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John Oliver Slams GOP's NSA Hypocrisy: 'Guns Are One Thing But Phone Calls Are Too Dangerous To Go Unchecked' (VIDEO)

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Huffington Post - By John Oliver - Jun. 12 (Comedy News) - In his second night as host of "The Daily Show," John Oliver continued his "Good News! You're Not Paranoid" coverage of the NSA scandal, this time going after Republicans who approve of the government listening in on all of our personal communications. H

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Ted Cruz’s iffy statistic on weapons prosecutions

Mon, 03 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Washington Post - By Glenn Kessler - Jun. 03 (Fact Check) - “The Obama Justice Department has decreased the prosecution of violent gun crimes by 30 percent.” --Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.), in an interview with Capital New York , published May 30, 2013 ...

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Dan Treadway: Michele Bachmann Wasn't the Caricature the Tea Party Needed, But She Was the Caricature the Tea Party Deserved

Thu, 30 May 2013 17:19:00 -0700

Huffington Post - By Dan Treadway - May. 30 - It has become a common narrative for politicians in general, but especially so for high-profile members of the Tea Party: She came, she saw, she left in disgrace. On Wednesday morning, Michele Bachmann, a Minnesota representative who somehow managed to d

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This Is How the NRA Ends

Tue, 28 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

newrepublic.com - By Alec Macgillis - May. 28 (Special Report) - A bigger, richer, meaner gun-control movement has arrived .

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Checking on Background Checks

Sat, 25 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

FactCheck - By Robert Farley - May. 25 (Fact Check) - An ad from Mayor’s Against Illegal Guns accuses Sen. Jeff Flake of breaking a promise to strengthen background checks because he voted against a bill that would have expanded background checks.

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New Louisiana Law Will Jail Journos for Publishing Gun Info

Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Mother Jones - By Gavin Aronsen - May. 23 (News Report) - On Tuesday, the Louisiana Senate passed a bill that would imprison and fine journalists who intentionally publish information about the state's concealed-carry handgun permit holders. Reporters who violate the law would face penalties of up to $10,000, six months in jail, or both; public safety officials and police officers who leak permit information to the press would face penalties of up to $500, six months in jail, or both. J

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3D-Printed Gun's Blueprints Downloaded 100,000 Times In Two Days (With Some Help From Kim Dotcom)

Thu, 09 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Forbes - By Andy Greenberg, Forbes Staff - May. 09 (Special Report) - If gun control advocates hoped to prevent blueprints for the world's first fully 3D-printable gun from spreading online, that horse has now left the barn about a hundred thousand times.

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Colbert Mocks Right-Wing Conspiracy Theory That Government Is Buying Up Bullets (VIDEO)

Tue, 07 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Huffington Post - By Stephen Colbert - May. 07 (Comedy News) - Have you heard that the government is buying up billions of bullets in bulk so that when the feds inevitably go to war with the American citizenry, we'll be totally unarmed?

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NRA Leader Warns of Rising Cost of Senators

Sun, 05 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

readersupportednews.org - By Andy Borowitz - May. 05 (Comedy News) - "Over the past few years, we've seen the price of purchasing a Senator surge astronomically," he told the N.R.A. faithful. "Unless something is done to make Senators more affordable, the ability of a tiny lobbying group to overrule the wishes of ninety per cent of the American people will be in jeopardy." The days are over, he said, when "you could buy a Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) for little more than pocket change."

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I Killed My Friend

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By By BRUCE HOLBERT - Apr. 27 (Opinion) - In North Dakota, a gun owner displays hunting paraphernalia in a bedroom.

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A red state/blue state chasm

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Washington Post - By Fred Hiatt - Apr. 22 (Opinion) - In the week since modest gun control died in the Senate , those of us who don’t think guns make the country safer have been inclined to blame a few cowardly senators whose votes could have shifted the outcome. ...

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Chris Nogy, Arkansas Republican, Floats Idea Of Shooting Lawmakers

Sun, 21 Apr 2013 20:01:00 -0700

Huffington Post - By The Huffington Post News Team - Apr. 21 (News Analysis) - Chris Nogy, the husband of a Republican Party official in Arkansas, suggested it was a shame that voters couldn't just threaten to shoot GOP state legislators who voted for the state's Medicaid expansion.

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Gun bill’s failure may help immigration legislation

Sun, 21 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Washington Post - By Chris Cillizza - Apr. 21 (News Analysis) - Here’s an odd political reality: The collapse of the gun bill in the Senate last week may well make the passage of immigration reform legislation slightly easier. “I think the continued intensity of the dysfunction of Congress on this [gun] vote will help immigration,” Democratic pollster John Anzalone said.

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NRA Misrepresents Police Survey, Legislation

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

FactCheck - Apr. 19 (Fact Check) - NRA Misrepresents Police Survey, Legislation FactCheck.org Hughes said fact- check articles by the Washington Post and Slate.com on the ad “did a pretty good job of analyzing the data to try to determine where that claim came from.” ... (See page 21 of the full bill, or page 4 of this breakdown of the bill by ... Joe Manchin Accuses NRA Of Lying Huffington Post all 4 news ...

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History lesson: the NRA’s ‘support’ for expanded background checks

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Washington Post - By Glenn Kessler - Apr. 19 (Fact Check) - “In fact, even the NRA used to support expanded background checks. The current leader of the NRA used to support these background checks.” — President Obama, remarks on Senate vote on gun bill , April 17, 2013 Read full article ...

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Modeling the Senate’s Vote on Gun Control

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By By NATE SILVER - Apr. 19 (Opinion) - FiveThirtyEight: Modeling the Senate’s Vote on Gun Control

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Here's Why the NRA Won and Gabby Giffords and Mike Bloomberg Lost

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Mother Jones - By Andy Kroll - Apr. 19 (Opinion) - More MoJo coverage of the Senate's failed background check bill. Also read our special report on gun laws and the rise of mass shootings. On NBC's Meet the Press last month, National Rifle Association honcho Wayne LaPierre, the face of the American gun lobby, delivered this message to New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg: "He's going to find out that this is a country of the people, by the people, and for the people, and he can't spend enough of his $27 billion to try to impose his will on the American public. He can't buy America." The day before, Bloomberg had announced that he would spend $12 million of his own money on an ad blitz pressing members of Congress to pass new legislation expanding background checks for gun purchases. LaPierre went on national television to tell the mayor that all those millions wouldn't make the difference in the fight in Congress over new gun laws. Guess what? LaPierre was right. The Manchin-Toomey background check legislation that died in the ...

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