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Chris Christie vetoes bill to decrease capacity of gun magazines
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has vetoed a bill that would have reduced the capacity of gun magazines from 15 to 10 bullets, a small change that in the heated atmosphere surrounding gun issues is enough to raise the political temperature. Gun-control advocates and Democrats had pushed the bill as a way to hinder gunmen who would have to reload more often. The measure was opposed by advocates of gun rights including the National Rifle Assn., a lobbying group particularly in strong conservative circles. In vetoing the bill, Christie, a Republican whose presidential ambitions wax and wane, decried what he said was reform in name only and said the state should focus on improving its...
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Chris Christie vetoes bill to decrease capacity of gun magazines
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has vetoed a bill that would have reduced the capacity of gun magazines from 15 to 10 bullets, a small change that in the heated atmosphere surrounding gun issues is enough to raise the political temperature. ...
'Under the Dome'? Written by — and tweaked for TV by — Stephen King
When asked how he came to write the Season 2 premiere of "Under the Dome," the television adaptation of his 2009 sci-fi novel that returns to CBS on June 30, Stephen King is refreshingly candid. "I knew that George R.R. Martin had written a few...
Moment of Friday: Turning weapons into music, from singer Ceci Bastida
In the song "Una Vez Más," (One More Time), Ceci Bastida sings from the point of a view of a school shooter. "If...
NRA criticizes gun-toting demonstrators at Texas fast-food places
There may be a line even the National Rifle Assn. won’t cross. The lobbying group that has defended the availability of weapons in the face of mass murders such as the one that shattered an elementary school in Newtown,...
Related story: Gun violence at U.S. schools continues to grow sharply
A fatal shooting in Oregon on Tuesday was the 31st firearms attack at a U.S. school since the start of the year, marking a sharp acceleration in the rash of violence that has occurred on campuses across the nation. The incidents range...
Gun control supporters march in Brooklyn
Nearly 1,000 people marched two miles across the Brooklyn Bridge to New York's City Hall on Saturday to rally against gun violence.
Making 'not one more' gun death a reality
Iwould like to thank Steve Lopez for pointing out the grim "everyday statistics" of gun violence. I have been part of a group that has worked in the L.A. area to change the culture of guns. In many ways we have been successful, with some of the...
Minnesota plot: To foil another Columbine, be nosy neighbors, parents
Just how long will the ghost of Columbine haunt this country? This week, thanks in part to a tip from an observant citizen, police in Waseca, Minn., apparently foiled yet another teenager bent on a Columbine-style massacre.
Review: George Strait bids farewell (perhaps) at Staples Center
George Strait presents himself in his music as a man of his word, a paragon of constancy in a world besieged by change. Yet from the moment he appeared onstage Saturday night at Staples Center, the veteran country star seemed to be looking...
Man who fired gun 54 times at Fashion Island gets 12 years in prison
A 42-year-old man pleaded guilty Friday to firing a Glock more than 50 times at the Fashion Island shopping center in Newport Beach and was sentenced to 12...
Golden retriever comfort dogs, four-legged healers, return to Boston
Just a few blocks from the Boston Marathon finish line, people were lined up Saturday, awaiting the arrival of a quartet of unusual healers. The foursome is part of a corps with an amazing ability to calm and comfort people deeply shaken by...
Georgia's sweeping new gun law allows guns in bars, churches
In Georgia, it will soon be legal to carry a gun in more places -- including bars, churches and government buildings -- following Gov. Nathan Deal’s signing Wednesday of a bill celebrated by supporters as a victory for the 2nd Amendment but...
NRA to mix politics with gun rights at Indianapolis convention
The National Rifle Assn. is preparing to kick off its annual convention Friday in Indianapolis, where it will mix politics with advocacy for 2nd Amendment issues, including one of its longtime goals: a national reciprocity law that would allow gun...
Occidental College bans investments in assault weapons companies
In a move that activists described as the first of its kind for any American college or university, Occidental College in Los Angeles is pledging to stay away from any investments in companies that manufacture military-style assault...
Adam Lanza's father says he wishes son had never been born
Peter Lanza, the father of the man who killed 20 children and six educators in an elementary school in Connecticut, wishes his son, Adam, had never been born because the massacre was an act that “couldn't get any more evil.” In a...
Can you get PTSD from watching media coverage of an event? Maybe
Post-traumatic stress disorder has been on psychiatry's books for just 23 years, and before the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, no one ever entertained the possibility that watching disturbing images of trauma on TV could give rise to the...
Did gun-control moms 'nag' Starbucks into policy change?
An organization called Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America is taking credit for Starbucks' headline-making decision to stop allowing guns in its coffeehouses. "This is a huge win for American moms who fought for this policy change,"...
Why the L.A. Community College District banned guns on campus
Some months after the Sandy Hook murders, Scott J. Svonkin, elected in 2011 to the Los Angeles Community College board of trustees, heard that a couple of his own campuses were hosting gun safety classes. They had to go, he decided. His...
L.A. Fire Department dramatically overhauls response to shootings
Los Angeles fire officials are dramatically changing how rescuers respond to mass shootings after a gunman with a high-powered rifle mortally wounded a federal security officer in a shooting rampage last month at LAX. The new goal is to have...
A grand bargain on guns? Here's how.
A year ago, in the days after 20 schoolchildren and six adults were gunned down at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., it seemed for a moment that something had changed in America's long-running cultural debate on guns. A new kind of...
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