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For the Gun Lobby, Ignorance is Bliss

Dennis A. Henigan | Posted 10.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gun Violence, National Rifle Association, Concealed Carry, Gun Control, Todd Tiahrt, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Nra, Barack Obama, National Institutes of Health, Illegal Guns, Politics News
Dennis A. Henigan

The gun lobby insists that "the people should be trusted to have guns." But it is unwilling to trust the people with the truth about guns.

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Beyond the Easy Irony of Murdered Gun Advocate Meleanie Hain

Josh Sugarmann | Posted 10.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gun Violence, National Rifle Association, Open Carry, Ccw, Concealed Carry, Meleanie Hain, Murder-Suicide, Gun Control, Pennsylvania, Domestic Violence Awareness Month, Pennsylvania Firearm Owners Association, Second Amendment, Guns, Politics News
Josh Sugarmann

The absolute she tried to personify -- that owning a handgun will guarantee your safety -- is false.

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Discussing Gun Violence Prevention in Indiana, Ohio and Tennessee

Paul Helmke | Posted 09.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Gun Violence, National Rifle Association, Indiana, Tennessee, Concealed Carry, Ohio, Nancy Pelosi, Town Hall Meetings, Nra, Barack Obama, Guns, Illegal Guns, Politics News
Paul Helmke

My experiences speaking around the country about gun violence have been the exact opposite of the contentious "town hall" protests we've seen on television over the summer.

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Guns, Guns, Everywhere

Dennis A. Henigan | Posted 09.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gun Violence, Town Hall Debate, National Rifle Association, Concealed Carry, Health Care Reform, Town Halls, Gun Control, Nra, Health Care, Town Hall Meetings, Barack Obama, Guns, Timothy McVeigh, Guns at Town Halls, Second Amendment, Politics News
Dennis A. Henigan

It is important not to treat these incidents of public gun-carrying as merely the misguided behavior of a few. It is more than that; the acting out of central tenets of the extremist "gun rights" ideology.

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Handguns and Health Care Reform

Josh Horwitz | Posted 09.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Second Amendment, Gun Violence, Town Hall Debate, Constitution, Guns, Concealed Carry, Politics News
Josh Horwitz

Exhortations to take armed political action against Obama reflect a deeply developed ideology that has been actively promoted by gun lobby groups for 30 years.

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Gun Rights Advocates Court Black Women

Examiner Chicago | Posted 09.10.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Concealed Carry, Gun Rights, Chicago Handgun Ban, Gun Control, No Guns for Negroes, Black Women Guns, Bobby Rush Guns, Black Women's Expo, Chicago News

For only the second year, Illinois gun rights groups including the ISRA, Illinois Carry, and the Second Amendment Sisters, joined by civil rights grou...

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Pittsburgh Attack: Sixth Mass Shooting by a Concealed Handgun Licensee in Just Over Two Years

Josh Sugarmann | Posted 09.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: National Rifle Association, Concealed Handgun Permit, Ccw, Violence Policy Center, George Sodini, George Sodini Pittsburgh, Gun Lobby, Mass Shooting, LA Fitness, Concealed Handgun, Nra, Concealed Carry Permit, Concealed Carry, Politics News
Josh Sugarmann

Concealed handgun permit holders want what they want. Period. And there's no number of mass shootings, dead policeman, or innocent victims that will ever change their minds.

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Senators Choke on Gun Lobby Hypocrisy

Dennis A. Henigan | Posted 08.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gun Violence, Gun Control, National Rifle Association, Nra, Barack Obama, Guns, Concealed Carry, Politics News
Dennis A. Henigan

This is not about states making the rules for gun ownership. It's about the NRA making the rules.

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Senate Vote at Noon on Nationalizing Concealed Handgun Laws

Josh Sugarmann | Posted 08.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gun Violence, Defense Authorization Bill, Police Shootings, Violence Policy Center, National Rifle Association, John-Lott, Concealed Carry, Vpc, John Thune, Nra, Concealed Handguns, Charles Schumer, Mass Shootings, Ccw, Politics News
Josh Sugarmann

After more than two decades, at noon today the gun lobby's efforts to enact a national concealed handgun law will have its first chance at success when the U.S. Senate votes.

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Alert: Redneck Nation's Making a Power Play

Toby Barlow | Posted 08.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gun Control, John Thune, Yes We Can, Capitol Hill, Concealed Weapons Permits, Concealed Carry, Gun Lobby, Thune Amendment, Wyoming, New York, Politics News
Toby Barlow

So if they won't let you carry a gun in New York but they will in Wyoming, you just go get yourself a gun license in Wyoming, pick up your weapon, conceal it, and head on back to uppity ol' New York.

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Senate Set to Nationalize Concealed Handgun Laws That Have Killed 7 Cops, 44 Private Citizens

Josh Sugarmann | Posted 08.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gun Violence, Concealed Handgun License, Defense Authorization Bill, National Rifle Association, Wayne LaPierre, Tanya Metaksa, Violence Policy Center, Concealed Carry Permit, Concealed Carry, Handgun Violence, Law Enforcement Shootings, Vpc, John Thune, Concealed Handguns, Nra, Charles Schumer, Politics News
Josh Sugarmann

For over two decades a top priority of the gun lobby has been establishing and expanding state laws that allow the carrying of concealed handguns by private citizens. This effort may culminate as early as today.

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Senate To Vote On Gutting State Requirements For Carrying Guns

Paul Helmke | Posted 08.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gun Violence, Crime, Concealed Carry, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, John Thune, Barack Obama, Guns, Eric Holder, Politics News
Paul Helmke

Under Senator Thune's plan, states would be forced to recognize all concealed weapons permits -- even if the requirements for out-of-state permit-holders fall well below their own.

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The NRA Credit Card

Scott Blakeman | Posted 06.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gun Control, Tom Coburn, Credit Card, Brady Bill, National Parks, Nra, Concealed Carry, Politics News
Scott Blakeman

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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Bill To Allow Concealed Weapons Rejected By Illinois Senate

Associated Press | Posted 04.11.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Illinois Gun Laws, Illinois Concealed Carry, Concealed Carry, Gun Rights, Illinois Concealed Weapons, John Jones, Chicago News

A committee of the Illinois Senate has rejected a proposal to give Illinoisans the right to carry concealed weapons. Senate Bill 1976 would allow cou...

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Barack Obama: "I Am Not In Favor Of Concealed Weapons"

Paul Helmke | Posted 10.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: First 100 Days, Crime, Concealed Carry Permit, Concealed Carry, President Obama, Environment, Ken Salazar, National Parks, Barack Obama, Eric Holder, Guns, Politics News
Paul Helmke

Would you feel safer having more loaded and concealed guns being carried in the public places you and your family visit?

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State Panel In Favor Of Allowing Concealed Weapons

Associated Press | Posted 03.22.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Illinois Gun Laws, Chicago Concealed Weapons, Illinois Concealed Carry, Illinois Concealed Weapons, Concealed Carry, Chicago News

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- A state House panel is recommending that the General Assembly give Illinois residents the right to carry concealed weapons. ...

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Guns In National Parks: Government Documents Show Bush Administration Warned About Ignoring Law

Paul Helmke | Posted 03.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, President Obama, George W. Bush, Department of Interior, Gun Control, Green Living, Nra, Guns, Barack Obama, National Rifle Association, Concealed Carry, 100 Days, National Park Service, Environment, Ken Salazar, National Parks, Politics News
Paul Helmke

A last-minute rule adopted by the Bush administration after the election forces states to allow loaded, concealed weapons in National Park lands within their borders regardless of state law.

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New Push For Law Allowing Concealed Weapons

AP | Posted 03.13.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Gun Rights, Illinois Concealed Carry, Illinois Concealed Weapons, Illinois Gun Rights, Concealed Carry, Chicago News

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Several members of the General Assembly say they will again try to pass legislation allowing Illinois residents to carry concealed...

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Two Dolphins Talk About a Giant: Joey Porter, Jay Williams, Plaxico Burress, and Guns in Sports

Paul Helmke | Posted 01.11.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Sports, Plaxico Burress, Nfl, Espn, Football, Concealed Carry, Miami Dolphins, Guns in Sports, Joey Porter, New York Giants, Guns, Illegal Guns, Entertainment News
Paul Helmke

I understand that some professional athletes feel threatened at times, but then they shouldn't go to places where they feel threatened enough to carry an illegally concealed handgun, drink alcohol, and accidentally fire their weapon.

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Plaxico Burress Shoots Himself Into The Gun Debate

Paul Helmke | Posted 01.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Plaxico Burress, New York Giants, Concealed Carry Permit, Illegal Guns, Guns, Football, Concealed Carry, Plaxico Burress Shoots Himself, Plaxico Burress Injury, Politics News
Paul Helmke

The gun pushers want us all to be afraid of one another so we feel the need to carry a semi-automatic pistol every time we leave the house. Apparently Burress felt that way.

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Safety Through Guns: Are You Crazy... Or Am I?

Sharon Glassman | Posted 12.20.2008 | Living

Read More: Carolyn McCarthy, Debate, Rocky Mountains, Living News, Colin Furgeson, Stephanie Plum, Janet Evanovich, Concealed Carry, Gun Control, G.I. Joe, Living, Chekhov's Gun, Obama Guns, Living News
Sharon Glassman

if a bad guy had wandered hrough the street, pillowcase over shoulder at high noon, a host of adults would have called the local precinct for action. This was, clearly, what a concerned citizen should do. Taking the law into your own hands made as much sense as performing your own tonsillectomy.

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