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Gabrielle Giffords opens Senate gun hearing with plea: 'Be bold'
WASHINGTON -- The year's first congressional committee hearing on guns began with an emotional jolt Wednesday, with former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who was seriously wounded in a mass shooting two years ago, urging senators to "be bold, be courageous"...
Tags: Shootings, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Jared Lee Loughner, Mark Kelly, Justice System
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LaPierre caught with his facts down
WASHINGTON -- Wayne LaPierre, the National Rifle Association's chief executive, arrived for his hearing on Capitol Hill in the organization's trademark fashion: violently. When he and his colleagues stepped off the elevator in the Dirksen Senate...
Tags: Prosecution, Ted Cruz, Wayne LaPierre, Patrick Leahy, Washington, DC
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Gun control debate intensifies in Senate hearing
This post has been corrected. See the note below for details.WASHINGTON -- There was little common ground between gun-control advocates and opponents at the first congressional hearing on guns since the massacre of children and teachers at Newtown, Conn. “This is such a hard debate because people have such...Tags: Dick Durbin, Lindsey O. Graham, Wayne LaPierre, Patrick Leahy, Judges
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Recent developments in the US debate over guns
Developments Wednesday connected to the debate over gun violence and weapons control in the U.S.: GIFFORDS BEFORE CONGRESS Former Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, still recovering from a Tucson shooting spree that killed six people, implored federal...Tags: Barack Obama, Health and Safety at School, Jimmy Lee, Injuries and Wounds, Hadiya Pendleton
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Phoenix police at home connected to shooting
PHOENIX (AP) — A gunman opened fire at a Phoenix office building on Wednesday, wounding three people, one of them critically, authorities said. Police were searching for the shooter. The remaining two victims' injuries were less severe, Sgt. Tommy...
Tags: Shootings, Health and Safety at Work, Injuries and Wounds
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Three people reported hit by gunfire at Phoenix office building
The gunman behind a shooting that erupted Wednesday morning at an office building in Phoenix is believed to be an elderly man, police said. Phoenix police initially said there were at least five people shot but have now confirmed that three people...
Tags: Shootings, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Personal Weapon Control, Gun Control, Injuries and Wounds
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Giffords' plea to Congress on guns: 'you must act'
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a dramatic appeal, wounded former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords urged Congress on Wednesday to enact tougher curbs on guns, saying, "too many children are dying" without them. "The time is now. You must act. Be bold, be courageous,...
Tags: Dick Durbin, Wayne LaPierre, Patrick Leahy, Firearms, Assassinations
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Phoenix office shooting: Manhunt continues, one person dead
A manhunt is underway for a 70-year-old man suspected of fatally shooting a man and injuring two others Wednesday morning at an office building in Phoenix, police said. Phoenix police said early Wednesday that at least five people had been shot but...
Tags: Injuries and Wounds, Shootings, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Rentals, Personal Weapon Control
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Witnesses agree on the right to own guns, not much else in Senate
WASHINGTON – National Rifle Assn. executive Wayne LaPierre and gun safety advocate Capt. Mark Kelly echoed a shared theme to a Senate panel on guns Wednesday: gun ownership is a right. But they, and other witnesses, diverged significantly on how...
Tags: Prosecution, Wayne LaPierre, Firearms, Personal Weapon Control, Assault
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Mailbag: Deaths should 'touch the conscience' of us all
The insightful letter by Tom Peterson in today's Daily Pilot ("Mailbag: Costa Mesa homeless deserve dignity," Jan. 23) pricked my conscience and reminded me I should comment also. In my more than 23 years of association with homeless people in my work at...Tags: Foods and Beverages, Soups, Personal Income
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Gabrielle Giffords Meets With Newtown Residents
The Hartford Courantjenwilson@courant.com NEWTOWN -- Former U.S. Rep. Gabby Giffords, critically wounded in a 2011 shooting rampage in Arizona, met with Sandy Hook Elementary School families Friday afternoon, as a renewed campaign to tighten federal gun laws grew more...Tags: Barack Obama, Richard Blumenthal, Dianne Feinstein, Sandy Hook Elementary School, U.S. Senate
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House Democrats push on gun control
WASHINGTON — House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco), joined by members of her caucus personally touched by gun violence, launched a drive Wednesday to build support for new gun restrictions. "All too often, we see these mass...Tags: Barack Obama, Chris Murphy, Jim Himes, Lobbying, Mike Thompson
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