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Newspaper chain plans 'state-by-state' concealed weapon databases
A newspaper conglomerate with nearly 100 newspapers across the country is seeking to build “state-by-state databases” on concealed weapons permit holders, according to internal emails obtained by FoxNews.com.
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Study: Concealed Carry Saves Lives, Assault Weapons Ban Had 'Little to No Effect'
A new study published in the latest issue of Applied Economic Letters lays low nearly every claim made by gun control proponents and shines a light on the successes of concealed carry on a state-by-state basis.
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76-Year Old Woman Fights, Shoots Attackers Trying to Steal Her 'Bingo Money'
As three individuals attacked and shot 76-year old Dorothy Hendrix outside her South Carolina home, she shot back before succumbing to her wounds.
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Ammo Price Surge Expected as EPA Regulations Close Lead Smelter
Because of heightened EPA regulations, Doe Run Company's Herculaneum lead smelter in Herculaneum, Missouri—the last U.S. smelter of its kind—is closing its doors on December 31, 2013.
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Bloomberg's Mayors Group Gives Kids Gun Control Placemats for Thanksgiving
Nanny Bloomberg's Mayors Against Illegal Guns (MAIG) wants families to use their time around the Thanksgiving table to discuss gun control with their children.
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Pro-Gun Control Video Game Has Players Shoot Children, Teachers at Sandy Hook
A pro-gun control video game posted at various online sites has players shoot children and teachers, then asks them to contact Congress and demand more gun control.
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New ObamaCare Mental Health Regs Tied To Gun Control
Though President Obama said he was “sorry” that more than 4.2 million Americans have had their health insurance policies cancelled due to his signature health law, that did not stop him from instituting additional regulations and mandates for services
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Shakeup at Guns & Ammo after gun control column backfires
The editor of Guns & Ammo magazine has apologized and resigned immediately in the wake of a column advocating gun control that spectacularly backfired against the venerable firearms publication.
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Gabby Giffords, Mark Kelly Launch Veterans Group for Gun Control
The gun control PAC of Gabby Giffords and her husband, Mark Kelly, is launching a new initiative,
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Army veteran banned from daughter’s school after posting picture of weapons permit, report says
A Georgia mom is calling on her daughter's former school to apologize after she says the school banned her from its property after she posted a photo of her newly minted concealed weapons permit on her Facebook page, WRDW.com reports.
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Dems Push Expanded Gun Control, Confiscation
At an October 30th press briefing, Sens. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Chris Murphy (D-CT) and Reps. Gwen Moore (D-WI) and Elizabeth Etsy (D-CT) called for more gun control laws, including those that would take guns from certain Americans.
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Study Suggests Gun Ownership Could Turn You into a Racist
A new study conducted by researchers from Australia's Monash University and Britain's Manchester University suggests
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LAX Removed Armed Police from Security Checkpoints Months Ago
Just a few months before the shootings at LAX on Friday, LAX administration removed armed police from their stations at TSA checkpoints, according to the Los Angeles Times. After 9/11, LAPD officers and airport police were armed and placed at checkpoints;
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Oregon School Board: Teachers with Concealed Licenses Can Carry in Classrooms
The St. Helens School Board in Oregon lifted a ban that had prevented teachers with concealed carry permits from carrying their guns on campus.
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How Adolf Hitler Prevented 'Subject Races' from Possessing Arms
During a speech in 1942, Adolf Hitler said,
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The D.C. Gun Raid You Won’t Believe with an Ending You Might Not Be Able to Stomach
When more than 30 police officers in full tactical gear descended upon the house of a successful Washington, D.C., businessman with no criminal record last summer, they were looking for “firearms and ammunition … gun cleaning equipment, holsters, bull
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Open Carry Mom Arrested for Firing Warning Shot to Stop Violent Assault Against Her Teen Daughter – Now the Girl Is Missing
A Virginia mother was arrested and charged with reckless handling of a firearm after she fired a warning shot to stop a boy from physically assaulting her 15-year-old daughter on Saturday night. One day later, the teenager went missing. Lakisha Gaither, 3
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Visa Subsidiary Cuts Ties with Nation's Largest Gun Shop
Hyatt Gun Shop states that a subsidiary of Visa shut down payments for its customers' online gun purchases, effectively cutting ties with
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CA Republican: 'Assault Weapons' Ban 'Erases' Second Amendment
California Assemblyman and gubernatorial candidate Tim Donnelly (R-33rd Dist.) says legislation awaiting Governor Jerry Brown's (D) signature not only bans
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New York paper sues county for pistol permit records
A suburban New York newspaper has sued Putnam County to compel it to release its pistol permit records.
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Maryland's Strict Gun Control Laws Wouldn't Have Stopped Navy Yard Shooter
Even Maryland's strict gun control laws would not have stopped Aaron Alexis from getting the shotgun he used to go on a rampage in the Washington, D.C. Navy Yard.
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DC's Strict Gun Control Impotent to Stop Navy Yard Shooting
Although Washington DC has some of the strictest gun laws in the nation, the Navy Yard shooter proved once again that even the strictest gun control cannot stop a criminal intent on carrying out his crime.
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Obama on Shooting: Boost Background Checks
(AP) President Obama says that without stronger background checks for people purchasing guns, the nation remains vulnerable to mass shootings like the one that happened at the Washington Navy Yard on Monday.
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Gun Control: Media Rebuked (Again) In Colorado Recall
No one worked harder to cynically exploit the horrific deaths of the children at Sandy Hook Elementary, into a victory against their political foes, more than the mainstream media -- not Barack Obama, not Democrat lawmakers, not Michael Bloomberg. The med
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Woman Scares Off Carjackers with Gun
WXIN: An Indianapolis woman was able to fend off a group of guys who pulled a gun on her, trying to steal her car. Jill Glavan reports.
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Maryland gun applications soar as stricter control law looms
Gun purchase applications in Maryland are up ahead of the start of a gun control measure that gives Maryland some of the nation’s tightest gun laws.
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Administration announces new gun control measures, targets military surplus imports
Striving to take action where Congress would not, the Obama administration announced new steps Thursday on gun control, curbing the import of military surplus weapons and proposing to close a little-known loophole that lets felons and others circumvent ba
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Dem Reps Sponsor Bill for 20 Percent Tax on Handguns
Representative Danny K. Davis (D-Ill.) and Bill Pascrell (D-N.J.) are sponsoring legislation which amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to include a 20 percent tax on handguns--
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Virginia gun crime drops, as state's firearms sales soar
Firearms sales in Virginia are increasing while gun-related violent crimes are declining.
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Waffle House Armed Robber Gets the Surprise of a Lifetime When Customer Decides to Fight Back With a Gun
An Atlanta crook picked the wrong Waffle House to target early Monday morning. That's because when the bandana and hoodie-wearing bandit walked into the restaurant and pointed a gun at patrons, one of them reached for his gun and fired back. Police s
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Sheriff’s team working to seize guns from thousands in Illinois
An Illinois sheriff’s team is crisscrossing the Chicago suburbs in an effort to seize guns from thousands of people whose right to own a firearm has been revoked, the Chicago Sun-Times reports.
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Chicago Hosts Emergency Dem Gun Control Summit
Democrat Reps who are also members of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) gathered in Chicago on July 26 to discuss
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Democrat: Defund states with stand-your-ground laws
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North Carolina Lawmakers Pass Sweeping New Gun Laws
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- North Carolina lawmakers have approved a bill greatly expanding where concealed handguns are legally allowed. The Republican-backed bill approved by both the House and Senate on Tuesday allows concealed-carry permit holders to take f
