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Schiff: America has hit a 'tipping point' on gun violence
As the students and teachers involved in the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary returned to school this week, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank) begins serving on a congressional task force set up to address gun violence and propose potential gun-reform...
Tags: Politics, Firearms, Justice and Rights, Adam Schiff, Personal Weapon Control
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Burbank students, teachers honor Sandy Hook victims
About 150 elementary school students, teachers, elected officials and community members gathered at Jefferson Elementary School in Burbank Friday to honor those who lost their lives in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. Attendees joined hands...
Tags: Schools, PTA, Elementary Schools, Google+, Sandy Hook Elementary School
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UPDATED: Michigan AG reveals program to prevent school violence
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan's attorney general laid out a proposal Tuesday aimed at preventing violence in schools by creating a confidential tipline for parents and students to report potentially dangerous behavior. Bill Schuette announced the...
Tags: Justice System, Rick Snyder, PTA, Separation of Church and State, Crime, Law and Justice
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Newtown parents join Quinn to call for ban on high-capacity ammo magazines
Tribune reporterThe grieving mother of a 6-year-old killed in the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School joined Illinois Democrats on Sunday in calling for a statewide ban on high-capacity ammunition magazines. Nicole Hockley choked up when discussing the December...Tags: Periodicals, Politics, Illinois Governor, Newspaper and Magazine, Government
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California Senate approves measures aimed at reducing gun violence
SACRAMENTO --The state Senate approved two bills Thursday introduced following the mass killing at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut, including one requiring gun owners to keep their firearms in locked safe-boxes if they live with someone...Tags: Ron Calderon, Politics, Shootings, Firearms, Crime, Law and Justice
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Maryland governor signs gun control law; NRA vows to sue
Maryland has joined the list of states that have toughened gun control in the wake of the December shooting in Newtown, Conn. Gov. Martin O'Malley on Thursday signed the gun control bill that he promised he would. “We've chosen to take action by...
Tags: Judges, Politics, Assault, Firearms, Personal Weapon Control
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Gun control backers turn up heat on selected senators
WASHINGTON — First came the letter-writing campaigns, then the protests at town hall meetings and now the television ads. The last several weeks in New Hampshire have had the feel of a heated electoral season — but the target of this siege,...
Tags: Politics, Patrick J. Toomey, Lobbying, Mother's Day, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013)
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Gun sale loopholes can often put weapons in felons' hands
Kenneth Lee was a convicted felon who wanted a gun, authorities say. Darlene Hoover was a single mom with a clean record who needed cash. So the two acquaintances from the South Side made a deal, according to prosecutors. For $200, Hoover drove about 40...Tags: O'Hare International Airport, Politics, University of Chicago, Prisons, Health Treatments
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A 'Scary Mommy' sort of Mother's Day
When Jill Smokler — more widely known as Scary Mommy — starts talking about motherhood, you'll hear a lot about sleepless nights, green snot and having kids walk into the master bedroom at the most inopportune times. Does she think her...
Tags: Dining and Drinking, Mother's Day, Lifestyle and Leisure, Family, Target
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NRA pledge on gun rights: 'We will never surrender'
HOUSTON — Vowing that “we will never surrender,” the leader of the National Rifle Assn. claimed victory over recently defeated gun control legislation and denounced “political and media” elites for vilifying gun owners and...Tags: Politics, Justice and Rights, Libertarian Party, Barack Obama, Personal Weapon Control
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Gift cards for guns program nets dozens of weapons in Allentown
The two guns James Sostarecz inherited from his late father a few years ago have served little purpose other than taking up space in his Bethlehem home. "I have no use for them," Sostarecz, 50, said. On Saturday, the father of two saw a perfect...
Tags: Shootings, Weaponry, Politics, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Kmart
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