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Gabrielle Giffords challenges U.S. Congress to find courage on guns
ReutersBy Aaron Pressman BOSTON, May 5 (Reuters) - Former Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords received the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award on Sunday, asking the U.S. Congress to act more courageously on the issue of gun control. "We all have...Tags: Arts and Culture, Culture, Barack Obama, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), John F. Kennedy
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Taggants: Still a better way to track a bomber
A number of commenters on the online version of our April 28 Op-Ed, "A better way to track a bomber," argue against the use of taggants to trace explosives because the suspects in the Boston bombings, the Tsarnaev brothers, were identified through...
Tags: Safeway Inc., Emergency Incidents, Explosions, FBI
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Prospects for U.S. background checks remain unclear
WASHINGTON (AP) — The fate of a bipartisan Senate effort to subject more firearms buyers to background checks remains uncertain as seven Republicans amenable to a gun control debate are still likely to resist such an expansion. On an initial...
Tags: State of the Union Address, Lindsey O. Graham, Patrick J. Toomey, Gun Control, John McCain
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Allan Powell: Historic judgments need repeated
The sordid results of Senate voting on April 17 reflect clearly the loss of common sense and the courage to stand up to the political clout of the National Rifle Association. When the vote count became public, two thoughts came to mind. First was the word...Tags: Joe Manchin III, The Washington Post, Lobbying, Gun Control, Litigation and Regulation
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US arms control advocates must show they like guns
NEW YORK (AP) — Lobbying for gun control in the United States often means proving how much you like firearms. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, whose state recently passed some of the strictest gun control measures in the country, often reminds people...
Tags: Firearms, Hunting, New York City, Barack Obama, Michael Bloomberg
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EDITORIAL: The Issue That Won't Go Away
The Columbian, Vancouver, Wash.Although the Washington Legislature will continue with a special session, one fact already is known about this year's efforts: 2013 will be remembered as the year our lawmakers did nothing in response to gun violence. But we doubt the wave of public...Tags: Personal Weapon Control, Politics, Justice System, The Washington Post, Elections
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Stephen Goldstein: Think NRA was winner? Not so fast
The NRA has won the battle but lost the war. The best thing that happened to gun control is its defeat in Congress. Today's losers (Obama, Democrats, the 90 percent of Americans who support sane legislation) will be tomorrow's winners. Today's winners...Tags: Michael Bloomberg, Dianne Feinstein, Barack Obama, White House, U.S. House of Representatives
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What's Left For Gun-Control Advocates After Crash-And-Burn In U.S. Senate?
The Hartford CourantOne of the phrases repeated often by advocates of stricter gun laws since the Dec. 14 Newtown school massacre has been: "If not now, when?" That rhetorical question became a literal one Wednesday when a federal gun-control bill crashed and burned in the...Tags: Michael Bloomberg, Paul Ryan, White House, Voting, Lobbying
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An Angry Obama Lashes Out At Senate's Rejection Of Gun Measures
The Hartford CourantAngered by a resounding defeat Wednesday of proposed gun control legislation that grew out of the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre, President Barack Obama stood outside the White House with parents of murdered Newtown first-graders and vowed: "This...Tags: Dannel P. Malloy , White House, Patrick J. Toomey, Lobbying, Adam Lanza
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In much of the U.S. West, even moderate states balk at gun control
HELENA, Mont. — Stephen Watt is no stranger to gun violence. In 1982, as a 26-year-old Wyoming state trooper, he stopped a fleeing bank robber who pumped five bullets into Watt before leaving him for dead on an empty stretch of highway. Watt...
Tags: Michael F. Bennet, Mark Udall, White House, Gun Control, Health and Safety at School
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Obama minces words in addressing the Boston bombing
WASHINGTON - Terrorism is speech -- speech that gathers its audience by killing innocents as theatrically as possible. The 19th-century anarchist Paul Brousse called it "propaganda by deed." Accordingly, the Boston Marathon attack, the first successful...
Tags: Barack Obama, Religion and Belief, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), White House, Jihad
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Obama: Senate gun vote marks 'shameful day in Washington'
WASHINGTON -- President Obama declared it a “shameful day for Washington” on Wednesday after the Senate defeated an effort to expand background checks for people trying to purchase guns. Standing in the White House's Rose Garden with...
Tags: Barack Obama, White House, Lobbying, Gun Control, U.S. Senate
May 5, 2013
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Apr 28, 2013
|Column| South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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Apr 21, 2013
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Apr 21, 2013
|Column| South Bend Tribune
Apr 17, 2013
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