Gun Control

The Land Of 10,000 Lakes And Even More Guns

Lloyd Garver | Posted 07.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: Gun Control, Gun Law, Guns, Minnesota Gun Law, Crazy Gun Laws, Gun Laws, Minnesota, Jesse Ventura Al Franken, Humor, Politics News
Lloyd Garver

I emailed the state of Minnesota and asked if it was legal to walk into a bank with a gun. They said it was unless that bank had a sign specifically prohibiting people from doing so. A bank! And this was the law!

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Smith & Wesson Snubs Police with "Commemorative" Revolver

Josh Sugarmann | Posted 07.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Police Safety, Supreme Court, Law Enforcement, Violence Policy Center, Armor Piercing Bullets, Washington DC, Gun Control, Alan Gottlieb, Smith & Wesson, Second Amendment Foundation, Washington DC Handgun Ban, Heller Decision, Politics News
Josh Sugarmann

Smith & Wesson, which manufactures a revolver that can penetrate the body armor has issued a special "commemorative" revolver to celebrate the end of a law strongly supported by the police.

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Chinese Reporters Shot At Anti-Gun Press Conference

BBC | Posted 07.18.2008 | Home

Read More: Journalists, Gun Violence, Gun Control, Irony, Journalism, China, Home News

Three Chinese reporters attending a police briefing on the success of an anti-gun campaign were accidentally shot, media reports say. An officer pick...

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Johnny Get Your Gun

Ellis Weiner | Posted 07.18.2008 | Home

Read More: Gun Control, Conservatives, Power Line, Guns, John Hinderaker, Home News
Ellis Weiner

When I grow up--which, experts assure me, will happen any day now--I want to be a "conservative." I want to live in a make-believe world in which eve...

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Esquire's "Portrait" Of The NIU Shooter

Paul Helmke | Posted 07.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: School Shooting, Illinois Shooting, Steven Kazmierczak, Shooting Northern Illinois University, Gun Control, Guns in School, Illinois, Guns, Politics News
Paul Helmke

This story of last year's Northern Illinois University shooting raises a lot of troubling issues, one of which is why we make it so easy for dangerous people to get guns.

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Second Amendment Decision-Best of Both (Urban and Rural) Gun Worlds

John Rosenthal | Posted 07.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Second Amendment, Antonin Scalia, Gun Control, Dc Gun Ban, Supreme Court Guns, Guns, Politics News
John Rosenthal

Since the Supreme Court repealed the DC gun ban, we can now begin a debate about how to prevent easy gun access to those that don't deserve it while protecting the right of law abiding gun owners who do.

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The NRA Should Support Obama

Tom Burnett | Posted 07.04.2008 | Home

Read More: Gun Control, Mccain, Obama, Nra, Obama NRA, Senator Obama, Nra Support Obama, Obama Guns, Home News
Tom Burnett

The NRA charter is based on teaching kids how to use firearms safely. In choosing to spend $40 million to defeat Obama, the NRA is simply wasting money that could be better spent on education.

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Disney, NRA Fight Over Allowing Guns At Work

Orlando Sentinel | Scott Powers and Jason Garcia | Posted 07.04.2008 | Business

Read More: Second Amendment, Gun Control, Disney, Durell Peaden, Guns, Nra, Business News

Walt Disney World employees won't be packing any heat in the company parking lots anytime soon. The giant resort has declared that much of its sprawl...

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NRA: Gun Licensing and Registration "Tougher To Criticize" Now

Paul Helmke | Posted 07.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: 2008 Elections, Supreme Court, National Rifle Association, Gun Registration, Gun Control, Gun Licensing, 2008 Election, Nra, Willian Bratton, Guns, Politics News
Paul Helmke

Now that gun confiscation is off the table, maybe we can start finding some areas of agreement that will help make us all safer.

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Flip-Flopping, Obama, and Gun Control

Philip Slater | Posted 07.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Leadership, Gun Control, Democracy, Flip-Flops, Hunting, Obama Gun Control, Barack Obama, Guns, Obama Center, Politics News
Philip Slater

I'm not crazy about the shifts Obama has made -- I only hope they're tactical and not sincere. It all comes down this: it's democracy, which means the voice of everyone, not just the folks you agree with.

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Lawsuit Filed To Carry Weapons In Atlanta Airport

AP | SHANNON McCAFFREY | Posted 07.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Guns, Gun Control, Us Supreme Court and Guns, Guns in Airports, Us Gun Rules, Second Ammendment, Guns in Atlanta Airport, Politics News

ATLANTA — The nation's busiest airport dueled with gun rights advocates Tuesday over whether a new Georgia state law allows visitors to carry fi...

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Suicides Half Of Gun Deaths In US

AP | Posted 06.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: Guns, Gun Control, Suicide, Suicides, Suicide Deaths in Us, Firearm Deaths, Suicide Risks, Shooting Deaths, Politics News

The Supreme Court's landmark ruling on gun ownership last week focused on citizens' ability to defend themselves from intruders in their homes. But re...

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We Must Pay Attention to the Rise of Gun Violence

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 06.30.2008 | Living

Read More: Gun Violence, Gun Control, Child Watch, Children's Defense Fund, Heller Case, Dc v Heller, Heller, Guns, Living News
Marian Wright Edelman

The June 26th Supreme Court ruling to strike down Washington, D.C.'s handgun ban dealt yet another blow to securing our children's safety from gun violence.

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Was Obama Wrong to Veer Right?

Peter Clothier | Posted 06.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: Gun Control, Death Penalty, Barack Obama, Second Amendment, Obama Gun Policy, Obama Death Penalty, Obama Second Amendment, Obama Guns, Politics News
Peter Clothier

Let's acknowledge, bitter though it may be, a majority of Americans would not cast a vote for anyone who did not make public avowals like those Obama made about gun control and the death penalty.

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Obama Needs to Play Offense on the Supreme Court

Doug Kendall | Posted 06.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Netroots, Guantanamo, Supreme Court, Gun Control, John McCain, Child Rape, Barack Obama, Campaign Finance, Exxon Valdez, Politics News
Doug Kendall

The Obama campaign has promised to play offense this fall. On the Supreme Court, they need to step up to the plate.

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Notes from the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy: The Court Goes 1 for 3

Jeffrey Jena | Posted 06.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Second Amendment, D.C. V Heller, 2nd Amendment, Supreme Court Second Amendment, Dc v Heller, Gun Control, Supreme Court Guns, Heller Decision, DC Versus Heller, 236.Com, Politics News
Jeffrey Jena

In three recent decisions, the Supreme Court swung at and missed two softballs right down the middle. On the third, it got it right by one vote from a guy who sways in the wind like a macramé wind chime.

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Where Have All The Lost Guns Gone?

Diane Dimond | Posted 06.28.2008 | Home

Read More: Gas Prices, Tacoma, Sanford Abrams, Firearms and Explosives, 60 Thousand Gun Shops in America, Valley Gun Shop, Terrorism, Washington, Maryland, Unregistered Guns, Gun Control, Missing Guns, Bull's Eye Shooter Supply, John Muhammad, ATF Inspections, 30 Thousand Missing Guns in America Every Year, DC Snipers, Guns, Nra, Gun Shop Owners, Bureau of Alcohol, Lost Guns, National Rifle Association, Tobacco, Right to Bear Arms, NRA Spokesman Andrew Arulanandam, 30 Thousand Missing Guns, 82 Missing Guns Every Day, Parkville, Home News
Diane Dimond

Earlier this month the ATF quietly revealed that the owners admitted a substantial part of their inventory was either "missing, lost or stolen." After adding it all up the ATF concluded that, collectively, those registered gun dealers "lost" 82 firearms every single day!

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After Heller, The Gun Lobby's "Slippery Slope" Is Gone; Reasonable Regulations Ahead

Paul Helmke | Posted 06.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, 2nd Amendment, District of Columbia, Michael Bloomberg, Indiana, Antonin Scalia, Gun Control, Democratic Party, Democrats, Nra, Barack Obama, Heller Decision, Guns, Gun Violence, Second Amendment, John Paul Stevens, National Rifle Association, Republican, Hillary Clinton, Washington Post, Election 2008, Constitution, Republicans, Politics News
Paul Helmke

When the dust settles, most Americans -- and I believe even most in the gun violence prevention movement -- will come to see that there are some positives in this decision.

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Justice Scalia's Living Constitution

Adam Winkler | Posted 06.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Gun Control, Supreme Court 2nd Amendment Case, District of Columbia v. Heller, Supreme Court Guns, Politics News
Adam Winkler

One of the most intriguing aspects of Justice Scalia's opinion in DC v. Heller is its use of living constitutionalism to justify the decision to invalidate D.C.'s handgun ban.

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Politics on the Couch: Hating the Haters

Justin Frank | Posted 06.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, John McCain, Michelle Obama, Hate, Lindsay Graham, Rush Limbaugh, Ann Coulter, Sean Hannity, James Dobson, Gun Control, Hillary Clinton, Bill O'Reilly, Barack Obama, Reverend Wright, Politics News
Justin Frank

Voters need to overcome their fear in order not simply to hate the haters -- they need to recognize who in fact the haters are.

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DC Ban on Semiauto Handguns Stands

Josh Sugarmann | Posted 06.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Revolver, Supreme Court Second Amendent, Supreme Court Justices, 2nd Amendment, Semiauto, District of Columbia, Pistol, Antonin Scalia, Gun Control, Washington DC, Nra, Dc, Gun Violence, Second Amendment, Violence Policy Center, Handgun Ban, Gun Industry, Gun Lobby, Supreme Court Gun, Politics News
Josh Sugarmann

In its ruling, the Court brushed away our nation's history of mass shootings, assassinations, and unparalleled gun violence and accepted an abstract academic argument with dangerous real-world results.

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The Daily Szep: NRA: 5, America: 4

Paul Szep | Posted 06.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Supreme Court 5-4 Decisions, Heller vs. Dc, Gun Control, Supreme Court Guns, Heller, Heller Decision, Guns, District of Columbia v Heller, Politics News
Paul Szep

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My Formal Statement On Today's Decision In The Heller DC Gun Case, Plus Remarks In Front Of The Supreme Court

Paul Helmke | Posted 06.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: US Supreme Court, District of Columbia v. Heller, Supreme Court, Gun Control, Heller vs. Dc, Heller, Guns, Heller Decision, District of Columbia v Heller, Politics News
Paul Helmke

The Heller decision will most likely embolden criminal defendants, and ideological extremists, to file new legal attacks on existing gun laws.

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Bush v. Gore Meets the Second Amendment

Adam Winkler | Posted 06.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Second Amendment, 2nd Amendment, Supreme Court Guns, 2nd Ammendent, Rick Hasen, Gun Control, Supreme Court 5-4 Decisions, Nra, District of Columbia v Heller, DC Gun Ban Lifted, Bush v Gore, Heller Decision, Politics News
Adam Winkler

There are some striking similarities between the Heller decision and Bush v. Gore. In both cases, the Court articulates a "new" right to be recognized by the Courts.

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Gun Control 101

Malcolm Friedberg | Posted 06.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Second Amendment, Gun Control, 2nd Ammendent, Supreme Court Guns, 2nd Amendment, DC Gun Ban Lifted, Nra, Heller Decision, District of Columbia v Heller, Politics News
Malcolm Friedberg

Does the right to keep and bear arms apply directly to the People or to the States? How you answer this question ultimately determines whether or not you believe in an individual's right to own a gun.

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