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Police kill armed 8th-grader in Texas school

Wed, 04 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0800

CBS News - By CBS News - Jan. 04 (News Report) - Police shot and killed an armed eighth-grader who "engaged" officers in the main hallway of his middle school on Wednesday, the South Texas school district said.

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Critic of ATF gun-trafficking program raised no objection when briefed last year

Wed, 22 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Washington Post - By Jerry Markon, Sari Horwitz - Jun. 22 (News Report) - A chief Republican critic of a controversial U.S. anti-gun-trafficking operation was briefed on ATF’s “Fast and Furious” program last year and did not express any opposition, sources familiar with the classified briefing said Tuesday.

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Report describes gun agents' 'state of panic'

Wed, 15 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Los Angeles Times - By Kim Murphy - Jun. 15 (News Report) - Federal gun agents, concerned about weapons sales to Mexican drug suspects, begged to make arrests but were rebuffed, according to a congressional report on a controversial investigation.

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N.R.A. Declines to Meet With Obama on Gun Policy

Tue, 15 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By Jackie Calmes - Mar. 15 (News) - More than two months after the Tucson shootings, the administration is calling together both the gun lobby and gun safety groups to find common ground. But President Obama has no plans to take the lead in proposing further gun control legislation, aides say, and the nation’s major gun rights group is snubbing the invitation.

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Suspect in Tucson shooting rampage enters plea

Thu, 10 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Washington Post - By Sari Horwitz - Mar. 10 (News Report) - TUCSON, Ariz. -- The suspect in the Tucson shooting rampage that critically injured U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords pleaded not guilty Wednesday to federal charges accusing him of killing six people and wounding 13 others.

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Texas may soon allow guns on college campuses

Sun, 20 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Houston Chronicle - By Jim Vertuno - Feb. 20 (News) - The Lone Star state legislature is about to pass a bill forcing colleges to let students and professors to take handguns into the classroom.

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20 arrested in gun smuggling case

Wed, 26 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Los Angeles Times - By Kim Murphy - Jan. 26 (News) - Federal authorities indict the men on charges of buying hundreds of weapons in Arizona and conspiring to sell them to drug cartels in Mexico.In a case aimed at stemming the flow of U.S. weapons to the Mexican drug war, federal authorities indicted 20 men Tuesday on charges of buying an estimated 700 weapons in Arizona and conspiring to transfer them across the border, chiefly to the Sinaloa drug cartel.

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In Tucson Shooting, Jigsaw Picture of Loughner

Sat, 15 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800

New York Times - By Dan Barry, Jo Becker, Serge F. Kovaleski, Michael Luo - Jan. 15 (News Report) - Moments after the swirl of panic, blood, death and shock, the suspect was face down on the pavement and squirming under the hold of two civilians, his shaved head obscured by a beanie and the hood of his dark sweatshirt. Deputy Sheriff Thomas Audetat, a chiseled former Marine with three tours in Iraq to his credit, dug his knee into the gangly young man’s back and cuffed him. With the aid of another deputy, he relieved the heroic civilians of their charge and began searching for weapons other than the Glock semiautomatic pistol, secured nearby under a civilian’s foot, that had just fired 31 rounds.

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Glock Pistol Sales Surge in Aftermath of Arizona Shootings

Wed, 12 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Bloomberg - By Michael Riley - Jan. 12 (News) - Instead of hurting sales, the massacre had the $499 semi-automatic pistols -- popular with police, sport shooters and gangsters -- flying out the doors of his Glockmeister stores in Mesa and Phoenix.

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Speaker Boehner says no to new restrictions on firearms

Wed, 12 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800

The Hill - By Mike Lillis - Jan. 12 (News) - Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) is rejecting gun-control legislation offered by the chairman of the Homeland Security Committee in response to the weekend shootings of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) and 19 others in Arizona.

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Shooting Suspect Waives Bail and Is Ruled ‘a Danger’

Tue, 11 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800

New York Times - By Marc Lacey - Jan. 11 (News) - Jared L. Loughner, his head shaved bare and his hands and feet in restraints, was led Monday into a federal courtroom, where he agreed not to contest his continued imprisonment but offered no hint of how he would respond to the murder and attempted murder charges linking him to the Tucson shootings that left six dead and 14 injured.

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Friendly Firearms

Tue, 11 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Slate - By William Saletan - Jan. 11 (News Analysis) - Gabrielle Giffords and the perils of guns: How an armed hero nearly shot the wrong man.

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NRA-led gun lobby wields powerful influence over ATF, U.S. politics

Wed, 15 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Washington Post - By Sari Horwitz, James V. Grimaldi - Dec. 15 (Investigative Report) - The fate of the Mexican gunrunning rule is only the most recent example of how the gun lobby has consistently outmaneuvered and hemmed in ATF, using political muscle to intimidate lawmakers and erect barriers to tougher gun laws. Over nearly four decades, the NRA has wielded remarkable influence over Congress, persuading lawmakers to curb ATF's budget and mission and to call agency officials to account at oversight hearings. The source of the NRA's power is its focus on one issue and its ability to get pro-gun candidates elected.

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Locked and Loaded: The Secret World of Extreme Militias

Thu, 30 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Time - By Barton Gellman - Sep. 30 (Special Report) - Within a complex web of ideologies, most of today's armed radicals are linked by self-described Patriot beliefs, which emphasize resistance to tyranny by force of arms and reject the idea that elections can fix what ails the country. Among the most common convictions is that the Second Amendment — the right to keep and bear arms — is the Constitution's cornerstone, because only a well-armed populace can enforce its rights. Any form of gun regulation, therefore, is a sure sign of intent to crush other freedoms.

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Long-gun registry vote highlights divide within Liberal Party

Sat, 25 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0700

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Gov. Bobby Jindal signs bills allowing guns in church, changing sex-solicitation penalty

Thu, 08 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0700

The New Orleans Times-Picayune - Jul. 08 (News Report) - Burns' bill would authorize persons who qualified to carry concealed weapons having passed the training and background checks to bring them to churches, mosques, synagogues or other houses of worship as part of a security force.

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Dems exhale after high court gun ruling

Tue, 29 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0700

The Politico - By Kasie Hunt - Jun. 29 (News) - Now, Democratic candidates across the map figure they have one less issue to worry about on the campaign trail. And they won’t have to defend against Republican attacks over gun rights and an angry, energized base of gun owners.

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Another victory for the bulletproof NRA

Thu, 17 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Washington Post - By Dan Eggen - Jun. 17 (News Report) - Long regarded as one of the most powerful lobbying groups in town, the GOP-friendly NRA has had a remarkable series of political victories in recent months that underscore its continuing influence on Capitol Hill -- no matter which party holds the reins and no matter what policy issues are involved.

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Supreme Court appears ready to make gun ownership a national right

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Los Angeles Times - By David G. Savage - Mar. 03 (News Report) - The Supreme Court justices, hearing a Second Amendment challenge to Chicago's ban on handguns, signaled Tuesday that they were ready to extend gun rights nationwide, clearing the way for attacks on state and local gun restrictions.

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Ammo Companies Can't Keep Up With Demand

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Associated Press - Sep. 23 (News Report) - Shooting ranges, gun dealers and bullet manufacturers say they have never seen such shortages. Bullets, especially for handguns, have been scarce for months because gun enthusiasts are stocking up on ammo, in part because they fear President Barack Obama and the Democratic-controlled Congress will pass antigun legislation - even though nothing specific has been proposed and the president last month signed a law allowing people to carry loaded guns in national parks.

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Threat Assessment: When Protesters Bring Guns to Health-Care Town Halls

Wed, 19 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Associated Press - By Mark Thompson - Aug. 19 (News Analysis) - The fact that protesters at President Obama's political events have begun showing up bearing arms may be disquieting, but it's perfectly legal — and the Secret Service, charged with protecting the President, insists that it is not unduly alarmed by the development. That's because while the Second Amendment guarantees Americans the right to carry guns, federal law also gives the Secret Service the right to keep gun-toting folks away from the President. ... But former Secret Service agent Joseph Petro thinks his former employer may be trying to put the best face on a bad situation. "The Secret Service is very concerned about this," says Petro, who spent 23 years as an agent, including four guarding President Reagan and his family. "It's hard enough to protect the President, and this is not helpful."

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Man carrying assault weapon attends Obama protest

Mon, 17 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Associated Press - By AMANDA LEE MYERS, TERRY TANG, Associated Press Writers - Aug. 17 (News Report) - PHOENIX – About a dozen people carrying guns, including one with a military-style rifle, milled among protesters outside the convention center where President Barack Obama was giving a speech Monday — the latest incident in which protesters have openly displayed firearms near the president. Gun-rights advocates say they're exercising their constitutional right to bear arms and protest, while those who argue for more gun control say it could be a disaster waiting to happen.

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Obama's Mexico Mission: Keep Guns in el Norte

Mon, 10 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Time - By Ioan Grillo - Aug. 10 (News Report) - This traffic of heavy weaponry from American gun stores to Mexican drug cartels will once again feature in talks between the U.S. and Mexico when President Barack Obama and Mexican President Felipe Calderón meet at a North American summit in Guadalajara on Aug. 9 and Aug. 10.

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5 Officers Shot and 2 Suspects Killed in N.J. Melee

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By Liz Robbins, Christine Hauser - Jul. 16 (Special Report) - A chaotic predawn shootout on Thursday left five officers wounded — two critically, including one shot in the face — Jersey City’s mayor said.

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Columbine Shooting Anniversary

Mon, 20 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700

ABC News - By Kate Snow - Apr. 20 (Special Report) - Patrick Ireland was the face in the window in one of the iconic images of the Columbine High School shooting.

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