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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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Car Dealer Gives AK-47s To Buyers

KCTV Kansas City | Posted 08.17.2009 | Business

Read More: Machine Gun, Free Guns, Missouri, Gun Control, Ak-47, Max's Motors, Car Dealer Machine Gun, Business News

BUTLER, Mo. -- Those purchasing a vehicle at Max Motors in Missouri will receive an AK-47 assault rifle with their purchase during the month of August...

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The Brady Campaign Endorses Judge Sotomayor For The U.S. Supreme Court

Paul Helmke | Posted 08.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Gun Control, National Rifle Association, Nra, Guns, Barack Obama, Sonia Sotomayor, Politics News
Paul Helmke

Judge Sotomayor's background and her experience as a prosecutor have given her an invaluable understanding of the devastating impact of gun violence on families and communities.

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Only a 'Madman' Would Oppose All Gun Control, Says Gun World Editor

Josh Sugarmann | Posted 08.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gun World, Mel Tappan, Assault Rifle, Jim Zumbo, Urban Rifle, Assault Weapons, Jan Libourel, Gun Control, Gun Lobby, Ar-15, Politics News
Josh Sugarmann

In a world viewed by many of his readers in black and white, Jan Libourel, the editor of Gun World magazine, has staked out a little island of gray. It remains to be seen whether he's exiled to it.

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Strong Enforcement of Weak Gun Laws? Not Enough

Dennis A. Henigan | Posted 08.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gun Show Loophole, Gun Violence, Assault Weapons, Nancy Pelosi, Gun Control, Bob Schieffer, Barack Obama, Guns, Illegal Guns, Politics News
Dennis A. Henigan

Even if we could improve enforcement of existing laws, should improved enforcement be the sum total of our national policy toward gun crime?

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20,000 American Guns Trafficked to Mexican Criminals

Paul Helmke | Posted 08.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Homeland Security, Eliot Engel, Assault Weapons, Gun Trafficking, Gun Control, Mexico, Joe Biden, Guns, Illegal Guns, Barack Obama, Eric Holder, Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives, Rahm Emanuel, Janet Napolitano, Nancy Pelosi, Hillary Clinton, Gao, Mexico Drug Wars, Politics News
Paul Helmke

With 20,000 illegal guns from America recovered at crime scenes in Mexico over the last five years, there is no excuse for Congress and the President not to take steps now to close the gun show loophole.

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The NRA - At It Again

Richard Aborn | Posted 08.03.2009 | New York

Read More: Gun Control, District Attorney, New York News
Richard Aborn

We can't let the NRA hijack a common sense gun control agenda.

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Guns In Bars Approved By Arizona Lawmakers

AP | JONATHAN J. COOPER | Posted 08.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gun Laws, National Rifle Association, Jan Brewer, Gun Control, Arizona, Nra, Guns in Bars, Arizona Gun Laws, Politics News

PHOENIX — The Arizona Senate has given final approval to a bill that would allow people with concealed weapons permits to carry a gun into a bus...

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Planes, Guns and Terrorists

Dennis A. Henigan | Posted 07.31.2009 | Politics

Read More: Terrorist Watch List, National Rifle Association, National Security, Rahm Emanuel, Terrorism, Nancy Pelosi, Gun Control, Gao, Barack Obama, Eric Holder, Illegal Guns, Politics News
Dennis A. Henigan

Should suspected terrorists be blocked from buying guns before they commit a violent crime? The gun lobby apparently doesn't think so.

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Guns in Church and the Myth of the NRA

Richard Aborn | Posted 07.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Richard-Aborn, Gun Control, Nra, Brady Law, Gun Violence, Manhattan, News, Politics, Manhattan District Attorney, Brady Campaign, Politics News
Richard Aborn

Did you see the story in today's New York Times about a pastor who is holding a "bring your gun to church day"? Outrageous. But the real thrust of t...

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The Gun Lobby's Two Faces on Judge Sotomayor

Paul Helmke | Posted 07.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Second Amendment, Supreme Court, Gun Owners of America, Ken Blackwell, National Rifle Association, Patrick Leahy, Rahm Emanuel, David Axelrod, Sonia Sotomayor, Harry Reid, Gun Control, Joe Biden, Nra, Barack Obama, Guns, Eric Holder, Politics News
Paul Helmke

NRA officials seem to say one thing while their surrogates say another. Either NRA leaders are afraid of showing their weakness, or they have lost control of their message -- or both.

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Sahil Kapur

Battle Erupts Over Gun Rights For Terror Suspects

HuffingtonPost.com | Sahil Kapur | Posted 07.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Guns Terrorists, Gun Rights Terror Suspects, Gun Lobby, Brady Center, Gun Control, Gun Rights, Frank Lautenberg, Nra, Peter Hamm, Ccrkba, Politics News

In defense of the right to bear arms, the National Rifle Association and other gun rights groups seem to have taken up the cause of those on the FBI's...

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Is Gun Control a Cultural Issue?

Dennis A. Henigan | Posted 07.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gun Violence, Bill Clinton, National Rifle Association, Rahm Emanuel, Nancy Pelosi, Gun Control, Joe Biden, Nra, Heller Decision, Guns, Barack Obama, Eric Holder, Politics News
Dennis A. Henigan

Why is gun control considered a "cultural" issue, when those who value guns support various forms of gun control?

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Hate Acts and the NRA's Extreme Rhetoric

Paul Helmke | Posted 07.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gun Violence, National Rifle Association, Holocaust Museum Shooting, Timothy McVeigh, Rahm Emanuel, Nancy Pelosi, Richard Poplawski Pittsburgh, Gun Control, New York Times, Oklahoma City Bombing, Eric Holder, Guns, Barack Obama, Pittsburgh, Wayne LaPierre, Politics News
Paul Helmke

Please take a moment this weekend to read Bob Herbert's column published today in the New York Times. His message is long overdue: Even with the mur...

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What Right Wing Threat?

John Wellington Ennis | Posted 07.12.2009 | Media

Read More: George Tiller, Right Wing DHS Report, White Supremacists, Dhs Report Reaction, Sonia Sotomayor, Holocaust Museum, Richard Poplawski Pittsburgh, Gun Control, Glenn Beck, Pittsburgh Police Attack, Newt Gingrich, Bill O'Reilly, Dick Cheney, Media News
John Wellington Ennis

Maybe continually over-simplifying every issue in politics into a siege upon America actually helps bring about a siege mentality in Americans.

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Being "Deeply Saddened" at Gun Violence Is Not Enough

Paul Helmke | Posted 07.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gun Violence, Abortion, Supreme Court, Rahm Emanuel, Nancy Pelosi, Gun Control, Hillary Clinton, Guns, Barack Obama, Eric Holder, Cairo-Egypt, Egypt, Little Rock-Arkansas, Binghamton-New York, Afghanistan, Iraq, Oakland, Politics News
Paul Helmke

Candidate Obama addressed gun violence prevention. President Obama ha not done much more than express his deep sadness to victims and their families in response to shooting after shooting.

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Kentucky Pastor Invites People To Bring Guns To Church

AP | DYLAN T. LOVAN | Posted 07.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Second Amendment, Gun Control, Kentucky, Bring Guns to Church, New Bethel Church, Guns, Politics News

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A Kentucky pastor is inviting his flock to bring guns to church to celebrate the Fourth of July and the Second Amendment. New...

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Gun-Control Advocates Accidentally Side With NRA

CQ | Posted 06.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gun-Control, Gregory W. Meeks, Ed Perlmutter, Nra, Guns, Second Amendment, Joe Courtney, Shelley Berkley, National Parks Guns, Bennie Thompson, Hank Johnson, Frank Pallone Jr., Patrick J. Kennedy, Melissa Bean, Adam Smith, Politics News

As they study the vote in Congress to ease gun restrictions in national parks, the National Rifle Association and gun-control groups agree on one impo...

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P.J. O'Rourke: Gun Control Futile

Blaise Zerega | Posted 06.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Political News, Brady Bill, Pj O'rourke, Nra, National Parks, Concealed Weapons Permits, Columbine, Gop, Gun Control, Gun Control Legislation, Politics News
Blaise Zerega

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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Missing Weapons: The Nation's Great Threat

Allison Kilkenny | Posted 06.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gun Violence, Bronx-Synagogues-Bomb-Plot, Gun Control, Military Industrial Complex, Terrorism, Guns, Politics News
Allison Kilkenny

The real enemy isn't living abroad, but rests within in the forms of weapons manufacturers and a government too greedy and cozy to properly guard its own citizens.

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Congress Says Yes to Guns in National Parks

Josh Sugarmann | Posted 06.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gun Violence, Credit Card Bill, National Rifle Asssociation, Guns in Parks, Wildlife Refuges, Gun Control, Guns in National Parks, Nra, National Parks, Wayne LaPierre, Violence Policy Center, U.S. Congress, Politics News
Josh Sugarmann

In its ongoing efforts to open up every possible space in America to gun toting, the NRA succeeded in attaching to the credit card bill legislation allowing loaded guns in National Parks and Wildlife Refuges.

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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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Senate Votes To Allow Loaded Guns In National Parks

AP | MATTHEW DALY | Posted 06.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Democrats Gun Control, Democrats Second Amendment, Guns National Parks, Gun Control National Parks, Gun Control, Bush Guns National Parks, Politics News

WASHINGTON — The Democratic-controlled Congress is moving to restore a Bush administration policy that allowed loaded guns in national parks. T...

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Responsibility Is A Lifestyle: It's Time to Bury Da Beef

T.I. | Posted 06.11.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Gun Violence, Prison Sentence, Prison, T.I. Prison, Gun Control, Rappers, T.I. Gun, T.I., Guns, Entertainment News
T.I.

In a few weeks, I will begin a one-year prison sentence for being in the possession of illegal firearms. Before I go to prison, I want to speak to young people about responsibility as a lifestyle.

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Guns & Romance

Leighann Lord | Posted 06.11.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Couples Counseling, Gun Control, College Shooting, Couples, Connecticut, Comedy News
Leighann Lord

Love is complicated. Science has shown that the chemical make up of the brain while in love looks very similar to mental illness. Add this to any pre-existing pathologies and the situation gets problematic.

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