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State Fires Worker Who Showed Lanza's Body To Her Husband At Morgue
The Hartford CourantConnecticut's chief medical examiner has fired a state employee who let her husband view the body of mass killer Adam Lanza in the morgue two days after the Dec. 14 Newtown school massacre, The Courant has learned. The employee, Jean Henry, was...Tags: Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut), Dannel P. Malloy , Farmington (Hartford, Connecticut), Politics, Civil and Public Service
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The forgotten victim: Nancy Lanza
The philosopher Kahlil Gibran's meditation on children is a touching favorite among parents who have read "The Prophet." In it, he captures perfectly the helplessness we feel as our children go out into the world, into the future, and necessarily...
Tags: Sandy Hook Elementary School, Barack Obama, Schizophrenia
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Gun control fervor high, but as usual it will soon pass
This week the U.S. Senate will discuss the expansion of criminal background checks for gun buyers. Just months after one of the deadliest mass shootings by a single American, leading lawmakers suggest support for gun control legislation is bleak, and...Tags: National Rifle Association of America, U.S. Senate, Politics, Interior Policy, Lobbying
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Why Won't New Weapons-Offender Registry Be Open To Public?
The Hartford CourantConnecticut legislators say a key provision that sets their tough new gun-control law apart from other states' measures is its first-in-the-nation "dangerous weapon offender registry" — which will list the names and addresses of those convicted of...Tags: Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut), Politics, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Crime, Law and Justice, Safety of Citizens
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Maximum mayhem on his mind
WASHINGTON -- The gunman in the Newtown massacre fired 154 bullets from his Bushmaster military-style rifle in less than five minutes, killing 20 first-graders and six adults. He brought with him 10 large-capacity magazines, each holding up to 30 rounds,...
Tags: National Rifle Association of America, Politics, Interior Policy, Firearms, Entertainment
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Let's be grown-ups on gay marriage and assault weapons
Given the lack of interest in Congress in protecting children from guns, it was nice to hear a grown-up in Washington speak on behalf of kids, any kids — in this case, the nearly 40,000 kids who live with same-sex parents in California. "They want...
Tags: Proposition 8 (California, 2010), Gays and Lesbians, Politics, Lobbying, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary
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Obama's Potemkin gun plan
Political trends come and go in response to events. Gun control was the rage during the Clinton administration, but over the past decade or so it became an obsolete cause. After the horrific crimes in Newtown and Aurora, though, it's staging a comeback....
Tags: The New York Times, Interior Policy, Politics, Wade Michael Page, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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State needs gun control; Perry Hall shooter needs therapy not prison
With no thanks to the Democratic state senator who represents the area, the Baltimore County community of Perry Hall is safer from gun violence than it was six months ago. We can say that much. Sen. Kathy Klausmeier might have voted against the important...Tags: Juvenile Delinquency, Politics, Criminal Laws, Interior Policy, Judges
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Remembering Sandy Hook on the way to Congress
From Washington to Annapolis to Hartford, Conn., wherever new gun restrictions are being debated, it's important to remember Sandy Hook. That's not a plea to the emotions. That's a plea to human decency and common sense — a reminder of the...
Tags: National Rifle Association of America, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut), Interior Policy, Politics
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Impatience Showing On Gun Legislation
The Hartford CourantThe louder the public pledges of bipartisan cooperation and resolve, the deeper the undercurrents of private distrust and resentment — or at least, that often seems to be the rule in legislative politics. And it seems to be taking hold as the...Tags: Democratic Party, Parties and Movements, Politics, Dannel P. Malloy , Interior Policy
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A grieving father's plea
WASHINGTON -- Most of our top elected officials probably didn't notice -- they were too busy making fools of themselves over an idiotic budget "crisis" of their own manufacture -- but something worth remembering happened in Washington this week: A...
Tags: National Rifle Association of America, Interior Policy, Politics, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Lobbying
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Rachel Patron: GOP having real trouble recognizing real world
The GOP agonistes. It's a Greek word portraying someone's agonizing journey to find themselves. Last week Rush Limbaugh said — I paraphrase — this country is conservative. More people in the United States espouse conservative...Tags: Bobby Jindal, National Rifle Association of America, U.S. Army, Politics, Mitt Romney
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