Gun Control

Message to President-Elect Obama: After Heller, "Build a Bridge to Moderates" with Common Sense On Guns

Paul Helmke | Posted 11.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Pollsters, Polls, Supreme Court, Red States, National Rifle Association, George W. Bush, Gun Control, Obama Transition, Democrats, Mark Penn, Nra, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Guns, Illegal Guns, Republicans, Politics News

Because of the Supreme Court decision, the gun violence prevention debate has shifted from the extremes to the middle.

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Safety Through Guns: Are You Crazy... Or Am I?

Sharon Glassman | Posted 11.19.2008 | Living

Read More: Carolyn McCarthy, Debate, Rocky Mountains, Living News, Colin Furgeson, Stephanie Plum, Janet Evanovich, Concealed Carry, Gun Control, G.I. Joe, Living, Chekhov's Gun, Obama Guns, Living News

if a bad guy had wandered hrough the street, pillowcase over shoulder at high noon, a host of adults would have called the local precinct for action. This was, clearly, what a concerned citizen should do. Taking the law into your own hands made as much sense as performing your own tonsillectomy.

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Winnetka Overturns Handgun Ban

WBBM | Posted 11.19.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Winnetka, Winnetka Handguns, Handgun Ban, Gun Control, Winnetka Gun Ban Repealed, Winnetka Handgun Ban, Winnetka Gun Ban Vote, Chicago News

An emotional night inside the Winnetka Village Council chamber as residents pleaded with council members to keep a 20-year old handgun ban in place. ...

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Did Gun Sales Really Spike Because of the Election? Not Really, it Turns Out.

Joshuah Bearman | Posted 11.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: Media Coverage, Obama, Gun Sales, Barack Obama, Guns, Gun Control, Obama Gun Sales, Obama Gun Ownership, Obama Guns, Politics News

I thought all those stories about the bang up business at gun stores after Obama's win sounded hokey. And they are.

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Suburb May Overturn Gun Ban

NBC 5 | Matt Bartosik | Posted 11.18.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Second Amendment, Ed Woodbury, Chicagoland Gun Control, National Rifle Association, Winnetka, Winnetka Gun Ban, Winnetka Gun Ban Lifted, Gun Control, Winnetka Town Meeting, Winnetka Handgun Ban, Nra, Chicago News

Winnetka officials could decide to amend the city's ban on handguns at a town meeting tonight. In September, three Winnetka residents and the Nationa...

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A Job With Obama? First, a Few Questions

Rick Horowitz | Posted 11.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: Second Amendment, Stephanie Cutter, White House, John McCain, Michelle Obama, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Obama Transition Team, Job Applicants, Obama Transition, Gun Control, Hillary Clinton, Resumes, Sarah Palin, Barack Obama, Vetting, Obama Administration, Obama Appointments, President Obama, Obama Survey, Obama Resume, Obama Transition Team Members, change.gov, Obama White House, Political Humor, Obama Questionnaire, Politics News

When did you realize that Barack was The One? Provide exact month, day, and year of your enlightenment, and the names of at least two (2) witnesses.

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Obama's Armageddon Evidenced by Increased Gun Sales?

Charlotte Hilton Andersen | Posted 11.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: Conspiracy Theories, Conservatives, Liberals, Radio, Armageddon, Dave Ryan, Gun Control, NY Times, Barack Obama, Guns, Anarchy, Politics News

Ryan's theory was that all the Midwest conservatives were concerned about Obama tightening gun legislation and were therefore out buying weapons en masse.

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Gun Sales Soar On Obama Victory

NY Times | KIRK JOHNSON | Posted 11.07.2008 | Business

Read More: Bittergate, Obama Victory, Red States, President Obama, Gun Control, Obama Bitter, Gun Sales, Obama Bitter Comment, Red States Lol, Business News

DENVER -- Sales of handguns, rifles and ammunition have surged in the last week, according to gun store owners around the nation who describe a wave o...

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NRA's False Attacks And Campaign Of Division Are Out Of Step With America

Paul Helmke | Posted 10.31.2008 | Home

Read More: Second Amendment, Supreme Court, 2008 Elections, National Rifle Association, John McCain, Economy, Antonin Scalia, Gun Control, Election 2008, 2008 Election, Nra, Barack Obama, Guns, Home News

The chief lobbyist for the National Rifle Association has been attacking Sen. Barack Obama's views on preventing gun violence in an Op-Ed in yesterday...

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Where's Wayne?

Paul Helmke | Posted 10.28.2008 | Home

Read More: Gun Violence, Npr, John McCain, National Public Radio, Barack Obama, National Rifle Association, Gun Control, Nra, Guns, Illegal Guns, Home News

Tonight in New York City, I'll be participating in a gun control debate hosted by Intelligence Squared, in partnership with National Public Radio. I'...

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God of Guns

John Feffer | Posted 10.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: South Korea, Gun Control, Guns, Gun Laws, Stricter Gun Laws, Politics News

If American suppliers and the unregulated market have their way, South Koreans will someday enjoy all the privileges of gun ownership, including the privilege of getting shot by accident on the street.

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Gun Sales Thriving, Despite Economy

Washington Post | Fredrick Kunkle | Posted 10.27.2008 | Business

Read More: Barack Obama, Economy, Gun Control, Insecurity, Wall Street Crisis, Gun Sales, Business News

Americans have cut back on buying cars, furniture and clothes in a tough economy, but there's one consumer item that's still enjoying healthy sales: g...

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Liberalism, What Are You Going As for Halloween?

Matt Mendelsohn | Posted 10.27.2008 | Business

This year, it seemed certain that liberalism would show up at the Halloween block party wearing the costume of a self-loathing American: a terrorist-loving, non-flag-pin-lapel-wearing lefty.

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From the Ballot to the Bullet

Josh Horwitz | Posted 10.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Gun Violence, Supreme Court, Second Amendment, Scalia, Insurrection, District of Columbia v. Heller, Mccain, Justice Alito, Sarah Palin, 2008 Presidential Race, Justice Scalia, Gun Control, Chief Justice Roberts, Heller Decision, John McCain, Palin, Politics News

The Roberts Court might not just be moving in the wrong direction, but in a direction that presents a direct threat to the rule of law and our very democracy.

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Inside The "Bradley Effect"

William Bradley | Posted 10.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: Tom Bradley, California, Barack Obama, Presidential Campaign, National Rifle Association, Jerry Brown, Los Angeles, Gun Control, George Deukmejian, John McCain, Politics News

It's clear that the problem lay not with significant numbers of voters lying to pollsters, but with the nature of the campaign itself. The "Bradley effect" was created by faulty polling.

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Why Health Care Never Wins Elections

Peter A. Ubel | Posted 10.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Health Insurance, Barack Obama, Health, Obama Health Care Policy, School Shooting, Health Care Policy, Campaign Issues, Election Day, 2008 Presidential Race, 9/11, Gun Control, Health Care Proposal, Politics News

Despite this country's dire situation, health care doesn't win elections, because health care problems never feel as immediate as other threats.

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Moms With Guns

Kathy McManus | Posted 10.14.2008 | Living

Read More: Sarah Palin Guns, Soccer Moms, Gun Control, Parenting, Firearms, Meleanie Hain, Sarah Palin, Moms With Guns, Living News

Back in June, the website BabyCenter -- usually devoted to the gentler arts of motherhood -- posed this question: Do you think every mother should own a gun?

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Jim And Sarah Brady, Brady Campaign Endorse Barack Obama And Joe Biden

Paul Helmke | Posted 10.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: 2008 Elections, Second Amendment, John McCain, Sarah Palin, Jim Brady, Gun Control, Sarah Brady, Joe Biden, Election 2008, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Guns, Illegal Guns, Politics News

The Obama-Biden ticket will work with law enforcement, gun violence victims, and ordinary citizens to make it harder for dangerous people to get dangerous weapons.

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Obama And McCain: Address Gun Violence In America

Paul Helmke | Posted 10.07.2008 | Politics

Tonight, Senators John McCain and Barack Obama will debate each other in a town hall at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee. This time, unlike...

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John McCain: Unfit for the Presidency

Paul Jenkins | Posted 09.29.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Women's Issues, Financial Bailout, Pakistan, Economy, George W. Bush, Gun Control, Iraq, Religious Right, Sarah Palin, Same-Sex Marriage, Iran, Mike Huckabee, John Kerry, Katie Couric, Russia, African-American Issues, Abortion, Energy, Bill Clinton, Philadelphia, Alaska, Karl Rove, Presidential Debate, Mitt Romney, Democrats, Barack Obama, Rudy Giuliani, Earmarks, Fred Thompson, Environment, Taliban, Death Penalty, Afghanistan, Republicans, Steve Schmidt, Politics News

If we agree, as most of us do outside of the far-right abortion-obsessed axis, that Palin is unfit to serve as president, then McCain, the man solely responsible for giving her that opportunity, is unfit too. It's that simple.

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False NRA Attacks On Obama and Biden Backfire

Paul Helmke | Posted 09.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, National Rifle Association, John McCain, Advertising, 2008 Presidential Race, Gun Control, Election 2008, Joe Biden, 2008 Election, Nra, Heller Decision, Barack Obama, Guns, Politics News

The NRA leadership likes to talk a lot about freedom, but when it comes to their political advertising and direct-mail literature, they must mean the "freedom" to distort and deceive.

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Dick Heller: In His Own Words

Josh Horwitz | Posted 09.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Dick Heller, Second Amendment, Gun Violence, District of Columbia v. Heller, Crime, District of Columbia, Supreme Court Handguns Dc, Gun Control, Heller Decision, District of Columbia v Heller, Politics News

It was national news on June 26 when the Supreme Court overturned the District of Columbia's strict gun laws and declared that the Second Amendment gu...

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U.S. House Acts Like City Council To Pass Dangerous Gun Lobby Bill

Paul Helmke | Posted 09.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, House of Representatives, Senate, National Rifle Association, Congress, District of Columbia v. Heller, District of Columbia, Gun Control, Eleanor Holmes Norton, Travis Childers, Henry Waxman, Nra, Illegal Guns, Guns, Heller Decision, Politics News

Yesterday, the House adopted the gun lobby agenda that nothing should ever be done to "discourage" gun ownership and possession.

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Bring the Assault Weapons Ban Back Into Presidential Politics

Dan Brown | Posted 09.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: Second Amendment, Bukhari Washington, National Rifle Association, Cory Booker, Samuel G. Freedman, Newark, Assault Weapons, Christ the King, New York Times, Gun Control, AK-47, Aids, Barack Obama, Politics News

Tonight, Barack Obama is attending a fundraiser in Newark, New Jersey. I truly hope he uses this opportunity to speak about Bukhari Washington and the...

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Is Sarah Palin "Mainstream" on Guns?

Josh Horwitz | Posted 09.04.2008 | Politics

A closer examination of her background reveals that Palin has embraced views on gun ownership that are ideologically extreme even by the standards of gun rights advocates.

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