Revisiting
a misguided gun control agenda
Minnesota
Daily
This will be my final response to Earl McDowell's letter to the
editor in the Jan. 22 Minnesota Daily, “Guns kill people, Mr. Pierre” and
his letter in the Jan. 29 Daily, “Guns kill people, revisited,” and it is
obvious that this exchange could go back ...
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Gun
control supporters urge Obama to bypass Congress on new
measures
Fox
News
But Supporters of tougher gun controls are growing
increasingly worried lawmakers won't pass any substantial measures and have
begun to focus their efforts elsewhere. A number of Obama allies across the
country have called on public employee pension ...
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Senate
hearing pits NRA, gun-control supporters
Huffington Post
WASHINGTON — The National Rifle Association and
gun-control advocates, including the husband of wounded former
Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, are facing off at the year's first Senate
hearing on curbing gun violence. Wednesday's Senate Judiciary ...
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Gun
control, 5 common-ground steps: Our view
USA
TODAY
As Congress starts hearings today on gun violence, even the
most ardent supporters of a new ban on assault weapons and high-capacity
magazines concede they face an uphill battle. That doesn't make the ban a lost
cause, or an unworthy one, in the wake ...
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Jon
Stewart on gun control: Awkward
Washington Post
Jon Stewart shot himself in the foot on Monday's
“Daily Show” when he interviewed Bob Costas about the gun control
comments the sportscaster had made during a football game, landing Costas in hot
water last month. During Costas's appearance on the ...
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Sandy
Hook hearing reveals sharp divide on gun control
CNN
His son, James, was among the 20 children and seven adults
killed by Adam Lanza on December 14 in Newtown, Connecticut -- an event so
horrific that it has since spawned a federal task force and kick-started a
national conversation about gun control.
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NRA:
Gun control proposals "will fail"
CBS
News
Despite the momentum gun-control advocates have gained
since the Newtown shootings, it will be difficult for them to prevail in
Congress this year because of the popularity of guns in many states - including
several represented by Democratic senators ...
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Bob
Costas comes down on gun control with Jon Stewart
USA
TODAY
Nearly two months after first discussing Kansas City Chiefs
linebacker Jovan Belcher's murder-suicide, Bob Costas appeared on The Daily Show
with Jon Stewart with searing remarks about the state of gun control and
again took issue with a culture he ...
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NRA
says more gun control not a serious proposal
U.S. News
& World Report
WASHINGTON (AP) — Banning some assault weapons and
requiring background checks for all firearms purchases aren't a serious attempt
to reduce gun violence, a top National Rifle Association official warned
Tuesday as Congress geared up for the year's ...
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The
Congressional 'Dance' on Gun Control
Huffington Post
These days I'm walking the congressional
corridors as a volunteer advocate for gun control, helping an impressive
coalition of mayors, police leaders, clergy and even a handful of sportsmen
groups push for an assault weapons ban, a limit on high ...
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Angry
Gun Control Debate Does Collateral Damage
Town
Hall
The Great Gun Debate shows American political discourse at
its irrational worst; with both left and right promoting panic and hysteria that
distracts attention from the nation's truly menacing problems. Instead of
addressing crushing deficits, economic ...
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NRA:
More Gun Control Not A Serious Proposal
Huffington Post
WASHINGTON -- Wayne LaPierre, chief executive of
the National Rifle Association, will tell members of Congress on Wednesday that
"law-abiding gun owners will not accept blame for the acts of violent or
deranged criminals," and the government should not ...
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Supporters
of gun control rally at Herrera Beutler's local office
The Columbian
A group of gun-control advocates
rally outside the Vancouver office of U.S. Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler, R-Camas,
on Tuesday. They want the congresswoman to support President Barack Obama's
gun control proposals. photo. By Stevie Mathieu. A group of
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Professor
speaks up about gun control
UTA The
Shorthorn
I confess. I own a gun. Along with approximately 100
million other Americans, I have a gun in my home. My gun, a 12
gauge pump shotgun, came to me as part of my father's estate when he died. The
gun stands unloaded behind a stack of old clothes in the ...
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How
far apart are Virginians from gun control compromise?
WDBJ7
A new Roanoke College poll sheds light on how people in
Virginia feel about guns. Roanoke College Professor Harry Wilson
conducted the poll. he's no stranger to polling, but says it's been a while
since he's asked about guns, and despite recent events ...
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A
new approach to gun control
The Daily
News of Newburyport
Having just read a story from Fox News titled “Obama
slams GOP over gun debate,” President Obama charged “that the GOP in the House
of Representatives wasn't willing to work with him or listen to the American
public concerning the issue of gun control.
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Bipartisan
Hunting Buddies
New York
Times
From members of the National Rifle Association to the most
passionate gun-control advocates, no one wants to live in a
country where innocent children are killed indiscriminately. This is a problem
for all Americans — not just the government — and we ...
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Tyrants
favor gun control, too
Gazette.Net: Maryland Community News Online
The rush by local and
national political operatives to effectively strip citizens of their right to
own a gun of their choice is now in full motion. Part of their strategy
is to say that hunters don't need those kinds of weapons or magazine sizes
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The
Post Most: EntertainmentMost-viewed stories,videos, and galleries in the
...
Washington Post (blog)
During Costas's appearance on the Comedy
Central show, Stewart wondered what it was like to be at the epicenter of the
gun control argument. Costas set off a firestorm during his halftime slot
of an NBC Sunday football broadcast in early December when ...
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Local
Gun Owner Speaks Out About Gun Control Debate
KCOY.com
SANTA MARIA, Calif.- Nearly seven weeks after the deadly
Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, Congress is gearing up for their first
hearing on gun control. One local man is fired up, saying he thinks he
has a right to have whatever guns he wants.
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After
Bitter Gun Control Hearing, Connecticut Lawmakers Take Up Mental
Health
Huffington Post
After a bitterly contentious and emotional
hearing on gun control yesterday -- the first since 20 children and six
educators were gunned down at Sandy Hook Elementary School -- the Connecticut
legislature today takes up the issue of mental health and ...
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NY
gun control law likely to survive repeal effort
Kingston
Daily Freeman
ALBANY, N.Y. — The campaign to repeal the state's new
gun control law faces daunting odds, but that's not deterring legislators
who are drawing up a bill to do just that. “For a long time, I've felt that if
you don't try, you'll never succeed,” Sen ...
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Op-Ed:
Gun control fails rationality test
Washington Examiner
On Wednesday, the Senate Judiciary Committee
will hold a hearing on the various gun control proposals that have been
floated in the wake of the Sandy Hook school shootings. Although they are said
to be merely "reasonable regulations" of the Second ...
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Gun
Control Meeting Draws Emotion
WBNG-TV
Town Of Union, NY (WBNG Binghamton) An information
session intended to educate the public on New York's new gun control bill
drew a packed and emotional hall Tuesday. The meeting is one of several in the
wake of the NY SAFE Act approved earlier this ...
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Can
Australia teach the US about gun control?
Aljazeera.com
Can Australia teach the US about gun
control? Jan 30. Episode. Tweet · Pin It. Can Australia teach the US about
gun control? We look at the effects of Australia's 1996 gun reform. Gun
show. Semi-automatic rifles were on display for sale at The Nation's
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Alabama
police chiefs weigh in on gun control debate
WBRC
It's not everyday every police chief in Alabama is in one
room. A bi-annual conference of Alabama police chiefs brought them to Montgomery
for continuing education training. But guns and their role in society was
on each chief's mind. "We have over 20 ...
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Reid
insists he will bring gun-control legislation to Senate
floor
Las Vegas
Sun
In the Senate, the formal review of gun control on begins on
Wednesday with a hearing in the Senate Judiciary Committee about gun violence.
National Rifle Association CEO Wayne LaPierre and Mark Kelly, husband of gun
violence victim and former ...
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Courier-Journal
Bluegrass Poll | Many of President Obama's gun-control
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The
Courier-Journal
Obama Talks Gun Control With Law Enforcement:
President Barack Obama met with municipal police and political leaders Monday to
discuss gun control and get their support to pass legislation through
Congress.
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Green
Beret Group Lobbies Against Gun Control
Military.com
More than 1,100 former and current Army Special
Forces troops -- Green Berets -- have reportedly put their names to a letter
condemning any efforts to restrict gun ownership following the massacre
of 20 students and six staff at Sandy Hill Elementary ...
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Sikhs
Support Obama's Executive Order on Gun Control
New
America Media
Dr. Rajwant Singh, chairman of the Sikh Council on Religion
and Education, was recently invited to the White House for an event where
President Obama signed an executive directive for gun control. "The Sikh
community, while empathizing with the victims ...
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The
Gun Debate: Lawmakers eye troubled background check system
Fox News
This is the latest in a Fox News series examining the
controversy over gun violence and gun control. It is the first line of
defense against crime guns: the background check. Representing one of the few
limits on Americans' Second Amendment rights, the ...
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Hypocritical
on gun control (Editor's Inbox)
Mason
City Globe Gazette
It is shameful and pathetic how President Obama and
Vice President Biden have used children as a backdrop to push their agenda of
gun control against our Second Amendment, then say it needs to be passed
even if only one child's life is saved.
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Pass
sensible gun-control laws (Editor's Inbox)
Mason
City Globe Gazette
What a specious, short-sighted column regarding gun
control a former Globe Gazette editor shared with us recently. Guns kill
thousands of people every year. The NFL doesn't. Video games don't. Guns do. And
it's about time that people on the fringe of ...
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Michigan
clergy ask Snyder for stricter gun control
AnnArbor.com
... Snyder to take the lead on addressing gun
violence during a prayer service outside the Michigan Capitol on Tuesday. Bishop
James Williams of Detroit's Spirit and Truth Christian Ministries is urging
Snyder not to leave gun control to the federal ...
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Committee
kills business-related gun-control bill
Sioux
Falls Argus Leader
PIERRE — A South Dakota legislative panel decided
Monday that businesses should keep the right to ban guns in vehicles
parked in their lots. By an 8-4 vote, the House Commerce Committee killed a bill
that would have prohibited businesses from ...
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Ulster
County lawmakers withdraw gun control resolution
Kingston
Daily Freeman
The action by the two Democrats comes just days after
hundreds of gun rights advocates descended on a Legislature meeting to decry
gun control laws. But Gregorius said the outcry did not play a role in
the decision. “The fact is, they didn't address ...
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Gun
control marchers gather in DC 'to bring sanity back'
Gazette.Net: Maryland Community News Online
Nancy Gardiner, of
Trumbull, Conn., (left) takes part in the March on Washington for Gun
Control Jan. 26. Gardiner said she attended the march with families of
Newtown, Conn., where 26 people were killed in a shooting at Sandy Hook
Elementary School.
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Gun
control, healthcare reform, national debt: US Rep. Charlie Dent tackles
...
Patriot-News
From the economy, to the national debt, to gun
control, immigration and climate control, U.S. Rep. Charlie Dent on Tuesday
covered a broad swath of issues as he met with scores of new constituents from
his newly carved 15th congressional district. For ...
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The
Hippest, Coolest Gun Control Ads Of The Last 15 Years
BuzzFeed
And now, with the Obama administration committed to
passing gun control measures, I expect to see some big name ad creatives
producing some memorable/shocking/explosive advertising in the coming months.
It's often memorable; it may well also be ...
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Community
members comment on gun control
Hilltop
Views
As the debates on gun control continue, Texans and students,
faculty and staff at St. Edward's University are reexamining their own views on
gun control. “Gun owners need to be responsible,” said Sergeant Richard
Guajardo, an instructor in the School ...
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Parents
Of Massacre Victims United In Grief, Divided On Gun Control
Hartford Courant
Laurie Perez reports live from the Capitol,
where a public debate was held Monday over gun control legislation. By
JON LENDER and CHRISTOPHER KEATING, jlender@courant.com The Hartford Courant.
11:20 p.m. EST, January 28, 2013. HARTFORD — ...
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Police
chiefs, sheriffs divided over gun control measures
NBCNews.com (blog)
In urging law enforcement leaders to back new
gun control efforts, President Barack Obama is asking police chiefs and
county sheriffs to unite behind a cause they don't even agree about among
themselves. Obama said Monday that he was seeking a "basic ...
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Maryland's
gun control paradox
Baltimore
Sun
For critics of gun control, Maryland, and particularly
Baltimore, are proof of the pointlessness and even dangerousness of seeking to
make legal access to firearms more difficult. Maryland has some of the strictest
gun control laws in the nation ...
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Obama
turns to police officers in gun control fight
Reuters
Obama, who has made stricter gun control measures
a top policy goal for this year, reiterated his desire that lawmakers pass
measures he recently unveiled to curb gun violence, including an assault weapons
ban and universal background checks for gun ...
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Why
this gun control debate has been different
Washington Post (blog)
That the gun control debate hasn't
faded from public view owes much to the media. Over the last month and a half,
news organizations have covered the shooting in Newtown, Conn., in a
fundamentally different way than they have others. And that's because
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Sheriff
Mike Scott against new gun control
The
News-Press
Mack said many of the sheriffs on the list have vowed they
will not enforce federal gun regulations if they become law. President Barack
Obama has voiced his support for increased gun control following a
shooting in Newtown, Conn., last month that left ...
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Talking
gun control and Sandy Hook, Gov. Scott Walker says person was killed
...
PolitiFact
He added that if gun control efforts are "just
focused on the weapon, that gets away from the question of who are the people
committing these heinous acts and what is it that's happening that we're not
able to prevent them from doing that." Walker has ...
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MSNBC
Continues To Push One-Sided Gun Control 'Debate'
NewsBusters (blog)
As with the majority of gun control
segments on MSNBC, no pro-gun representatives are ever invited on to speak on
behalf of the Second Amendment. Instead, Roberts has continued the long list of
MSNBCers who are pushing for greater gun control and ...
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CALIFORNIA
DEMOCRATS ANNOUNCE 9 GUN CONTROL BILLS
KIEM
AB 48 (Asm. Nancy Skinner, D- Berkeley) Requires reporting
of ammunition sales, requires licensing of ammunition dealers, and establishes
other controls on ammunition sales similar to current controls on
firearms sales. "When we have safeguards in ...
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On
Both Sides Of Gun Debate, Passionate Feelings
Hartford
Courant
One gun control critic invoked the words of both Abraham
Lincoln and John F. Kennedy, prompting Senate President Don Williams to tartly
note that both men were themselves victims of gun violence. Michael Aron of West
Hartford said the Social Security ...
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A
gun-control model that has been proved effective
Atlanta Journal Constitution (blog)
In a debate with CNN host
Piers Morgan last week, Newt Gingrich was asked whether the Second Amendment
guarantees the right to possess automatic weapons. Basically, he said no, it
does not. “I think .50-caliber machine guns would be bizarre,” Gingrich
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Opinions
Split at Connecticut Gun Control Hearing
NBC Bay
Area
Opinions Split at Connecticut Gun Control Hearing. 1,300
people have signed up to speak at a hearing Monday, which could go on past
midnight. By Liz Dahlem and LeAnne Gendreau. | Monday, Jan 28, 2013 | Updated
5:15 PM PST. View Comments (. ) ...
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Focus
on crime, not guns
Baltimore
Sun (blog)
I do not believe in any form of gun control, and I
think it will ultimately kill more law-abiding Americans than any other law. The
vast majority of Americans believe in the Second Amendment and that infringing
on one's right to defend oneself is a ...
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Criminals
won't obey gun control laws
Billings
Gazette
After reading many letters and watching much television "news"
regarding gun control and finding most of it uninformed except by emotion
or just plain ignorant, I felt the need to write. The idea that an AR-15 is
somehow more dangerous than a similar ...
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Rep.
Terri Sewell talks gun control, immigration and debt ceiling in
...
al.com
(blog)
Terri Sewell in a Montgomery town hall meeting called for “common
sense” gun control, said immigration is a federal problem to solve and
criticized partisan gridlock in Congress. Sewell, a native of Selma, was holding
her first Montgomery town hall ...
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Raw:
Gun Control Debates Continue
The
Associated Press
Statistics Report. Published on Jan 28, 2013. Pushing
gun control reforms, President Barack Obama on Monday turned to law
enforcement leaders who had direct experience with mass shootings, while
Connecticut families still push for change. (Jan 28) ...
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Op-Eds
Offer Fresh Perspectives on Gun Control
Governing
(blog)
Eric Sharp, a former outdoors writer for the Detroit Free Press
and an avid hunter, offers some pragmatic gun-control solutions
that he says shouldn't hamper a shooting sportsman's game. He dismisses
proposals to ban military-style semiautomatic rifles ...
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David
Mamet On Gun Control: Playwright Defends Private Ownership, And More
...
Huffington Post
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author went on to
contest President Obama's position on gun control, calling the
"so-called" assault weapons ban a "hoax" and a "political appeal to the
ignorant." Today, Michael Tomasky takes on Mamet's "bizarre rant" in The
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Gun
control fears lead to spent shelves at gun stores
Marietta
Daily Journal
To Flynn, the cost increase is clearly related to the mass
shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., in December, which
was followed immediately by calls for renewed gun control. “We have heard
an array of reasons such as people feel ...
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Montclair
Joins Fight for Stricter Gun Control
Patch.com
More than 200 people, including mayors and local and
state politicians, were in attendance to throw their support behind the gun
control initiatives proposed at the state and federal level. The Montclair
contingent was organized by the local grassroots ...
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Gun
Control: Background checks peak in week after Conn shooting
The Times Herald
WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI said Monday it
conducted more background checks for firearms sales and permits to carry
guns the week following the Newtown, Conn., shooting massacre that it has
in any other one-week period since 1998. The second ...
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Golden:
Shifting the gun control debate from hunting to lethal unmanned
aircraft
The
Jersey Journal - NJ.com
By CARL GOLDEN. Coming to the realization that
insisting automatic weapons with high capacity magazines be available for
sporting use wasn't gaining much traction among the general public, gun
rights advocates have shifted their rationale to argue that ...
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Gun
control proposals could save American lives
nwitimes.com
2013-01-29T00:00:00Z 2013-01-28T17:35:07Z Gun
control proposals could save American lives nwitimes.com. 1 minute ago. (0)
Comments. People opposing our president's new request for gun control
must not understand what he proposes to Congress.
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Oak
Creek police chief talks gun control with President Obama
Newsradio 620
WASHINGTON - Oak Creek Police Chief John Edwards
joined a "Who's Who" of chiefs from cities and towns who have dealt with
gun violence. He said the President and other top officials asked for
ideas to curb the problem. "This is an issue that illicits a ...
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Gun
Control, 3-D Printing And Airport Security - The Coming Age Of
Terahertz
Seeking
Alpha
Gun control and the detection of illegal weapons have been
front and center in the media since the tragedy at Newtown. Gun control
will be a hard sell even after this tragedy, so the push to place blame and
attention to other gun control initiatives ...
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Colo.
Lawmakers Debating Over Gun Control Measures
KREX News
Channel 5
Democrats say they are still planning to pursue gun
control measures including expanded background checks for gun purchases and
a possible statewide assault-weapons ban. Gov. John Hickenlooper has called on
lawmakers to expand background checks ...
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Senator
Tom Coburn Weighs In On Gun Control
News On
6
Oklahoma Senator Tom Coburn weighed in on gun control when he
stopped by News On 6's new studios this weekend. Senator Coburn said he does not
support any of the proposed restrictions on guns and ammunition, but he does
support stricter laws ...
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Media
Matters Calls for Gun Control, Carries Illegal Guns to Protect Its
Founder
FrontPage
Magazine
Gun control isn't about banning guns, it's about banning
people who aren't well-connected from having guns. If you're a Wal-Mart shopper
then you're not supposed to have a gun. If you're David Brock, then that's a
whole other story… A staffer at left ...
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Spokane
City Council to hear 2 gun control resolutions
KREM.com
(registration)
Fagan said he is worried recent talk about gun
control in the wake of the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School will
lead to a violation of his Second Amendment rights. He wants a resolution
stating outright that the City will not do anything that ...
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Gun
Control Bill Draws Big Crowd at NM Roundhouse
ABQ
Journal
Nine states require background checks to buy firearms at gun
shows or from private dealers. Five others require the checks at one or the
other. New Mexico requires neither. Garcia has said his bill would complement
the push for more gun control at the ...
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Congressman
Barrow talks gun control, immigration
WRDW-TV
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW) -- Democratic Congressman John Barrow
stopped by the News 12 studio on Monday to discuss some of the most heated
issues that Washington is facing. One of the most hotly-debated issues right now
is gun control. President ...
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Police
barred from Vermont gun range over proposed semi-automatic rifle
ban
Fox
News
In response, the Burlington Police Department released a statement
saying: "It is unfortunate that this important and much-needed community
dialogue regarding gun control currently under way in the City of
Burlington and across the nation has resulted ...
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Brokaw,
Limbaugh, Nugent among those who link gun control debate
...
al.com
(blog)
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama -- "People tell me I don't need an AR-15. My
answer is I don't need one any more than Rosa Parks needed to sit in the front
of the bus," Marcelo Munoz of Shelby County told a gathering of gun
owners and advocates in Montgomery ...
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NY
authorities set gun control forums across the state
WKTV
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP)- New York law enforcement authorities will
be visiting communities across the state to explain the state's new, stricter
gun control law. Representatives of the state police and Division of
Criminal Justice Services have scheduled ...
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Virginia
Gun Control Laws: General Assembly Has Blocked Most New Proposals
...
Huffington Post
Amid the renewed gun control debate since
the December shooting at a Connecticut elementary school, the General Assembly
has blocked most new proposals to restrict where Virginians may carry guns. But
legislators are still considering a number of ...
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Filibusters,
Gun Control, and Jafsie
OpEdNews
Could separate and distinct topics, such as gun
control, filibustering and storm damage legislation, which were separated by
the use of three dot journalism, actually have a narrative thread which connects
them all together? With the new rules for ...
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1/29/2013-Gun
Control Hearings
Hartford
Courant
long way to go to control gun violence in America and it
starts here in. Connecticut. We have been designated; we who have lost so much.
As I listened to the testimony, I wondered what the extremist gun owners
might be thinking, if they too were listening.
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Sheriffs'
group opposes new gun-control laws
Trinidad
Times Independent
The recent mass shootings in Aurora and Newtown, Conn.,
has led many private citizens and governmental leaders across the United States
to advocate for stricter gun-control laws. The County Sheriffs of
Colorado (CSOC) recently released a position paper ...
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Letter:
"We need Wyatt Earp rules for gun control"
Worthington Daily Globe
He shot quite well from the hip and,
indeed, was “a good man with a gun.” We need Wyatt Earp rules for gun
control. Check your guns. Radical rhetoric rambling on about machine guns
and “tyrannical government” is but the froth of mad dogs. It is nothing
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Obama
asks gun-control advocates to listen
Newsday
Obama asks gun-control advocates to listen.
Published: January 27, 2013 9:37 PM. The Associated Press. WASHINGTON --
President Barack Obama says gun-control advocates should be better
listeners in the debate over firearms in America. In an interview
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Obama:
Gun control supporters must listen more
CBS
News
President Obama said gun control proponents "have to do a
little more listening" to second-amendment advocates in an interview with The
New Republic, noting that he has a "profound respect" for hunting as a tradition
and urging those who support ...
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Feinstein:
Gun control faces uphill climb on Capitol Hill
Fox
News
The Democrat who's introduced an assault weapon ban acknowledges the
measure faces an "uphill climb" to pass Congress but says public support is on
her side. Sen. Diane Feinstein of California says a coalition of police, clergy
and voters would push ...
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Gun
Control Debate: Push For Futuristic Weapons Builds On Embattled
Past
Huffington Post
At the same time, some gun control
advocates worry that such technology, by making guns appear falsely safe, would
encourage Americans to stock up on even more weapons then they already have in
their homes. Without the politics, the notion of using ...
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Sen.
Dianne Feinstein: Gun control faces uphill climb
Reno
Gazette-Journal
Dianne Feinstein of California told CBS television's
“Face the Nation” that a coalition of police, clergy and voters would push
forward her gun control measure over objections from the nation's largest
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Candidates
vying for Jesse Jackson Jr.'s seat debate gun control
Chicago Tribune
Debbie Halvorson found herself alone among
leading Democratic candidates Sunday when she indicated she would not support a
ban on the semi-automatic firearm used in the Sandy Hook school shooting last
month. The former one-term congresswoman ...
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Leading
Democrat: Gun control faces uphill climb
U.S. News
& World Report
Dianne Feinstein, who's leading the push to restore an
assault weapon ban, acknowledged on Sunday that the effort faces tough odds to
pass Congress and she blamed the nation's largest gun-rights group.
Feinstein, D-Calif., on Thursday introduced a bill ...
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Sunday
best: Gun control, ZDT and Paul Ryan
Salon
“Face the Nation” highlighted a series of views on gun
control. New York City police commissioner Ray Kelly, whose job involves
fighting crime, said universal background checks on gun sales could have a
measurable impact. “About 6 million weapons ...
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Obama
Discusses Gun Control, Tells The New Republic 'We Do Skeet Shooting
...
Huffington Post
16, Obama placed the gun control
responsibility in the hands of Washington, delivering a series of executive
orders. His plans ranged from criminal background checks on all gun sales, to a
reinstatement of the assault weapons ban, to a 10-round limit ...
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Gang
Violence and Gun Control
American
Thinker
But with FBI statistics showing more than 1,500,000 members of
recognized gangs across the nation and something like 33,000 recognized gangs in
the FBI's stats, you'd think Gun Control advocates would list these as a
major target of their efforts ...
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Americans
march for gun control
Telegraph.co.uk
Participants held signs reading "Gun
Control Now" and "Background checks save lives" among other messages. Other
signs were simple and white, with the names of victims of gun violence. About
100 residents from Newtown, where a gunman killed 20 ...
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Turnout
for Yesterday's Pro-Gun Control Rally Dwarfed By Yesterday's Anti
...
Gawker
Turnout for Yesterday's Pro-Gun Control Rally
Dwarfed By Yesterday's Anti-Abortion Rally [ Around 6,000 people showed up to
yesterday's gun-control rally in Washington, according to NYMag.
Reuters reported a vaguer "thousands," including a group of ...
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“Million
Moms for Gun Control” Hold Rally of 6000 in DC
FrontPage
Magazine
Thousands of marchers rallied in Washington in favor of gun
control on Saturday, including residents of Newtown, Connecticut, where a
mass elementary school shooting reignited the U.S. gun violence debate. The
90-minute rally was organized by Molly ...
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Congressional
views on gun-control proposals divide largely along party
lines
Winston-Salem Journal
North Carolina's two senators and 13
congressional members generally reflect the partisan divide on President Barack
Obama's gun-control proposals. Obama has urged legislation
requiring background checks for all gun sales and bans on military-style
...
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DeGette
asks public to get involved in gun-control fight
Denver Post
U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette on Sunday urged Coloradans to
enlist friends and family in an effort to get Congress to ban high-capacity
magazines and take other steps. "We have got to address the extraordinary
gun violence that threatens our country ...
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Gun
control issue in local, national spotlight
Kansas
State Collegian
On Jan. 16, President Barack Obama signed several gun
control proposals as part of his current efforts to address the issue of gun
violence. In those proposals Obama called for required criminal background
checks for all gun sales, a ban on assault ...
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Mayor:
gun background checks make sense
WALA-TV
FOX10
MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - Mobile Mayor Sam Jones said gun
control was a big topic of discussion at a mayor's conference he attended in
Washington, D.C.. Jones said there were a number of people speaking at the
conference on the issue. The mayor said ...
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Humboldt
sheriff opposes president's gun control actions
Willits
News
As the gun control debate heats back up, Humboldt County
Sheriff Mike Downey has joined a growing number of sheriffs nationwide who
oppose what they see as an infringement on the Second Amendment by President
Barack Obama and Congress.
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Sen.
Feinstein: Passing gun-control legislation is 'hardest'
challenge
The Hill
(blog)
Reid has said he will allow an open amendment process for
gun-control legislation on the Senate floor — which
gun-control proponents fear could weaken a final bill — but
Feinstein said on CNN's “State of the Union” Sunday that she would also force a
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Bob
Costas Talks Gun Control On 'Reliable Sources'
mediabistro.com
... Costas Talks Gun Control On
'Reliable Sources'. By Alex Weprin on January 27, 2013 1:13 PM. Just a few weeks
before the awful shooting in Newtown, CT, NBC Sports anchor Bob Costas dedicated
his NFL halftime commentary to the issue of gun control.
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Gun
control advocates organize firearm buy-back programs
KVUE
Gun control advocates organize firearm buy-back
programs. Gun control advocates organize firearm buy-back programs.
Print. print. Email. Email this article. |. Tweet. MORE. MORE! X; Digg ·
Delicious · Tumblr · LinkedIn · StumbleUpon · Newsvine · Reddit ...
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Texas
moms target gun control as gun show opens in Austin
KENS 5 TV
AUSTIN — A gun-control demonstration at
the State Capitol Saturday came on the same day as Austin hosted its first gun
show of the year at the Travis County Expo Center. The line of cars and trucks
stretched as far as the eye could see Saturday ...
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Some
Democratic senators wary of gun control
Columbus
Dispatch
WASHINGTON — As the Senate prepares to begin debating new
gun-control measures, some of President Barack Obama's fellow
Democrats are poised to frustrate his efforts to enact sweeping limits on
weapons. These Democrats from largely rural states ...
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Mass
shootings revisit gun control debate
UMKC
University News
Recent mass shootings at schools, theaters, shopping
malls and workplaces have revived the gun control debate in America. A
Mother Jones analysis of 62 mass shootings in the U.S. since 1982 found that
2012 was particularly lethal—a finding consistent ...
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Education
Secretary addresses gun control rally in DC
American
Thinker (blog)
Some of the speakers at the rally for gun control
in Washington said they were Second Amendment lovers and wouldn't dream of
taking away anyone's guns. Education Secretary Arne Duncan: "I'm here less as an
education secretary, and more as a dad," ...
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Pastor
goes to DC for gun control talks
WISH
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) - A local pastor left for Washington
D.C. Sunday to meet with Vice President Joe Biden to discuss strategies on
reducing gun violence. Reverend Charles R. Harrison with the Ten Point
Coalition left Sunday to serve as a delegate from ...
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In
wake of Sandy Hook, gun control affects UB
University at Buffalo The Spectrum
“There is definitely a gun
control issue here. There are definitely questions we have to ask moving
forward, but at times, the media kept moving footage of the kids crying and of
the school. It's just a little insensitive at times. But they're a
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Obama:
Gun-Control Advocates Should Listen More
KRIS
Corpus Christi News
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama says
gun-control advocates have to do a little more listening than they
do sometimes in the debate over firearms in America. Obama tells The New
Republic that he has a profound respect for the traditions of hunting
...
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Lompoc
residents march for gun control
Lompoc
Record
The 15 participants marched as part of a local effort tied to One
Million Moms 4 Gun Control, which held a march and large rally at the
National Mall in Washington, D.C., on Saturday, as well as marches in support of
gun control throughout the country.
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Bowie
residents decry gun control efforts
Gazette.Net: Maryland Community News Online
Thousands of bills
make their way before the General Assembly each legislative year, but in a
legislative town hall held over the weekend there seemed to be only one issue
residents wanted to discuss: gun control. For about two hours, Delegates
Marvin ...
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Thousands
March in Nation's Capital For Gun Control
Atlanta
Black Star
Thousands gathered in Washington, D.C., Saturday to protest
escalating gun violence in the nation. The crowd was joined by some
lawmakers. Demonstrators inspired by recent tragedies, such as the Sandy Hook
Elementary School shooting, carried signs ...
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Public
comment sought on gun control measure
KOBTV4
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video to your playlist. Sign in. Transcript Statistics Report. Published on Jan
27, 2013. Public comment sought on gun control ...
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Gun
control issue zeroes in on background checks
Asheville
Citizen-Times
Gun control- How the permitting process works:
Senior writer John Boyle discusses the gun permitting process with Buncombe
County Sheriff Van Duncan and the owners of Leicester Pawn and Gun. Read more
Sunday, Jan. 27, online and in the print edition ...
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Capitol
Showdown: Should the federal government enact stricter gun control
laws?
Towerlight
Joe Biden may say we need stricter gun control
laws, but guns are not the only way people can kill. Guns are needed for
protection from other objects used to killed people. Making gun laws stricter
will only make it harder for the “good” guys to obtain ...
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Congress
needs to act on gun control: Editorial
NOLA.com
After the horrific killings at Sandy Hook Elementary,
President Obama appointed a task force led by Vice President Joe Biden to come
up with a gun control package. The proposals, which were unveiled Jan.
16, include the reinstatement of a ban on ...
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Gun
Control Advocates Need to Listen to Gun Owners, Obama Says
New York Times
WASHINGTON – President Obama said that he and his
guests go skeet shooting at Camp David “all the time” and that gun
control advocates need “to do a little more listening” to understand why so
many Americans are wary of government limits on firearms.
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Nearly
1000 march in DC for gun control
Washington Post
The Washington Post. A group of residents from
Newtown, Conn., joined nearly 1,000 people taking part Saturday in a march on
the Mall in support of gun-control measures, hopeful their
presence will add momentum to legislative efforts to enact tougher laws.
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Thousands
rally in Washington for gun control
USA
TODAY
WASHINGTON — In the wake of several recent mass shootings,
thousands of people gathered Saturday in front of the Capitol for a silent march
urging Congress to act on legislation to control guns. Despite chilly
temperatures and snow-covered ground, ...
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Advocates
for gun control take to DC streets
CBS
News
Last Updated 3:53 p.m. ET. WASHINGTON Demonstrators, many holding
signs with names of gun violence victims and messages such as "Ban Assault
Weapons Now," joined a rally for gun control on Saturday, marching from
the Capitol to the Washington ...
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Gun
control advocates march as nation reels from school shootings
CNN
Anderson Cooper looks at both sides of the debate in "Guns
Under Fire: an AC360º Town Hall Special" Thursday at 8 p.m. ET on CNN.
Washington (CNN) -- Thousands of demonstrators rallied Saturday in Washington to
demand tougher gun control laws, ...
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Weekend
marches, buyback events promote gun control
San Jose
Mercury News
SAN MATEO -- Outraged by last month's massacre in Newtown,
Conn., Bay Area gun control advocates organized two separate events on
Saturday, echoing calls in the nation's capital for strengthening gun laws. In
San Mateo, several local politicians, ...
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Gun-control
supporters march on the Mall
Washington Post
Gun-control supporters march on the
Mall. Nearly 1,000 people, including residents of Newtown, Conn. — where 26
people were killed Dec. 14 at an elementary school — call for tougher firearms
legislation. Joan Bellsey of Washington, left, and Bridget ...
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Gun
control advocates march on Washington
Washington Post
Jan. 26, 2013. Supporters of stricter gun
control laws staged a march in Washington Saturday show support for recent
proposals to reduce gun violence and were joined by Rep. Chris Van Hollen
(D-M.D.) and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan. CBS News ...
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Thousands
march for gun control in Washington
Fox
News
WASHTINGON – Thousands of people, many holding signs with names of
gun violence victims and messages such as "Ban Assault Weapons Now," gathered in
front of the Capitol on Saturday for a March on Washington for Gun
Control. Marchers were led ...
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Prices
high, support for gun control low at Cloquet Gun Show
Duluth News Tribune
Brian Russell. image. Brian Russell talks
about how new gun control laws may affect him as a private owner selling
his private gun collection on Saturday, the first day of the Cloquet Gun Show at
the Cloquet National Guard Armory. The show continues today.
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Pittsburghers
add their 'voice' to gun control movement
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
You could hear the sniffles and see the
tears being wiped away during a three-hour program of readings, music and videos
held Saturday in solidarity with the March on Washington for Gun Control.
In the wake of recent gun violence and the calls for and ...
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Gun
control march: Newtown families join thousands at gun control rally
in DC
WJLA
Among the thousands who silently marched today as part of
the “March on Washington” in support of stricter gun control laws, were
families and residents from Newtown, Connecticut, still devastated from
December's mass shooting. Continue reading ...
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March
for gun control in Washington
CNN
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CNN's video to your playlist. Sign in. Statistics Report. Published on Jan 26,
2013. Proponents of gun control hold a March in Washington, while small
number opponents gather to express their views.
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Gun
control a hot issue for O'Malley, Obama
Baltimore
Sun
Martin O'Malley to enact more gun control legislation ("Gun
control at front of O'Malley's legislative list," Jan. 19). I feel that both
are using the school shooting tragedies to further their political agendas.
Background checks and gun show ...
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State
lawmakers, gun control: State's congressional contingent sharply divided
...
Santa
Cruz Sentinel
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) is flanked by a display of
guns while speaking at a news conference where she announced her bill to
ban assault weapons, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Jan. 24, 2013. Feinstein's
measure would seek to ban military-style ...
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Gun-control
rally draws Newtown residents to National Mall
The Hill
(blog)
Organizers of the gun-control march said they expect
100 residents from Newtown, where 20 children were killed in the December
massacre, and thousands of others from around the country, according to the
Associated Press. Reps. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) ...
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Push
for stricter gun control drives crowd to Southern Classic Gun and Knife
Show
Pensacola
News Journal
Archives. Local Deals Yellow Pages. ADVERTISEMENT. Push for
stricter gun control drives crowd to Southern Classic Gun and Knife Show.
Jan. 26, 2013 10:54 PM, |. Comments · Tweet. Email; Print; Share. LinkedIn;
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Thousands
march on Washington for gun control
GlobalPost
Friends of Chase Kowalski, one of the victims of the
shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, take part in the March on Washington for
Gun Control on January 26, 2013. (YURI GRIPAS/Getty Images). What do you
think? Thousands of people marched in support of ...
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Local
residents march for gun control
Brownsville Herald
Organizations such as One Million Moms for
Gun Control also called upon communities nationwide to host local rallies
and marches on the same day. So on Saturday, eight women, one man and one
8-year-old boy carried signs from Rancho Viejo's town hall ...
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Crowds,
long lines at Saxet Gun Show at Travis County Expo Center
Austin American-Statesman
About 30 people rallied with the Austin
chapter of One Million Moms for Gun Control at the Capitol on
Saturday.Judith Johnson (middle) of Georgetown rallied with about 30 people with
the Austin chapter of One Million Moms for Gun Control at the Capitol
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David
Sarasohn: Gun control arguments carry political casualties
OregonLive.com
The last time Congress set out to deal with
guns and violence, Rep. Peter DeFazio tried to warn his colleagues. The
1994 Clinton crime bill would include an assault weapons ban (which would expire
10 years later), and DeFazio, representing the partly ...
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Stephen
King takes on thorny issue of gun control in new essay
Bangor Daily News
BANGOR, Maine — Best-selling Maine horror
writer — and gun owner — Stephen King thrust himself into the national debate
over gun control Friday with the release of a new Kindle essay on Amazon.
In his Kindle Single “Guns,” King reacts to the recent ...
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Gun-control
reaction in the Legislature
Aiken
Standard
COLUMBIA — How gun-friendly is South Carolina's General
Assembly? Consider: Even as the Congress and state legislators the nation over
scramble to pursue gun restrictions in response to the massacre in
Newtown, the only bills that have been ...
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One
Million Moms for Gun Control lead peaceful demonstration
WISH
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) - Moms across the country marched in
protest Saturday wanting Congress to put gun control measures in place.
The organization, One Million Moms for Gun Control , was started by a
concerned mom in Zionsville. The Indianapolis ...
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Bob
Costas on the gun control controversy: "I could have handled it
better"
CNN
(blog)
CNN's Reliable Sources host Howard Kurtz spoke with NBC News
sportscaster Bob Costas in his first interview since his controversial comments
on gun control. In the wide-ranging interview, Costas discussed the guns
controversy and challenged the ...
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Dozens
march for gun control in Providence
NECN
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Dozens of Rhode Island residents
have gathered at the State House in Providence, joining activists, parents and
victims of gun violence around the country calling for legislation to
reduce gun violence after the December school ...
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On
gun control measures, some rural Democrats in Senate poised to stand in
...
al.com
(blog)
View/Post Comments. WASHINGTON — As the Senate prepares to begin
debating new gun control measures, some of President Barack Obama's
fellow Democrats are poised to frustrate his efforts to enact the most sweeping
limits on weapons in decades.
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Charlotte
gun trafficking case shows both sides of gun control debate
Charlotte Observer
... rifles and allegedly shipping them
to Bolivia. This gun trafficking case in federal court in Charlotte illustrates
the national debate over gun control following Newtown and Obama's
sweeping proposals. JOHN D. SIMMONS - jsimmons@charlotteobserver
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Gun-control
measures off-target, local officials say
Mount
Airy News
Top law enforcement officials in Surry County generally believe
President Obama and other gun-control advocates are missing the
mark. “Really, guns are only the tool,” Sheriff Graham Atkinson said of acts of
violence such as the recent mass shooting in ...
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