Second Amendment Rights

Dianne Feinstein Places Hold On Controversial Concealed Weapon Bills

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 04.18.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) on Tuesday placed a hold on two controversial pieces of legislation that would force states that a...

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Louisiana Senate Approves NRA-Backed Proposal To Amend Constitutional Gun Laws

The Huffington Post | Ariel Edwards-Levy | Posted 04.10.2012

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Louisiana's senate voted Monday to amend the state's constitution to make it more difficult to restrict firearms. The proposal, backed by the NRA, ...

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Guns In Post Offices? Colo. Couple Says Yes

Posted 11.28.2011

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Insofar as the U.S. Bill of Rights goes, the Second Amendment seems most likely to start a fight. Sure the First will talk smack and the Seventh thin...

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House Votes On Huge Changes To Concealed Carry Laws

AP | By JIM ABRAMS | Posted 01.16.2012

WASHINGTON -- A state permit to carry a concealed firearm would be valid in almost every other state in the country under legislation the House passed...

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In Gun-Friendly Arizona, There's Still One Place Where You Can't Pack Heat

newyorker.com | Hendrik Hertzberg | Posted 11.20.2011

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Last Friday morning, in Arizona, at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, near Tuscon, there was an unconfirmed report that someone had seen a man who possibl...

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

Adam Winkler | Posted 11.09.2011

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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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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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Was Heller a Hollow Victory For the Gun Lobby?

Dennis A. Henigan | Posted 08.28.2011

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The Supreme Court's ruling in District of Columbia v. Heller has largely resulted in a reaffirmation of the constitutionality of laws to restrict access to firearms. For the "gun rights" forces, it has been three long years of frustration.

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America Is the Greatest Purveyor of Violence in the World Today

David A. Love | Posted 05.25.2011

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With guns aplenty in a nation that is hungry, ill and need of repair, President Obama finds himself in a quandary.

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States Caught In Crossfire Over Guns In Churches

Posted 05.25.2011

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By Adelle M. Banks Religion News Service The way Rev. Jonathan Wilkins sees it, members of his Baptist church in Thomaston, Ga., should have the righ...

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The Right to Bear Arms for National Defense. Wrong!

Bernard Starr | Posted 05.25.2011

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Last fourth of July, while sitting in the living room of my historic farm house in Lenox, Massachusetts, which was built by Elijah Northrup in 1770 ...

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States Struggle To Disarm People Who've Lost Right To Own Guns

The New York Times | Ed Connolly & Michael Luo | Posted 05.25.2011

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In the wake of the Tucson shootings, much attention has been paid to various categories of people who are legally barred from buying handguns -- those...

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Churches The Next Battleground In Post-Tucson Gun Rights Debate

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) and 18 others in Tucson nearly three weeks ago may have seemed like the sort of incide...

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Arizona Aftermath: Real Second Amendment Remedies

Karl Frisch | Posted 05.25.2011

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If we are to learn anything from the horrible tragedy in Arizona, it should be that law abiding, mentally stable Americans should be allowed to own firearms.

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Texas Gun Advocates Prepare For Legislative Battle

The Fort Worth Star-Telegram | Anna M. Tinsley | Posted 05.25.2011

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There's a call to arms in Texas. Or at least a call to let Texans carry their guns -- whether concealed or out in the open -- at colleges and pretty ...

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Fewer Guns in Public Means More Freedom

Kaile Shilling | Posted 05.25.2011

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Let's be honest: Guns are made for a purpose. People buy guns to have the option of killing someone should the desire or need arise.

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Supreme Court Gun-Rights Ruling Likely To Face Legal Challenges Across The Country

AP | MARK SHERMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — State or local gun laws that prohibit people from carrying firearms outside the home and onerous registration requirements are the ...

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Kagan Takes Gun Off Table, Calls Recent SCOTUS Cases 'Good Precedent'

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan seems determined -- if not poised -- to take another Republican argument against her candidacy off the table, as she...

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Supreme Court Gun-Rights Ruling Likely To Trigger Flood Of Lawsuits In States With Restrictive Laws

Wall Street Journal | Vanessa O'Connell and Gary Fields | Posted 05.25.2011

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Monday's high-court decision expanding gun rights will likely trigger a flood of litigation in states and cities with restrictive laws, so it could ta...

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Supreme Court To Look At State Gun Control Laws

AP | MARK SHERMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court says it will take up a challenge to Chicago's ban on handguns, opening the way for a ruling that could set off a ...

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Guns Allowed In Arizona Bars Starting Wednesday

AP | AMANDA LEE MYERS | Posted 05.25.2011

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PHOENIX — Bartender Randy Shields was serving British brews and Arizona ambers as usual at Shady's bar in east Phoenix when he saw a customer wa...

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