By John Solomon
How the government's punishing of the exposure of official wrongdoing can linger for years

The White House just realized it had to at least pretend to listen to America's 100 million gun owners. Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. invited a representative from the National Rifle Association (NRA) to attend a White House meeting with anti-gun groups scheduled to take place Thursday.

It's time for school leaders, politicians, Second Amendment advocates and others to come together and find real solutions to reduce gun violence in America, Education Secretary Arne Duncan said Friday morning.