Firearms and Gun Control
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Heflin announces support for NRA stance in current court case
Plainview Daily Herald - Thu Nov 26, 1:16 pm ETCROSBYTON — State Rep. Joe Heflin has joined a bipartisan group of state legislators and elected officials from all 50 states in signing an amicus curiae, or “friend of the court” brief supporting the National Rifle Association’s position that individual protections of the Second Amendment are incorporated to apply to the states through the 14th Amendment.
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Crime ratings aren't the point
Memphis Commercial Appeal - Thu Nov 26, 5:34 pm ETCome on, Memphis Police Director Larry Godwin: If second or 10th is unfair, is 20th, 50th, even 100th acceptable? (Nov. 24 article, "Godwin: Ranking on crime misleads / Report paints inaccurate, unfair picture, MPD says.") Just look in the Local News section of The Commercial Appeal on any given day. Take Nov. 24 , for instance: apartment shootings, a fatal fire, meth charges, a woman charged ...
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Gillibrand's bill targets gun trafficking
The Buffalo News - Wed Nov 25, 8:21 am ETSen. Kirsten E. Gillibrand, at one time a darling Democrat of the National Rifle Association, may be further distancing herself from her pro-gun past with a new bill aiming to eliminate the flow of illegal guns into New York.
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County law could change to allow guns in parks
Everett Herald - 50 minutes agoAs Seattle readies to defend in court its ban on guns at city parks, Snohomish County might move in the opposite direction. If a new law passes, you could feel free to tote a legally owned firearm into county parks. Just don’t shoot it, unless it’s in self-defense.
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Gun Rights Advocates and Others Discuss Second Ammendment in Montana
KFBB Great Falls - Wed Nov 25, 9:07 pm ETGun and ammunition sales have spiked in the last year, and more attention is being placed on massacre type shootings, such as the recent events at Fort Hood in Texas.
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Guns tax free Friday and Saturday
WCBD-TV Charleston - Thu Nov 26, 6:00 am ETFor the second, and possibly last, time, gun buyers will pay no sales tax this weekend. The “Second Amendment Sales Tax Holiday” is from just after midnight Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, until midnight on Saturday.
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Load 'em up! Gun tax holiday starts at midnight
WIS News 10 Columbia - Thu Nov 26, 3:38 pm ETYou can get a tax break this weekend in South Carolina if you're shopping for a gun.
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Bronx Teen Fights to Recover
FOX 5 New York - Wed Nov 25, 5:50 pm ETThe stray bullet that pierced a Bronx teenager's head left her unable to speak, but after a week, Vada Vasquez finally uttered her first word: "Mom."
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Pro-immigration reform PACS growing in influence
AP via Yahoo! News - Wed Nov 25, 2:00 pm ETTwo fledgling political action committees that support allowing some illegal immigrants to become citizens are raising more money than their immigration-control counterparts, signaling a possible fundraising shift ahead of next year's congressional races.
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Billboards seek info on killings of CPS students
Chicago Sun-Times - Wed Nov 25, 6:17 am ETIn a litter-strewn, vacant lot in Englewood, steps away from three houses of worship, a billboard went up Tuesday, asking, essentially, what is the price of a child's life. Punctuated by an empty school desk, the sign blared a "$5,000 Reward" for information leading to arrests and convictions in shootings or killings of schoolchildren.
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Hidden punishment - In rural Alaska, where gun rights matter most, there's no way for reformed felons - even non ...
Anchorage Press - Wed Nov 25, 2:37 pm ETOn September 24, former state Representative Beverly Masek was sentenced in federal court for conspiracy to commit bribery at the federal courthouse in Anchorage.
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Store expects booming business
The Post and Courier - Thu Nov 26, 12:39 am ETHandguns, rifles and shotguns will be cheaper on Friday and Saturday because the Legislature has designated those days as a tax-free "Second Amendment Weekend."
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Funding rising for migrant lobbyists
The Bryan-College Station Eagle - Thu Nov 26, 7:31 am ETMIAMI -- Two fledgling political action committees that support allowing some illegal immigrants to become citizens are raising more money than their immigration-control counterparts, signaling a possible fundraising shift ahead of next year's congre ...
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Probe continues into Red Lion man's death
The Evening Sun - Thu Nov 26, 5:42 am ETFrank Shaffer's firearms permit was withdrawn once because of a road-rage incident, court records show. After confronting a group of bear hunters over trespassing, a Red Lion man was shot and killed, and another man was wounded Tuesday in Jefferson County.
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Gun tax holiday bigger this year
Bluffton Today - Thu Nov 26, 8:10 am ETBy SARITA CHOUREY “They’re already talking about it this year,” she said, adding that the event will give shoppers some relief during the hard economy. InOctober,thestatehad the fifth highest unemployment in the country, reaching 12.1 percent. And sales tax revenues were $8.
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Inside Gun Shows: Frightening New Investigation Into Illegal Guns Sales
Thu Oct 8, 2:00 am EDTAlterNet - By Digby - Oct. 08 (News Report) - it's still necessary ...
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Ammo Companies Can't Keep Up With Demand
Wed Sep 23, 2:00 am EDTAssociated Press - Sep. 23 (News Report) - Shooting ranges, gun ...
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The Politics of the Jackboot
Thu Aug 20, 2:00 am EDTTruthDig - By E.J. Dionne - Aug. 20 (Opinion) - Try a thought experiment: ...
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Threat Assessment: When Protesters Bring Guns to Health-Care Town Halls
Wed Aug 19, 2:00 am EDTAssociated Press - By Mark Thompson - Aug. 19 (News Analysis) - ...
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