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Chan Lowe: Gun rights
I’ve been trying to figure out exactly why NRA Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre’s argument seems so sensible on the surface, yet, upon further examination, sounds so absurd. He contends that the best way to protect school...
Tags: Gun Control, Personal Weapon Control, Interior Policy, National Rifle Association of America, Politics
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Column: You're free to live in fear
"Everybody’s got a pistol. This must really please the NRA" — from "Gun" by Gil Scott-Heron So maybe the NRA is about to get its wish. Here we are, a little over three weeks after the massacre at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn., a...Tags: Delray Beach, The Miami Herald, Shootings, Injuries and Wounds, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida)
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Gun control advocates denounce NRA plan
WASHINGTON — The National Rifle Assn.’s proposal Friday to finance a National Model School Shield Program in which armed volunteers would be stationed at every school in America was quickly slammed by gun control advocates who accused the...
Tags: Columbine High School, Separation of Church and State, Frank Lautenberg, Crime, Law and Justice, Asa Hutchinson
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A defiant NRA calls for armed guards in every school
WASHINGTON -- In an angry and defiant news conference, National Rifle Assn. Chief Executive Wayne LaPierre on Friday forcefully rejected calls to clamp down on guns in the wake of the Newtown, Conn., school massacre, arguing instead for a massive...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Joe Biden, Asa Hutchinson, Barack Obama, Personal Weapon Control
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Piers Morgan, David Gregory and guns - We're pathetic
The Baltimore SunRemember all the big, high-sounding media talk right after the massacre at Sandy Hook about how maybe now we will have a "national dialogue" about guns? Remember how many members of the media vowed to put aside their own little, selfish, partisan...Tags: Satellite and Cable Service, Joe McCarthy, Television Industry, Fox News Channel (tv network), Meet the Press (tv program)
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NRA vs. common sense
When the National Rifle Association promised "meaningful contributions" to prevent another massacre like the recent horror in Newtown, Conn., I didn't expect much, but I hoped for more than what we got. After an allegedly mentally ill gunman killed 20...Tags: Columbine High School, The New York Times, Firearms, Meet the Press (tv program), Newspaper and Magazine
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Letters: The NRA vision for America
Re "Gun reform ideas more than just talk," Dec. 23, and "NRA calls for armed guards in all schools," Dec. 21 Finally, I understand the thinking of the National Rifle Assn.: It wants to put armed guards in all schools to protect us from the people it...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Personal Weapon Control, IHOP Corporation, Long Term Care, Politics
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An urgent resolution for 2013
WASHINGTON -- Guns do kill people. Our national New Year's resolution must be to stop the madness. It is shameful that gun control only becomes worthy of public debate following an unspeakable massacre such as Newtown -- and even more shameful that...
Tags: Lobbying, United Kingdom, U.S. Congress, The Washington Post, Firearms
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LaPierre and Reimer both miss the point
Not everyone views National Rifle Association Vice President Wayne LaPierre as sympathetically as does letter writer Steve Peters ("NRA's LaPierre makes a compelling case," Dec. 27). Following the Newtown, Conn., massacre, Mr. LaPierre first recommended...Tags: National Rifle Association of America
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Is gun violence now the 'new normal'?
Regarding recent statements by Wayne LaPierre of the National Rifle Association about school security, I would ask whether the school he attended as a boy was made safe by armed guards or teachers ("Push under way to arm teachers after Newtown," Dec. 23)....Tags: Career and Workplace, Slavery, Labor Legislation, Gun Control, Personal Weapon Control
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Let's focus the discussion on safety
Let's stop talking about "gun control." The term scares many of the people whose support is needed for gun sense, common sense, to keep military-style assault weapons with quick-loading 30-round magazines from the hands of another deranged killer. A...
Tags: Columbine High School, Shootings, Crime, Law and Justice, Assault, Personal Weapon Control
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Letters: Peace through guns? Hardly
Re “NRA to oppose new gun limits,” Dec. 24, and “2 firefighters killed in N.Y. ambush,” Dec. 25 The National Rifle Assn.'s solution of more guns to assure peace has the potential of destroying our social fabric. When guns are...Tags: Gun Control, Interior Policy, Personal Weapon Control, National Rifle Association of America, Politics
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Dec 27, 2012
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Dec 25, 2012
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Dec 30, 2012
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Dec 30, 2012
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Dec 27, 2012
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