By Olivier Knox, Yahoo! News | The Ticket – 3 hrs ago Blunt-speaking New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, thought to be eyeing a 2016 run for the Republican presidential nomination, blasted an NRA ad that mentions President Barack Obama’s daughters as “reprehensible”… Read More ›
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Obama wants gun violence measures passed in 2013
By By JIM KUHNHENN | Associated Press – 9 mins ago Enlarge PhotoReuters Videos – U.S. President Barack Obama tells NBC’s Meet the Press that if Congress fails to resolve fiscal cliff it will hurt financial markets. Deborah Lutterbeck reports. Article: In… Read More ›
Israel rejects US gun lobby claims on its security
From: Boston.Com By AMY TEIBEL Associated Press / December 26, 2012 JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s policy on issuing guns is restrictive, and armed guards at its schools are meant to stop terrorists, not crazed or disgruntled gunmen, experts said Monday, rejecting… Read More ›
New details emerge a week after school massacre
From: Yahoo News By By KATIE ZEZIMA | Associated Press – 5 hrs ago Enlarge PhotoAssociated Press/Seth Wenig – Rain soaks parts of a memorial to the Newtown shooting victims in the Sandy Hook village of Newtown, Conn., Friday, Dec. 21, 2012…. Read More ›
NRA offensive exposes deep U.S. divisions on guns
Wayne LaPierre, Executive Vice President of the National Rifle Association (NRA), speaks during a news conference in Washington December 21, 2012. Credit: Reuters/Joshua Roberts WASHINGTON | Fri Dec 21, 2012 7:30pm EST |SOURCE By David Ingram and Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON… Read More ›
NRA had been silent after shootings but may now be regrouping
By Halimah Abdullah, CNN updated 8:13 PM EST, Tue December 18, 2012 Children in Newtown, Connecticut, excluding Sandy Hook Elementary School, return to classes on Tuesday, December 18, four days after the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School. STORY… Read More ›
After Newtown, the NRA goes silent
By Chris Boyette, CNN updated 5:54 PM EST, Mon December 17, 2012 | Filed under: Social Media Gun-control activists protest Monday outside NRA offices in Washington. STORY HIGHLIGHTS Three days after fatal school shooting in Connecticut, the NRA remains… Read More ›