Assault Weapons Ban

LaPierre vs. Reagan: Different Lessons on Guns

Paul Helmke | Posted 05.25.2011

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Paul Helmke

After a month of silence following the horrifying Tucson shootings, the NRA's "top gun," Wayne LaPierre, returned to his old talking points before CPAC this week. "These clowns want to ban magazines?" La Pierre raged, "Are you kidding me?"

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Amanda Terkel

Poll: Majority Of Americans, Including Gun Owners, Support Tougher Restrictions

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Despite powerful lobbying against any new gun-control measures by groups like the National Rifle Association, a new bipartisan poll show...

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Republican Senator Voices Support For Assault Weapons Ban

Posted 05.25.2011

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Sen. Richard Lugar (R-Ind.), a veteran GOP lawmaker who has served in the Senate for more than 30 years, voiced support for a ban on assault weapons l...

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Jon Meacham, Gun Owner, On Necessity Of Restoring Assault Weapons Ban

Jon Meacham | PBS | Posted 05.25.2011

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First, some personal history. I am a southerner who grew up with and around guns. I own some still. My father gave me a .22 rifle when I was 9 and a...

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Sarah Brady Urges Gun Control Action After Arizona Shooting

Posted 05.25.2011

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Sarah Brady, the wife of former Reagan White House Press Secretary James Brady, who was struck in the head by a bullet during an assassination attempt...

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Banging Everything in Sight: My Trip to the LA Gun Club

Beau Willimon | Posted 05.25.2011

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Beau Willimon

A dragon's breath of muzzle flash momentarily blinds you through your goggles. Endorphins flood every capillary in your being. Your nostrils fill with the smell of cordite.

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The First 100 Days and Guns

Josh Sugarmann | Posted 05.25.2011

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Josh Sugarmann

The recent incidents of gun violence are just discrete examples of the estimated 84 Americans who die on average each day in our nation from guns. Yet in the White House, the response remains muted.

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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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Holder Backing Off Weapons Ban Under NRA Pressure

Newsweek | Posted 05.25.2011

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After fierce resistance from the gun lobby and its allies in Congress, Attorney General Eric Holder has dialed back talk about reimposing a federal as...

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