Gun Control

Jim And Sarah Brady, Brady Campaign Endorse Barack Obama And Joe Biden

Paul Helmke | Posted 10.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: 2008 Elections, Second Amendment, John McCain, Sarah Palin, Jim Brady, Gun Control, Sarah Brady, Joe Biden, Election 2008, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Guns, Illegal Guns, Politics News
Paul Helmke

The Obama-Biden ticket will work with law enforcement, gun violence victims, and ordinary citizens to make it harder for dangerous people to get dangerous weapons.

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Obama And McCain: Address Gun Violence In America

Paul Helmke | Posted 10.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Nashville Debate, Gun Show Loophole, 2008 Elections, Nashville, John McCain, Suicide, Brady Law, Gun Control, Presidential Debates, Nra, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Guns, Illegal Guns, Joe Lieberman and John McCain, Gun Violence, Criminal Background Checks, National Rifle Association, Tennessee, Gun Shows, Memphis, Joe Lieberman, Election 2008, Politics News
Paul Helmke

Tonight, Senators John McCain and Barack Obama will debate each other in a town hall at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee. This time, unlike...

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John McCain: Unfit for the Presidency

Paul Jenkins | Posted 09.29.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Women's Issues, Financial Bailout, Pakistan, Economy, George W. Bush, Gun Control, Iraq, Religious Right, Sarah Palin, Same-Sex Marriage, Iran, Mike Huckabee, John Kerry, Katie Couric, Russia, African-American Issues, Abortion, Energy, Bill Clinton, Philadelphia, Alaska, Karl Rove, Presidential Debate, Mitt Romney, Democrats, Barack Obama, Rudy Giuliani, Earmarks, Fred Thompson, Environment, Taliban, Death Penalty, Afghanistan, Republicans, Steve Schmidt, Politics News
Paul Jenkins

If we agree, as most of us do outside of the far-right abortion-obsessed axis, that Palin is unfit to serve as president, then McCain, the man solely responsible for giving her that opportunity, is unfit too. It's that simple.

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False NRA Attacks On Obama and Biden Backfire

Paul Helmke | Posted 09.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, National Rifle Association, John McCain, Advertising, 2008 Presidential Race, Gun Control, Election 2008, Joe Biden, 2008 Election, Nra, Heller Decision, Barack Obama, Guns, Politics News
Paul Helmke

The NRA leadership likes to talk a lot about freedom, but when it comes to their political advertising and direct-mail literature, they must mean the "freedom" to distort and deceive.

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Dick Heller: In His Own Words

Josh Horwitz | Posted 09.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Dick Heller, Second Amendment, Gun Violence, District of Columbia v. Heller, Crime, District of Columbia, Supreme Court Handguns Dc, Gun Control, Heller Decision, District of Columbia v Heller, Politics News
Josh Horwitz

It was national news on June 26 when the Supreme Court overturned the District of Columbia's strict gun laws and declared that the Second Amendment gu...

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U.S. House Acts Like City Council To Pass Dangerous Gun Lobby Bill

Paul Helmke | Posted 09.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, House of Representatives, Senate, National Rifle Association, Congress, District of Columbia v. Heller, District of Columbia, Gun Control, Eleanor Holmes Norton, Travis Childers, Henry Waxman, Nra, Illegal Guns, Guns, Heller Decision, Politics News
Paul Helmke

Yesterday, the House adopted the gun lobby agenda that nothing should ever be done to "discourage" gun ownership and possession.

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Bring the Assault Weapons Ban Back Into Presidential Politics

Dan Brown | Posted 09.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: Second Amendment, Bukhari Washington, National Rifle Association, Cory Booker, Samuel G. Freedman, Newark, Assault Weapons, Christ the King, New York Times, Gun Control, AK-47, Aids, Barack Obama, Politics News
Dan Brown

Tonight, Barack Obama is attending a fundraiser in Newark, New Jersey. I truly hope he uses this opportunity to speak about Bukhari Washington and the...

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Is Sarah Palin "Mainstream" on Guns?

Josh Horwitz | Posted 09.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Heller Case, Vice President, John McCain, Second Amendment, Insurrectionism, Mccain, Gun, Gun Control, Alaskan Independence Party, Republican Convention, Heller Decision, Palin, Guns, Gun Violence, Republican Party, Insurrection, Sarah Palin, Heller vs. Dc, Governor Palin, Candidate, Alaska, Republican National Convention, Republicans, Sarah Palin Reaction, Politics News
Josh Horwitz

A closer examination of her background reveals that Palin has embraced views on gun ownership that are ideologically extreme even by the standards of gun rights advocates.

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38.4 Million Obama Fans Can't Be Wrong

Erik Lundegaard | Posted 08.31.2008 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, John McCain, Democratic National Convention, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Gun Control, Gail Collins, Immigration Debate, Same-Sex Marriage, Politics News
Erik Lundegaard

Apparently John McCain doesn't take this presidency business seriously. First he injected Paris Hilton and Britney Spears into the race, now's he's in...

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Gun Shows and Terrorists

John Rosenthal | Posted 08.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Gun Show Loophole, Gun Control, Illegal Guns, Guns, Gun Shows, Politics News
John Rosenthal

At over 5,000 gun shows each year, in 32 states, criminals and terrorists are allowed to purchase firearms from private gun dealers without an ID or background check.

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Texas School District To Let Teachers Carry Guns

Reuters | Posted 08.18.2008 | Home

Read More: Texas, Harrold, Gun Laws, Education, Gun Control, Guns, Home News

HOUSTON - A Texas school district will let teachers bring guns to class this fall, the district's superintendent said on Friday, in what experts said ...

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Evanston Relaxes Gun Ban To Fit Supreme Court Ruling

Chicago Tribune | Brian Cox and Deborah Horan | Posted 08.12.2008 | Chicago

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Following on the heels of a Supreme Court decision that held that a blanket ban on handguns violated 2nd Amendment rights, Evanston's City Council vot...

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The Same Old Story

Josh Horwitz | Posted 08.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Gun Violence, Shooting, School Shooting, Seung-Hui Cho, Cho Seung-Hui, Virginia Tech Shootings, Shooting Northern Illinois University, Steven Kazmierczak, Gun Control, Steve Kazmierczak, Virginia Tech Massacre, School Shootings, Northern Illinois University, Politics News
Josh Horwitz

If the cases of Seung-Hui Cho and Steven Kazmierczak have taught us anything, it's that red flags do appear consistently among shooters. What is needed is a screening process.

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Mary McFate--She's the NRA

Josh Sugarmann | Posted 08.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Mcfate, Domestic Spying, Politics News, National Rifle Association, Mother Jones Magazine, Corporate Espionage, Sapone, Mary Lou Sapone, Mother Jones, Gun Control, Nra, Espionage, Gun Violence, Mary McFate, Guns, Mary Sapone, Spying, Politics News
Josh Sugarmann

Intermittently for the past 25 years, the NRA has run a series of ads under the headline "I'm the NRA." Included are celebrities (like Washington Red...

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The NRA's Dirty Tricks

Paul Helmke | Posted 07.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: Corporate Espionage, Gun Violence, Mother Jones Magazine, National Rifle Association, Mary Lou Sapone, Mother Jones, Gun Control, Mary McFate, Spying, Nra, Espionage, Guns, Domestic Spying, Mcfate, Sapone, Mary Sapone, Politics News
Paul Helmke

When the National Rifle Association asks its members for their next contribution, they might want to disclose how much of that money will be spent to spy on gun violence victims and their families.

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Mary, Quite Contrary: Gun Control Activist Was Actually Gun Lobby Spy

Mother Jones | James Ridgeway, Daniel Schulman and David Corn | Posted 07.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: Gun Control, Nra, Mary Sapone, Politics News

Mary McFate was a prominent gun control activist. Mary Lou Sapone was a freelance spy with an NRA connection. They are the same person. A Mother Jones...

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Praise the Lord -- and Pass the Ammunition

David Gibson | Posted 07.29.2008 | Politics

Read More: Second Amendment, Religion, Church Shooting, 2nd Amendment, Obama Gun Control, Unitarian Church Shooting, Religion and Politics, Gun Control, Tennessee Church Shooting, Politics News
David Gibson

Yet another church shooting, and yet another chance to ask: Where is the religious community's voice on gun control?

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The Land Of 10,000 Lakes And Even More Guns

Lloyd Garver | Posted 07.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: Gun Control, Gun Law, Guns, Minnesota Gun Law, Crazy Gun Laws, Gun Laws, Minnesota, Jesse Ventura Al Franken, Humor, Politics News
Lloyd Garver

I emailed the state of Minnesota and asked if it was legal to walk into a bank with a gun. They said it was unless that bank had a sign specifically prohibiting people from doing so. A bank! And this was the law!

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Smith & Wesson Snubs Police with "Commemorative" Revolver

Josh Sugarmann | Posted 07.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Police Safety, Supreme Court, Law Enforcement, Violence Policy Center, Armor Piercing Bullets, Washington DC, Gun Control, Alan Gottlieb, Smith & Wesson, Second Amendment Foundation, Washington DC Handgun Ban, Heller Decision, Politics News
Josh Sugarmann

Smith & Wesson, which manufactures a revolver that can penetrate the body armor has issued a special "commemorative" revolver to celebrate the end of a law strongly supported by the police.

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Chinese Reporters Shot At Anti-Gun Press Conference

BBC | Posted 07.18.2008 | Home

Read More: Journalists, Gun Violence, Gun Control, Irony, Journalism, China, Home News

Three Chinese reporters attending a police briefing on the success of an anti-gun campaign were accidentally shot, media reports say. An officer pick...

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Johnny Get Your Gun

Ellis Weiner | Posted 07.18.2008 | Home

Read More: Gun Control, Conservatives, Power Line, Guns, John Hinderaker, Home News
Ellis Weiner

When I grow up--which, experts assure me, will happen any day now--I want to be a "conservative." I want to live in a make-believe world in which eve...

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Esquire's "Portrait" Of The NIU Shooter

Paul Helmke | Posted 07.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: School Shooting, Illinois Shooting, Steven Kazmierczak, Shooting Northern Illinois University, Gun Control, Guns in School, Illinois, Guns, Politics News
Paul Helmke

This story of last year's Northern Illinois University shooting raises a lot of troubling issues, one of which is why we make it so easy for dangerous people to get guns.

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Second Amendment Decision-Best of Both (Urban and Rural) Gun Worlds

John Rosenthal | Posted 07.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Second Amendment, Antonin Scalia, Gun Control, Dc Gun Ban, Supreme Court Guns, Guns, Politics News
John Rosenthal

Since the Supreme Court repealed the DC gun ban, we can now begin a debate about how to prevent easy gun access to those that don't deserve it while protecting the right of law abiding gun owners who do.

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The NRA Should Support Obama

Tom Burnett | Posted 07.04.2008 | Home

Read More: Gun Control, Mccain, Obama, Nra, Obama NRA, Senator Obama, Nra Support Obama, Obama Guns, Home News
Tom Burnett

The NRA charter is based on teaching kids how to use firearms safely. In choosing to spend $40 million to defeat Obama, the NRA is simply wasting money that could be better spent on education.

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Disney, NRA Fight Over Allowing Guns At Work

Orlando Sentinel | Scott Powers and Jason Garcia | Posted 07.04.2008 | Business

Read More: Second Amendment, Gun Control, Disney, Durell Peaden, Guns, Nra, Business News

Walt Disney World employees won't be packing any heat in the company parking lots anytime soon. The giant resort has declared that much of its sprawl...

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