Gun Control Legislation

Did the Wild West Have More Gun Control Than We Do Today?

Adam Winkler | Posted 11.09.2011

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Adam Winkler

Gun control advocates fear, and gun rights proponents sometimes hope, the Second Amendment will transform our cities into modern-day versions of Dodge. This is all based on a widely shared misunderstanding of the Wild West.

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Unfit to Stand Trial, Yet Fit to Have a Gun

Rep. Louise Slaughter | Posted 07.25.2011

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Rep. Louise Slaughter

When our nation's laws allow a troubled individual to purchase a gun, but can't hold that same person responsible for their actions, then it is clearer than ever that we need to act.

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Lucia Graves

In Arizona, Gun Control Advocates Bring Campaign To Giffords' Backyard

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 05.28.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Victims of the Arizona shootings and their families gathered in downtown Tucson on Monday to support a national campaign to improve gun ...

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Lucia Graves

Bloomberg Launches Cross-Country Campaign For Gun Control Laws

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 05.25.2011

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New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, co-chair of Mayors Against Illegal Guns, appeared on "Good Morning America" Wednesday to announce a new campaig...

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Lucia Graves

Guns In U.S. Politics: 10 Recent Examples

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 05.25.2011

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In the wake of the Saturday shooting in Tucson, Ariz., Rep. Peter King (D-N.Y) announced he will introduce legislation to make it illegal to bring a g...

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Guns Culturally Separate Alaskans From Rest of U.S.

AlaskaDispatch.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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One thing most Alaskans know is that guns are tools. Many in the 49th state still live close to the land. They use guns to feed themselves by killing ...

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Ryan Grim

Leading Republican To Introduce Strict Gun Control Legislation

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

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Scroll down for updates. Rep. Peter King, a Republican from New York, is planning to introduce legislation that would make it illegal to bring a gun ...

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P.J. O'Rourke: Gun Control Futile

Blaise Zerega | Posted 05.25.2011

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Blaise Zerega

P.J. O'Rourke concludes that gun control is futile: "You simply can't change the nature of America as far as gun control goes. It's the nature of the beast."

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Obama, Democrats Put Assault Weapons Ban On Back-Burner

Newsweek | Michael Isikoff and Suzanne Smalley | Posted 05.25.2011

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Despite a recent spate of killings, the president and fellow Democrats choose not to wage war on assault weapons....

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State Lawmakers Ramp Up Efforts At Gun Control

New York Times | JENNIFER STEINHAUER | Posted 05.25.2011

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State lawmakers across the country are ramping up efforts to pass new restrictions on guns, following nearly a decade in which state legislative effor...

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