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Sibling Trio On The Lam After Southern Spree: Cops

AP | Posted 10.05.2011

Read More: Grace Le E. Dougherty, Siblings, Bank Robbery, Stanley Dylan Dougherty, Subaru Impreza, Ryan Edward Dougherty, Family, Police Car, Assault Rifles, Crime News

ATLANTA — Three siblings who authorities say shot up a police car in Florida and robbed a bank in Georgia were on the loose Thursday and likely ...

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Joe Wilson 'You Lie' Slogan Etched Onto Line Of Assault Rifle Components

Posted 05.25.2011

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Rep. Joe Wilson's (R-S.C.) health care-era "you lie" interruption of President Obama is now reportedly being commemorated with a place on a new, limit...

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Obama Gun Boom Comes to an Official End

Josh Sugarmann | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: National Shooting Sports Foundation, Nssf, National Rifle Association, Assault Weapons, Assault Rifles, Obama, Gun Sales, Nra, Gun Violence, Obama Gun Boom, Modern Sporting Rifles, Ar-15, Freedom Group, Gun Industry, Securities and Exchange Commission, Sec, The New Firearms Business, Dpms, Bushmaster, Remington, Cerberus Capital Management, Politics News
Josh Sugarmann

A "family" of gun companies collectively known as The Freedom Group has just filed new documents with the SEC, in anticipation of its IPO.

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The Collapse of the AR-15 Assault Weapon Market

Josh Sugarmann | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Brady Bill, President Barack Obama, Assault Weapons, Assault Rifles, Gun Marketing, Gun Control, Barack Obama, Nra, KBI/Charles Daley, The New Gun Week, Ar-15, Gun Week, Gun Industry, Gun Ownership, National Rifle Associadtion, Charles Daly, Kbi, ar15, Politics News
Josh Sugarmann

One of the greatest talents of the NRA and the gun industry has been their ability exploit high-profile events -- the Brady Bill; Y2K; the election Barack Obama -- to pump up gun sales.

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Shooting Deaths of Children Rose for Second Straight Year

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gun Violence, Youth, Firearms, Columbine, Columbine Shooting, Brady Law, Assault Rifles, Cdc, Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence, Assault Rifle Bans, Guns, Littleton, Politics News
Marian Wright Edelman

The United States is one of the few industrialized countries without common-sense controls on gun sales. We regulate toy guns but not the real ones that kill tens of thousands every year.

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Being an Irrational Gun-Toting Second Amendment Citizen

Judith Ellis | Posted 05.25.2011

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Judith Ellis

We're not allowed to shout fire in a crowded theater, right? Perhaps we need some kind of law that would prohibit guns within a certain proximity of presidential events.

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"Resistance Efforts," Guns and the Constitution

Josh Horwitz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gun Violence, Ar-15, Second Amendment, Assault Weapons, President Obama, Health Care Reform, Gun Control, Constitution, Assault Rifles, Politics News
Josh Horwitz

Armed protesters have made it clear that individual safety is not their primary concern -- instead their show of force at public events reminds elected officials that, in their view, armed citizens have the final say.

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The NRA's "Bully" Pulpit, and Alabama's Gun Tragedy

Paul Helmke | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gun Violence, Cpac, Alabama, CPAC Conference, Assault Weapons, Gun Control, Nra, Guns, Assault Rifles, Wayne LaPierre, Politics News
Paul Helmke

Even by the standards of the Conservative Political Action Committee event where he recently spoke, the NRA's Wayne LaPierre was over the top.

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NRA Members Spontaneously Combust

Josh Sugarmann | Posted 05.25.2011

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Josh Sugarmann

According to National Rifle Association Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre, gun owners are uniting in "political spontaneous combustion." Ouch.

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Mexico Police: 100 Percent Of Drug Killings Committed With Smuggled US Guns

Washington Post | Manuel Roig-Franzia | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Weapons, Gun Laws, Drugs, Guns, Assault Rifles, Mexico, Home News

Assassins blasted Ricardo Rosas Alvarado, a member of an elite state police force, with a blizzard of bullets pumped out of AK-47 assault rifles. Alv...

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