Peterson Asks Supreme Court to Uphold Second Amendment Rights
Fergus Falls Daily Journal - Wed Nov 25, 3:53 pm ETIn a court case last year District of Columbia vs. Heller the Supreme Court decided that the Second ...
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Gun opponents up in arms as Jerry Brown aids NRA
San Francisco Chronicle - Mon Nov 23, 3:34 am ETIt may come as a surprise to many of his Democratic supporters, but Attorney General and gubernatorial hopeful Jerry Brown has gone to bat for the National Rifle Association. The NRA's cause: urging the U.S. Supreme Court to guarantee the ability of gun...
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Amici filings in 2d Amendment case
SCOTUSblog - Tue Nov 24, 7:37 am ETMost of the amici briefs on the top side (or neutral) in the granted case on the application of the Second Amendment to state and local laws were filed on Monday. Thanks to the Second Amendment Foundation, and Alan Gura, counsel for the petitioners in McDonald v. Chicago (08-1521), the amici filings are linked here. Scotusblog [...]
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Three Tarrant County legislators draw challengers for 2010 races
Fort Worth Star-Telegram - Wed Nov 25, 12:39 am ETThree people declare their candidacy in the races for House Districts 92, 93 and 96.
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Texas Attorney General Abbott Defends Texans' Second Amendment Right to Keep and Bear Arms
High Plains Observer - Mon Nov 23, 6:33 pm ETAUSTIN – Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott today took legal action to protect Texans’ Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms.
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Ex-foes Gillibrand, McCarthy team on gun bill
Newsday - Tue Nov 24, 8:25 pm ETSen. Kirsten Gillibrand and her former ardent foe, Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-Mineola), announced they were teaming up to sponsor legislation to combat gun trafficking.
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Health Care Overhaul: 'One More Night It Didn't Die'
NPR - Tue Nov 24, 11:02 am ETA senior Senate staffer who has worked all year on the health system overhaul was asked to sum up that rare weekend session that brought the bill to the brink of formal consideration on the Senate floor. "One more night it didn't die," he said. And...
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Gun Control
Broward-Palm Beach New Times - Wed Nov 25, 2:11 am ETIn what other country, but this, the U. S. of effing A., can you stroll into a cavernous public building (named War Memorial, no less, for the men who fought for this freedom) and under supervision of law enforcement officers and the Brady Bill view, handle, stroke, make gangster poses with and pote...
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Brownback Signs on to McDonald v. City of Chicago Amicus Curiae Brief
Christian News Wire - Tue Nov 24, 2:56 pm ETWASHINGTON, Nov. 24 / Standard Newswire / -- U.S. Senator Sam Brownback joined an overwhelming, bipartisan majority of members of the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate in signing an amicus curiae, or "friend of the court," brief supporting the NRA's position that the Second Amendment is incorporated against the states through the Fourteenth Amendment.
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Red Lion man killed, bear hunter wounded in quarrel over trespassing
The York Dispatch - Tue Nov 24, 6:46 pm ETAn argument over trespassing apparently sparked a shootout in rural northern Pennsylvania Tuesday that left a landowner from Red Lion dead and a member of a bear-hunting party hospitalized with a gunshot wound, police said.
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Tester backs gun rights case
ABC Montana - Tue Nov 24, 9:19 am ETHELENA - U.S. Sen. Jon Tester is part of a group of lawmakers signing a brief supporting a gun rights case before the U.S. Supreme Court. The court is considering whether the Second Amendment's right to keep and bear arms applies to state and local laws restricting guns.
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Undercover sting brings charges of weapons sales
Greenwich Time - Mon Nov 23, 10:45 pm ETNEW YORK (AP) -- Two men were arrested in a sting operation on charges they sold in New York City dozens of illegal guns purchased in Florida. Watson Joachin, 27 and Ryan Woodard, 22, were arraigned
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Mohr is candidate for 94th district
Hancock County Journal-Pilot - Tue Nov 24, 7:16 pm ETVictoria L. Mohr from Dallas City is running for the Illinois State Representative seat in the 94th District during the Illinois primary election on Feb. 2, 2010.
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Monday's Poll: Do you support Second Amendment gun rights for law abiding citizens?
Kansas City Kansan - Mon Nov 23, 1:49 am ETDo you support Second Amendment gun rights for law abiding citizens? ( online surveys )
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Week in Review
Free Times - Tue Nov 24, 4:41 pm ETThe state Ethics Commission charged Gov. Mark Sanford with 37 violations of state ethics rules . The charges centered mostly on overspending for plane tickets and misusing state aircraft.
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Black Friday begins 2 days of tax breaks on purchasing guns
The Times and Democrat - Tue Nov 24, 1:07 am ETWhat is being called the Second Amendment Sales Tax Holiday will take place Nov. 27-28 to coincide with the unofficial beginning of the Christmas shopping season. The first sale in 2008 was so popular the General Assembly authorized another for 2009.
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Law enforcement targets gun crime
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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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