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Gun control debate driving local gun sales
WSBT TVThe talk of new gun control laws is driving up sales of assault rifles and ammunition. Local gun stores are seeing lots of first time buyers as well as long time gun owners who worry about losing their Second Amendment right to bear arms. But others...Tags: U.S. Congress, Personal Weapon Control, Justice and Rights, Politics, Elections
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NRA says Congress will not pass weapons ban
WASHINGTON (AP) — The powerful gun lobby is gauging enough support in Congress to block a law that would ban assault weapons, despite promises from the White House and senior lawmakers to make such a measure a reality. Senators plan to introduce a...
Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, U.S. Congress, Politics, Joe Manchin III, Elections
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Marquette church members seek stronger gun limits
MARQUETTE, Mich. (AP) — Members of an Upper Peninsula church have held a protest against gun violence on a day when gun ownership advocates were demonstrating against restrictions on firearms. The Marquette Unitarian Universalist Congregation...Tags: Gun Control, Personal Weapon Control, Politics, Barack Obama
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NY's Cuomo sets sights high on gun control
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is coming on strong for gun control, giving a fiery speech that pushes the state to the front of the national debate. Cuomo called Wednesday in his State of the State address for tougher state bans on...Tags: Gun Control, Personal Weapon Control, Politics, Andrew Cuomo
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Massacre-hardened Colorado a gun control test case
DENVER (AP) — Colorado has plenty to teach the country about what gun laws to pass after a tragic mass shooting. The problem is that each side in the debate draws different lessons from the state's experience. Gun rights groups say the state has...Tags: Gun Control, Personal Weapon Control, Politics, Lobbying
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NHL, union reach tentative agreement
NEW YORK (AP) — The NHL and the players' association reached a tentative agreement early Sunday to end a nearly four-month-old lockout that threatened to wipe out what was left of an already abbreviated season. A marathon negotiating session...
Tags: Sports, Ice Hockey, Politics, Winnipeg Jets, Gary Bettman
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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: U.S. Department of Justice, Arne Duncan, U.S. Congress, Politics, Washington, DC
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UPDATE: Family of abducted LaGrange County boy always felt he was safe
WSBT-TVWOLCOTTVILLE, INDIANA -- Relatives of an abducted LaGrange County boy who was found this week in Minnesota say they always felt he was safe. “We never thought anything bad,” said Jack Landers, whose uncle and aunt, Richard and Ruth Landers,...Tags: Politics, Personal Data Collection, FBI, Family, Crime, Law and Justice
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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: Newspaper and Magazine, U.S. Congress, Politics, Health and Safety at School, Jared Lee Loughner
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Indiana Republicans seek guns on campus, expanded access
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A handful of Republican state senators are pushing to expand access to guns this session. Sen. Jim Banks of Columbia City has proposed allowing students to carry firearms on Indiana's public university campuses. Sen. Dennis...
Tags: Gun Control, Personal Weapon Control, Politics, Republican Party
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Mich. Gov. Rick Snyder vetoes gun legislation
DETROIT (AP) — Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder vetoed legislation Tuesday that would have allowed concealed weapons in churches, schools and daycare centers, days after a mass shooting at a Connecticut elementary school that weighed heavily on his mind....
Tags: Sandy Hook Elementary School, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Personal Weapon Control, Politics, Health and Safety at School
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Obama 'actively supportive' of assault weapons ban
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says President Barack Obama is "actively supportive" of efforts on Capitol Hill to reinstate an assault weapons ban. Obama has long backed the ban, but has failed to push for it throughout his first term. Sen....
Tags: Personal Weapon Control, Joe Manchin III, Politics, Washington, DC, Jay Carney
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