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Bradys Mark 30th Anniversary Of Ronald Reagan Assassination Attempt, Press Lawmakers For New Action

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 05.30.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Thirty years ago, on a grey morning in March, John Hinckley, Jr. fired six shots in an attempt to assassinate President Ronald Reagan. H...

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LaPierre vs. Reagan: Different Lessons on Guns

Paul Helmke | Posted 05.25.2011

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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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Searching for Ronald Reagan

Daniel Cluchey | Posted 05.25.2011

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Both of Reagan's sons -- one, a prominent liberal and avowed atheist, the other, a political strategist for the Christian Right -- have published books on their father, just before what would have been his 100th birthday.

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

Posted 05.25.2011

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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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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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Disconnections: Observations From Yesterday's Gun Rallies

Paul Helmke | Posted 05.25.2011

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It was a strange thing, seeing guns carried within shooting distance of Reagan National Airport -- which was, of course, named after a president who was shot by an assassin.

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The Collapse of the AR-15 Assault Weapon Market

Josh Sugarmann | Posted 05.25.2011

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One of the greatest talents of the NRA and the gun industry has been their ability exploit high-profile events -- the Brady Bill; Y2K; the election Barack Obama -- to pump up gun sales.

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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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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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Message to Rahm Emanuel: On Guns and Terror, If Not Now, When?

Dennis A. Henigan | Posted 05.25.2011

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I have a modest suggestion for the President. In the State of the Union address, demonstrate that national security trumps fear of the gun lobby.

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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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P.J. O'Rourke: Gun Control Futile

Blaise Zerega | Posted 05.25.2011

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P.J. O'Rourke concludes that gun control is futile: "You simply can't change the nature of America as far as gun control goes. It's the nature of the beast."

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The NRA Credit Card

Scott Blakeman | Posted 05.25.2011

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President Obama and Congressional Democrats refused to fight Republicans and the NRA on a despicably unrelated amendment to the credit card reform bil...

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