Editorials
Editorial boards across the country have spoken out in opposition to the Tiahrt restrictions. Below are links to excerpts from a selection of editorials.
- "Law makes it easier to sell weapons illegally" The Miami Herald, April 18, 2009
- "Enabling the Gunmen" The Washington Post, April 14, 2009
- "Editorial: Easy gun access kills" The Philadelphia Inquirer, April 10, 2009
- "Again, it's the guns And NRA is back with the same old fear tactics" Philadelphia Daily News, April 7, 2009
- "Two Early Tests on Guns" The New York Times, February 20, 2009
- "NRA puppets" ToledoBlade, July 19, 2007
- "Congress dances as the gun lobby pulls the strings" Pittsburgh Post Gazette, July 18, 2007
- "Congress Misfired" The Bergen Record, July 17, 2007
- "These Gun Laws Are Killing Us" Philadelphia Daily News, July 17, 2007
- "Bad and (Maybe) Good News on Guns" The New York Times, July 17, 2007
- "Gun Lobby Wins Again" Albany Times-Union, July 15, 2007
- "Tracking Illegal Guns" The Journal News, July 14, 2007
- "Guns First, Police Second" Courier-Journal, July 14, 2007
- "Free Up the Gun Data" Newsday, July 12, 2007
- "Congress Owes This Hero" New York Daily News, July 12, 2007
- "Take Off the Blinders" The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, July 12, 2007
- "Fighting Gun Violence" The Sacramento Bee, July 11, 2007
- "Follow the Guns" The Washington Post, July 11, 2007
- "Can the House Buck the Gun Lobby?" The New York Times, July 11, 2007
- "Crime-fighters vs. Congress" The Boston Globe, July 9, 2007
- "Gun-Control Policy" The Philadelphia Inquirer, July 9, 2007
- "Aim For Safety" The San Francisco Chronicle, July 8, 2007
- "Groveling on Guns" The Albany Times-Union, July 8, 2007
- "Congress Shields Gun Traffickers" New Haven Register, July 6, 2007
- "Uncooperative Congress" Columbus Dispatch, July 3, 2007
- "Local Cops Lose on Gun Data Issue" Minneapolis Star Tribune, July 3, 2007
- "The N.R.A.'s Senate" The New York Times, July 2, 2007
- "Taking on the NRA" The Baltimore Sun, June 28, 2007
- "A Chance to Reduce Gun Violence" The Chattanooga Times Free Press, June 26, 2007
- "How do Tiahrt restrictions protect cops?" The Wichita Eagle, June 20, 2007
- "Un-cuff gun law enforcement" Philadelphia Daily News, June 20, 2007
- "Police need records of guns at crime scenes" The Bowling Green Daily News, June 14, 2007
- "Aiding and Abetting" The New York Daily News, May 13, 2007
- "Silence on Guns" The New York Times, May 10, 2007
- "Smoking Gun" The Baltimore Sun, May 4, 2007
- "Policy Trigger" The Washington Post, April 30, 2007
- "Disarming the Arms Merchants" The New York Times, April 29, 2007
- "Tiahrt gun amendment needs revision" The Wichita Eagle, April 25, 2007
- "Stop shielding gun rogues" New York Daily News, April 25, 2007
- "Cops owed access to federal gun data" The Central New Jersey Home News Tribune, April 23, 2007
- "Virginia Tech, a week later" The Christian Science Monitor, April 23, 2007
- "Time to free ATF from NRA's rules" The Boston Herald, April 20, 2007
- "Mayors want access to gun source data" The Bergen Record, April 19, 2007
- "Deny easy gun access to dangerous people" The Chicago Sun-Times, April 18, 2007
- "Cities Should Have Access to ATF's Trace Data on Illegal Gun Sales" The Columbus Dispatch, April 17, 2007
- "Getting Guns Off the Streets" The Cincinnati/Kentucky Post, April 14, 2007
- "Mayors Unite Against Gun Crime" The Cincinnati Enquirer, April 13, 2007
- "Restore Access to Gun Data" The Newark Star-Ledger, March 26, 2007
- "U.S. Mayors Get Tough On Illegal Firearms" The Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune, January 26, 2007
- "Take a Rightful Aim at Illegal Guns" The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, November 2, 2006
- "Mayors Fight Back Against Gun Scourge" The Indianapolis Star, October 28, 2006
- "A Bad Bill" The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, September 15, 2006
- "Deadly, Intentional Ignorance on Guns" The Los Angeles Times, September 3, 2006
- "Lawmakers ignore gun violence" New Haven Register, July 16, 2006
- "Don't Weaken Gun Laws" The St. Petersburg Times, July 13, 2006
- ".44 Caliber Mistakes" The Washington Post, July 12, 2006
- "The Call of the Gun Lobby" The New York Times, June 19, 2006