Subscribe to this tag In Congress, the Uphill Battle for Gun Control
By
Emma Schwartz
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Nation & World - March 6, 2008
Why it's been years since significant federal legislation
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A Key Case on Gun Control
By
Emma Schwartz
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Nation & World - March 6, 2008
In a landmark case, the Supreme Court considers just how far the Second Amendment's freedoms go.
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Former Military Brass Join Fight to Give D.C. Its Guns
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Paul Bedard
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Washington Whispers - February 8, 2008
A new argument in the bid to overturn the District's gun ban: Without pistols, how can people train to be in the military?
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In West Virginia, a Hunt for Safety
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Eddy RamÃrez
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Education - February 7, 2008
When most schools are fighting to keep guns off their campuses, one lawmaker wants them in classrooms.
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NRA Survival Skills
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John Mashek
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A Capital View - December 18, 2007
Does the gun lobby serve its own interests or those of its members?
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Guilty Pleas in Notorious Gun Shop Case
News Desk - November 30, 2007
The path was a long one, but federal prosecutors secured guilty pleas this week for three individuals who had illegally sold firearms to criminals at a notorious New Orleans gun shop.
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Let D.C. Keep Its Gun Ban
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John Mashek
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A Capital View - November 26, 2007
But the high court may choose to ignore majority sentiment in the nation's capital.
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Iowa State Gun Policy: Tired of Being Canadian
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Alison Go
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The Paper Trail - September 12, 2007
Some schools have responded to the Virginia Tech massacre by adopting the use of text messages as an emergency alert system, but Iowa State University seems to prefer fighting fire with fire. The school's faculty senate recommended to its president and regents that university police officers should be armed, the Iowa State Daily reports.
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Shoot the Press? Not This Gunslinger
Washington Whispers - May 20, 2007
Rep. Xavier Becerra, a California Democrat, had the perfect excuse for "accidentally" whacking reporters: He called a press briefing to stage a shooting to demonstrate new bullet-stamping technology.
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Too Soon to Raise Antigun Money?
Washington Whispers - April 22, 2007
Last week's tragic slayings at Virginia Tech brought two remarkably different reactions from the nation's dueling gun lobbies. The antigun crowd struck first, offering prayers in a statement followed the next day with a fundraising letter.
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Alberto Gonzales and the U.S. Attorney Firings
Michael Barone - April 20, 2007
Byron York offers a harsh assessment of Attorney General Alberto Gonzales's testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday..
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On al Qaeda and Iraq
Michael Barone - April 18, 2007
I'm late getting to this, but I want to link to former Defense Department official Doug Feith's website and his comments on an April 6 Washington Post story. The issue is whether there were ties between Saddam Hussein's regime and al Qaeda; the charge has been made that Feith overstated their relationship.
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The Virginia Tech Murders
Michael Barone - April 17, 2007
Correction: An earlier version of this post misidentified the location of a mass killing that took place at Appalachian School of Law..
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He Shot, Then 'Sort of Gave Up'
Washington Whispers - April 17, 2007
The massacre at Virginia Tech, while the focus of the national media, has a greater importance among lawmakers and especially their staffs and other Washington industries because many know Tech students and their families..
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Beginning-of-Week Roundup
Michael Barone - March 19, 2007
For starters, here's my Creators Syndicate column. Thesis: The default assumption that so many high-minded Americans bring to public events leads them to, in Jeane Kirkpatrick's words, "always blame America first.
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An Event in the Blogosphere
Michael Barone - March 9, 2007
Yesterday, due to an internal U.S.
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