Tag Archives: guns

  • News GUN

    REPORT: U.S. gun violence down drastically

    Gun violence is down over the past two decades according to the Justice Department.

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    Poll: Majority wanted background checks to pass Senate

    Nearly two-thirds of Americans say that the Senate should have passed a bill that would have expanded background checks for gun sales, a poll shows.

  • News Gun Shooting Crime

    Budget-cut layoffs deal a blow to investigations of gun-related crimes

    A federal agency has laid off nearly a hundred contract workers at its facility dedicated to tracing firearms used by criminals.

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    Lawmakers take aim at gun control debate

    As the debates continue in our Nation’s Capital, a newly released poll said 86 percent of Americans support strengthening background checks for guns in some way.

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    NRA: ‘Expanding background checks at gun shows will not prevent the next shooting’

    NRA: The president should be as committed to dealing with the gang problem that is tormenting honest people in his hometown.

  • News guncontrol

    SOURCE: Gun control compromise impacts gun show, Internet sales

    Sources say the deal expands background checks to gun shows, Internet

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    NRA-backed group unveils plans for guns in schools

    The plan will arm adults to protect children from shooters.

  • News guns

    Obama: ‘Shame on us’ if Newtown doesn’t bring new gun laws

    President Obama urges people to pressure their elected leaders to pass new gun lawns

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    Senators blast NRA for robocalls in Newtown

    The National Rifle Association has “stooped to a new low” in making robocalls to residents in Newtown, the two U.S. senators from Connecticut argued in a letter to the NRA on Monday.

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    Senate leader says new weapons ban won’t pass

    Sen. Harry Reid says the proposed ban on some firearms won’t get enough votes.

  • News assaultweapons

    Gabby Giffords’ husband buys assault weapon

    In his Facebook message about the AR-15 purchase, Kelly wrote it was “scary to think of people buying guns like these without a background check at a gun show or the Internet.

  • News Gun at school

    New law lets South Dakota school personnel carry guns

    School boards in South Dakota will be able to let school employees, hired security personnel or volunteers carry guns in schools.