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    Apr 21, 2013 |Column| Los Angeles Times

  1. Gun legislation failure dismays survivor of Texas mass shooting

    Irma Garcia pulled back her sweater to show me where the bullet entered her shoulder and spun her around. It then torpedoed through her body and exited near the middle of her back.
    Irma Garcia pulled back her sweater to show me where the bullet entered her shoulder and spun her around. It then torpedoed through her body and exited near the middle of her back. "I still have problems with it," she said, standing to show me how the...

    Tags: University of Texas at Austin, Shootings, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder , Firearms, U.S. Senate

    2. Apr 19, 2013 |Story| Hartford Courant

  2. Editorial: Heroes Among Us In Boston, Newtown

    All hearts have been with Boston this past week — and eyes glued to the scene as police closed in on the remaining marathon bomber. Few moments in history have been as gripping to watch in real time as the lockdown in Boston's suburbs, swat...

    Tags: September 11, 2001 Attacks, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, FBI, Sports

    3. Apr 17, 2013 |Column| South Florida Sun-Sentinel

  3. Gun control fervor high, but as usual it will soon pass

    This week the U.S. Senate will discuss the expansion of criminal background checks for gun buyers. Just months after one of the deadliest mass shootings by a single American, leading lawmakers suggest support for gun control legislation is bleak, and...

    Tags: Adam Lanza, Lobbying, Crime, Law and Justice, Shootings, Lake Worth

    4. Apr 18, 2013 |Story| Hartford Courant

  4. Blumenthal: Not Giving Up On Gun Control

    The Hartford Courant
    On Wednesday, the Senate said no to America. But the American people will not take no for an answer. The first words I heard when Vice President Joe Biden banged the gavel to end the vote Wednesday on the gun purchasing background check bill were,...

    Tags: Personal Weapon Control, National Rifle Association of America, Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting, Adam Lanza, Heroism

    5. Apr 18, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. California Assembly OKs $24 million to speed seizure of guns

    SACRAMENTO — The state Assembly approved $24 million Thursday to speed up the confiscation of guns from Californians who are not allowed to own them because of criminal convictions or serious mental illness.
    SACRAMENTO — The state Assembly approved $24 million Thursday to speed up the confiscation of guns from Californians who are not allowed to own them because of criminal convictions or serious mental illness. A day earlier, lawmakers rejected a...

    Tags: Joan Buchanan, U.S. Congress, Schools, Mark Leno, Teaching and Learning

    6. Apr 17, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. Senate rejects gun background check measure

    WASHINGTON — Gun control advocates had told themselves this time would be different. It wasn't.
    WASHINGTON — Gun control advocates had told themselves this time would be different. It wasn't. The two-decade deadlock that has gripped congressional efforts to act on gun control continued Wednesday as a measure to require more gun buyers to...

    Tags: Patrick J. Toomey, U.S. Congress, Heidi Heitkamp, Republican Party, Lobbying

    7. Apr 17, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. Beat the zealots on immigration reform, then gun control

    On Tuesday, I wrote about two senators’ bipartisan plan to expand background checks on gun buyers, saying it was a common-sense measure and should pass. On Wednesday, its sponsors -- Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin III of West Virginia, an NRA member,...

    Tags: U.S. Congress, Patrick J. Toomey, Republican Party, Crime, Law and Justice, Joe Manchin III

    8. Apr 17, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  8. Elmhurst library board rejects request to stop carrying M-rated video games

    Rejecting claims of a direct link between violent video games and violent behavior, Elmhurst Public Library board members Tuesday turned down requests by a small group of residents to change the library's selection policy for violent video games.
    Rejecting claims of a direct link between violent video games and violent behavior, Elmhurst Public Library board members Tuesday turned down requests by a small group of residents to change the library's selection policy for violent video games....

    Tags: Anders Breivik, Wii, Adam Lanza, PlayStation 3, Libraries

    9. Apr 17, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. Senate votes down Feinstein's assault weapons ban

    WASHINGTON — In a final appeal to her colleagues to reinstate an assault weapons ban, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) displayed on the Senate floor Wednesday a New York Daily News front page from the day after her ban was pulled from a broader gun control bill: It shows the photos of the 20 first-graders shot to death at Sandy Hook Elementary School with the headline: “Shame on U.S.”
    WASHINGTON — In a final appeal to her colleagues to reinstate an assault weapons ban, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) displayed on the Senate floor Wednesday a New York Daily News front page from the day after her ban was pulled from a broader...

    Tags: Chuck Grassley, U.S. Congress, Assault, Harry Reid, Crime, Law and Justice

    10. Apr 17, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  10. Assembly panel rejects arming teachers against campus intruders

    A state legislative committee on Wednesday rejected a proposal to allow school districts to train teachers and administrators to use guns to protect campuses against armed intruders.
    A state legislative committee on Wednesday rejected a proposal to allow school districts to train teachers and administrators to use guns to protect campuses against armed intruders. Only one member of the seven-member Assembly Education Committee voted...

    Tags: Joan Buchanan, Teachers, Schools, Teaching and Learning, Education

    11. Apr 16, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  11. Biden speaks about gun control at University of Baltimore event

    Vice President Joe Biden, speaking Tuesday at an event in Baltimore, said he was unsure whether there is enough support in the Senate for what would be the biggest change to federal gun laws in decades.
    Vice President Joe Biden, speaking Tuesday at an event in Baltimore, said he was unsure whether there is enough support in the Senate for what would be the biggest change to federal gun laws in decades. "We may not get it this week, but we will prevail,...

    Tags: U.S. Congress, Crime, Law and Justice, Laws, Lawyers, Gun Control

    12. Apr 17, 2013 |Story| Petoskey News

  12. Memories of shootings return for Newtown runners

    BOSTON (AP) — Laura Nowacki rushed to help the shooting victims at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. As a first responder, the pediatrician was stunned at the horror she encountered.
    BOSTON (AP) — Laura Nowacki rushed to help the shooting victims at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. As a first responder, the pediatrician was stunned at the horror she encountered. Four months later, she hurried out of Boston with...

    Tags: Running, Hospitals and Clinics, Road Running, Martin Richard, Sports

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