Gun Safety

"Controlling" the Gun Debate: An Open Letter to All Pollsters

Margie Omero | Posted 04.27.2012

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By not revisiting their question language, polling outlets are actually influencing the debate by suggesting there is less support for stronger gun laws than actually exists.

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Gun Safety Class Shooting A 'Stupid Accident'

AP | Posted 04.24.2012

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ROANOKE, Va. -- A Roanoke, Va., man and his wife were recovering after he accidentally shot himself and her during a firearms safety class. The Bedfo...

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How Our Nation Can Protect Children, Not Guns

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 05.30.2012

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It's shameful that when child and teen gun deaths are compared in 23 high-income countries, 87 percent of all children under 15 killed by guns were in the United States. Our gun homicide rate for teens and young adults 15-24 years old was 42.7 times higher than the rate for the other countries combined. There are an estimated 283 million guns in civilian hands in America -- almost one gun per person. Why is the United States alone in allowing this unbridled epidemic of guns and public health hazard all over America to continue? As parents and grandparents and concerned adults and voters, it is up to us to tell our leaders no more.

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It's Past Time to Protect Children Not Guns

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 05.23.2012

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Where is the outrage over every single one of the thousands of children and teens killed by guns -- too many by gun slinging Americans unrestrained by common sense gun control laws.

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Judge Unseals Lawsuit Files In Remington Rifle Rap

Posted 03.21.2012

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Richard Barber hopes his decade-long quest for the truth about one of this country’s most popular firearms could be nearing an end. The Belgrade ...

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Cops: Man Accidentally Shoots Self At Gun Show

AP | Posted 02.06.2012

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SAVANNAH, Ga. -- Authorities say a Georgia man is recovering after accidentally shooting himself in the leg at a Savannah gun show. Police say 26-yea...

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Teen Who Shot And Injured Peer Says He Was Bullied

AP | Posted 01.11.2012

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HOUSTON -- A Houston teenager accused of shooting a classmate in the leg at school says he was defending himself from a group of boys who have been bu...

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Fake Gun Found In Same District Of Cops' Fatal Shooting Of Student

AP | Posted 03.11.2012

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BROWNSVILLE, Texas — Authorities in the same South Texas school district where a student brandishing a pellet gun was fatally shot by police las...

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Amish Girl Shot Dead In Buggy By Man Cleaning Gun: Sheriff

AP | Posted 12.21.2011

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FREDERICKSBURG, Ohio -- A man cleaning his muzzle-loading rifle shot the gun into the air, accidentally killing a 15-year-old Amish girl driving a hor...

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An Addition To Elementary School Curriculum

Posted 11.22.2011

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Virginia's Board of Education is expected today to hand off legislation to local school districts allowing them to add gun safety to elementary school...

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Guns: Helping Crime or Hurting Crime Prevention?

Paul Heroux | Posted 10.12.2011

On Monday night last week, when the U.S. House Of Representatives voted to raise the debt ceiling, for a moment, Democrats and Republicans wholehearte...

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WATCH: Man Shoots Himself In Leg While Demonstrating Pistol

The Huffington Post | Timothy Stenovec | Posted 11.15.2011

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Derek "Tex" Grebner, who describes himself on his YouTube channel as "a pretty unprofessional outdoors show host and an unbiased online gear reviewer,...

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Asking Questions Saves Lives

Rep. Charles Rangel | Posted 08.21.2011

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The current restrictions on gun sales have proved ineffective. How many more avoidable tragedies must we witness before we, as a nation, take substantive action to solve this problem?

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Plaxico Burress Can Be a Giant Off the Field

Paul Helmke | Posted 08.14.2011

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America needs more voices like Plaxico's speaking on behalf of sensible gun laws and sensible behavior around guns.

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NRA's Deadly Agenda Is Out

Paul Helmke | Posted 07.06.2011

In yet another sign of how out of touch it is with how people interact in a civilized society, the National Rifle Association is apparently so wrapped...

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For the Love of a Gun

Lorraine Devon Wilke | Posted 05.25.2011

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We Americans love our guns. We love 'em. We don't just feel they're a Right, a necessity, a possibly delusional buffer to our safety, we're freakin' passionate about the things.

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Utah's License Give-Away Must Go

Paul Helmke | Posted 05.25.2011

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Utah is issuing concealed weapon licenses -- by the thousands -- to people willing to pay the mere $65.25 fee. You don't have to live, or ever set foot, in Utah to get the license.

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De-Mavericking McCain

Jonathan Cowan | Posted 05.25.2011

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In the ongoing effort to de-maverick himself, yesterday's news that he is a lead sponsor of a bill to eliminate DC's gun laws must go down as the most spectacular and blatant reversal in Senator McCain's political career.

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Palin Around with Terrorists' Pals: Sarah Speaks to the NRA

Cliff Schecter | Posted 05.25.2011

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I was truly honored to have the former demi-term Governor of Alaska, Sarah Palin, contact me and ask me to write her speech for today's family-friendly NRA event. Here is an advanced copy of what I came up with.

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NRA's "Eddie Eagle" Doesn't Fly or Protect

Paul Helmke | Posted 05.25.2011

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By promoting Eddie Eagle as its answer to gun safety, the NRA places the burden on children to stay away from guns. Why does the NRA continue to stand in the way of adult education and child safety laws that could stem the carnage?

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Colorado Gun Sales Skyrocket In 2009

Glenwood Springs Post Independent | John Gardner | Posted 05.25.2011

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GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colorado -- Colorado residents are exercising their Second Amendment rights in record numbers. Gun sales surged to a new high bef...

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Meleanie Hain: Gun-Carrying Soccer Mom, Husband Found Dead In Apparent Murder-Suicide

The Associated Press | Mark Scolforo | Posted 05.25.2011

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LEBANON, Pa. - A soccer mom who was thrust into the national gun-rights debate after taking a loaded pistol to youth sports events was killed by her h...

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NRA Quietly Winning Looser Gun Laws

AP | ERIK SCHELZIG | Posted 05.25.2011

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — It's been the year of the gun in Tennessee. In a flurry of legislative action, handgun owners won the right to take their wea...

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Christopher Bizilj's Family Files Suit: Family Blames Teen For 8-Year-Old's Uzi Death At Gun Show

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — The family of an 8-year-old boy who fatally shot himself at a gun show in western Massachusetts say the Uzi submachine gun ...

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