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Opinion: Here's an Easy Way to Improve Gun Safety

Since the Tucson, Ariz., tragedy, many people have renewed calls for more gun control measures. But there's already a perfectly good law on the books that could improve gun safety in this country right now. Congress, with the president's support, just needs to fully fund it. Some background: The FBI's National Instant...

Opinion: Gun Control Emotions vs. Gun Control Facts

Just 24 hours after the shooting in Tucson, politicians were calling for more gun control. And the drumbeat has continued. On Sunday, Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., called for using the information supplied on people's applications to join the military to determine whether they will be banned from buying guns. Sens. Dianne...

Opinion: Will the Tucson Massacre Change Anything?

Nothing. Nothing at all. That's the likely -- no, the certain -- outcome of the national conversation that continues days after the slaughter in Tucson, Ariz., that left six dead and 13, including the apparent main target, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, wounded. Politicians, law enforcement officials and pundits have been...

Giffords Shooting Raises Questions About Guns and Mental Illness

WASHINGTON -- It takes a lot to be considered too crazy to own a gun in Arizona. As authorities investigate the mass shooting that killed six people and left Rep. Gabrielle Giffords critically wounded, it appears clear that a growing list of troubling warning signs would not have prohibited suspect Jared Loughner from...

The Giffords Shooting of Course Has Everyone Talking About Gun Control

As the chaos surrounding U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' shooting begins to settle, the echo chamber is filling with talk of gun control. And one of the details from the massacre fueling the passionate debate is that suspected shooter Jared Loughner allegedly used a 33-round magazine during the rampage. The clip had been...

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06/03/12 Venezuela Bans Private Gun Ownership, China Condemns... Source: KNUS 710 - Denver CO On Friday, the Venezuelan government banned all private gun ownership.
06/03/12 Column misfired Source: News Herald - Panama City FL I read with interest the May 27 column by Tina Dupuy ("You believe in gun control") and was satisfied that she used all the old disinformation and half-truths propagated by the leftists about Americans' right to keep and bear arms.
06/03/12 Woman faces unusual charge Source: The Herald - Smithfield NC When a Caswell Street woman whipped out a rifle during a fight outside her home, she committed an unusual crime, according to police.
06/03/12 Buying a gun or dealing with police? Local chief says... Source: Jackson Citizen Patriot - Jackson MI Trying to buy a gun, or even dealing with police in any way in some communities, could land medical marijuana patients in reports to federal authorities.
06/03/12 Training, training, training Source: Cleveland Daily Banner - Cleveland TN Emergencies are our business at the Sheriff's Office.

Background on gun control

Gun control is any law, policy, practice, or proposal designed to restrict or limit the possession, production, importation, shipment, sale, and/or use of guns or other firearms by private citizens.

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