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Need a Gun?
On the Terrorist Watch List?
No Problem

Feds OK sales thanks to controversial law

Jun 20, 09 3:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - People placed on Washington's terrorist watch list can be prevented from boarding an airplane or getting a visa, but they can still buy a gun, the New York Times reports. In the last 5 years, people on the list tried to buy guns nearly 1,000 times, and current laws... More »

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Department of Justice • National Rifle Association • terror suspects • suspected terrorists • guns • Frank Lautenberg

OPINION

All Jewish
Spaces Need
Armed Guards

'Queasiness' aside, only guns can stop would-be killers

Jun 11, 09 3:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - Yesterday’s Holocaust Museum shooting should stifle the queasiness American Jews feel around weapons, Jeffrey Goldberg writes for the Atlantic. “One of the lessons of the Holocaust to me is that it is more difficult to kill an armed Jew than an unarmed Jew,” he says. Had the... More »

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Holocaust • Jews • shooting • guns • National Holocaust Museum • James Von Brunn • Jeffrey Goldberg

As Threats Soar, Court Officials Pack Heat

Judges, prosecutors hire guards, carry guns after string of slayings

May 25, 09 9:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - Judges and prosecutors are facing a huge upswing in threats, driving many to carry guns or get 24-hour guard protection, the Washington Post reports. Threats against federal court officials have jumped from 592 to 1,278 in the past 6 years. “I live with a constant heightened sense of... More »

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crime • prosecutor • court • threats • judges • guns

(Newser) - President Obama wants to add muscle to America’s promise to curb the flow of weapons to Mexico’s drug cartels. After meeting with Mexican leader Felipe Calderon today, Obama said he would push the Senate to ratify a decade-old treaty on the matter, the Washington Post reports. President Clinton... More »

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Latin America • Mexico • Senate • weapons • Organization of American States • arms trafficking • guns • President Obama • smuggling

 Today's Hot Investment: Guns 

or: Fearing New Laws, Buyers Stock Up on Guns

Apr 16, 09 7:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - Guns sales are booming as buyers, fearing an Obama administration crackdown on the sale of assault weapons, are looking to safeguard their homes—and their retirement, reports the Wall Street Journal. Some gun enthusiasts see semiautomatic weapons as a smart investment that’s sure to gain value if new restrictions... More »

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Congress • gun control • investment • ammunition • assault weapons • Obama administration • guns

UPDATED

 Gunfight Causes 
 First Deaths 
 in Thai Riots 

Marketplace fight led to shooting: minister

Apr 13, 09 11:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - As political street-fighting rages on in Thailand, a gun battle in a residential area of Bangkok has led to the first two deaths, authorities tell the AP. A government spokesman said the encounter was between anti-government protesters and local residents, who were angry over the continuing demonstrations. More than 100... More »

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protests • Bangkok • riots • shooting • political demonstrations • guns • Thai protesters

OPINION

Save Some Outrage for
Gun Violence

Wall St. malfeasance
is a crisis—but so is shooting epidemic

Apr 12, 09 10:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - We look back at witch hunts and slavery with shame and consternation, but after reading about our recent spate of gun violence, future historians will regard us as similarly misguided, Cynthia Tucker writes for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “These mass shootings are a form of madness, but what’s even... More »

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NRA • nursing homes • Oakland • Pittsburgh • mass shootings • guns

Shootings Fail
to Ignite Gun Control Efforts

Poll shows support for handgun ban at its lowest level ever

Apr 8, 09 11:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - The recent spate of mass shooting has done little to inspire gun control efforts despite the fact that almost all the shooters held licenses, the AP reports. Lawmakers—including Democrats—say there is no appetite for a divisive fight over guns when the country is in economic crisis. Recent efforts... More »

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gun control • shooting • mass shootings • guns • Binghamton, NY • Jiverly Wong

NY Gunman Fired 98 Shots
in a Minute

Barrage from Wong's 2 handguns killed most of 13 victims instantly

Apr 8, 09 9:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - Jiverly Wong unleashed 98 shots within a little more than a minute in his shooting spree last week at the American Civic Association in Binghamton, NY, police said today. The Vietnamese immigrant carried a 9mm Beretta and a .45-caliber handgun, and a bag of full ammunition clips. Nearly all of... More »

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immigrant • gunman • shooting • automatic weapons • guns • Binghamton, NY • Jiverly Wong

Letter Indeed From NY Gunman: Police

Message's authenticity backed up by photos, driver's license

Apr 7, 09 3:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - A letter allegedly from the gunman who killed 14 last week in Binghamton, NY, is likely authentic, the Press & Sun-Bulletin reports. Police said today they had “no reason” to doubt the letter’s authorship despite a claim from the gunman’s sister he lacked the vocabulary to write... More »

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massacre • illegal immigration • firearms • guns • immigration services • Jiverly Wong

 Photogs Say 
 Gisele Guard 
 Opened Fire 

Bullet allegedly hit paprazzi's Jeep at second wedding

Apr 5, 09 5:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - Two paparazzi say Gisele Bundchen's guards shot at them for snapping pics of her Costa Rica wedding to Tom Brady this weekend, the Boston Globe reports. After a stand-off with security, the paps scrambled back to their Jeep, where a bullet pierced the back and front windshields. "I could... More »

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Costa Rica • paparazzi • wedding • Gisele Bundchen • Tom Brady • guns • bullet

Rihanna Arms
Herself With
Gun Tattoo

Singer got it on ribcage, not arms, because of Cover Girl deal: artist

Mar 26, 09 12:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - Rihanna, often seen with a gun pendant around her neck, has decided to add a gun to the assemblage of tattoos on her body. This one graces her ribcage, safely out of view for her modeling spots. “I really wanted to put it on her arms,” her artist... More »

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pop culture • tattoos • gossip • Cover Girl • Rihanna • guns

UPDATED

 Ala. Shooter Trained to Be a Cop 


Mar 11, 09 12:36 PM CDT
(AP) - Authorities say the Alabama gunman who killed 10 people and himself in a rampage yesterday had once trained as a police officer. Michael McLendon, 28, briefly went through officer training in 2003, but didn't complete the requirements to join the force. Investigators still aren't sure what led McLendon to go... More »

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crime • murder • Alabama • shooting rampage • gunman • shooting • mass shootings • guns • Michael McLendon

 Pastor Killed in Ill. 
 Church Shooting 

Three others injured, including suspect

Mar 8, 09 2:08 PM CDT
(AP) - Illinois state police say a man shot a pastor to death and injured others at a church during a service in Maryville. Master Trooper Ralph Timmins says the man walked down the aisle during the early Sunday service at First Baptist Church in Maryville, exchanged words with pastor Fred Winters,... More »

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crime • church • Illinois • church shootings • shooting • pastor • knife • guns

 Fla. Gun Requests 
 Spike in Recession 

Jump attributed to burglary fears

Feb 18, 09 3:55 PM CST
(Newser) - Floridians are arming themselves, literally, against the recession and fears of being burgled. There's been a 42% jump in concealed weapons permit requests in the past 45 days, and the state office that issues them is buried under a 95,000-application backlog. It's seeking a $4 million budget transfer to... More »

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Florida • recession • guns • gun rights • state budgets • recession depression

Gillibrand Moves Twin Rifles From Under Her Bed

'Security' prompts senator to relocate guns after reports

Feb 17, 09 7:30 AM CST
(Newser) - After admitting in an interview that she and her husband kept a pair of rifles under her bed—to protect their upstate home—New York's new senator, Kirsten Gillibrand, has moved the weapons, Newsday reports. “Given that the location of the guns has been disclosed, they have been moved... More »

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gun control • New York • senator • guns • gun rights • Kirsten Gillibrand • Bill Maher Grid

 Actor Nearly Killed by Prop Gun 

Unexpectedly loaded revolver shakes up Of Mice and Men rehearsal

Jan 21, 09 2:34 PM CST
(Newser) - A Florida theater company’s production of Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men got a little too real Monday when a prop gun almost killed an actor in rehearsal, the Sarasota Herald-Tribune reports. A revolver used in the play’s final scene—in which the character Lennie is shot—turned... More »

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Florida • theater • accident • actor • shooting • guns • John Steinbeck • Of Mice and Men

Ex-FBI Agent Draws 40-Year Sentence in Murder, But ...

Judge's ruling all but guarantees appeal

Jan 15, 09 1:50 PM CST
(Newser) - A judge sentenced former FBI agent John Connolly to 40 years for a 1982 murder today, and simultaneously blew a giant hole in the prosecution’s case, the Miami Herald reports. The facts seem to be clear: Connolly told mobsters with whom he was in cahoots that an associate,... More »

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FBI • crime • murder • appeal • mob • Mafia • firearms • guns • John Connolly

Ex-Driver Sues Knicks Star for Gay Harassment

Man says Curry also used racial slurs, pointed gun at him

Jan 13, 09 9:00 AM CST
(Newser) - New York Knicks center Eddy Curry is being sued for soliciting sex from his former driver, the New York Post reports. David Kuchinsky says the married star approached him in the nude several times with comments like “look at me, Dave, look.” Kuchinsky also says Curry forced him... More »

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sexual harassment • lawsuit • Eddy Curry • New York Knicks • chauffeur • racial slurs • guns

 'Santa' Gunman Hid Son 
 From Ex-Wife: Cops 

Revelation of child from previous relationship stressed the Pardo's marriage

Dec 26, 08 5:32 PM CST
(Newser) - Bruce Jeffrey Pardo, who police say killed nine others in a Christmas Eve rampage in California, kept a child from a previous relationship secret from his ex-wife, the Los Angeles Times reports. Pardo did not support his physically handicapped 9-year-old son financially, but claimed him as a dependent for 7... More »

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California • murder • massacre • Christmas • shooting rampage • Santa Claus • guns • Bruce Jeffrey Pardo

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