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How Sarah Palin and Tea Partiers Are Blowing Up the GOP

Susan J. Demas | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Dick Armey, Teabaggers, Ronald Reagan, Bill Owens, Charlie Crist, Palin, Mark Schauer, Mark Kirk, Rnc, Tea Partiers, Dede Scozzafava, Tim Walberg, Gun Rights, Tea Party, Minutemen, Wayne Gilchrest, Arlen Specter, Lincoln Chafee, Rush Limbaugh, Ny-23, Doug Hoffman, Ritght to Life, Barack Obama, Heather Wilson, Moderate Republicans, Carly Fiorina, Sarah Palin, Michael Steele, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, Club for Growth, Tim Pawlenty, Glenn Beck, Republicans, Pat Toomey, Joe Schwarz, Chris Chocola, Politics News
Susan J. Demas

When extremists are a (vocal) minority, reasonable Republicans and independents come out of the woodwork. And the spoils go to the Democrats, who look comparatively sane.

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Chicago's Handgun Ban Has Little To Do With Gun Violence

Tim Taliaferro | Posted 10.13.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Handgun Ban, Chicago Crime, Gun Violence, Chicago Handgun Ban Supreme Court, Gun Rights, Gun Control, Chicago Gun Violence, Chicago Gun Ban, Inside DC, Chicago News
Tim Taliaferro

The justices may want to keep this in mind as they weigh Chicago's handgun ban. If illegal handguns are being bought legally, then what really is the ban accomplishing?

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Meleanie Hain: Gun-Carrying Soccer Mom Killed By Husband In Murder Suicide, Police Say (VIDEO)

The Associated Press | Mark Scolforo | Posted 10.09.2009 | Home

Read More: Melanie Hain, Lebanon, Crime, Gun, Suicide, Gun Control, Guns, Scott Hain, Murder, Dad, Pennsylvania, Soccer Mom, Mom, Gun Safety, Second Amendment, Nra, Gun Rights, Melanie, Meleanie Hain, Home News

LEBANON, Pa. - A soccer mom who was thrust into the national gun-rights debate after taking a loaded pistol to youth sports events was killed by her h...

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Gunning for Chicago

Mike Quigley | Posted 10.02.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Guns, Handgun Ban, Chicago, Second Amendment, United States vs. Miller, Court Cases, Supreme Court, Mcdonald vs. City of Chicago, Legal News, Gun Rights, Chicago News
Mike Quigley

The Supreme Court has agreed to review McDonald vs. City of Chicago, a case that challenges whether or not our local handgun ban is legal. It is a development that deeply concerns me.

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Aerosmith's Joe Perry on Gun Rights and John McCain

Liz Glover | Posted 09.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Senator John McCain, Mccain, John McCain, Liz Glover, Joe Perry, Gun Rights, Nra, Aerosmith, Politics News
Liz Glover

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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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Whites Who Say Blacks Are Racist Are Onto Something

Logan Nakyanzi Pollard | Posted 08.31.2009 | Politics

Read More: Hate, Collective, Break In, Police, Activity, President Barack Obama, Racist, Run, Healing, Drugs, Beer Summit, Robbery, Boy, Home, Urban, Henry Louis Gates Jr, 2nd Amendment, Running, Ritual, African American, Sgt. James Crowley, Freedom, Man, Glenn Beck, Credit Card, Black, Shelby Steele, Franz Fanon, Gun Rights, Cat-Calling, Reconciliation, Politics News
Logan Nakyanzi Pollard

In Glenn Beck's mind it doesn't add up. How can it be that people who are treated badly are not filled with hate?

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Vitter Defends South, Values Against "Wishy Washy" Voinovich

The Huffington Post | Susan Crile | Posted 08.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gop, Serious Sin Vitter, Ohio, Conservative Values, Republican Party, Stormy Daniels, Louisiana, Richard Lugar, Conservatives, Voinovivh, Gun Rights, David Vitter, Vitter, Jim Demint, Republicans, Politics News

Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) on Wednesday fired back at a fellow Republican senator who declared southern conservatives the party's biggest problem. Sen...

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Claire McCaskill: Gun Amendment Could Lead To Gay Marriage

Pams House Blend | Posted 08.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Thune Amendment, Mccaskill, Claire McCaskill, Nra Bill, Claire Mccaskill Gun Rights, Claire Mccaskill Gay Rights, Mccaskill Thune Amendment, Gun Rights, Mccaskill Gay Rights, Politics News

Love how Claire McCaskill put 2+2 together on this one. She did vote against the Thune amendment yesterday, but the Senator from Missouri was more pre...

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LISTEN: Senate Narrowly Votes Down Gun Measure

Jerome Halligan | Posted 08.22.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Audio, Gun Rights, Gun Violence, Gun Laws, Gun Control, Senate, Guns, Comedy News
Jerome Halligan

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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Ryan Grim

Mayors, Columbine Father Go After GOP Gun Amendment

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 08.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Columbin Gun Bill, Gun Amendment, Mayors Against Illegal Guns, John Thune, Gun Bill, Gun Rights, Gop Gun Rights Bill, GOP Gun Bill, Politics News

Mayors across the country stepped up their opposition to a GOP gun amendment scheduled for a vote in the Senate on Wednesday. The amendment would al...

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Palin Appears On Gun Rights Radio Talk Show, Talks With Ted Nugent

AP | MARY PEMBERTON | Posted 08.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Ted Nugent, Michael Dukes, Firearms Friday, Gun Rights, Palin Radio Show, Sarah Palin Gun Rights, Sarah Palin, Politics News

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Gun rights enthusiasts welcomed Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as she made an appearance Friday on a radio talk show, whose callers...

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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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Senate GOPers: Loosen Gun Laws To Defend Gay Rights

Washington Independent | David Weigel | Posted 07.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gun Rights, Matthew Shepard Act, 2nd Amendment, Pro-Gun Gays, Gay Rights, Politics News

One month after successfully tucking an amendment into the credit card reform bill that expanded gun rights, a small number of Senate Republicans are ...

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NRA, Chicago Prepare To Dig In On Gun Ban Fight

AP | DON BABWIN | Posted 07.06.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Second Amendment, Mayor Daley, Gun Rights, Chicago Handgun Ban, Nra Chicago Gun Ban, Supreme Court Guns, Nra, Chicago Gun Laws, Chicago News

CHICAGO (AP) -- The National Rifle Association and Chicago long have been the biggest and toughest guys on the block in the fight over handguns. Afte...

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NRA Appealing Chicago Handgun Ban To Supreme Court

AP | MARK SHERMAN | Posted 07.05.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Handgun Ban Supreme Court, Chicago Handgun Ban, Gun Rights, Nra Chicago Gun Ban, Judge Frank Easterbrook, Nra, Gun Rights Federalism, Chicago News

WASHINGTON — The National Rifle Association is asking the Supreme Court to strike down strict gun control laws in the Chicago area, setting the ...

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Why Not Gun Insurance? An Invitation to the NRA

Gerald Sindell | Posted 05.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gun Violence, Gun Laws, Gun Insurance, Bob Herbert, Gun Rights, Gun Control, Nra, Ralph Nader, Vince Bugliosi, Politics News
Gerald Sindell

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

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The Gospel According to Fox News

Deepak Chopra | Posted 05.22.2009 | Media

Read More: Fox News, Bill O'Reilly, Sean Hannity, Gun Rights, Racism, Patriotism, Media News
Deepak Chopra

It's mysterious how swiftly a society can collectively change its mind. As rapidly as the financial markets crashed, so has Fox News's credibility.

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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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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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Gun Rights For Domestic Abusers Gain Ground At Supreme Court

Los Angeles Times | David G. Savage | Posted 12.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Felony, Gun Rights, Scotus, Domestic Abuse, Politics News

Reporting from Washington -- Thousands convicted of a misdemeanor for threatening or assaulting a spouse or girlfriend could once again own guns becau...

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"Stop Obama" Tour Rallies Conservatives

Ryan Rivera | Posted 11.17.2008 | Home

Read More: Taxes, Rural Communities, Nevada, Swing State, John McCain, Rural Voters, Our Country Deserves Better, Battle for the West, Stop Obama, Joe Biden, Gun Rights, Sarah Palin, Barack Obama, Elko, Home News
Ryan Rivera

ELKO, Nev. -- A pro-John McCain / anti-Barack Obama bus tour stopped here Thursday morning, urging voters in one of the state's most conservative coun...

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I'll Trade You the 2nd Amendment for the 4th

Cenk Uygur | Posted 07.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Warrantless Wiretapping, Second Amendment, Constitution, Fourth Amendment, Justice Scalia, Gun Rights, Bill of Rights, 2nd Amendment, Warrantless Surveillance, Surveillance, 4th Amendment, Supreme Court Guns, Heller Decision, FISA Bill, Heller vs. Dc, Fisa, Politics News
Cenk Uygur

If the Bush administration releases the fourth amendment that it is currently holding hostage, I'm happy to consider the Supreme Court decision on the second amendment final and decisive.

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Supreme Court Gun Ruling Reactions

Huffington Post | Posted 07.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Supreme Court 2nd Amendment Case, 2nd Amendment, Dc Gun Rights, DC Gun Ban Lifted, Gun Rights, District of Columbia v Heller, Second Amendment, Dc Gun Ban, Heller Decision, Politics News

Following the Supreme Court's ruling fortifying 2nd Amendment gun rights, reactions are pouring in from politicians, pundits and bloggers. Barack Oba...

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Gun Control Advocates Fear Supreme Court Loss In Historic Second Amendment Case

AP | MARK SHERMAN | Posted 06.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: Gun Rights, Second Amendment, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Gun Rights Case, Supreme Court Second Amendment, Politics News

WASHINGTON — One momentous case down, another equally historic decision to go. The Supreme Court returns to the bench Monday with 17 cases still...

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