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Senate committee approves gun trafficking bill
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate Judiciary Committee approved legislation Thursday making gun trafficking a federal crime as lawmakers cast the first vote in Congress to curb firearms since December's horrific shootings at a Connecticut elementary...
Tags: Interior Policy, Politics, Crime, Law and Justice, Chuck Schumer, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary
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NRA likens universal checks to gun registry
WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Rifle Association's executive vice president continued to oppose background checks for all gun purchases despite polls indicating that most NRA members don't share his position. The NRA's Wayne LaPierre said on...
Tags: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, U.S. Congress, Wayne LaPierre, Washington, DC, National Rifle Association of America
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Ind. Dem Donnelly opposing assault weapons ban
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Freshman Democratic Sen. Joe Donnelly is opposing a ban on assault weapons sought by President Barack Obama. A Donnelly spokesman on Wednesday said that the Indiana lawmaker will vote against the ban but has not decided whether...
Tags: Democratic Party, Interior Policy, Politics, Joe Donnelly, Crime, Law and Justice
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Biden meets with gun safety, victims groups
WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden on Wednesday heard personal stories of gun violence from representatives of victims groups and gun-safety organizations as he drafts the Obama administration's response to the shooting at a Connecticut...
Tags: Interior Policy, Kathleen Sebelius, Politics, Health, Jay Carney
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Giffords, Kelly launch gun control lobbying effort
BRIAN SKOLOFF,Associated PressTUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and her husband launched a political action committee aimed at curbing gun violence on Tuesday, the second anniversary of the Tucson shooting that killed six people and left her critically...Tags: Interior Policy, Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting, Politics, Safeway Inc., Punishment
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Gun laws show difficulty of stemming violent acts
WASHINGTON (AP) — One early focus of new gun regulations by President Barack Obama and some lawmakers would reinstate a federal ban on assault weapons, a law widely regarded as imperfect. The ban, which existed for 10 years until 2004, would...
Tags: Interior Policy, Politics, Joe Biden, Crime, Law and Justice, Shootings
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Fear prompts gun sales, panic after Colo. massacre
DENVER (AP) — Firearms sales are surging in the wake of the Colorado movie massacre as buyers express fears about both personal safety and lawmakers who are using the shooting to seek new weapons restrictions. In Colorado, the site of Friday's...Tags: Interior Policy, Politics, Crime, Law and Justice, FBI, Elections
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Congresswoman shooting suspect change of plea hearing set
PHOENIX (AP) — The judge overseeing the Tucson mass shooting case that left six dead and former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and 12 others wounded has scheduled competency and change of plea hearings for defendant Jared Lee Loughner. U.S. District Judge...Tags: Justice System, Jared Lee Loughner, Crime, Law and Justice, Judges
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Shooting survivor holds 'Congress on Your Corner'
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Ron Barber has held his first "Congress on Your Corner," the same type of event at which he and his former boss, Gabrielle Giffords, were shot and nearly killed in a mass shooting last year. Barber spokesman Mark...Tags: Ron Barber
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Loughner's attorneys ask court to halt medication
PHOENIX (AP) — Lawyers for the Tucson shooting rampage suspect again asked a court to halt the forced medication of their client with psychotropic drugs. Jared Lee Loughner's attorneys tell the 9th Circuit Court of Appeal on Monday that their...Tags: Chemical Industry, Justice System, Missouri, Crime, Law and Justice, Lawyers
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Giffords aide says she walks with cane, is writing
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — A close aide to U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords says the Arizona congresswoman is walking with a cane, writing left-handed and showing she has more goals to achieve. District director Ron Barber told a meeting of the Democrats...Tags: Tucson, Democratic Party, Arizona
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Giffords grants 1st interview to Diane Sawyer
NEW YORK (AP) — Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords will give her first TV interview since being shot in January to Diane Sawyer of ABC News. Giffords, shot in the head while meeting with constituents on Jan. 8, will be interviewed with her husband,...Tags: Diane Sawyer , Mark Kelly, ABC (tv network)
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