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We deserve a vote
Much of President Barack Obama's State of the Union address this week was a fairly ho-hum affair, with the usual laundry list of programs and goals (most so familiar that it could have been a recycled campaign speech from 2012, or maybe 2008) and the...
Tags: Politics, Career and Workplace, Unions, Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting, State of the Union Address
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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: Politics, Murder, Interior Policy, Crime, Law and Justice, National Rifle Association of America
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Why annihilate the GOP?
Jules WitcoverWASHINGTON -- Still reeling from the Republican defeat in the 2012 presidential election, House Speaker John Boehner warned in a Ripon Society speech the other day that the re-elected Obama administration is now out to kill off their party. The embattled...Tags: U.S. House of Representatives, John McCain, John Boehner, Joe Biden, Lobbying
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On eve of Biden gun report, NRA digs in
When Vice President Joe Biden invited the National Rifle Association to the White House the other day to join in the Obama administration's post-Newtown talks on ways to counter gun violence, it was like letting the fox into the chicken coop. The NRA...
Tags: Weaponry, Politics, U.S. Congress, Joe Biden, White House
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Gun ban would protect more than 2,200 firearms
(AP) — Congress' latest crack at a new assault weapons ban would protect more than 2,200 specific firearms, including a semi-automatic rifle that is nearly identical to one of the guns used in the bloodiest shootout in FBI history. One model of...Tags: Weaponry, University of Chicago, Joe Biden, Dianne Feinstein, Personal Weapon Control
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A callous app from NRA
Ana Veciana-SuarezThe callousness, the sheer idiocy, of some organizations never ceases to amaze me. A month after the slaughter of 20 children and six educators at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut, the National Rifle Association has released a new game that...Tags: Weaponry, Rentals, Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting, Gaming, Lobbying
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LaPierre caught with his facts down
WASHINGTON -- Wayne LaPierre, the National Rifle Association's chief executive, arrived for his hearing on Capitol Hill in the organization's trademark fashion: violently. When he and his colleagues stepped off the elevator in the Dirksen Senate...
Tags: Politics, Dianne Feinstein, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Personal Weapon Control
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Giffords' plea to Congress on guns: 'you must act'
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a dramatic appeal, wounded former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords urged Congress on Wednesday to enact tougher curbs on guns, saying, "too many children are dying" without them. "The time is now. You must act. Be bold, be courageous,...
Tags: Assassinations, Injuries and Wounds, Dianne Feinstein, Max Baucus, Mark Kelly
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Baltimore Co. chief joins fight in Congress for gun control
Speaking at an emotional hearing on federal gun control proposals, Baltimore County Police Chief James W. Johnson urged lawmakers Wednesday to close loopholes and ban assault weapon sales or risk more tragedies like the recent elementary school shooting...
Tags: Lindsey O. Graham, Weaponry, Dianne Feinstein, Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting, Mark Kelly
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How far apart are Virginians from gun control compromise?
WDBJ7 ReporterA 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,...Tags: Vice (movie), Politics, Opinion Research Corporation, Crime, Law and Justice, Virginia Tech
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Both sides at fault on gun control controversy
So the nuts are falling from the left and from the right, and this strange winter of discontent on the issue of gun control has led to the cancellation of North America's largest consumer-oriented outdoors show: not gun show, mind you, but outdoors show....Tags: Weaponry, Politics, Rentals, Nazi Party, Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting
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Leading Democrat: Gun control faces uphill climb
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. 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.,...
Tags: Weaponry, Dianne Feinstein, Television Industry, Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting, Mark Kelly
Feb 18, 2013
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Jan 31, 2013
|Column| Orlando Sentinel
Jan 30, 2013
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Jan 30, 2013
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Jan 29, 2013
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Jan 28, 2013
|Column| Allentown Morning Call
Jan 28, 2013
|Story| Petoskey News
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