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Blumenthal: Not Giving Up On Gun Control
The Hartford CourantOn Wednesday, the Senate said no to America. But the American people will not take no for an answer. The first words I heard when Vice President Joe Biden banged the gavel to end the vote Wednesday on the gun purchasing background check bill were,...Tags: Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting, National Rifle Association of America, Personal Weapon Control, Heroism, Gun Control
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Elmhurst library board rejects request to stop carrying M-rated video games
Rejecting claims of a direct link between violent video games and violent behavior, Elmhurst Public Library board members Tuesday turned down requests by a small group of residents to change the library's selection policy for violent video games....
Tags: Libraries, Anders Breivik, Entertainment, Gaming, Barack Obama
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Obama: 'We Must Change'
The Hartford CourantPresident Obama exhorted the country not to forget Newtown Monday as Congress prepares for a historic gun control debate, delivering a speech that alternated between the poignancy of a memorial service, the enthusiasm of pep rally and the chilling...Tags: Laws, Personal Weapon Control, Human Interest, U.S. Congress, Firearms
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New York's assault weapon registration begins
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Key measures of New York's tough new gun law kicked in Monday, with owners of firearms now reclassified as assault weapons required to start registering the firearms and new limits on the number of bullets allowed in magazines....
Tags: Laws, Periodicals, Personal Weapon Control, Firearms, Weaponry
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New gun registration requirements take effect in New York state
Even as Congress prepares to debate new gun legislation, New York’s tougher gun control provisions became effective on Monday, the latest example of how the issue has broadened into a battle on the state as well as federal level. In the wake of...
Tags: Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting, Personal Weapon Control, Periodicals, U.S. Congress, Firearms
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Keeping guns from mentally ill should be common sense
As a recent letter to the editor noted, studies have shown that a gun in the home increases the risk of suicide, murder and accidents ("Arming school employees only raises danger," April 7). As a footnote to all the media coverage about the massacre...
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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: Criminal Laws, Prisons, Laws, Punishment, Personal Weapon Control
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Malloy Signs Gun Control Bill, One Of Strictest In Nation
The Hartford CourantHARTFORD — Flanked by family members of Newtown massacre victims and the legislative leaders who spent months trying to respond to their tragedy, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy signed a sweeping gun-control bill Thursday whose big provisions — such...Tags: Laws, Personal Weapon Control, Dannel P. Malloy , Human Interest, Weaponry
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Nancy Lanza's Will, Which Dates To 1994, Left Estate To Her Sons, Adam And Ryan
The Hartford CourantNancy Lanza, the mother of Newtown shooter Adam Lanza, had nearly $60,000 in bank accounts and a will dating to 1994 that left her estate to Adam and his brother, Ryan Lanza. The five-page will, originally signed in November 1994 when Nancy Lanza and...Tags: FBI, Stamford
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Wrenching Assignment: Unraveling Newtown
Poynter InstituteYou can’t hide from what happened. You can’t pretend it’s over, because it will never be over. All you can do is try to understand. Courant reporters Alaine Griffin, Josh Kovner and Matthew Kauffman, along with a crew from the PBS...Tags: PBS (tv network), Journalism, Anne Frank, Frontline Limited
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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: Prisons, Laws, Punishment, Martin M Looney, Personal Weapon Control
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Connecticut Shows Way To Safer Ground On Guns
The Hartford CourantThe Connecticut General Assembly defied the cynics this week, passing the strongest and most comprehensive gun safety law in the country. Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, who on Dec. 14 personally told the parents of 20 Sandy Hook Elementary School children that...Tags: Dannel P. Malloy , Public Officials, U.S. Congress, Assault, Politics
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Apr 6, 2013
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Apr 4, 2013
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