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Obama's limited war on guns
Jules WitcoverWASHINGTON -- As a consensus has slowly built that Congress will at best settle for half a loaf on tough new gun-control legislation, President Obama continues to do a version of a Muhammad Ali rope-a-dope dance on the issue. At the White House on...Tags: National Rifle Association of America, Michael Bloomberg, Politics, Assault, Television Industry
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The NRA doesn't deserve my sympathy, or yours
Usually when a senator suffers a big public defeat, he slinks off to lick his wounds. He rarely retwists the arms that didn't bend his way. Colleagues don't like to be seen switching. Were they horribly mistaken the first time? Don't know what they...Tags: Republican Party, National Rifle Association of America, Michael Bloomberg, Politics, Kelly Ayotte
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No blank check for criminals
Some people should not be trusted with access to firearms. On that point almost everyone agrees, the only debate being where to draw the line. But no one thinks that if the Unabomber had his sentence commuted, the Second Amendment would entitle him to...
Tags: National Rifle Association of America, Politics, Labor Legislation, Career and Workplace, Shootings
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Signs that the NRA is losing
Now that they're facing Washington's first serious push for new gun violence prevention laws since the Columbine massacre, gun lobbyists are grasping at straws — as in "straw" purchases. That's the slang for someone who legally buys a firearm from...
Tags: National Rifle Association of America, Politics, National Government, Crime, Law and Justice, Sandy Hook Elementary School
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The freedom to live in fear 24/7
"Everybody got a pistol. This must really please the NRA" — from "Gun" by Gil Scott-Heron So maybe the NRA is about to get its wish. Here we are, a little over three weeks after the massacre at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn., a...
Tags: National Rifle Association of America, Politics, New Year's Day, Injuries and Wounds, Shootings
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Taking aim at the gun industry
We've all heard the saw about California being hostile to industry. Here's an industry that indisputably has grounds for complaint: the gun industry. Finally, the Legislature is getting something right. According to many experts, California's firearms...
Tags: National Rifle Association of America, Career and Workplace, Assault, FBI, Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting
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A rogue ex-cop who shouldn't be armed
SACRAMENTO — Here's an idea for a new gun control law: How about immediately seizing the personal arsenal of a fired cop? Dishonorably discharged soldiers, after all, aren't allowed to own firearms. Why should dishonored cops? Like booted...
Tags: National Rifle Association of America, Politics, University of California, Davis, Crime, Law and Justice, Crimes
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Rachel Patron: GOP having real trouble recognizing real world
The GOP agonistes. It's a Greek word portraying someone's agonizing journey to find themselves. Last week Rush Limbaugh said — I paraphrase — this country is conservative. More people in the United States espouse conservative...Tags: Rush Limbaugh, Republican Party, National Rifle Association of America, Politics, U.S. Army
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Gun nuts' fantasies vs. real world tragedies
Leonard PittsYou remember that serious conversation we were going to have about guns? Here's how serious it has turned out to be. Recently, President Obama described himself in an interview with The New Republic as an avid skeet shooter. Conservatives scoffed at...Tags: National Rifle Association of America, Politics, White House, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice
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Try convincing the survivors we're safer with armed citizens
The moment that most deserves to be remembered from Sunday's thrilling Super Bowl came before the game, when Jennifer Hudson joined students from the Sandy Hook Elementary School in singing "America the Beautiful." It was a heart-rending elegy for the...Tags: National Rifle Association of America, Politics, Lobbying, Barack Obama, Fox News Channel (tv network)
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No easy answers for gun woes
Unlike the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre in Connecticut, the horrific death of Hadiya Pendleton last week might not have been enough all by itself to spark U.S. Senate hearings on gun violence. Yet the urban teenager's tragic case is sadly far...
Tags: National Rifle Association of America, Politics, Shootings, FBI, Justice System
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Leahy, LaPierre and the Vermont paradox
Democratic Sen. Patrick Leahy chaired a Judiciary Committee hearing today where he questioned Wayne LaPierre of the National Rifle Association about expanding background checks to cover private sales, which produced an interesting exchange. (The answer is...
Tags: National Rifle Association of America, Politics, Assault, Personal Weapon Control, Laws
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