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Guns but no roses
WASHINGTON -- The biggest obstacle to the Obama administration's push for tighter gun control may be its own best argument: Newtown. This is because nothing proposed in the gun control debates would have prevented the mass killing of children at Sandy...
Tags: Laws, Columbine High School, Personal Weapon Control, Periodicals, Crime, Law and Justice
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Timeline: Worst U.S. mass shootings
A heavily armed gunman opened fire at a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado, on Friday, July 20, killing at least 12 and wounding 38. Police arrested a suspect in theater's parking lot. Here are some of the worst U.S. mass shootings since World War II....
Tags: Fort Hood Shootings (2009), Columbine High School, Injuries and Wounds, Shootings, Nidal Malik Hasan
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Ticket Replay: Why is Obama so afraid of the NRA?
Top of the TicketGuns now also welcome aboard Amtrak trains.... -
Why is Obama so afraid of the National Rifle Assn.?
Top of the TicketFor 94 years, firearms have been banned in national parks. On Monday, with Congress running from the lobbying power of the National Rifle Assn., the ban was lifted. Guns are now also welcome to board Amtrak trains. The National Parks...... -
Virgina Tech slayings recall 2007 tragedy
The fatal shootings at Virginia Tech today brought back memories of the massacre that left 33 people dead in 2007. A number of books have been written about that event; here are some suggestions:
"No Right to Remain Silent," by Lucinda Roy, a former...Tags: Massacres, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Virginia Tech
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Sandy Hook Shooter Adam Lanza Had No Drugs, Alcohol In System
The Hartford CourantToxicology tests show that Adam Lanza had no alcohol or drugs in his body when he shot and killed 20 first-graders and six women at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown on Dec. 14. The tests were conducted as part of the autopsy by state Chief...Tags: FBI, Pharmaceuticals, Shootings, Adam Lanza, Sandy Hook Elementary School
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State Announces Initiative To Improve Mental Health Reporting To NICS
The Hartford CourantBefore Seung-Hui Cho killed 32 people and wounded 17 more at Virginia Tech in 2007, he was able to purchase firearms because his mental health history had not been reported to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System. Now, using federal...Tags: FBI, Personal Weapon Control, Gun Control, Crime, Law and Justice, Electronics
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Local Voices, Apr. 18
Reducing murder If you want to reduce the murders in Chicago, reinstate the death sentence. It will do more good than any gun-control law. A gang member will realize that he can be sentenced to death if he kills someone, not spend his life in jail. He...Tags: Politics, Personal Weapon Control, Steven Kazmierczak, Eric Harris, Crime, Law and Justice
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2 shot, suspect held at Virginia mall branch of community college
A suspect has been taken into custody after a shooting at a community college office in a Virginia shopping mall where two women were wounded, officials said Friday. The first reports of the shooting came in to officials at 1:55 p.m., police said at a...Tags: Joe Arpaio, Shootings, Blacksburg, Colleges and Universities
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State appeals Virginia Tech jury verdict in shootings
The state is asking the Virginia Supreme Court to set aside a jury's findings in favor of the families of two students who were slain in the April 2007 massacre on the Virginia Tech campus. In a filing Thursday, attorneys representing the state are...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Blacksburg, Justice System, Virginia Tech
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Those who suffer need treatment; most don't deserve indictment
This story was originally published February 10, 2013. The Virginia Tech shooter, Seung-Hui Cho, was diagnosed with severe social anxiety disorder as a teenager. In Aurora, Colo., the defense attorney for the accused shooter James Eagen Holmes,...Tags: Arthritis, Personal Weapon Control, Gun Control, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder , Hallmark Greeting Card
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