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Is Ft. Hood Like Columbine? By Columbine's Dave Cullen

Newsweek | Dave Cullen | Posted 11.09.2009 | Home

Read More: Dylan Klebold, Islam, Ft. Hood, Columbine Book, Crime, Eric Harris, Ethnicity, Bullying, Terrorism, Fort Hood, Fort Hood Victims, 9/11, Virginia Tech, Guns, Colorado, Texas, Columbine, Religion, Soldiers, Military, Fort Hood Analysis, Psychiatrist, US Soldiers, Nidal Hasan, Ptsd, Home News

My brain is about to bust with all the apparent parallels to Columbine, Virginia Tech and 9/11, and the startling differences to each as well. But the...

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It's the Guns, Stupid: Why Handguns Remain One of the Biggest Threats To Homeland Security

Louis Klarevas | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Homegrown Terrorists, Handguns, Homeland Security, Terrorism, Guns, Extremism, Politics News

I no longer wonder "if" a Mumbai-style attack will occur in the U.S. Absent the implementation of serious gun control measures, I now ask "when"?

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Guns Around The World (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Posted 11.06.2009 | World

Read More: Murder, Gun Laws, Crime, Gun Law Around the World, Handgun-Murders, UK Gun Law, Slideshow, Gun Law, Guns, Illegal Guns, Global Gun Laws, World News

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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Primary Image on Drudge Report While Soldiers Were Being Slaughtered at Fort Hood...

Martin Lewis | Posted 11.06.2009 | Media

Read More: Military Mentality, Mark Levin, Gun Culture, Fort Hood, Massacre, Seriously Bald Radio Hosts Who Try to Hide It Under Baseball Hats, John Ratzenberger, John Boehner, Military Fatigue, Assault Weapons, Gun Mentality, Sewage Workers, Matt Drudge, Military Training, Candidates With Sewer Experience, Military Fatigues, Jon Voight, Guns, Jesse Kelly, M16 Rifle, Michele Bachmann, Slaughter, Nidal Malik Hasan, Discharged Marines, Drudge Report, Washed-Up Actors, Fort Hood Shootings, Send a Warrior to Congress, Fake-Tan, Spray-on Tan, Fake Tan Politicians, Media News

With unwitting but impeccable timing, the sole banner advertisement prominently emblazoned on Drudge Thursday was the image of a discharged member of the military brandishing his M16 rifle.

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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

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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Shortage Of Ammunition: Demand Is Up Despite Drop In Crime Rate

washingtonpost.com | David A. Fahrenthold and Fredrick Kunkle | Posted 11.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Shortage of Ammunition, Ammunition, Guns and Ammunition, Ammo Shortage, Gun Control, Gun Lobby, Bullets, Nra, America Ammunition, Ammunition Supply, Guns, Politics News

In a year of job losses, foreclosures and bag lunches, Americans have spent record-breaking amounts of money on guns and ammunition. The most obvious ...

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Patrick Nayyar, Conrad Stanisclaus Mulholland Charged With Trying To Give Weapons To Hezbollah

AP | Posted 10.27.2009 | New York

Read More: Hezbollah, Lebanon, Patrick Nayyar, Hezbollah Weapons, Conrad Stanisclaus Mulholland, Terrorism, Guns, Lebanese Militants, New York News

NEW YORK — Two New York City men have been charged with trying to provide weapons, ammunition and vehicles to the Lebanese militant group Hezbol...

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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

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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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

The absolute she tried to personify -- that owning a handgun will guarantee your safety -- is false.

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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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The Gun Issue Is Back in the Supreme Court: What Does It Mean?

Dennis A. Henigan | Posted 10.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Distrt of Columbia, Second Amendment, National Rifle Association, District of Columbia v. Heller, Chicago, Gun Control, Constitution, Nra, Heller Decision, Guns, Politics News

Although the Chicago handgun ban Supreme Court case involves interesting constitutional issues, even if Chicago loses, such a ruling is unlikely to prove a serious threat to state and local gun regulation across-the-board.

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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

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

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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GOP Senator Identifies Gun Violence As Major Factor In Health Care Crisis

Paul Helmke | Posted 10.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gun Show Loophole, Hilary Clinton, John Ensign, Nancy Pelosi, Health Care Reform, Harry Reid, Sen. John Ensign, Health Care, Barack Obama, Eric Holder, Guns, Illegal Guns, Gun Control, Politics News

Even if he didn't mean to, I want to thank Senator John Ensign of Nevada for speaking out about the importance of reducing gun violence as a means of addressing America's skyrocketing health care costs.

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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

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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Why We Let Rush Live

Jodi Lampert | Posted 10.02.2009 | Home

Read More: Birthers, Rush Limbaugh, Randi Rhodes, Ron Reagan, Guns, President Barack Obama, Rush Limbaugh Obama, Home News

I would never advocate harming Rush or his kind; we are too kind. But I think it's time to stop behaving like ourselves. Anyone who brings a gun to a rally needs to be roughed up.

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Supreme Court To Take On Chicago Handgun Ban

AP | MARK SHERMAN | Posted 10.01.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Guns, Supreme Court Guns, Chicago Handgun Ban, Chicago Gun Laws, Chicago Gun Ban, Chicago Gun Ban Supreme Court, Chicago News

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court agreed Wednesday to decide whether strict local and state gun control laws violate the Second Amendment, ensuring another high-profile battle over the rights of gun owners.

The court said it will review a lower court ruling that upheld a handgun ban in Chicago. Gun rights supporters challenged gun laws in Chicago and some suburbs immediately following the high court's decision in June 2008 that struck down a handgun ban in the District of Columbia, a federal enclave.

The new case tests whether last year's ruling applies as well to local and state laws.

The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld ordinances barring the ownership of handguns in most cases in Chicago and suburban Oak Park, Ill.

Judge Frank Easterbrook, an appointee of President Ronald Reagan, said that "the Constitution establishes a federal republic where local differences are to be cherished as elements of liberty rather than extirpated in order to produce a single, nationally applicable rule."

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TV: Sex, Guns, and Frito-Lays

Michelle Howard | Posted 09.29.2009 | Living

Read More: Sex, Violence, Drugs, Teen Sex, Tv, Obesity, Childhood Obesity, TV Advertising, Teenagers, Teenage Tv Consumption, Television, Unhealthy Lifestyle, Kids and Guns, Guns, Living News

I’m not going to tell you to kill your television. I’m a pacifist. But how about a little habit changing? Just push that little button on your remote that says “off.”

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Public Enemies and the Invention of Video

Paul Snyder | Posted 09.28.2009 | Entertainment

For all of director Michael Mann's aesthetic sophistication, the film's spontaneity runs roughshod over a lot of true history.

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Dean Allen: GOP Candidate Raffles Off AK-47 At South Carolina Campaign Rally Called "Machinegun Social" (VIDEO)

AP | Posted 09.27.2009 | Politics

GREENVILLE, S.C. — A candidate to be South Carolina's next National Guard leader skipped the fiery speeches for firepower, launching his campaig...

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Mindless Stars and the Glamour of the Gun

Tom Gregory | Posted 09.25.2009 | 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

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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America armed, but guns not necessarily loaded

AP | MARY FOSTER | Posted 09.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: President Obama, Ammunition, Stocking Up on Ammo, Gun Control, Unloaded Guns, Gun Scarcity, Weapons, Democrats, Nra, Antigun Legislation, Guns, National Rifle Association, Ammo, Ammo Scarcity, Buying Ammo, Buying Guns, Republicans, Politics News

Bullet-makers are working around the clock, seven days a week, and still can't keep up with the nation's demand for ammunition.

Shooting ranges, gun dealers and bullet manufacturers say they have never seen such shortages. Bullets, especially for handguns, have been scarce for months because gun enthusiasts are stocking up on ammo, in part because they fear President Barack Obama and the Democratic-controlled Congress will pass antigun legislation – even though nothing specific has been proposed and the president last month signed a law allowing people to carry loaded guns in national parks.

Gun sales spiked when it became clear Obama would be elected a year ago and purchases continued to rise in his first few months of office. The FBI's National Instant Criminal Background Check System reported that 6.1 million background checks for gun sales were issued from January to May, an increase of 25.6 percent from the same period the year before.

"That is going to cause an upswing in ammunition sales," said Larry Keane, senior vice president of the National Shooting Sports Foundation, a trade association representing about 5,000 members. "Without bullets a gun is just a paper weight."

The shortage for sportsmen is different than the scarcity of ammo for some police forces earlier this year, a dearth fueled by an increase in ammo use by the military in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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

Paul Helmke | Posted 09.23.2009 | 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

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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Discussing Gun Violence Prevention in Indiana, Ohio and Tennessee

Paul Helmke | Posted 09.18.2009 | 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

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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