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Guns: Helping Crime or Hurting Crime Prevention?

Paul Heroux | Posted 10.12.2011

Read More: Gun Violence, Second Amendment, Gun Violence Prevention, Second Amendment Rights, Crime, Gabby Giffords Shooting, Violence, Handgun Violence, Nra, Gabby Giffords, Guns, Gun Crime, Gun Show Loophole, Gun Deaths, Gun Control, Gun Sales, Illegal Guns, Urban Crime, Gun Dealers, Gun Control Laws, Right to Bear Arms, Gun Shows, Crime Prevention, Gun Safety, Politics News
Paul Heroux

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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In the ATF "Fast and Furious" Controversy, Congress Needs to Question Its Own Behavior

Paul Helmke | Posted 08.29.2011

Read More: Rep. Elijah Cummings, Gun Violence, Gun Laws, Rep-Issa, Mexico Drug War, US Conference of Mayors, Gun Shows, Illegal Gun Trafficking, Assault Weapons, Atf, Politics News
Paul Helmke

It is time for Washington's politicians to look out for average people who do not deserve to have unethical gun dealers -- and the gun lobby that shields them -- pushing illegal guns into their neighborhoods.

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NRA's Deadly Agenda Is Out

Paul Helmke | Posted 07.06.2011

Read More: Gun Ownership, Strong Gun Laws Work, Gun Shows, Gun Deaths, Concealed Carry Crimes and Misdeeds, Assault Weapons, Nra, Guns in American Culture, Second Amendment, Gun, Gun Crime, Concealed Carry, Ammunition, Gun Industry Watch, Open Carry, Mental Illness, State Legislation, Federal Legislation, Gun Safety, Law Enforcement, Licensing and Registration, Brady Background Checks, Politics News
Paul Helmke

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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Virginia Tech Student Colin Goddard Returns to Campus, With Powerful Film

Paul Helmke | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gun Show Loophole, High-Capacity Ammunition Magazines, Colin Goddard, Gun Shows, Ammunition, Living for 32, Virginia Tech Massacre, Brady Background Checks, Politics News
Paul Helmke

In a new documentary, a student wounded in the 2007 Virginia Tech shooting demonstrates how easy it is to purchase firearms without a background check or basic identification.

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ATF, Strong Gun Laws Needed to Fight Illegal Guns

Paul Helmke | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gun Crime, Illegal Guns Edit, Ammunition, Gun Shows, Gun Deaths, Assault Weapons, Federal Legislation, Illegal Gun Trafficking, Atf, Gun Show Loophole, Politics News
Paul Helmke

The Washington Post has recently reported that the already under-funded ATF may soon face a 13% budget cut, which would be devastating to the the agency's ability to interrupt the flow of illegal guns across America and Mexico.

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Undercover at an Arizona Gun Show

Michael R. Bloomberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives, Gun Crime, Background Checks, High-Capacity Magazine, Glock, Congress, Gabrielle Giffords, Firearms, Gun News, Gun Shows, Arizona, New York City, Gun Show Undercover, Atf, Gun Show Loophole, Tucson Shooting, Video, Politics News
Michael R. Bloomberg

How difficult is it for criminals, the mentally ill, and drug abusers to buy guns in Arizona? We sent undercover investigators with hidden cameras to find out, and the answer is: not difficult at all.

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34 Victims Of Gun Violence Speak Out For Gun Control At City Hall

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gun Violence, Mayors Against Illegal Guns, Brady Bill, Crime, Ny News, Gun Shows, Background Checks, Guns, New York News

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Martin Luther King III held a press conference Monday in City Hall, joining those affected by gun violence, ...

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Americans Can't Agree on Guns? Wrong.

Michael R. Bloomberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gun Violence, Gun Show Loophole, Criminal Background Checks, Mayors Against Illegal Guns, Firearms, Gun Shows, Poll, Gun News, Background Checks, Guns, Gun Crime, Martin Luther King, Tucson Shooting, Gabrielle Giffords, Martin Luther King Day, Congress, Illegal Guns, Politics News
Michael R. Bloomberg

One of the major old assumptions in the media and in Washington is that the gun issue is one that hopelessly divides Americans. But a new poll shows a remarkable consensus among Americans on gun issues.

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To Private Gun Sellers: Don't Ask, Don't Sell

Colin and Andrew Goddard | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Columbine, Gun Violence, Brady Campaign, Gun Show Loophole, Gun Violence Prevention, Andrew Goddard, Gun Shows, 20/20, Colin Goddard, Gun Show Undercover, ABC News, Background Checks, Guns, Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, Politics News
Colin and Andrew Goddard

Any responsible American should want to know that the weapon he's making money from won't be put in the hands of someone who is known to be dangerous.

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Guns to Mexico: NRA Mythology Cannot Survive the Facts

Dennis A. Henigan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ar-15, Gun Show Loophole, Gun Violence, Mexican Drug Cartels, National Rifle Association, Gun Shows, Assault Weapons, Gun Trafficking, Gun Control, Mexico, Nra, Ak-47, Politics News
Dennis A. Henigan

Why do Mexican drug cartels have to resort to U.S. gun shops? The answer is plain: because Mexico's strong gun laws are effective.

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Law Enforcement to Congress: Require Background Checks for Gun Sales

Paul Helmke | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Iacp, Rep. Carolyn McCarthy, Law Enforcement, Gun Shows, Brady Background Check, House Judiciary Committee, Guns, Bureau of Alcohol, Gun Show Loophole, Gun Violence, Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives, Rep. Bobby Scott, Tobacco, Crime Guns, Rep. John Conyers, Atf, Politics News
Paul Helmke

We need partners in every community; and we need elected officials, in Congress and in state legislatures, to stop catering to special interests and instead act in the public interest to reduce the terrible, and escalating, risk of gun violence in America.

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"Most Compelling Testimony" Ever

Paul Helmke | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gun Show Loophole, Rep. Mike Quigley, Rep. Carolyn McCarthy, Rep. Michael Castle, Assault Weapons, West Virginia, Brady Law, House Sub-Committee on Crime, House Judiciary Committee, Guns, Illegal Guns, Gun Violence, Semi-Automatic-Rifle, Rep. Bobby Scott, Brady-Background-Check, Gun Shows, Colin-Goddard, Ak-47, Rep. John Conyers, Politics News
Paul Helmke

Yesterday, the Crime Sub-Committee of the U.S. House Judiciary Committee hosted a forum on legislation to close the loophole that allows "private sellers" of firearms to bypass Brady background checks at gun shows.

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Ready, Aim, Sing: You Gotta Have Guns!

Rick Horowitz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Second Amendment, National Rifle Association, Tea Party, Gun Rallies, Handguns, Gun Shows, Militias, Gun Rights, Guns, Nra, Comedy News
Rick Horowitz

You Gotta Have Guns, All you really need is guns, Guns are how the Bill of Rights shows its teeth, And fathers bequeath their sons.

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11 Years After Columbine, It's Time for Congress to Act

Michael R. Bloomberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Scott Brown, Mark Udall, Gun Show Loophole, Firearms, Olympia Snowe, George Voinovich, Gun Show Undercover, Gun News, Jim Webb, Background Checks, Guns, Gun Violence, Criminal Background Checks, Susan Collins, Mayors Against Illegal Guns, Gun Shows, Mark Warner, Gun Crime, Politics News
Michael R. Bloomberg

The Gun Show Loophole is not a theoretical concern. Far too often, these illegal sales made through this loophole are arming criminals, leading to the deaths of innocent victims.

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Sam Stein

Gun Control Advocates Push To Counteract Second Amendment Activists

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gun Show Loophole, Second Amendment, Second Amendment Debate, Obama Gun Demonstrations, Obama Gun Rights, Gun Shows, Gun Rights, Guns, Obama Guns, Video, Politics News

Gun control advocates, including relatives of individuals killed in two of the most notorious incidents of school-related gun violence, are making a m...

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Arizona Gun Law: Concealed Weapons Allowed Without Permit Under New Law

AP | PAUL DAVENPORT and JONATHAN J. COOPER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Permit, Police, Background Check, Gun Shows, Vermont, Alaska, Arizona, Gun Law, Weapons, Concealed Weapons, Cops, Home News

PHOENIX — Favoring the constitutional right to bear arms over others' concerns about gun safety, Gov. Jan Brewer on Friday signed into law a bil...

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Every State's a Little Bit Arizona Sometimes

Brock Cohen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Prop-187, Jan Brewer, Conservatives, Gun Shows, Illegal Immigration, Racism, Pete Wilson, Sb 1070, The 909, Los Angeles News
Brock Cohen

Let's not forget our beloved state's own occasional dalliances with nativism, bigotry, and arch-conservatism.

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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

Read More: Westfield Sportsman's Club, Gun Show, Chris Bizilj, Parenting, Personal Responsibility, Gun Laws, Gun Shows, Uzi, Submachine Gun, Connecticut, Ashford, Gun Show Deaths, Christopher Bizilj, Massachusetts, Gun Safety, Home News

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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NRA Targets Bloomberg, New Yorkers In Commercial For Bob McDonnell (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | David Weiner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gun Show Loophole, National Rifle Association, Mob, Gun Shows, Michael Bloomberg, Bob Mcdonnell, Campaign Commercials, Mafia, Nra, Video, New York News

The NRA is taking aim at Mayor Bloomberg, New Yorkers, and apparently the mafia (who one would think would be some of the gun rights group's biggest s...

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Virginia Tech Survivor With Hidden Camera Films Dangerous Gun Sales at Gun Shows

Paul Helmke | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Columbine, Gun Show Loophole, National Rifle Association, Congress, Gun Shows, Nancy Pelosi, Gun Control, Virginia Tech Massacre, Virginia Tech, Nra, Barack Obama, Eric Holder, Mexico Drug Wars, Guns, Politics News
Paul Helmke

At gun shows in 43 states, felons, gangsters, wife-beaters, and the dangerously mentally ill can buy assault weapons, semi-automatic pistols and other firearms with no questions asked.

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Gun Show Undercover

Michael R. Bloomberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gun Show Loophole, Second Amendment, Firearms, New York City, Gun Shows, Gun Show Undercover, Gun Crime, Atf, Gun News, New York News
Michael R. Bloomberg

New York City sent investigators with hidden cameras to seven gun shows across Ohio, Tennessee and Nevada, and we found out just how easy it is for criminals and the mentally ill to walk in and buy guns -- no questions asked.

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UC Davis Report: Gunshows Linked To Crime

The Sacramento Bee | Bill Lindelof | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gun Violence, Research, Gun Shows, Violent Crime, UC Davis, Garen Wintemute, Guns, Politics News

The UC Davis Violence Prevention program will release a report today that claims guns shows are a major source of weapons used in crimes....

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Man with Stethoscope Arrested at Gun Show

Andy Borowitz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Borowitz Report, Health Care Reform, Andy Borowitz, Constitution, Teen Choice Awards, Gun Shows, Comedy News
Andy Borowitz

Tracy Klugian, 42, was being questioned by police, who suspect he might have been trying to disrupt the gun show with an impromptu discussion of national health care reform.

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Clear and Present Danger

Cheryl Saban Ph.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Guns, Gun Violence, Kids and Guns, Gun Shows, Healthy Living News
Cheryl Saban Ph.D.

Why is an 8-year old child allowed into a gun show in the first place? Why is a little boy encouraged and allowed to test-shoot an Uzi sub-machine gun, or any gun for that matter?

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Obama And McCain: Address Gun Violence In America

Paul Helmke | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nashville Debate, Gun Show Loophole, 2008 Elections, Nashville, John McCain, Suicide, Brady Law, Gun Control, Presidential Debates, Nra, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Guns, Illegal Guns, Joe Lieberman and John McCain, Gun Violence, Criminal Background Checks, National Rifle Association, Tennessee, Gun Shows, Memphis, Joe Lieberman, Election 2008, Politics News
Paul Helmke

Tonight, Senators John McCain and Barack Obama will debate each other in a town hall at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee. This time, unlike...

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