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Why annihilate the GOP?
Still reeling from the Republican defeat in the 2012 presidential election, House Speaker John Boehner warned in a Ripon Society speech the other day that the re-elected Obama administration is now out to kill off their party. The embattled speaker...Tags: U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, Ted Cruz, John McCain, Gun Control
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Obama urges 'common sense' action on gun violence in Midwest stop
MINNEAPOLIS — Standing in front of an imposing backdrop of police officers and troopers in blue and khaki uniforms, President Obama on Monday touted his gun violence proposals using an appeal to “common sense” and bipartisanship —...Tags: U.S. Senate, Government, Media Industry, Univision (tv network), White House
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We deserve a vote
Much of President Barack Obama's State of the Union address this week was a fairly ho-hum affair, with the usual laundry list of programs and goals (most so familiar that it could have been a recycled campaign speech from 2012, or maybe 2008) and the...Tags: Gun Control, Elections, Politics, Personal Weapon Control, Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting
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Gun ban would protect more than 2,200 firearms
(AP) — Congress' latest crack at a new assault weapons ban would protect more than 2,200 specific firearms, including a semi-automatic rifle that is nearly identical to one of the guns used in the bloodiest shootout in FBI history. One model of...Tags: Judges, Gun Control, Elections, Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary
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Taking aim at the gun industry
We've all heard the saw about California being hostile to industry. Here's an industry that indisputably has grounds for complaint: the gun industry. Finally, the Legislature is getting something right. According to many experts, California's firearms...
Tags: Substance Abuse, Litigation and Regulation, Gun Control, Elections, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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New NRA shooting app causes uproar
The National Rifle Association is taking some more heat this week following the release of its shooting app less than a month after 20 children and seven adults were killed in the Newtown shooting. A New York Times blog post shows the NRA sanctioned the...
Tags: Entertainment, The New York Times, National Rifle Association of America, Gaming, Washington, DC
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A rogue ex-cop who shouldn't be armed
SACRAMENTO — Here's an idea for a new gun control law: How about immediately seizing the personal arsenal of a fired cop? Dishonorably discharged soldiers, after all, aren't allowed to own firearms. Why should dishonored cops? Like booted...Tags: Mark Leno, Substance Abuse, Trials, Gun Control, Firearms
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Rachel Patron: GOP having real trouble recognizing real world
The GOP agonistes. It's a Greek word portraying someone's agonizing journey to find themselves. Last week Rush Limbaugh said — I paraphrase — this country is conservative. More people in the United States espouse conservative...Tags: Government, John McCain, Executive Branch, Republican Party, Elections
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Gun nuts' fantasies vs. real world tragedies
You remember that serious conversation we were going to have about guns? Here's how serious it has turned out to be. Recently, President Obama described himself in an interview with The New Republic as an avid skeet shooter. Conservatives scoffed at the...
Tags: White House, Gun Control, Politics, Personal Weapon Control, Rick Santorum
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Registry paranoia
Change of SubjectNews: The NRA's Wayne LaPierre said on "Fox News Sunday" that background checks for all gun purchases would lead to a national registry of gun owners. Critics say such a registry could lead to taxes on guns or to confiscation....... -
Roger Goodell on ‘Face the Nation’; Bob Costas on ‘Meet the Press’; Hines Ward on ‘State of the Union’
The TV Guy - Orlando SentinelNFL Commissioner Roger Goodell during a news conference Friday in New Orleans. Photo credit: Robert Deutsch/USA Today Sports THIS POST HAS BEEN UPDATED: Bob Schieffer will broadcast CBS' “Face the Nation” from New Orleans, where the Super Bowl... -
Mailbag: The intersection of assault rifles, mental illness
As someone in favor of strong gun-safety regulations, surprisingly I find myself in total agreement with Wayne LaPierre of the NRA. I agree with him that the manufacture, sale and possession of assault-type weapons with large ammunition clips should not...Tags: Weaponry, Unrest, Conflicts and War, National Rifle Association of America, Firearms
Feb 1, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Feb 4, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Feb 18, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Feb 16, 2013
|Story| KWCH
Feb 16, 2013
|Column| Los Angeles Times
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| Orlando Sentinel
Feb 10, 2013
|Column| Los Angeles Times
Feb 9, 2013
|Column| South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Feb 7, 2013
|Column| Orlando Sentinel
Feb 4, 2013
| Chicago Tribune
Feb 1, 2013
| Orlando Sentinel
Feb 4, 2013
|Story| Daily Pilot
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