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A rational response to Sandy Hook
President Obama has vowed to do everything in his power to prevent another Sandy Hook. "Because what choice do we have?" he asked. "We can't accept events like this as routine." Unfortunately, such events are far more random than they are routine....
Tags: Personal Weapon Control, Murder, James Holmes, Suicide, FBI
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Theater shooting case enters new phase as judge sees reason to go to trial
CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) — A judge has ordered the Colorado theater shooting suspect to stand trial, but his attorneys say they're not ready to enter a plea. District Judge William Sylvester ruled Thursday night that prosecutors had presented...
Tags: Judges, Murder, Lawyers, Crime, Law and Justice, Arts and Culture
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Judge delays arraignment in Colo. theater shooting
CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) — A judge on Friday delayed the arraignment of the man charged with the Colorado theater shooting until March despite objections from prosecutors and most of the victims and their families. District Judge William Sylvester...
Tags: Judges, Lawyers, Murder, Crime, Law and Justice, Arts and Culture
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Testimony about Colorado massacre resumes in James Holmes hearing
CENTENNIAL, Colo. — Vivid testimony about the movie theater massacre that shocked a nation extended into a second day as a preliminary hearing for James E. Holmes resumed Tuesday. Prosecutors continued to lay out their case against Holmes, 25,...Tags: Mark Kelly, Personal Weapon Control, Politics, Sandy Hook Elementary School, Shootings
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NRA vs. common sense
When the National Rifle Association promised "meaningful contributions" to prevent another massacre like the recent horror in Newtown, Conn., I didn't expect much, but I hoped for more than what we got. After an allegedly mentally ill gunman killed 20...Tags: Teachers, Columbine High School, Politics, Personal Weapon Control, Meet the Press (tv program)
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Newtown schoolchildren had rights, too
John Franchy's letter ("More restrictive gun laws are not the answer," Dec. 20) was myopic in its views and his ideas as antiquated as the weaponry that the founding fathers considered when they wrote of the Second Amendment's "right to keep and bear...Tags: Personal Weapon Control, Politics, Slavery, Gun Control, Adam Lanza
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The roots of mass murder
— Every mass shooting has three elements: the killer, the weapon and the cultural climate. As soon as the shooting stops, partisans immediately pick their preferred root cause with corresponding pet panacea. Names are hurled, scapegoats paraded,...
Tags: Barack Obama, Weaponry, Politics, Entertainment, U.S. Department of Justice
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A conservative case for an assault weapons ban
Last month, I sentenced Jared Lee Loughner to seven consecutive life terms plus 140 years in federal prison for his shooting rampage in Tucson. That tragedy left six people dead, more than twice that number injured and a community shaken to its core....
Tags: Weaponry, Personal Weapon Control, Politics, Adam Lanza, Newspaper and Magazine
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Letters: Gun control back in play
Re "Obama weighs options on guns," Dec. 18 The coming weeks will be a true test to see if members of Congress will do what is morally right by banning assault weapons and large-capacity magazines, and addressing mental health issues. They need to stop...Tags: China, Wade Michael Page, Weaponry, Personal Weapon Control, Politics
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There's no safety in our vast numbers of guns
In 2009, when I was trying to figure out why gun sales were so brisk, I visited a couple of gun shops in Riverside and Corona. Back then, part of the reason people were arming themselves, they told me, was that President Obama had recently taken office,...Tags: Barack Obama, Holidays, Weaponry, Personal Weapon Control, Politics
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Loughner sentenced for deadly Arizona shootings
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - The man who pleaded guilty to a deadly Arizona shooting rampage that wounded former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords has been sentenced to life in prison. U.S. District Judge Larry Burns sentenced 24-year-old Jared Lee Loughner on...
Tags: Judges, Trials, Crime, Law and Justice, Gabrielle Giffords, Prisons
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Loughner faces victims, sentenced to seven life terms for Arizona shooting
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — The pain was palpable, measured in silent stares in the courtroom between an emotionless murderer and wounded former congresswoman who looked her attempted killer in the eyes for the first time since he shot her in the head....
Tags: Judges, Mark Kelly, Safeway Inc., Lawyers, Ron Barber
Jan 15, 2013
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Dec 27, 2012
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Dec 24, 2012
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Dec 16, 2012
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Nov 8, 2012
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