Apr 24, 2013 No Comments ›› Jack Flash
Excerpted from The Hill: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) on Tuesday introduced a bill that would require background checks to be run on anyone buying explosive powder, a reaction to last week's Boston Marathon bombing. Reid introduced the bill, S. 792, for Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.), who has been out sick for much of ...
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Apr 23, 2013 No Comments ›› Jake Hammer
Excerpted from BIG GOVERNMENT The surge in gun and ammo purchases that began after Sandy Hook and continued through the Senate's failed gun control vote appears to have picked up steam again following the Boston Marathon bombing. For example, at the Syracuse Gun Show on the New York State Fairgrounds last weekend, so many people showed up ...
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Apr 22, 2013 No Comments ›› Jake Hammer
Via REAL CLEAR POLITICS QUESTION: On the legislative strategy component of this, is there any look-back at why the President was unable to convince enough members of his own party, as well as Republicans to vote for the bill? JAY CARNEY: We are absolutely -- well, let me say two things. One is this just happened, and ...
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The Five Rejects Connection Between Boston & Guns: ‘What Are You Going To Do, Ban Pressure Cookers?’
Apr 22, 2013 No Comments ›› Jake Hammer
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Apr 21, 2013 No Comments ›› Jake Hammer
Excerpted from CNS NEWS Gun shows across the nation have experienced record turnout, even as the federal gun control push has hit a major roadblock. April gun shows - both before and after the Senate killed the Toomey-Manchin bill - have seen record crowds, as many fear the debate over the Second Amendment is not yet over. New ...
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Apr 21, 2013 No Comments ›› Jake Hammer
Excerpted from AP — A Massachusetts police official say the brothers suspected of bombing the Boston Marathon before having shootouts with authorities didn't have gun permits. Cambridge Police Commissioner Robert Haas tells The Associated Press in an interview Sunday that neither Tamerlan Tsarnaev (tsahr-NEYE'-ehv) nor his brother Dzhokhar had permission to carry firearms. He says it's unclear whether ...
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Apr 21, 2013 No Comments ›› Jake Hammer
POLITICUS USA America is a nation steeped in the rule of law that generally refers to the “authority and influence of law in society;” especially as a constraint on bad behavior, including behavior of government officials. Americans would expect that elected representatives responsible for creating laws would be well-versed in the ultimate law of the land, ...
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Apr 20, 2013 No Comments ›› Jake Hammer
Excerpted from CBS SF BAY AREA — A nationwide shortage of ammunition has forced several police departments, including Richmond, to find a backup solution for training rounds. Officers said the solution is just as effective as live ammo, not to mention cheaper. “Everybody is fighting for what is seems like a shrinking amount of ammunition out there,” ...
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Apr 20, 2013 No Comments ›› iResist
Excerpted from UPI Three people were shot in Denver's Civic Center Saturday where thousands of people gathered for marijuana-inspired "420 Day" festivities, paramedics said. The three victims were taken to a hospital. Denver police said one person was shot in the leg. The injuries sustained by the other two were not known. The Denver Post reported the big ...
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Apr 19, 2013 No Comments ›› Jake Hammer
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Apr 19, 2013 No Comments ›› Infidel
Excerpted from New Jersey 101.5: Gov. Chris Christie unveiled gun control and violence prevention measures that are as comprehensive as they are ambitious. Christie acknowledges there is no way to prevent all violence in our society, but he says it is the job of government to question, to scrutinize and to demand more in an attempt ...
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Apr 18, 2013 No Comments ›› Spit Stixx
Excerpted from Politico: Gun control advocate Mark Kelly wasn’t giving up Thursday on persuading GOP Sen. Jeff Flake, to back tougher gun control measures. The day after Flake was one of 44 senators to vote to kill a bill expanding background checks, Kelly, the husband of former Democratic Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, took to Twitter to chide ...
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Apr 18, 2013 No Comments ›› Jake Hammer
Excerpted from THE HILL The suspect arrested for sending ricin-laced letters to Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and President Obama was charged with using mail to threaten the president and others. The suspect, Paul Kevin Curtis of Corinth, Miss., faces as many as 15 years in prison, three years of supervised release and a $500,000 fine under the ...
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Apr 18, 2013 No Comments ›› Jake Hammer
Excerpted from THE HILL Attorney General Eric Holder expressed frustration and anger Thursday over the Senate's defeat of gun control legislation this week, but vowed he will continue to fight for measures to prevent gun violence. “Despite my disappointment and, quite frankly, my frustration and anger at the filibuster in the Senate yesterday that led to ...
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Apr 18, 2013 No Comments ›› Jake Hammer
Excerpted from WASHINGTON EXAMINER The head of the National Rifle Association mocked President Obama's Rose Garden "tantrum" after losing the gun control fight in the Senate, charging Thursday that Obama suffered the worst defeat of his presidency because "he bit off more than he could chew." David Keene told Secrets that the president and his team misplayed ...
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Apr 18, 2013 No Comments ›› Jake Hammer
Excerpted from WASHINGTON EXAMINER Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., in an attempt to prevent local newspapers from publishing lists of gun owners in a given area, convinced 66 of his colleagues to support an amendment that cuts funding for state and local governments if they release the information. “If a state or local government releases private information ...
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Apr 18, 2013 No Comments ›› Jake Hammer
Excerpted from BUZZFEED WASHINGTON — Vice President Biden told White House allies in the gun control fight Thursday that President Obama will be announcing new executive actions on gun violence in the days after the Senate voted down a gun violence bill. On a conference call with "stakeholders," Biden told gun control advocates that the fight is ...
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Apr 18, 2013 No Comments ›› Chuck Biscuits
Excerpted from CNS News: In reaction to the defeat of gun control in the U.S. Senate yesterday, editorial pages across the nation are seething with anger, lashing out at rural America, gun manufacturers and the NRA. Both the L.A. Times and Chicago Tribune called the defeat "shameful" - echoing Pres. Obama who yesterday called the defeat ...
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Apr 18, 2013 No Comments ›› Jake Hammer
Excerpted from THE HILL Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) on Thursday said he should be blamed for the Senate’s stinging defeat of expanded background checks for gun purchases, not President Obama. “If people want to blame, I guess you blame me,” Manchin told reporters at a Wall Street Journal breakfast. “I just never knew how hard it was ...
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