Richard Poplawski

The Real Slippery Slope of Gun Laws

Josh Horwitz | Posted 01.16.2012

Read More: Virginia, Richard Poplawski, National Rifle Association, H.R. 822, Concealed Carry Permit, Concealed Weapons Permits, Cho Seung-Hui, Concealed Carry, Richard Poplawski Pittsburgh, States Rights, Nidal Malik Hasan, National Right to Carry Reciprocity Act, Concealed Carry Killers, States' Rights, Jared Loughner, Concealed Handguns, Nra, Wayne LaPierre, Politics News

Denied a concealed handgun permit in your home state because of your criminal and mental health background? No problem. Thanks to the NRA, you'll now simply be able to mail-order a permit from Utah or Florida and you're ready to carry.

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Penn. Jury Mulls Death Penalty For Convicted Killer Of Three Cops

AP | JOE MANDAK | Posted 08.27.2011

Read More: Stephen Mayhle, Richard Poplawski, Pennsylvania Crime, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Eric Kelly, Death Penalty, Paul Sciullo II, Crime News

PITTSBURGH — A man facing the possible death penalty for murdering three Pittsburgh police officers cried Monday as the widow of one officer tes...

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The True Meaning of Keith Olbermann

Will Bunch | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Iraq War, Howard Kurtz, Richard Poplawski, Msnbc, George W. Bush, Countdown With Keith Olbermann, Donald Rumsfeld, Hurricane Katrina, Glenn Beck, Keith Olbermann, Comcast, Bill O'Reilly, Barack Obama, Dick Cheney, Media News

Ironically, Olbermann's tenure at MSNBC may have really ended because of something very much like the thing that he rightfully ridiculed Bush for more than anything else. Maybe he really left because of a Mission Accomplished.

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What I Learned Behind the Lines of the Anti-Obama Backlash

Will Bunch | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Birthers, Tea Party Movement, Richard Poplawski, John McCain, Mike Castle, Obama Muslim, Books, Sarah Palin, Lou Dobbs, Glenn Beck, Oath Keepers, Lindsey Graham, Alex Jones, Ebooks, Books News

A push for job creation would bring work for many people now simmering in the toxic right-wing media bubble instead. The conditions fueling the Obama backlash may lift -- if we can somehow lift the conditions holding back America as a whole.

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The Hair-Tearing False Equivalency of American Political Violence.

Dan Sweeney | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: George Tiller, Pat Buchanan, Jim Adkisson, Richard Poplawski, Holocaust Museum Shooting, Louise Slaughter, Joshua Cartwright, Hutaree Militia, Eugene Robinson, Mika Brzezinski Morning Joe, Mika Brzezinski, Eric Cantor, Genghis Khan, Media News

Please, someone, anyone, stop Mika Brzezinski before she kills journalistic integrity again. Ms. Brzezinski if you're reading this, I'm begging you, just google "false equivalency" and read some of the commentaries on the various blogs that pop up.

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We Don't Negotiate With Terrorists

Dan Sweeney | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ar-15, James Von Brunn, Jim Adkisson, Richard Poplawski, Karl Rove, Minuteman American Defense, Tom Delay, Terrorism, Health Care Reform, Joshua Cartwright, Scott Roeder, Health Care, Politics News

Note the phrase "threatened use of force" in the definition of terrorism, and then ask yourself what the guy at Obama's event with an assault weapon was doing, given the events of the past year or so.

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Patriot Acts: Four Reasons the USA Is Still the Bomb

Dan Sweeney | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: James Von Brunn, Jim Adkisson, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Richard Poplawski, Minuteman American Defense, Marijuana, Joshua Cartwright, Scott Roeder, Cuba, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Legalize Marijuana, Politics News

My weekly newspaper columns are usually about local issues, but as this week's column had a national bent, I figured I'd post it here for all of you H...

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Scott Roeder: Latest Guy With a Gun Who Made the Rules

Josh Sugarmann | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Abortion, George Tiller, National Rifle Association, Richard Poplawski, Militia Groups, Timothy McVeigh, Scott Roeder, Cpac, Extremist Movement, Nra, Wayne LaPierre, Gun Violence Prevention, Assault Weapons, Freemen, Politics News

"The guys with the guns make the rules" was the rallying cry Wayne LaPierre of the NRA offered attendees at this year's CPAC convention.

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Pittsburgh Police Shooting Had Origins In Urinating Dog

AP | JOE MANDAK | Posted 05.25.2011

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PITTSBURGH — A 911 call that brought two police officers to a home where they were ambushed, and where a third was also later killed during a fo...

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RICHARD POPLAWSKI, Pittsburgh Gunman, Kills 3 Police Officers

AP | RAMIT PLUSHNICK-MASTI and DAN NEPHIN | Posted 05.25.2011

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PITTSBURGH — A gunman wearing a bulletproof vest and "lying in wait" opened fire on officers responding to a domestic disturbance call Saturday,...

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