The firearm regulation debate spurred by December’s massacre of 20 first-graders and 6 adults by a young gunman at a Connecticut elementary school ultimately may be remembered for heightening the divide between Democratic-leaning “blue” states and Republican-prone “red” states. A bill that cleared...
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President Barack Obama during a meeting with Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, the Amir of Qatar, unseen, in the Oval Office of the White House on April 23, 2013.
Obama: 100 Days In, Red Line Deadline?
One hundred days into his second term as president, today, April 30, President Barack Obama has plenty to talk about at a White House news conference. Including what hasn’t happened at home — where his fervent pleas for new gun...
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Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) speaks at a news briefing after the Senate defeated a bipartisan proposal to expand background checks on firearms purchases and close the so-called gun show loophole.
Blumenthal on Gun Laws: ‘America Won’t Take No for an Answer’
Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut, the state where 20 elementary school students were gunned down in December, says that advocates of new gun legislation are not giving up after being unable to overcome a Republican-led filibuster to expand background...
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Bloomberg by the Numbers: 54
That’s how many votes a proposal to expand gun background checks received as it was rejected by the Senate yesterday. The proposal, by West Virginia Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin and Pennsylvania Republican Sen. Pat Toomey, fell short of the 60 needed...
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Shooting victim and former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) and her husband Mark Kelly at the U.S. Capitol April 16, 2013.
Giffords: Six Years After Virginia Tech, Presses for Newtown Action
Updated at 2:50 pm EDT Six years ago today, 32 people were gunned down on the campus of Virginia Tech, notes former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who was seriously wounded in a 2011 outdoor shooting in Tucson, Arizona, that also killed...
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Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., left, meets in his office with families of victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, Conn., including Nelba Marquez-Greene, mother of victim Ana Marquez-Greene and Mark Barden, father of victim Daniel Barden, on the day he announced that he reached a bipartisan deal on expanding background checks to more gun buyers, at the Capitol in Washington, on April 10, 2013.
Majorities Favor Stronger Gun Laws Republicans Vowing to Block
A majority of Americans favor stronger gun laws and believe undocumented immigrants should get a path to citizenship, according to a poll released today. As the Senate prepares to vote on whether to allow gun legislation to be debated, amended...
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A man looks at a shotgun during the 8th Annual East Coast Fine Arms Show in Stamford, Connecticut.
Manchin, Toomey: ‘Common Sense’
Updated at 1:15 pm EDT Credit Sens. Joe Manchin and Pat Toomey for doing what too few lawmakers of opposing parties do these days. Talking. The Democrat from West Virginia and Republican from Pennsylvania have just announced their agreement on...
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U.S. Senate Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid on Capitol Hill.
Harry Reid: Votes and Rights
This is Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s welcome for the Newtown 12, the relatives of children slain in the mass-shooting at Sandy Hook elementary school who have come to Washington to lobby for tougher gun controls: Most gun owners are...
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Family members of Newtown shooting victims step off Air Force One with President Barack Obama (2nd R) upon arrival April 8, 2013 at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland.
Newtown 12: Sounds of Silence Echoing in Washington
Updated 8:55 am EDT, April 9. On Dec. 14, police say, 154 rounds were fired inside Sandy Hook elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut. Twenty first-graders died in the gunfire, along with six educators. Last night, 12 members of the Newtown...
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President Barack Obama wipes tears as he speaks about the elementary school shooting in Newtown, Conn., Dec. 14, 2012, in the press briefing room of the White House.
Sandy Hook’s Legacy: Status Quo
Consider the possibility that these two things are true: – Nine in 10 Americans support the idea of more stringent background checks for gun buyers. The polls say so, and a share such as nine in 10 is so far...
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