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Curb violence by tightening background checks
Mamas Against Violence is an amazing force in our community in the face of senseless gun violence, as reported in the May 20 Tribune. Bobbie Woods and the other moms mentioned are going through what no mom, dad or sibling should ever experience. The...
Tags: Barack Obama, Crime, Law and Justice, Hillary Clinton, Jackie Walorski, Personal Weapon Control
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Court upholds rifle sales reporting requirement
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court panel has unanimously upheld an Obama administration requirement that dealers in southwestern border states report when customers buy multiple high-powered rifles. The firearms industry trade group, the...Tags: Personal Weapon Control, Politics, Interior Policy, Washington, DC
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Hot-button issues pile up for Springfield finale
— Five months of debate, negotiation and procrastination among lawmakers led to a high stakes Friday adjournment showdown that could decide the fate of the state's most controversial and contentious issues —public pension reform, gun control,...
Tags: Chicago Mayor, Family, Laws, Interior Policy, Chicago Transit Authority
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Illinois lawmakers approve concealed carry gun bill
Clout StreetSPRINGFIELD --- State lawmakers today approved compromise legislation to set up rules on who can carry concealed guns and where they can be carried. Illinois is the last state in the nation not to have some form of concealed carry on the books, but a...Tags: William R. Haine, Interior Policy, Gary F Forby, Chicago Transit Authority, Michael Madigan
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Newtown Families Push For Secretly Negotiated Bill To Block Release Of Some Investigative Records
The Hartford CourantParents of Newtown massacre victims came to the state Capitol on Friday to urge passage of a secretly negotiated bill that would block the public disclosure of crime scene photos and audiotapes of police calls from the Dec. 14 shootings at Sandy Hook...Tags: Interior Policy, Personal Data Collection, Media Industry, John McKinney, Sandy Hook Elementary School
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Deadline could backfire on gun-control advocates
Talk about the Wild West. Imagine officials of more than 200 local home-rule units of government in Illinois — trustees, aldermen, councilors, commissioners, most of them part-timers — suddenly and urgently attempting to craft and pass a new...
Tags: Laws, Illinois General Assembly, Interior Policy, Michael Madigan, Justice System
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Democrat airs ad touting opposition to gun control bill
WASHINGTON — Even as some Democrats argue that the politics of the gun issue have swung in favor of gun control advocates, the first ad on the topic run by one of the party's senators highlights his vote against expanded background checks for gun...
Tags: Barack Obama, Interior Policy, Mark Begich, Parties and Movements, Mark Pryor
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Efforts to restore capital punishment fall short
Maryland's death penalty will be wiped from the books in October now that efforts to reinstate capital punishment have fallen short. The petition drive to halt repeal of the death penalty ended Friday afternoon, when organizers said they could not...
Tags: Laws, Death Penalty, Interior Policy, Parties and Movements, Justice System
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New state laws could spur gun-show attendance
The Crossroads of the West gun show returns to the Orange County Fairgrounds this weekend, and gun enthusiasts are expected to be out in force buying up weapons and ammo amid concerns of ever-tightening gun legislation. Earlier this week, California...Tags: Personal Weapon Control, Politics, Interior Policy
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Lawmakers pass concealed carry rules
Illinois lawmakers yesterday approved a set of rules to spell out who can carry concealed guns and where they can be carried as the state seeks to meet a court-imposed deadline to allow the practice. The bill represented a compromise that drew...
Tags: Chicago Mayor, William R. Haine, Laws, Pat Quinn, Interior Policy
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California lawmakers OK a dozen gun-control measures
SACRAMENTO — California lawmakers Wednesday advanced a dozen gun-control measures, including background checks for ammunition buyers, and gave early approval to a tax penalty on the Boy Scouts for barring openly gay leaders. Legislators also voted...Tags: Mental Health, Joel Anderson, Laws, Interior Policy, Social Organizations
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Petition on death penalty repeal lacking enough signatures
The Baltimore SunActivists who worked to repeal the death penalty anxiously awaited news Friday that their efforts would not be overturned by a successful petition drive. "It sounds like they're going to announce that they don't have the signatures," said Jane...Tags: Frederick County (Maryland), Personal Weapon Control, Politics, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Death Penalty
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