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gun control stories: 63 news summaries

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States Weigh Allowing Guns on Campuses

Bills pending in 12 legislatures; advocates want ability to protect selves

Feb 15, 08 5:23 PM CST
(Newser) - Twelve states are considering bills that would allow people to carry guns at public universities, USA Today reports, a response to last year's Virginia Tech massacre. "The only way to stop a person with a gun is another person with a gun," says a University of Cincinnati sophomore... More »

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gun control • Virginia Tech • legislation • state legislature • Northern Illinois University • Virginia Tech shootings • gun violence • guns

Cheney Bucks Bush, Wants DC Gun Ban Overturned

Signs Congressional brief saying the District's gun law is unconstitutional

Feb 9, 08 8:01 AM CST
(Newser) - Dick Cheney yesterday went against his own administration, signing a Congressional brief which urges the Supreme Court to uphold a ruling that found Washington DC's handgun ban to be unconstitutional. In so doing Cheney took a stronger Second Amendment stance than his boss, the Washington Post reports, adding that it's... More »

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Dick Cheney • gun control • Constitution • Second Amendment • handgun • constitutional law • George W. Bush • gun ban

Who Wins the Flip-Flop Primary?

Romney and McCain spar over mind-changing label

Feb 5, 08 3:20 PM CST
(Newser) - John McCain and Mitt Romney are calling each other flip-floppers in new online ads that mimic a cutting anti-John Kerry 2004 campaign commercial, the Post’s Michael Dobbs reports. The ads copy its use of the "Blue Danube" Waltz to mock each other's changing views on tax cuts—but... More »

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religious right • Mitt Romney • John McCain • gay rights • abortion • taxes • gun control • tax cuts • flip flop • Republican nomination • campaign commercials

Thompson Aims for Gun Owners' Support in SC

But Huckabee, McCain have own in-roads with 2nd Amendment crew

Jan 10, 08 2:59 PM CST
(Newser) - Fred Thompson is banking on the support of South Carolina gun advocates in a last-ditch effort to save his Republican presidential campaign, Politico reports—and those Second Amendment supporters are hungry for a candidate who will represent their interests in Washington as well as President Bush has. For many, the... More »

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Fred Thompson • NRA • gun control • Republican voters • Republican evangelicals • Second Amendment • Republican candidate • Republican presidential primaries

Police: Wife Aimed at Hubby But Decked TV

'He pushed me over the edge,' says woman

Dec 19, 07 5:10 AM CST
(Newser) - A Michigan woman allegedly aiming a gun at her husband killed the couple’s flat-screen TV instead, the Detroit Free Press reports. The woman, 61, explained to a police dispatcher that her husband "pushed me over the edge" but insisted she wasn't trying to hurt him. She said her... More »

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television • crime • gun control • Michigan • guns

Students Aim
to Put Guns
on Campus

In wake of shootings, group presses
right to pack heat

Nov 22, 07 11:43 AM CST
(Newser) - Thousands of college students think they have a way to make their campuses safer: more guns. Students with a license to carry concealed weapons should be able to do it on campus, argues the group Students for Concealed Carry on Campus. “It’s the basic right of self defense,... More »

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gun control • college • school shooting • college student

Rivals Boast Right Stuff in Fight for Conservative Cred

Who is the right-est one of all?

Oct 22, 07 4:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - Republican presidential hopefuls fought bitterly over who has the best conservative credentials in an Orlando, Fla., forum last night. Rudy Giuliani, Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee cited their conservative executive experience, while John McCain and Fred Thompson touted conservative Senate voting records. Giuliani generally sparred with Thompson, and McCain with... More »

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Mitt Romney • John McCain • Rudy Giuliani • Fred Thompson • gun control • abortion rights • marriage • conservative • Mike Huckabee • GOP debate

Rivals Attack Rudy's Record
as NY Mayor

Gotham chief soft on immigration, tough on gun control, foes taunt

Aug 23, 07 6:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - Rudy Giuliani uses his tenure as New York mayor as a badge of courage as he campaigns for the White House, but now his record is being turned against him. Attack ads by GOP rival Mitt Romney portray Giuliani's New York as "sanctuary city" for illegals, while would-contender Fred... More »

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Mitt Romney • immigration • Rudy Giuliani • abortion • Iowa • Fred Thompson • presidential campaign • NRA • gun control • New York • mayor

Shooting Report Levels No Blame at Virginia Tech

School's response deemed okay, some upgrades recommended

Aug 22, 07 7:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - Virginia Tech's response to the April shootings that left 33 dead got a free pass in an internal review today, CNN reports. Although the university should improve its communications systems and means of monitoring troubled students, the report says, it found no fault with how school officials and police handled... More »

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gun control • Virginia Tech • Seung-Hui Cho • school shooting • Virginia Tech shootings

Camo Bible
Lets Faithful Hunt 'n' Pray

Online retailer gives covert cover to conspicuous Good Book

Aug 13, 07 4:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - Evangelical Christians are not used to hiding their faith—but pious hunters have to when gilded scripture covers catch the eye of their prey. An Arkansas-based online outdoors shop is solving the problem with Bibles covered in leaves and tree bark, as well as camo covers for personal copies of... More »

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Christianity • gun control • evangelism • Republican evangelicals • hunters • Bible

Va. Tech Shooter May Have Practiced

Investigators reveal new details
of deadly April rampage

Aug 10, 07 3:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Virginia Tech killer may have rehearsed his rampage 2 days before the massacre of 32 people on April 16, police investigators said today. One witness reported spotted a suspicious-looking hooded male near doors inside the academic building where the shootings took place on April 14, the Richmond Times-Dispatch reports;... More »

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investigation • gun control • Virginia Tech • mental health • Seung-Hui Cho • murder • Virginia Tech shootings

Rudy Calls for Truce in
Culture Wars

Leave social issues
to the states, candidates argues

Jul 26, 07 5:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Giuliani may be running as a terrorist slayer, but what sets him apart is his plan to leave social issues up to the states, says LA Times columnist Ronald Brownstein. Localizing gay marriage, gun control and even abortion decisions would allow states to make policies that reflect the proclivities of... More »

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Rudy Giuliani • gay marriage • gun control • abortion rights • culture wars

Jesse Jackson Arrested at Gun Shop Protest

Jackson and Catholic priest Michael Pfleger denounce sales of guns

Jun 24, 07 7:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - Rev. Jess Jackson and Fr. Michael Pfleger were arrested for blocking the door of Chuck's Gun Shop in Riverdale, a suburb abutting the southern edge of Chicago.  They and others were there protesting the ready availability of guns next to a crime-plagued part of the city, which bans the... More »

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Chicago • Jesse Jackson • crime • gun control • Michael Pfleger • protests • Riverdale • guns

Va. Tech Probe Points to Privacy Laws

Muddled regs impede information flow; House OKs gun-control bill

Jun 14, 07 12:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - A tangle of privacy laws helps prevent officials from sharing vital info about mentally ill individuals who may be dangerous, making it possible for them to buy handguns—and setting the stage for incidents like the Virginia Tech massacre. Greater awareness of the leeway officials have when safety is a... More »

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NRA • gun control • Seung-Hui Cho • privacy • House of Representatives • Virginia Tech shootings

Liberal Scholars Embrace Gun Ownership

Much to their own uncomfortable surprise

May 6, 07 10:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - When a federal appeals court ruled against a District of Columbia gun control law in March,  it was the first time an appellate court had used the Second Amendment to restrict gun contol legislation. And it was, even more surprisingly, the result of work by a group of liberal... More »

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Bill of Rights • gun control • Federal Court • Second Amendment • Washington, DC

NRA Backs Gun Sales To Terror Suspects

Opposes bill giving AG discretion
to ban sales to people on terror
watch lists

May 4, 07 10:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - The NRA is urging the Bush administration to oppose a bill that bans suspected terrorists from buying guns. In a letter to AG Alberto Gonzales, the group's executive director objects that the bill, introduced in the Senate last week, "would allow arbitrary denial of Second Amendment rights based on... More »

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Bush administration • Department of Justice • Attorney General • NRA • gun control • Virginia Tech • gun sales • terrorist • Second Amendment

Virginia Closes Lethal Gun Loophole

Executive order would have barred V.T.  shooter from buying weapon

Apr 30, 07 2:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - Virginia governor Tim Kaine has issued an executive order closing the loophole that allowed Virginia Tech shooter Cho Seung-Hui to purchase a gun, the AP reports. Effective immediately, Virginians diagnosed as dangerously mentally ill will be added to a national database that gun-store owners use for background checks. The order... More »

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law • Virginia Tech shooter • gun control • Virginia Tech • Seung-Hui Cho • Tim Kaine • mental illness • Virginia • background check

Shooting at Kansas City Shopping Center Leaves Three Dead

Suspect in woman's killing wounds cop, then opens fire in mall parking lot

Apr 29, 07 5:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - A young man wielding a rifle opened fire in the parking lot of a Kansas City shopping center this afternoon, killing two people  and wounding at least two others before he ran into the mall and was gunned down by police. Fifteen minutes before the mall shootings, the gunman also... More »

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gun control • Kansas City • murder • violence • shooting

Virginia May Close Gun Loophole

Governor's order would give more mental health info to dealers

Apr 25, 07 6:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - Virginia Governor Timothy Kaine is considering closing the loophole that allowed Virginia Tech gunman Cho Seung Hui to buy guns despite his dangerous and conspicuous mental illness. A judge ruled Cho mentally ill in 2005, but didn't commit him, so his records were not in the data base dealers consult. More »

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gun control • mental health • Seung-Hui Cho • Tim Kaine • mental illness • Virginia • Virginia Tech shootings

Cho Guns Were Legal Despite Police Record

Judge's ruling of "mental illness" no deterrent in Virginia

Apr 19, 07 8:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - Killer Cho Seung-Hui's gun purchases were completely legal, despite his 2005 brushes with the police for stalking fellow students and threatening suicide. The judge who deemed him "an imminent danger to himself because of mental illness" ordered Cho to outpatient treatment; Virginia blocks gun sales only to those who... More »

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gun control • Seung-Hui Cho • school shooting • Virginia • Virginia Tech shootings • guns

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