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Senate votes to overcome filibuster of gun bill
WASHINGTON – The Senate crossed the first of many hurdles Thursday in the drive to pass new gun legislation, with a bipartisan vote to begin what could be weeks of debate on the issue. By a 68-31 margin, senators moved to open formal consideration...Tags: Personal Weapon Control, Politics, Elections, Health and Safety at School, Interior Policy
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Sadly, no
Change of SubjectUPDATED The right is in a gleeful, indignant lather over this portion of President Barack Obama's remarks Thursday at a private fundraiser in San Francisco: I just came from Denver, where the issue of gun violence is something that has...... -
In Connecticut, Obama makes emotional appeal for gun legislation
HARTFORD, Conn. – President Obama drew the families of the Newtown school shooting victims into an emotional call to pass gun control measures on Monday, urging that the displays of solidarity and grief in the aftermath not be the end of the...
Tags: Personal Weapon Control, Politics, Hurricane Sandy (2012), Interior Policy, University of Hartford
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'Knife control' and gun laws: Readers weigh in
As I've noted before, in the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary School mass shooting inĀ December, most Times readers who write letters on gun control favor strong action by Congress. But the coincidence this week of a mass knife attack in Texas and a...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Personal Weapon Control, Politics, Barack Obama, National Rifle Association of America
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Biden: Threats to block gun bill 'embarrassing'
WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden says he refuses to believe a small group of senators will block a vote on gun legislation. The vice president says it would be "embarrassing" if a filibuster would be the climax of a national tragedy like...
Tags: Politics, Elections, White House, U.S. Senate, Washington, DC
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Senators report deal on gun control legislation
WASHINGTON — The Senate moved Tuesday to begin long-anticipated deliberations this week over new gun laws as Republicans appeared to lack the strength to block the debate and bipartisan talks over expanding background checks on gun buyers appeared...
Tags: Personal Weapon Control, Politics, Parties and Movements, Elections, Chuck Schumer
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Senate moves to begin debate on gun measures
WASHINGTON -- The Senate may begin voting as soon as Thursday on legislation intended to reduce gun violence, after Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) decided Tuesday to initiate the procedural steps required to overcome a threatened filibuster by...
Tags: Personal Weapon Control, Tom Coburn, Ted Cruz, Politics, Elections
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Newtown families help Obama press for gun reform
HARTFORD, Conn. — President Obama sought Monday to use the emotional pull of the Newtown school massacre to galvanize public support for his drive to pass stricter gun control measures, even as more than a dozen Republican senators promised to...
Tags: Politics, Tom Coburn, Elections, Parties and Movements, Chuck Schumer
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The NRA's off-target plan
Theodore Roosevelt was appalled by the lack of firearms training within the constabulary when he was appointed president of the New York City Police Department Board of Supervisors, a rank now known as police commissioner. He would, I suspect, be...
Tags: The New York Times, Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt, National Rifle Association of America, New York City Police Department
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Column: Gun laws and human nature
In 1983 when President Ronald Reagan ordered the deployment of missiles in Europe as part of his "peace through strength" strategy to counter the Soviet Union, the very liberal town of Takoma Park, Md., declared itself a "nuclear free zone." City...Tags: Personal Weapon Control, Adam Lanza, Politics, Russia, Interior Policy
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Young singers shine at Kodaly educators conference [Lutherville]
Local elementary and middle-school students performed in the Children's Choir at the Organization of American Kodaly Educators (OAKE) national conference in Hartford, Conn., March 20- 23. The students, representing Riderwood Elementary School, Dumbarton...
Tags: Education, Teaching and Learning, Teachers, Elementary Schools, Easter
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Commentary: Peace, justice through tighter gun laws
Most people remember the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in January for his birthday. We certainly do at Fairview Community Church. We always hold a special service in honor of his legacy. But remembering his birth and remembering his death are two...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Personal Weapon Control, Good Friday, Politics, Shootings
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