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Opinion | Congress Banned Assault Weapons Once Before. We Can Do It Again.

It is easy to get discouraged, but standing up to the National Rifle Association isn’t an impossible feat.
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Opinion | Lawmakers, Ignore Gun Violence Survivors At Your Peril

If politicians won't listen to gun violence survivors, we'll elect lawmakers who will.
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Hawaii Democrat Defends Stance On Guns After Actress Questions Her Silence On Bill

Rep. Tulsi Gabbard says a $400 NRA donation from more than a decade ago had nothing to do with it.
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All about the topsy-turvy Trump White House's extraordinarily bad day

From Hope Hicks' departure to Jeff Sessions' new nickname.
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Opinion | Even Our Best Hospitals Can't Handle Mass Shootings Anymore

Why are assault weapons legal if doctors can't adequately treat the devastation they inflict?
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Florida Sheriff Rebukes NRA Spokeswoman Who Claims She's 'Fighting' For Shooting Survivors

At a CNN-hosted town hall on Wednesday, NRA's Dana Loesch was roundly criticized by gun violence survivors and others for her remarks on gun control.
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Stephen Colbert Mocks Lawmakers For Talking Porn Instead Of Guns

“What do you have against teenagers?”
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'Pathetically Weak': Father Of Student Slain In Florida Excoriates Marco Rubio

“It is too easy to get. It is a weapon of war. The fact that you can stand here and can’t say that, I’m sorry.”
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Florida House Debates Porn, But Refuses To Discuss Assault Weapons

"The Florida House of Representatives literally decided that porn is a greater risk to Floridians than assault weapons."
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Bernie Sanders On AR-15s: They’re 'Not For Hunting. They’re For Killing Human Beings’

The Vermont senator reiterates his call for an assault weapons ban while defending his record on other gun control issues.
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