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In much of the U.S. West, even moderate states balk at gun control
HELENA, Mont. — Stephen Watt is no stranger to gun violence. In 1982, as a 26-year-old Wyoming state trooper, he stopped a fleeing bank robber who pumped five bullets into Watt before leaving him for dead on an empty stretch of highway. Watt...
Tags: White House, Barack Obama, Interior Policy, National Rifle Association of America, Health and Safety at School
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Senate thwarts public on guns
The U.S. Senate's handling of a gun safety package was cowardly and contemptible. With a series of procedural votes, most Republican senators and a handful of Democrats opted Wednesday afternoon to not even debate modest gun safety measures. They...Tags: Lobbying, Barack Obama, U.S. Senate, Safety of Citizens, Government
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Obama minces words in addressing the Boston bombing
WASHINGTON - Terrorism is speech -- speech that gathers its audience by killing innocents as theatrically as possible. The 19th-century anarchist Paul Brousse called it "propaganda by deed." Accordingly, the Boston Marathon attack, the first successful...
Tags: White House, Barack Obama, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Islam, Terrorism
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Obama: Senate gun vote marks 'shameful day in Washington'
WASHINGTON -- President Obama declared it a “shameful day for Washington” on Wednesday after the Senate defeated an effort to expand background checks for people trying to purchase guns. Standing in the White House's Rose Garden with...
Tags: White House, Criminals, Barack Obama, Interior Policy, Lamar Alexander
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The language of terror
WASHINGTON -- Terrorism is speech -- speech that gathers its audience by killing innocents as theatrically as possible. The 19th-century anarchist Paul Brousse called it "propaganda by deed." Accordingly, the Boston Marathon attack, the first successful...
Tags: White House, Barack Obama, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Islam, Fort Hood Shootings (2009)
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Boston: News organizations' race to be first leads to stumbles
Sports radio personality Dan Patrick often jokes that the motto of his news team is, "Fast and wrong is still fast." Too often these days that slogan could be used to describe real news organizations. The latest example came Wednesday when false reports...Tags: NPR, The New York Times, Fox News Channel (tv network), Radio, CNN (tv network)
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Stephen Goldstein: Think NRA was winner? Not so fast
The NRA has won the battle but lost the war. The best thing that happened to gun control is its defeat in Congress. Today's losers (Obama, Democrats, the 90 percent of Americans who support sane legislation) will be tomorrow's winners. Today's winners...Tags: White House, Rand Paul, Barack Obama, Interior Policy, Dianne Feinstein
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Senate rejects gun background check measure
WASHINGTON — Gun control advocates had told themselves this time would be different. It wasn't. The two-decade deadlock that has gripped congressional efforts to act on gun control continued Wednesday as a measure to require more gun buyers to...
Tags: John McCain, White House, Barack Obama, Mark Kirk, Weaponry
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Obama arrives in Boston on a mission of healing and commemoration
BOSTON -- In a gesture of healing and commemoration, President Obama arrived on Thursday in Boston, a city still reeling from the shock of a bombing that turned a holiday into a terrorist attack. Accompanied by his wife, Michelle, the president landed...Tags: White House, Barack Obama, FBI, Mitt Romney, Ricin Mail Attacks (2013)
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Senate showdown set on gun control
WASHINGTON — After four months of debate and maneuvering, the Senate headed for a showdown over gun control — a series of back-to-back votes on rival plans Wednesday afternoon that could end in the collapse of the entire effort. The...
Tags: John McCain, White House, Barack Obama, Frank Lautenberg, Mark Kirk
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Senate vote nears, background check bill in peril
WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan effort to expand background checks is in deep trouble as the Senate approaches a long-awaited vote on the linchpin of the drive to curb gun violence. As the showdown draws near, an Associated Press-GfK poll shows...
Tags: Mary L. Landrieu, Barack Obama, Washington, DC, Dick Durbin, Interior Policy
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Gun background-check supporters struggle for votes
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate gun control supporters struggled Tuesday to salvage their drive to expand background checks to more buyers, buoyed by a visit from wounded former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords but facing enough potential opponents to derail...
Tags: Barack Obama, Mary L. Landrieu, Washington, DC, Justice System, Dick Durbin
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|Column| South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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