May 19, 2013

Edition: U.S.

2nd Amendment

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Colorado Sheriffs Sue Over New Gun Control Laws

AP | IVAN MORENO | Posted 05.18.2013 | Denver

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DENVER -- Colorado sheriffs upset with gun restrictions adopted in the aftermath of last year's mass shootings filed a federal lawsuit Friday, challen...

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Colorado Sheriffs Sue Over New State Gun Laws

Posted 05.17.2013 | Denver

Nearly all of Colorado's county sheriffs have signed onto a federal lawsuit against the state of Colorado arguing that the new laws pushed by Democrat...

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5-Year-Old Killers And Our Unhealthy Attachment To The 2nd Amendment

Derek Penwell | Posted 05.06.2013 | Religion

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It takes an exceptionally pliable hermeneutic to read the Gospels and come away thinking that the one who abjured violence and commanded his followers to love their enemies was, you know, cool with the Second Amendment.

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Rural Colorado School District Arms Administrators

Posted 05.06.2013 | Denver

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A rural Colorado school board has given two of its top administrators a new title: Security Officer -- a title which grants the administrators the abi...

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Cruzin for a Brusin in DC: Gunslinger Ted Cruz Can Redefine the Senate and the 21st Conservative Movement Too

Steven Kurlander | Posted 05.02.2013 | Politics

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Cruz is succeeding in plugging a vacuum of meaningful, and more importantly intelligent, conservative activism both in the Senate chamber and in US politics as a whole.

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Weld Commissioners 'Appalled' At New Gun Laws, Vote To Block Them

The Greeley Tribune | Analisa Romano | Posted 05.02.2013 | Denver

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Weld County commissioners on Wednesday added their voices to the national debate on gun control, initially passing an ordinance that prohibits the boa...

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Ammo Magazine Maker Begins Manufacturing Outside Of Colorado

The Boulder Daily Camera | John Aguilar | Posted 04.30.2013 | Denver

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Magpul Industries, the Erie-based ammunition magazine maker that pledged to leave Colorado after gun control legislation was signed into law in March,...

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Pro-Gun Native American Billboard Draws Criticism

AP | Posted 04.29.2013 | Denver

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GREELEY, Colo. — Two billboards in which images of Native Americans are used to make a gun rights argument are causing a stir with some Colorado...

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Background Checks: A Week Later and I'm Still Angry

Ian Reifowitz | Posted 04.26.2013 | Politics

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How can we explain that they move heaven and earth to prevent something that is already illegal and which is little more than the product of some people's paranoid fantasies, yet refuse to take action on a matter than science says is real and which could put our way of life at risk?

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U.S. Senate Response: 'Open Season' Amidst Tragedy in Boston

K. Tyler Christensen | Posted 04.18.2013 | DC

In the midst of Boston, in the wake of Sandy Hook, in the aftermath of Colorado, the United States Senate took a pass on saving future lives.

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The NRA's Fraud: Fabrication of Second Amendment Rights

Burton Newman | Posted 04.17.2013 | Politics

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For well over two centuries the Supreme Court never decided that the Amendment granted a constitutional right to individuals to bear arms. The widely held notion that such a right existed was a myth fabricated by the NRA for its own self interest and for the corporate profits of gun manufacturers.

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The Second Amendment Is Safe. The American People Are Not.

Hal Donahue | Posted 04.15.2013 | Politics

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The Second Amendment is safe. The American people are not. Criminal background checks are a reasonable and sane way to reduce US gun slaughter while maintaining the right to bear arms.

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Anthro, Gun Ownership & Storms in the Blogosphere

American Anthropological Association | Posted 04.12.2013 | Politics

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As an anthropologist raised around firearms, I'm comfortable with arms control. I'd just like to see it done Constitutionally and in accordance with the rights of The People.

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Maybe Guns Are Silly?

Toni Nagy | Posted 04.12.2013 | Comedy

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Anyone that really thinks holding onto their assault riffle is going to protect them from the government is in such deep denial of the obvious advancements in technology and needs to acknowledge we are no longer living in 1789.

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Colorado Sheriffs Plan Lawsuit To Block Gun Control Laws

Posted 04.10.2013 | Denver

Over half of Colorado's elected sheriffs are planning a lawsuit to overturn the state's recently-passed gun restrictions. The Denver Post reports t...

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The Dignity of the Second Amendment

David Beem | Posted 04.08.2013 | Politics

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The Second Amendment's implicit request for societal trust is a really tall order -- even if your spokespeople weren't displaying such a conscience-shocking lack of sensitivity to what a delicate, precious gift we've been given.

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Second Amendment Myths

David Beem | Posted 04.05.2013 | Politics

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There are many dark myths hiding within the Second Amendment that desperately need airing out. For starters, a high-capacity magazine and semi-automat...

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Colorado Dem Quickly Backs Off New Gun Control Proposal

AP | IVAN MORENO | Posted 04.05.2013 | Denver

DENVER -- A Colorado Democrat who wanted to prevent individuals suspected of posing a threat from possessing a gun quickly backed off that plan after ...

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Denver Cops Speak Out Against Gun Control As Obama Visits Colorado

The Huffington Post | Matt Ferner | Posted 04.03.2013 | Denver

President Barack Obama is back in Colorado Wednesday to pressure Congress to pass federal gun control measures similar to those recently passed in the...

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Some Colorado Sheriffs Oppose More Gun Control, Speak Out

AP | Posted 04.03.2013 | Denver

DENVER — With President Barack Obama visiting Colorado to discuss gun control, some of the state's sheriffs are speaking out against more restri...

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Shooting Match Canceled Over State's New Gun Control Laws

AP | Posted 04.02.2013 | Denver

MONTROSE, Colo. — A regional shooting competition that would have brought hundreds of people to Colorado has become the latest casualty of the s...

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Domestic Violence Gun Ban Passes State House Committee

The Huffington Post | Matt Ferner | Posted 03.29.2013 | Denver

A Colorado bill that prohibits convicted domestic violence offenders from possessing firearms passed in the House Judiciary Committee on a 7-4 party l...

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Hunters Boycott Colorado Over Gun Control Laws

AP | Posted 03.27.2013 | Denver

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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Hunters across the country say they are boycotting Colorado because of recent legislation meant to curtail gun violenc...

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Administrators Armed In Colorado School District

AP | THOMAS PEIPERT | Posted 04.01.2013 | Denver

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DENVER -- As lawmakers across the country debate arming teachers and administrators to prevent another deadly school shooting, one Colorado school dis...

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Judge Strikes Down Controversial Guns Law As Unconstitutional

AP | Posted 03.26.2013 | Politics

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NEW ORLEANS -- A New Orleans judge says a state law forbidding certain felons from possessing firearms is unconstitutional in light of an amendment pa...

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