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Maryland governor signs gun control law; NRA vows to sue
Maryland has joined the list of states that have toughened gun control in the wake of the December shooting in Newtown, Conn. Gov. Martin O'Malley on Thursday signed the gun control bill that he promised he would. “We've chosen to take action by...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Gun Control, Justice System, Personal Weapon Control, Firearms
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Lawmakers test Brown's no-tax resolve with calls to hike levies
SACRAMENTO — Releasing his latest budget plan this week, Gov. Jerry Brown repeated his assurance that the tax hikes voters agreed to last fall were enough, that he won't ask them to dig deeper into their pockets any time soon. "We just got a...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Obesity, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Regional Authority
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Gun control backers turn up heat on selected senators
WASHINGTON — First came the letter-writing campaigns, then the protests at town hall meetings and now the television ads. The last several weeks in New Hampshire have had the feel of a heated electoral season — but the target of this siege,...
Tags: Democratic Party, Gun Control, Harry Reid, Kelly Ayotte, Personal Weapon Control
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At NRA convention, both sides of gun debate
HOUSTON — On the morning of the first day of the National Rifle Assn. convention, before the doors opened, scores of visitors lined up outside the convention center, part of what organizers expect will be a record crowd. Among them was Tilman...
Tags: Wayne LaPierre, Gun Control, Rick Perry, Crime, Law and Justice, Shootings
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Houston airport shooting hot topic at NRA convention
HOUSTON -- When the annual National Rifle Assn. convention opened Friday, the day after an incident in which a gunman died at George Bush Intercontinental Airport, attendees didn't shy away from discussing the incident. In fact, it was a hot topic of...
Tags: Suicide, Gun Control, Shootings, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Personal Weapon Control
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Jon Stewart accuses NRA of fear-mongering at convention
The National Rifle Assn. held its annual convention last weekend in Houston, where conservative pundits like Sarah Palin and Glenn Beck railed at efforts to enact tighter gun control measures -- and, as Jon Stewart pointed out Monday on "The Daily Show,"...
Tags: Wayne LaPierre, Gun Control, Glenn Beck, Sarah Palin, Michael Bloomberg
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NRA pledge on gun rights: 'We will never surrender'
HOUSTON — Vowing that “we will never surrender,” the leader of the National Rifle Assn. claimed victory over recently defeated gun control legislation and denounced “political and media” elites for vilifying gun owners and...
Tags: Wayne LaPierre, Gun Control, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice and Rights, Personal Weapon Control
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FBI says it stopped potential terrorism attack in Minnesota
Federal authorities said they believe they have stopped a potential terrorism attack in western Minnesota, the FBI said on Monday. Officials on Friday arrested a 24-year-old man in Montevideo, Minn., and recovered firearms, FBI spokesman Kyle A. Loven...Tags: FBI, Firearms
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Sarah Palin, NRA's backward view of guns, 'politics of emotion'
It’s been kind of entertaining to see the world-class sophistry on display in Houston at the NRA’s annual convention. The message is: If you feel devastated about the slaughters of Sandy Hook, or Aurora, or Tucson, instead of trying to...
Tags: Wayne LaPierre, Gun Control, Sarah Palin, Michael Bloomberg, Personal Weapon Control
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Arizona law bans destroying guns purchased in buyback programs
This post has been corrected. See the note below.TUCSON — City- or county-sponsored gun buybacks — often used in larger cities to entice people to give up their handguns — have become effectively pointless in Arizona with legislation signed by Gov. Jan Brewer. The bill prohibits...Tags: Gabrielle Giffords, Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. House of Representatives, Jared Lee Loughner, Firearms
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Widow of "American Sniper" speaks at NRA convention
HOUSTON -- The widow of slain former military sniper Chris Kyle made a surprise appearance at the annual National Rifle Assn. convention on Friday, addressing a packed auditorium of hundreds. Taya Kyle, 38, a slim figure with long brown hair, appeared...
Tags: Criminals, Sarah Palin, Iraq, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder , U.S. Military
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Tamerlan Tsarnaev's body rejected for burial in Cambridge
This post has been updated. See below for details.There may be no place in the earth for Tamerlan Tsarnaev. One of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects has been dead more than two weeks after a dramatic showdown with police in Watertown, Mass., on April 19. But officials and his family still don't...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Aircraft Hijacking, FBI, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013)
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