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Gun Lobbyists Against 'Wellness And Health'

Paul Helmke | Posted 12.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gun Violence, Senate, Congress, John Ensign, Rahm Emanuel, Nancy Pelosi, Health Care Reform, Gun Control, Harry Reid, Health Care, Guns, Barack Obama, Politics News
Paul Helmke

While our massive health care reform package was hammered out in the back offices of the Capitol, Senators still found time to bend over backwards for the Gun Owners of America.

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NRA Members For Reasonable Gun Restrictions

Paul Helmke | Posted 12.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gun Show Loophole, Congress, Terrorism, Homeland Security, Gun Control, Nra, Illegal Guns, Guns, Barack Obama, Eric Holder, Gun Violence, National Rifle Association, Mayors Against Illegal Guns, Rahm Emanuel, Janet Napolitano, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Frank Luntz, Politics News
Paul Helmke

it is time for Congress to start listening to the American people -- including NRA members and gun owners -- instead of responding to the dictates of NRA bosses.

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Gaps in Protection for Us and the President

Paul Helmke | Posted 12.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Terrorist Watch List, Gun Violence, Health Care Town Halls, Fort Hood, National Security, Rahm Emanuel, Terrorism, Janet Napolitano, Secret Service, Gun Control, Oath Keepers, Barack Obama, Eric Holder, Guns, Illegal Guns, Fort Hood Shootings, Tareq and Michaele Salahi, Nancy Pelosi, Politics News
Paul Helmke

We want security not only for the president and our top officials, but also for ourselves and our families. Yet as a nation we make it very easy for dangerous people to arm themselves.

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Bury This Book! Amazon.com and the Gun Issue

Dennis A. Henigan | Posted 12.03.2009 | Books

Read More: Gun Violence, Amazon.com, Book Publishing, National Rifle Association, Huffpost Books, Books, Book Reviews, Gun Control, Nra, Guns, Books News
Dennis A. Henigan

It seems apparent that, at least as to Lethal Logic, the Amazon customer views function more as a forum for the gun control debate than a forum for a debate about the book.

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Paterson: Extend School Day To Prevent Teen Gun Violence

nydailynews.com | By Meredith Kolodner and Kenneth Lovett | Posted 11.23.2009 | New York

Read More: Gun Violence, Public Schools, School to Combat Violence, Governor Paterson, New York State, Crime, Teen Gun Violence, New York News

Even as he warned Sunday that the state is going broke, Gov. Paterson was pitching a pricey new fix to teen gun violence: Extend the school day by thr...

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Saipan Shooting: Gunman Opens Fire On Pacific Island; 5 Dead

AP | GEMMA CASAS | Posted 11.21.2009 | World

Read More: Gun Violence, Saipan, Shootings, Saipan Shootings, Gun Control, Guns, Saipan Gunman, World News

SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands — After going on a shooting rampage that left a trail of victims on the Pacific resort island of Saipan, the gu...

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Good People, Bad People and the Fort Hood Shootings

Dennis A. Henigan | Posted 11.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gun Violence, Fort Hood, National Rifle Association, Concealed Carry, President Obama, Gun Control, Nidal Malik Hasan, Nra, Guns, Fort Hood Shootings, Politics News
Dennis A. Henigan

In 1996, after completing his official "NRA Personal Protection Course," Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan was issued a permit in Virginia to carry a concealed weapon.

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The Real Red Flag Raised By Fort Hood

David A. Love | Posted 11.11.2009 | Living

Read More: US Military, Persian Gulf, War on Terror, Trauma, War in Afghanistan, Timothy McVeigh, Muslim Americans, Afghan War, Violence, Psychology, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Veterans, Gun Violence, Politics News, Politics, Iraq PTSD, Iraq Veterans, Military, Vietnam War, Nidal Malik Hasan, Muslims, Ptsd, Us Troops Afghanistan, National Institutes of Health, Psychiatry, Depression, Fort Hood, Mental Health, Crime, Terrorism, War, Suicide, Iraq Veterans' Mental Health, War in Iraq, Al Qaeda, Afghanistan War, Texas, Army, Anti-Muslim Bias, Muslim, Oklahoma City Bombing, Fort Hood Shootings, Living News
David A. Love

As a repository for violence, the military is not dealing with untreated mental illness among its ranks. The fact that Hasan was a mental health professional underscores the problem.

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What is the "Message" Behind Increased Gun Sales?

Josh Horwitz | Posted 11.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gun Violence, Second Amendment, Insurrectionism, Insurrection, William Kostric, Gun Control, Founding Fathers, Constitution, Town Hall Meetings, Guns, Politics News
Josh Horwitz

Wayne LaPierre, CEO of the National Rifle Association, thinks Americans are stockpiling handguns, assault weapons and ammunition because they are going to be "attacked by politicians"?

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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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Schwarzenegger Delivers Gun Violence Prevention Advocates Victory In California

Paul Helmke | Posted 10.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gun Violence, Gun Control, California, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Illegal Guns, Guns, Barack Obama, Ammunition, Politics News
Paul Helmke

Last week, Governor Schwarzenegger signed a law that requires handgun ammunition to be treated by retailers in much the same way that cigarettes, cold medicines and even spray paint are treated.

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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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Ohio Bar Shootout (VIDEO): Fight Escalates Into Showdown With Five Gunmen

AP | Posted 10.12.2009 | Home

Read More: Bar Violence, Gun Violence, University of Toledo, Toledo Bar Brawl, Video, Gunmen, Ohio, Violence, Bar Shootout, Route 66 Kitchen, Toledo Bar Shootout Video, Home News

(AP) TOLEDO, Ohio -- A wild shootout involving at least five gunmen sent patrons fleeing from a northwestern Ohio bar near the University of Toledo c...

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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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Shooting Deaths of Children Rose for Second Straight Year

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 10.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gun Violence, Youth, Firearms, Columbine, Columbine Shooting, Brady Law, Assault Rifles, Cdc, Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence, Assault Rifle Bans, Guns, Littleton, Politics News
Marian Wright Edelman

The United States is one of the few industrialized countries without common-sense controls on gun sales. We regulate toy guns but not the real ones that kill tens of thousands every year.

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Only in the Bizarro World

B. Jeffrey Madoff | Posted 10.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Second Amendment, National Academy of Sciences, Gun Violence, Congress, Senate, Amtrak, Abstinence Only, Crime, Suicide, Bizarro World, Superman, Institute of Medicine, Guns, Politics News
B. Jeffrey Madoff

Households with guns are 11 times more likely to use those guns to commit suicide than for self defense. But to be fair, we don't just kill ourselves, we kill others, a lot.

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Mindless Stars and the Glamour of the Gun

Tom Gregory | Posted 11.25.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Lindsay Lohan, Mlk, Rfk, Fergie, Uzi, Kent State, Sarai Givati, Khloe Kardashian, Gun Violence, Gang Warfare, Hayden Panettiere, Future Heretics, Columbine, Gerald Ford, Vietnam War, Gun Control, Walter Cronkite, Charles Manson, Jfk, Bullets, Guns, Entertainment News
Tom Gregory

Across the pages of leading fashion magazines mindless stars with thin careers are being showcased wearing Future Heretics t-shirts glamorizing guns.

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Gun Lobby Group Argues That More Access Is Needed To Gun Data

Paul Helmke | Posted 11.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gun Violence, Hilary Clinton, Oakland Police Shooting, Nancy Pelosi, Gun Control, Todd Tiahrt, Barack Obama, Eric Holder, Guns, Illegal Guns, Politics News
Paul Helmke

If we want to do something about the 100,000 deaths and injuries from guns that occur every year in this country, we need to learn more about what guns are used in crime and where they come from.

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Louisiana #1 in Rate of Women Murdered by Men

Josh Sugarmann | Posted 11.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gun Violence, Female Homicide, Domestic Violence Awareness Month, Louisiana, Female Homicide Victimization, Domestic Violence, Politics News
Josh Sugarmann

In cases where the victim-to-offender relationship could be identified, 91 percent of female victims were murdered by someone they knew. Where weapon use could be determined, firearms were the most common.

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Discussing Gun Violence Prevention in Indiana, Ohio and Tennessee

Paul Helmke | Posted 11.18.2009 | 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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Obama and the Gun Lobby: A Policy of Appeasement?

Dennis A. Henigan | Posted 11.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gun Violence, Mexican Drug Cartels, National Rifle Association, District of Columbia, Rahm Emanuel, Nancy Pelosi, Gun Control, Harry Reid, Democratic Party, Town Hall Meetings, Nra, National Parks, Barack Obama, Guns, Politics News
Dennis A. Henigan

Is it a stretch to envision President Obama as the Neville Chamberlain of the gun issue? Consider the record so far.

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UC Davis Report: Gunshows Linked To Crime

The Sacramento Bee | Bill Lindelof | Posted 10.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gun Violence, Research, Gun Shows, Violent Crime, UC Davis, Garen Wintemute, Guns, Politics News

The UC Davis Violence Prevention program will release a report today that claims guns shows are a major source of weapons used in crimes....

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Thomas Jefferson and "The Blood of Tyrants"

Josh Horwitz | Posted 10.17.2009 | Home

Read More: Second Amendment, Gun Violence, Militia, Timothy McVeigh, President Obama, Health Care Reform, Gun Control, Founding Fathers, Thomas Jefferson, U.S. Constitution, Constitution, Home News
Josh Horwitz

Those who hold the belief that the 2nd Amendment gives them an individual right to take violent action have isolated Jefferson's "tree of liberty" quote in order to justify a radical ideology.

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Edward Kennedy: A Lion In The Fight Against Gun Violence

Paul Helmke | Posted 09.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: John F. Kennedy, Gun Violence, Senate, Gun Control, Barack Obama, Ted Kennedy, Guns, Robert F. Kennedy, John Hinckley, Brady Law, Sirhan Sirhan, Politics News
Paul Helmke

The Brady Campaign, and all survivors of gun violence, will miss Senator Kennedy's giant presence on the national stage.

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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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