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Illinois concealed carry bill heads to House floor
SPRINGFIELD --- An Illinois House panel today approved a concealed weapons bill that supporters say attempts to walk the fine line between gun rights advocates and gun control supporters, but some Chicago-area lawmakers want a more restrictive bill. The...
Tags: John J Cullerton, Brandon W. Phelps, Rahm Emanuel, Politics, Crime, Law and Justice
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Voice of the People, May. 23
Realistic cycling This is in response to "Impact of natural laws felt after daughter's bike crash; Mayor's proposal to improve road safety sensible, but cyclists are always vulnerable" (News, May 13). There is a reason why pedestrians and cars are...Tags: Business, Shootings, Jim Edgar, Politics, Crime, Law and Justice
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Secretly Drafted Bill Would Leave Release of Some Newtown Investigative Records Up To Families
The Hartford CourantA secretly drafted bill to block release of photos, tapes of 911 calls and death certificates related to the Dec. 14 Newtown elementary school massacre could be acted on in the General Assembly as early as the end of the week, officials said Wednesday....Tags: Connecticut Freedom of Information Act, Civil Rights, Politics, Newtown, Newspaper and Magazine
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Truck driver shot while beating officer now charged
A 43-year-old truck driver who was shot by a Merrillville police officer he was beating in a Planned Parenthood parking lot this week has been charged. Craig Leonard Strand, of Portland, Ore., was charged Wednesday by the Lake County, Ind., prosecutor'...
Tags: Prosecution, Family Planning, Shootings, Planned Parenthood, Social Issues
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Ben Carson's remarks 'denigrated' homosexuals [Letter]
I have to disagree with Diane Brown ("Only closed minds stifle opposing viewpoints, May 16) on both her key points about Ben Carson's remarks on marriage equality and the opposition to him giving the commencement speech at Johns Hopkins University this...Tags: Same-Sex Marriage, Fox News Channel (tv network), Johns Hopkins University, Politics, Interior Policy
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Newtown And Oklahoma: A School Day, A Sudden Loss Of Young Lives, A Common Bond
The Hartford CourantBy Tuesday morning, they began collecting donations in town offices for families ravaged by the Oklahoma tornadoes. Newtown, a universe away from Moore, Okla., feels the pain of the destruction more deeply, more intimately. Here, they know, because they...Tags: Hurricane Sandy (2012), Politics, Tornadoes, Sandy Hook Promise, Human Interest
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Government dysfunction decried by Obama partly due to US founders and political polarization
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — The works do seem to be "gummed up" on Capitol Hill. And President Barack Obama isn't the only one to say so. Yet despite years of hand-wringing in both parties, little progress has been made toward changing congressional rules on...Tags: Politics, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Parties and Movements, Internal Revenue Service, Lobbying
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NRA draws wrong conclusions from Boston
In the days and weeks after the Boston Marathon bombings, the National Rifle Association has repeatedly stated that many Bostonians who did not possess guns probably wished that they had them in their homes during the tense "shelter in place" manhunt....Tags: Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Shootings, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Politics, Crime, Law and Justice
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Letters to the Editor: May 21, 2013
Generations fundraiser a hit To the editor, On behalf of the Generations Center, we would like to express a heartfelt “Thank you” to Vanessa Rogers, the Rev. Gerry Johns, the Journeymen and everyone who performed at the benefit variety show...
Tags: Business, Barack Obama, Social Issues, Politics, Abortion
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The best defense against guns is guns [Letter]
On May 10, 2013, Aegis Managing Editor Allan Vought disagreed with my belief that expanding concealed carry permits is a viable defense to gun violence worth public debate. Although I respect Mr. Vought's opinion, "more guns won't do anything - but kill...Tags: Politics, Harford County, Crime, Law and Justice, Interior Policy, Maryland State Police
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High-tech guns would allow users to track and disable their weapons remotely
AP National WriterSAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — A high-tech startup is wading into the gun control debate with a wireless controller that would allow gun owners to know when their weapon is being moved — and disable it remotely. The technology, but not an actual...Tags: Weaponry, National Rifle Association of America, Electronics, Science and Technology, Barack Obama
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CNN host Piers Morgan writing book about his career - publisher
ReutersNEW YORK, May 22 (Reuters) - British CNN host Piers Morgan is writing a book about his career, his job as news show anchor and his interviews with Hollywood stars and world leaders, his publisher said on Wednesday. "Shooting Straight: Guns, Gays, God and...Tags: CNN (tv network), Politics, Newspaper and Magazine, England, America's Got Talent (tv program)
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