Gun Laws

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Christopher Bizilj's Family Files Suit: Family Blames Teen For 8-Year-Old's Uzi Death At Gun Show

AP | Posted 11.10.2009 | Home

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SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — The family of an 8-year-old boy who fatally shot himself at a gun show in western Massachusetts say the Uzi submachine gun ...

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Guns Around The World (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Posted 11.06.2009 | World

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America leads the developed world for murders committed using firearms, with a rate of 0.0279271 per 1,000 people, according to UN reports from 2000. ...

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Guns Allowed In Arizona Bars Starting Wednesday

AP | AMANDA LEE MYERS | Posted 09.29.2009 | Politics

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PHOENIX — Bartender Randy Shields was serving British brews and Arizona ambers as usual at Shady's bar in east Phoenix when he saw a customer wa...

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Freedom from Fear

David Sirota | Posted 09.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care, Guns, Second Amendment, Gun Laws, First Amendment, Health Care Protests, Town Hall Meetings, Guns at Town Halls, Politics News

The rise of gun-toting protesters at town hall meetings has put citizens' right to bear arms in direct conflict with their right to attend public political meetings without fear of physical retribution.

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The (Legally) Armed Flasher: too Close for Comfort

Cindy Handler | Posted 08.31.2009 | Politics

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With a Democratic president and Congress, gun nuts are getting away with their wildest agendas. They're taking advantage of their countrymen in a time of urgency, and they're anything but patriotic.

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LISTEN: Senate Narrowly Votes Down Gun Measure

Jerome Halligan | Posted 08.22.2009 | Comedy

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Allen: I have one bill that I'm working on with Senator Sessions that will allow children to bring their parents' guns to school for show and tell. And if that goes down, well, then I just don't understand this country anymore.

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Senate To Vote On Concealed Weapons Measure

AP | JIM ABRAMS | Posted 08.22.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — The Senate on Wednesday rejected letting people carry hidden guns in 48 states if they have a concealed weapon permit in any one of...

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Senate Rejects "Radical" GOP Gun Bill

AP/Huffington Post | Posted 08.22.2009 | Politics

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UPDATE: 12:20 PM ET The Senate has rejected the GOP's pro-gun measure on concealed weapons. From AP: Gun control proponents scored a rare victory ...

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Guns In Bars Approved By Arizona Lawmakers

AP | JONATHAN J. COOPER | Posted 08.01.2009 | Politics

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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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Concealed Carry: If You're Interested in Preventing Hate Crimes, Let's Stop them Before They Happen

Christopher Barron | Posted 07.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Hate Crimes, Cato Institute, Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act, Hate Crimes Bill, Gun Laws, Politics News

If Congress wants to prevent violent hate crimes, they should pass legislation allowing men and women to carry a concealed weapon outside their home state: the truth is, law-abiding gun use saves lives.

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Guns in Parks - What are We Thinking?

Roberta Lee | Posted 06.28.2009 | Living

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Obama signed the credit card reform bill this week with a rider permitting guns in National parks and wildlife refuges. This is fuel to the fire of an already burning public health problem.

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Why Not Gun Insurance? An Invitation to the NRA

Gerald Sindell | Posted 05.26.2009 | Politics

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Gunshot wounds directly cost some $2 billion dollars a year. Gun insurance would help with medical bills and funeral expenses.

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Ammo, Gun Accessory Shortages Nationwide

McClatchy | Anna M. Tinsley | Posted 05.21.2009 | Politics

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Most days are like Christmas for Glen Furtardo. When he opens boxes sent to the Winchester Gallery gun store in east Fort Worth, he finds out what ...

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Are Local Republican Parties Afraid of Obama?

David Sirota | Posted 05.10.2009 | Politics

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Jim Greer's posture suggests that local Republican party officials are learning that their party will have trouble if it continues to be seen as the Party of No in the Obama era.

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Don't Mess With Texas... Especially Its New Gun Law

Jackson Williams | Posted 04.26.2009 | Politics

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A law the Texas Rifle Association wants the state legislature to pass is almost in the bag: the right to bring a gun to work!

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Guns and Drugs: How US Policies Destroy Our Inner Cities and the Third World

Casey Gane-McCalla | Posted 04.20.2009 | Politics

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By arresting minorities, America tries to show that it's fighting the drug problem while Whites in the suburbs are free to use and abuse drugs without solid police interference.

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DOJ Defends Bush Law Permitting Concealed Weapons In Parks

Washington Post | Posted 03.20.2009 | Politics

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The Obama administration is legally defending a last-minute rule enacted by President George W. Bush that allows concealed firearms in national parks,...

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God of Guns

John Feffer | Posted 11.27.2008 | Politics

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If American suppliers and the unregulated market have their way, South Koreans will someday enjoy all the privileges of gun ownership, including the privilege of getting shot by accident on the street.

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Texas School District To Let Teachers Carry Guns

Reuters | Posted 09.18.2008 | Home

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HOUSTON - A Texas school district will let teachers bring guns to class this fall, the district's superintendent said on Friday, in what experts said ...

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Texas School District To Let Teachers Carry Concealed Firearms

AP | Posted 09.15.2008 | Politics

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HARROLD, Texas — A tiny Texas district will allow teachers and staff members to carry concealed firearms to deter and protect against school sho...

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The Land Of 10,000 Lakes And Even More Guns

Lloyd Garver | Posted 07.31.2008 | Politics

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

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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Mexico Police: 100 Percent Of Drug Killings Committed With Smuggled US Guns

Washington Post | Manuel Roig-Franzia | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

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Assassins blasted Ricardo Rosas Alvarado, a member of an elite state police force, with a blizzard of bullets pumped out of AK-47 assault rifles. Alv...

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