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Disturbed felon had gun permit, arsenal, Minnesota police say
Christian Philip Oberender killed his mother with a shotgun in 1995, when he was 14. He was committed to a state hospital after being deemed mentally ill and a possible threat. He's since been released, and in May, he got a legal gun permit in...
Tags: Personal Data Collection, Interior Policy, Lone (music group), Firearms, Politics
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Gun control, school security debated after Connecticut shooting
L.A. NOWThe rampage Friday at a Newtown, Conn., elementary school prompted memorials, beefed up security and calls for tighter gun control laws. The Los Angeles City Council adjourned its meeting Friday in memory of those killed. "If we could just give...... -
2012 is tragic, but mass shootings not increasing, experts say
As Howard B. Unruh barricaded himself in his home against the police -- after finally running out of ammunition -- he got a call from an assistant city editor at a local newspaper who had looked up his phone number. “Why are you killing people?&...
Tags: Newspaper and Magazine, Human Interest, Gang Activity, Politics, Murder
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Deciding fate of massacre site can help healing
AURORA, Colo. (AP) — As Newtown, Conn., grieves the deadly mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, victims' families and residents will eventually have to decide what to do with the building and how to memorialize the fallen. Will they...Tags: Amish, Human Interest, Murder, Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting, Virginia Tech
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Larson, Blumenthal, Among Others, Renew Call For Federal Ban On Assault Weapons
The Hartford CourantSearching for a way to prevent future shootings like the one in Newtown, some of Connecticut's congressional representives on Sunday called for a national discussion that could lead to a resumed federal ban on assault weapons and other gun control...Tags: John B. Larson, Fox News Channel (tv network), Politics, Joe Lieberman, Carolyn McCarthy
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Newtown Shooting Ratchets Up School Security Concerns Elsewhere
School administrators in districts throughout Connecticut are reviewing their security systems and fielding calls from parents worried about their children's safety. Friday's killing of 20 young children and six adults by a gunman at the Sandy Hook...
Tags: Southbury, New Hartford (Litchfield, Connecticut), Health and Safety at School, Teaching and Learning, Teachers
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Essential reading after Newtown: 'Columbine' by Dave Cullen
When it comes to events like the recent school shooting in Newtown, Conn., there are knowns, unknowns and, already, mis-knowns. A photograph of Ryan Lanza circulated asserting he was the shooter, when in fact it was his brother, Adam Lanza. Their mother,...Tags: Google+, Michael Chabon, Dylan Klebold, Katie Couric, Sandy Hook Elementary School
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Guns in America: Arming the right people can save lives
Everyone knows the terrible litany of gun violence: Columbine High School, Virginia Tech, Ft. Hood, Tucson, the Cinemark movie theater in Colorado, the Sikh temple in Wisconsin, Sandy Hook Elementary School. Here are some examples you may not have heard...
Tags: Politics, Palace Theater, Laws, Vice (movie), Virginia Tech
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Horror of school shooting shocks local parents
Tribune reportersThe day felt numb. News that 20 children were massacred Friday morning at an elementary school in Connecticut hit hard across the Chicago area, prompting parents to contact schools to check on safety procedures — or just to hear someone tell...Tags: Health and Safety at School, Parenting
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California Democrats reject NRA proposal for armed guards in schools
PolitiCalCalifornia Democrats forcefully rejected the National Rifle Assn.'s call for a massive deployment of armed guards to the nation's schools in the wake of the Newtown, Conn., school massacre.... -
Teachers prepare to return to classes after massacre
The Washington PostNot long ago, officials here promoted their public schools at conventions and conferences across the state, printing newsletters detailing "the highlight of Newtown." The students were among the state's best; the teachers were highly rated. The town had...Tags: Danbury, Teaching and Learning, Teachers, Sandy Hook Elementary School, Students
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The death of innocence
A nation weeps. At 9:30 a.m., a man in his 20s walks into an elementary school in Newtown, Conn., where his mother taught and proceeds to shoot and kill the equivalent of a filled classroom of people, most of them young children. It is the most...
Tags: Newtown, Barack Obama, Politics, White House, Gun Control
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