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The social context of mass murder
Robert KoehlerHey, loser! And so the nail is driven in. This is isolation; this is the coffin. And there are so many ways of saying it. The social context of being human has been shattered for far too many people, and one manifestation of this is the eerie rise in...Tags: Metal and Mineral, Murder, Robert Bales, James Holmes, Robert Koehler
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Obama's 2013 priorities -- and guns
Jules WitcoverWASHINGTON -- President Obama, in his year-end interview on "Meet the Press" Sunday, was asked what his priorities were for the first year of his second term. He listed four: immigration reform, stabilizing the economy through debt reduction and...Tags: Justice System, Barack Obama, Gerald Ford, Washington, DC, Interior Policy
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Op-Ed: Arming Schools Is Surrendering To Culture Of Violence
A strange thing happened at Taft Union High School in Fresno, Calif. this month. A student brought a gun to school and shot a classmate, but no one died. A teacher and school supervisor talked the gunman into surrendering. Both were unarmed. The story...Tags: Taft Union High School Shooting, James Holmes, Michael Bloomberg, Empire State Building, Virginia Tech
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NRA vs. common sense
When the National Rifle Association promised "meaningful contributions" to prevent another massacre like the recent horror in Newtown, Conn., I didn't expect much, but I hoped for more than what we got. After an allegedly mentally ill gunman killed 20...
Tags: Meet the Press (tv program), Interior Policy, Teaching and Learning, Virginia Tech, Personal Weapon Control
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Letters: The NRA vision for America
Re "Gun reform ideas more than just talk," Dec. 23, and "NRA calls for armed guards in all schools," Dec. 21 Finally, I understand the thinking of the National Rifle Assn.: It wants to put armed guards in all schools to protect us from the people it...Tags: Interior Policy, Long Term Care, Personal Weapon Control, Fiscal Cliff, National Rifle Association of America
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An urgent resolution for 2013
WASHINGTON -- Guns do kill people. Our national New Year's resolution must be to stop the madness. It is shameful that gun control only becomes worthy of public debate following an unspeakable massacre such as Newtown -- and even more shameful that...
Tags: Murder, Interior Policy, Weaponry, Virginia Tech, Personal Weapon Control
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1/22/2013-Liberty Protects The Unarmed
This war against the gun culture reminds me of the Watergate scandal. On any given day, if it was a slow news day, I could draw a cartoon about Nixon and his lying, cheating and obstructing justice. Now, on any given day, if I don't feel perfectly...
Tags: National Rifle Association of America
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Guns in America: Arming the right people can save lives
Everyone knows the terrible litany of gun violence: Columbine High School, Virginia Tech, Ft. Hood, Tucson, the Cinemark movie theater in Colorado, the Sikh temple in Wisconsin, Sandy Hook Elementary School. Here are some examples you may not have heard...
Tags: Interior Policy, Teaching and Learning, Virginia Tech, Personal Weapon Control, Teachers
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Let's focus the discussion on safety
Let's stop talking about "gun control." The term scares many of the people whose support is needed for gun sense, common sense, to keep military-style assault weapons with quick-loading 30-round magazines from the hands of another deranged killer. A...
Tags: Interior Policy, Weaponry, Personal Weapon Control, Shootings, National Rifle Association of America
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Letters: Peace through guns? Hardly
Re “NRA to oppose new gun limits,” Dec. 24, and “2 firefighters killed in N.Y. ambush,” Dec. 25 The National Rifle Assn.'s solution of more guns to assure peace has the potential of destroying our social fabric. When guns are...Tags: National Rifle Association of America, Gun Control, Interior Policy, Personal Weapon Control
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Chan Lowe: Aftermath of the Sandy Hook shooting
A story recently ran that in Great Britain, news outlets had to reassure readers and viewers that their news coverage of NRA Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre’s response to the Newtown shooting tragedy was not a spoof. That we here in...
Tags: Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting, National Rifle Association of America, Assault, Gun Control, Interior Policy
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David Gregory Under Investigation By D.C. Police For Holding Gun Clip On Air
Dec 26 (TheWrap.com) - David Gregory is under investigation by Washington, D.C. police for showing a gun clip on Sunday's "Meet the Press," Politico reported. The NBC host showed what appeared to be a 30-round gun magazine during a heated interview...
Tags: National Rifle Association of America, POLITICO LLC, Gun Control, Washington, DC, Periodicals
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