning bear no intercorrelation. Despite his credentials, “God, Guns and Guts,” despite Will, did build America and enable us to maintain it.

Loaded guns will be allowed in Yellowstone, the Grand Canyon and other national parks under a new U.S. law that takes effect Monday.

Dan Thomasson: Firearms mania seems to fall into several broad categories with elements of each in the other. Present in all three classifications is an element of paranoia, a strong belief that without these weapons one is not likely to survive the truly crazy (like maybe one's testy neighbor or a disaffected co-worker or student seeking revenge from bullies) or the ubiquitous criminals that use guns as necessary tools in their business

After a long string of political defeats that culminated in the Democratic Party’s loss of control in Congress in 1994, gun-control activists decided to take a new tack.

Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, and children of all ages, once again it's show time.

Weaponized America. Cooking. Terrified. Absolutists. Celebrate violence. Murder spree. Mike McClellan’s guest commentary leads with these words that serve only to color a deeper issue than what type of bullets and guns are out there. I’m not convinced “we” Americans celebrate violence since I am a “we” and I do not and I don’t know one American who does.

Michael Reagan

Sylvia Longmire, guest commentary

Gov. Jan Brewer is defending Arizona laws which allow the sale of firearms at gun shows without a background check and forbid cities from imposing such requirements.

Welcome to President Obama’s second term, America — that special place where ridiculousness replaces raison d’etre, and presidents give us things like gun control a’ la United Nations.

With Super Tuesday coming at us, we best adhere to the doctrine of “caveat emptor,” Latin for “let the buyer beware.” Perhaps a simpler idiom describes the potential pitfall: Bush backlash could render “a pig in a poke.”

WASHINGTON - Congress gave the gun lobby its top legislative priority Thursday, passing a bill protecting the firearms industry from massive crime-victim lawsuits. President Bush said he will sign it.

Ten Arizona sheriffs slammed the Obama administration on Friday over a botched federal operation that that lost track of up to 1,400 weapons sold to suspected straw purchasers for Mexican drug gangs.

Of course only law enforcement and military should be allowed the possession of assault rifles. And, of course, alcohol should never be served to drivers. Never. And, illegal drugs should be kept away from everyone. Period. Anything that kills should be hidden from the mentally ill, the angry, the bullies, the too-young-to-know-any-better.

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Gun battles between American forces and insurgents resumed in Fallujah on Wednesday night, with an AC-130 gunship firing its cannons on targets in the Iraqi city after a day of fighting in several areas. The nighttime fighting raised more smoke over the city.

“One day Alice came to a fork in the road and saw a Cheshire cat in a tree. Which road do I take? She asked. Where do you want to go? was his response. I don’t know, Alice answered. Then, said the cat, it doesn’t matter.”

Siding with parents over insurance companies, Gov. Janet Napolitano signed legislation Friday that eventually will require insurance companies to provide coverage for autism.

More than 100,000 people swelled the streets of downtown Phoenix on the morning of April 10 to demonstrate for fair immigration reform.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney both have softened their positions on gun restrictions over the years. As they expressed shock and sorrow over the bloodshed at a Colorado movie theater, neither suggested that tougher gun control could make a difference, a notion that has faded from political debate.