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Quinn, Emanuel lash out at Madigan gun bill
— Gov. Pat Quinn, Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Senate President John Cullerton decried a bill to legalize concealed firearms that is backed by powerful House Speaker Michael Madigan, contending it would invalidate strict local gun laws like Chicago's...
Tags: Elections, Interior Policy, Illinois Governor, Assault, Personal Weapon Control
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One man's pride in himself is inspiring
I am writing this in response to David Whiteman's May 11 letter. He complains about the great deal of media coverage received by Jason Collins, an NBA player who made history as the first active male athlete in a major North American sports league to come...Tags: Interior Policy, U.S. Congress, Barack Obama, Personal Weapon Control, Iraq
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Editorial: Save community laws on firearms
Under orders from the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, the Illinois legislature is trying to craft a law that will allow responsible gun owners to carry concealed weapons in public. The court said the legislature has to do this, but the court didn't say...
Tags: Elections, Interior Policy, Personal Weapon Control, Weaponry, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Stephen Goldstein: Real scandal is how lobbyists get away with what they do
These days, the country is consumed by scandal-mania — real, or mostly trumped-up, partisan allegations of violations of the public trust, the truth of which no one knows for sure because we don't have all the facts and probably never will. We...Tags: Elections, Interior Policy, Lobbying, Government, Public Officials
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Obama beats up the media; media returns favor
If President Obama was the darling of that so-called liberal media, he is certainly its biggest enemy today. Instead, he’s basically a lame duck pariah who now has the full attention of every broadcast analyst, Internet blogger and newspaper...
Tags: Criminals, Interior Policy, Chicago Sun-Times, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Personal Weapon Control
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Stan Van Gundy: 'It's been a year since I've been fired, and it still stings'
It is time for sportswriters and sportscasters everywhere to fly their notebooks and tape recorders at half-mast. Stan Van Gundy says he likely won't return to coaching next season and even says there's a possibility he may never return to coaching at...
Tags: Interior Policy, Personal Weapon Control, Atlanta Hawks, Urban Meyer, Basketball
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LETTER: Gun Owner Shouldn't Feel So Smug
I'd like letter writer Mark Goduto [May 21, "Gun Owner Doesn't Feel Guilty"] to try this on for a rational argument: Most gunners, at least the ones who call the rest of us gun-grabbers, like to think the Second Amendment, and only the Second Amendment,...Tags: Interior Policy, Personal Weapon Control, Politics
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Light Must Shine On Government Secrecy
The Hartford CourantMamie Till did the unspeakable almost 60 years ago. She opened the casket at her son Emmett's funeral so the world could see how this 14-year-old was shot, bludgeoned, mutilated and then drowned in Mississippi's Tallahatchie River with a cotton gin fan...Tags: Interior Policy, Justice and Rights, Emmett Till, Personal Weapon Control, Regional Authority
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Gun groups sue to block new Connecticut gun law
ReutersMILFORD, Connecticut (Reuters) - Leaders of Connecticut gun advocacy groups said on Thursday they had sued to knock down a strict new gun-control law passed in April because they believed the measure would not improve public safety. In the wake of the...Tags: Sandy Hook Elementary School, Interior Policy, Justice and Rights, Shootings, Personal Weapon Control
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Carroll County's gun law nullification fantasy
Nullification fever is spreading across the rural counties along the Mason-Dixon Line, with Cecil, Harford and Carroll counties passing resolutions in the last month declaring their view that Maryland's new gun control law is unconstitutional. Cecil's...
Tags: Carroll County (Maryland), Interior Policy, Justice and Rights, Personal Weapon Control, Civil Rights
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Illinois concealed carry bill heads to House floor
SPRINGFIELD --- An Illinois House panel today approved a concealed weapons bill that supporters say attempts to walk the fine line between gun rights advocates and gun control supporters, but some Chicago-area lawmakers want a more restrictive bill. The...
Tags: Elections, Interior Policy, Illinois Governor, Michael Madigan, Personal Weapon Control
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Illinois House introduces less restrictive gun bill
— An Illinois House version of legislation to allow people to carry concealed weapons that emerged Wednesday would not let Chicago have its own set of rules and could make it easier to get a permit. The latest proposal is an attempt to address...
Tags: Dining and Drinking, Interior Policy, Chicago Police Department, Behavioral Conditions, Michael Madigan
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