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Senate OKs Passenger
Guns on Amtrak

Refusal to allow firearms would cost system fed funds under bill

Sep 17, 09 4:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - Amtrak passengers would be allowed to carry unloaded guns in locked containers in their checked baggage under a measure passed by the Senate yesterday, reports the New York Times. The rail corporation banned guns from checked baggage after the 9/11 attacks. The measure won the backing of all Senate Republicans... More »

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Senate • train • Amtrak • Second Amendment • guns • gun rights

Afghans Stock Up on Guns After Disputed Election

Political turmoil sends 'Kalashnikov Index' soaring

Sep 11, 09 2:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - The price of a smuggled Kalashnikov assault rifle in Afghanistan has more than doubled in recent weeks amid rising political turbulence, Time reports. Last month's election is widely believed to have been rigged in favor of President Hamid Karzai, and many fear challenger Abdullah Abdullah and the warlords he represents... More »

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Afghanistan • Hamid Karzai • election fraud • guns • Abdullah Abdullah • Afghanistan election

Gun-Toter's Pastor Prayed for Obama's Death

Ariz. preacher called prez 'socialist devil'

Aug 28, 09 11:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - The man who brought an assault rifle to an Obama town hall in Arizona last week had attended a sermon the day before during which the pastor said he would “pray for Barack Obama to die and go to hell,” TPM reports. “I’d like Barack Obama... More »

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Barack Obama • town hall meeting • assault rifles • pastor • guns • Steven Anderson • Chris Broughton

(Newser) - Two men who brought guns to events featuring President Barack Obama belong to the same right-wing organization, Talking Points Memo reports. Chris Broughton, who carried an assault rifle into an Arizona town hall this week, and William Kostric, who brought a handgun to a New Hampshire forum last week, are... More »

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Arizona • town hall meeting • right wingers • guns • We The People

OPINION

NRA Shouldn't Tolerate Gun-Toting Protesters

It's just not a safe way to use a firearm

Aug 20, 09 9:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - If the National Rifle Association is really, to quote its website “dedicated to the lawful, effective, responsible, and above all safe use of firearms,” then it should loudly discourage people from carrying those firearms to political rallies, writes Stephen Stromberg of the Washington Post. Politics aside,... More »

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NRA • gun control • protests • health care reform • town hall meeting • National Rifle Association • political protest • guns

DC Delegate:
Ban Guns
Near Obama

Says pistol-packers too close; Secret Service says not an issue

Aug 20, 09 6:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - Washington DC's congressional delegate is watching gun-toting protesters outside venues where Barack Obama speaks, and she's not gonna take it anymore, reports The Hill. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton—whose constituency last year had its handgun ban tossed by the Supreme Court—wants guns banned in the president's vicinity, and is... More »

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Barack Obama • gun control • Secret Service • Second Amendment • political protest • handgun ban • guns • Eleanor Holmes Norton

Organizer of Fake Interview Linked to Infamous Militia

He set up armed man near Obama town hall

Aug 19, 09 5:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - The conservative radio host who staged an interview with an armed protester near the president's town hall in Phoenix has long ties with hard-core fringe groups, reports Talking Points Memo. Ernest Hancock allied himself with a group called the Viper Militia in Arizona in the 1990s, many of whose members... More »

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militia • conspiracy • firearms • domestic terrorism • guns • Ernest Hancock

(Newser) - An anti-reform protester who showed up near President Obama's town hall event in Phoenix with a semiautomatic assault rifle did so as part of a staged radio event, reports Talking Points Memo. The man who conducted the seemingly random interview with the gun-toting "Chris" is conservative talk radio host... More »

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Phoenix • health care reform • town hall meeting • guns • President Obama

 Another Obama Speech, 
 Another Armed Citizen 

Man brings assault rifle, pistol to health-care rally

Aug 17, 09 3:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama's appearance at a VFW convention in Phoenix today was marked by yet another appearance of a man with a gun, the Arizona Republic reports. As separate crowds of protesters for and against health care reform rallied outside the Phoenix convention center, a man with an AR-15 rifle and... More »

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health care • Arizona • health care reform • Second Amendment • assault rifles • protesters • guns • President Obama • deathers

Cops Bust 2nd Obama Protester With a Gun

Man arrested before NH town hall; gun was unlicensed, loaded

Aug 12, 09 12:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - A protester arrested ahead of President Obama’s town hall yesterday had an unlicensed loaded gun, police say. Richard Young, 62, was discovered inside Portsmouth High School several hours before Obama arrived. He was carrying a pocket knife; police found the gun in his car. He has been charged with... More »

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town hall meeting • protesters • guns • President Obama • Richard Young

Gun-Toting Obama Protester Is a Birther

Secessionist group included among his MySpace friends

Aug 12, 09 11:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - William Kostric, the man who showed up to protest at Obama’s town hall meeting yesterday with a loaded gun strapped to his leg, told Chris Matthews that he wasn’t affiliated with birther groups. But a web user by the same name has left a digital trail that proves... More »

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MySpace • libertarian • white supremacism • town hall meeting • right wingers • protesters • guns • President Obama • loaded gun • birther • William Kostric

Gun-Toting Protester at Obama Event Unrepentant

Tells Chris Matthews it's no big deal

Aug 11, 09 8:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - The man who showed up at President Obama's town hall today with a gun defended his right to do just that when grilled by Chris Matthews on his show tonight, reports the Huffington Post. When Matthews asked why he showed up with a weapon strapped to his leg, William Kostric... More »

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Chris Matthews • town hall meeting • protesters • guns • President Obama • William Kostric

(Newser) - Byron Crawford had to do a double-take today when he saw a report on MSNBC about a guy with a gun strapped to his leg among the crowd to see Obama in New Hampshire. Seems it was OK because the guy was on private property at a church next door.... More »

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New Hampshire • town hall meeting • guns • President Obama • Antavio Johnson

Tubby Texas Con Smuggles Gun in Flab

Cops missed pistol
in 3 separate searches of 500-pound man

Aug 9, 09 1:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - An obese inmate in Texas has admitted to smuggling a gun into prison, the AP reports—in between his rolls of fat. Authorities had searched George Vera, 25, at least three times after initially arresting him for selling illegal copies of CDs, but never found the unloaded 9mm pistol. The... More »

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Texas • obese • inmates • guns • gun possession • arms smuggling

Pa. Gym, Va. Tech Shooters Shopped on Same Website

Site rep: This proves people need to protect themselves

Aug 7, 09 11:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Pennsylvania health club shooter and the Virginia Tech killer purchased gun equipment from the same website, WPXI Pittsburgh reports. George Sodini bought accessories from TGSCOM, which sold a gun to Seung-Hui Cho. “We deal with police and government agencies as customers,” said a rep for the firm,... More »

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Seung-Hui Cho • murder • Pennsylvania • website • Virginia Tech shootings • firearms • shooting • gym • guns • health club • George Sodini



 Why Lover 
 Killed McNair 

Friends, family tell of course of doomed affair

Jul 12, 09 12:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - Within six months of meeting Steve McNair, Sahel Kazemi had fallen hard—and soon after came to the harder realization that the former NFL star wasn't actually planning to leave his wife and family for her, the New York Post reports in an extensive look at the chain of events... More »

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divorce • murder-suicide • drunk driving • affair • Steve McNair • guns • Sahel Kazemi

Girlfriend Owned Gun at McNair Crime Scene

Weapon sold less than 48 hours before shooting deaths: cops

Jul 6, 09 7:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - Steve McNair's girlfriend bought a gun on Thursday, less than 2 days before she and the retired NFL quarterback were shot to death with the weapon, Nashville police say. A spokesman refused to say who sold Sahel Kazemi the gun but did say it fired five shots, the Tennessean reports.... More »

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NFL • crime • Tennessee Titans • murder • murder-suicide • football • weapon • Steve McNair • Nashville • firearms • guns • Sahel Kazemi

UPDATED

Ballistics Match Confirms Death of Serial Killer

NC cops shot suspect after 5 slayings in SC county in 6 days

Jul 6, 09 6:59 PM CDT
(Newser) - The man shot to death by North Carolina police early today was the serial killer who had terrorized a rural South Carolina county, police say. Tests on his gun confirmed that it was the firearm used in the crime spree, which saw five people shot dead in less than a... More »

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crime • South Carolina • murder • North Carolina • firearms • serial killers • guns • Gaffney • ballistics

(Newser) - Some 200 pistol-packing parishioners filled a church in Louisville, Ky., yesterday to celebrate the somewhat unlikely combination of freedom of religion and the right to bear arms, reports the Courier-Journal. Church members checked to ensure the weapons were unloaded and holstered before pastor Ken Pagano led the congregation in patriotic... More »

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religion • Kentucky • church • Second Amendment • freedom of speech • guns • gun rights

 Obama Still 
 Scaring Up 
 Gun Sales 

FBI reports surge in background checks

Jun 20, 09 6:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - The surge in gun and ammunition sales that started with Barack Obama's presidency shows no sign of abating, NPR reports. In California, gun sales are up 32% from a year ago, and the FBI has reported a consistent rise in applications for background checks. Gun retailers and consumers continue to... More »

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Barack Obama • gun sales • conservative • Democrat • Second Amendment • Dick Durbin • guns

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