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Fuming over the assault weapons ban's failure
To say that that the preponderance of letters we receive on assault weapons call for their ban wouldn't be an exaggeration. So when Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid announced Tuesday that the ban proposed by Sen. Dianne Feinstein wouldn't be brought to...
Tags: Harvey Milk, The Happiest News!, Politics, U.S. Congress, Human Interest
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Why we should ban assault weapons
In 2002, John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo terrorized the Washington region for three weeks by firing bullets at innocent people in parking lots and at gas stations, ultimately killing 10 people and wounding three others. They used a Bushmaster XM-15...Tags: Politics, U.S. Congress, Annapolis, Martin O'Malley, Firearms
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Biden, Bloomberg lean on Congress to act on guns
Vice President Joe Biden, seeking to reinvigorate slowing momentum for gun control legislation, urged Congress on Thursday to be courageous in supporting new laws and insisted that the political risks of supporting such laws were overblown. Biden...
Tags: Politics, New York City, U.S. Congress, U.S. Senate, Assault
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Live updates: Jimmie Johnson wins Daytona 500
DAYTONA BEACH – Jimmie Johnson won the 55th running of the Daytona 500 Sunday at Daytona International Speedway. Dale Earnhardt Jr. was second followed by Mark Martin third. "I really couldn't have done much without the help of Mark Martin,"...Tags: Mark Martin, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., Kyle Busch, Jeff Gordon, Clint Bowyer
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Security audit of La Cañada Unified School District campuses short on safety details
Although a public workshop was held Tuesday to study a safety audit conducted earlier this year on La Cañada Unified School District campuses, no details of the study were announced, with officials citing security reasons. The audit was conducted in...Tags: Orange (New Haven, Connecticut), Parenting, Health and Safety at School, Google Inc.
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Minor in possession of a loaded pastry
If anyone was at risk in the case of the Anne Arundel County second-grader who nibbled a strawberry pastry into the shape of a gun, it wasn't his classmates eating breakfast at Park Elementary School, where authorities say he waved the confection around....
Tags: Prince William County, Alexandria (Alexandria, Virginia)
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No assault weapons ban: Not in Democrat's Senate bill
WASHINGTON (AP) — An assault weapons ban won't be in the gun-control legislation that Democrats bring to the Senate floor next month, a decision that means the ban's chances of survival now are all but hopeless. The ban is the most controversial...
Tags: Politics, Firearms, Chuck Schumer, Weaponry, Lobbying
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Assault weapons ban loses round
Tribune Washington BureauWASHINGTON — To advance a cause that has defined her political career, Sen. Dianne Feinstein brought the father of a child killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School to Capitol Hill, where he talked about the last time he saw his first-grader alive. She...Tags: Harvey Milk, Politics, U.S. Congress, Bill Clinton, Weaponry
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Assault weapons ban to be dropped from Senate gun bill
WASHINGTON – An assault weapons ban will not be included in a package of gun safety legislation that will come to the Senate floor, the measure’s champion, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, said Tuesday. The California Democrat said her party’s...
Tags: Politics, Weaponry, Lobbying, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Elections
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Text messages show Gladden warned of bringing gun to school
The night before Robert Gladden Jr. took his father's gun to Perry Hall High School, he texted a friend about the plan, but begged him to keep it a secret. "I am going to bring a shotgun and 21 shells, ill let your imagination do the rest," the 15-year-...
Tags: Politics, Bob Marley, Students, Witnesses, Daniel Borowy
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Colorado Senate OKs universal background checks on gun sales
A bill to require universal background checks on gun sales was approved in the Colorado Senate on Friday and headed to the House. It is the latest in a series of proposed legislation to tighten gun laws in the state, the fates of which are now being...
Tags: Laws, Politics, Columbine High School, Government, Shootings
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Adam Lanza reportedly studied other mass killings before Newtown
Adam Lanza studied other mass killers before he stormed Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., in December, killing 20 students and six adults, officials said. Officials had previously disclosed finding materials pertaining to Norwegian mass-...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Anders Breivik, Stamford, Shootings, Murder
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