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Dick’s Sporting Goods Refusing to Honor Military-Style Rifle Orders Placed Before CT Shooting
The sporting goods chain says it’s suspending sales of modern rifles nationwide because of the school shooting in Connecticut.
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Silencers: The NRA’s latest big lie
Silencers could give the next Adam Lanza even more time to kill -- but to the NRA, they protect kids' hearing
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Obama hopes to enact new gun-control measures in 2013
Obama pledged that he would not be putting off the issue of gun violence in his next term. President Obama on Sunday said he would make gun control a priority in his new term, pledging to put his “full weight” behind passing new restrictions on firearms in 2013.
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Piers Morgan: "If America won't change its crazy gun laws, I may deport myself"
The MoS columnist angered 90,000 gun-lovers in the US with his views on gun control. Here he explains why he may leave the country that has become his second home.
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Handcuffed California teen shot while in police custody
A Southern California teenager who was fatally shot while handcuffed by police last Wednesday was armed during the incident, a police spokesperson said Monday.
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Alabama Department Of Homeland Security Releases Graphic Mass Shooting Preparedness Video
Run, hide, fight. A grim twist on the workplace training tape.
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Illinois Bill to Ban All Modern Firearms
"The ISRA has learned from a credible source that Illinois Senate President John Cullerton [above] will introduce a so called 'assault weapons' ban on Wednesday when the legislature returns for its 'lame duck' session.
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Airport screeners discover more than 1,500 guns in 2012
Passengers are not allowed to carry guns onto airplanes, yet the Transportation Security Administration finds hundreds of weapons each year.
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FBI: More People Killed with Hammers, Clubs Each Year than Rifles
According to the FBI annual crime statistics, the number of murders committed annually with hammers and clubs far outnumbers the number of murders committed with a rifle.
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Former NRA President: Banning Assault Weapons Is Like Banning People of Color
The National Rifle Association has repeatedly thumbed its nose at calls for stronger gun safety measures after the tragic shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, CT. Current NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre shocked many by attacking these efforts and calling instead for armed guards in every school.
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Politicians condemn New York newspaper that published gun owner map
New York-area politicians denounced on Friday a local newspaper that has revealed the names and addresses of thousands of holders of gun permits, and they asked state legislators to make such information confidential.
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Disruptions: Smart Guns Can't Kill in the Wrong Hands
Technology exists that would make guns safer. But the possibility of preventing or at least limiting deaths this way is missing from the gun-control debate.
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‘Gun Appreciation Day’ planned close to inauguration
A collection of conservative and gun rights groups are joining together for a “Gun Appreciation Day” on Jan. 19, two days before President Obama’s second inauguration.
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Teacher talks armed student into giving up
The teacher stood in the classroom, face-to-face with his 16-year-old student, who was holding a shotgun.
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Don’t Regulate Guns. Regulate Who Can Get Them.
To beat the NRA, don’t focus on guns. Focus on keeping them away from dangerous people.
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The Hitler gun control lie
Gun rights activists who cite the dictator as a reason against gun control have their history dangerously wrong.
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Data indicate drop in high-capacity magazines during federal gun ban
Analysis of a Virginia database shows a drop-off in high-capacity magazines during the ban and a surge afterward.
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How the Video-Game Industry Already Lost Out in the Gun-Control Debate
Firearms, not entertainment, lead to mass shootings, and yet gamers have become irrevocably implicated.
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NRA President: No Way an Assault Weapons Ban Will Pass…Unless Obama Uses ‘All the Power of His Office’
National Rifle Association President David Keene said Sunday he doesn't think there's enough support to get a new assault weapons ban passed in Congress, unless President Barack Obama uses "all the power of his office" and changes the game.
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Best answer to gun violence is ending the “War on Drugs.”
Melissa Harris-Perry and her guests on Sunday discussed whether the best answer to gun violence is ending the “War on Drugs.”
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