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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: Elections, Periodicals, Teaching and Learning, Firearms, Newspaper and Magazine
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Newtown schoolchildren had rights, too
John Franchy's letter ("More restrictive gun laws are not the answer," Dec. 20) was myopic in its views and his ideas as antiquated as the weaponry that the founding fathers considered when they wrote of the Second Amendment's "right to keep and bear...Tags: Franklin (Franklin, Virginia), Politics, Personal Weapon Control, Gun Control, Adam Lanza
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The roots of mass murder
— Every mass shooting has three elements: the killer, the weapon and the cultural climate. As soon as the shooting stops, partisans immediately pick their preferred root cause with corresponding pet panacea. Names are hurled, scapegoats paraded,...
Tags: Barack Obama, Personal Weapon Control, Criminal Laws, Gun Control, Civil Rights
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A conservative case for an assault weapons ban
Last month, I sentenced Jared Lee Loughner to seven consecutive life terms plus 140 years in federal prison for his shooting rampage in Tucson. That tragedy left six people dead, more than twice that number injured and a community shaken to its core....
Tags: Periodicals, Newspaper and Magazine, Personal Weapon Control, Gun Control, Adam Lanza
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Gun laws show difficulty of stemming violent acts
WASHINGTON (AP) — One early focus of new gun regulations by President Barack Obama and some lawmakers would reinstate a federal ban on assault weapons, a law widely regarded as imperfect. The ban, which existed for 10 years until 2004, would...
Tags: Firearms, Newspaper and Magazine, Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Personal Weapon Control
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Letters: Gun control back in play
Re "Obama weighs options on guns," Dec. 18 The coming weeks will be a true test to see if members of Congress will do what is morally right by banning assault weapons and large-capacity magazines, and addressing mental health issues. They need to stop...Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Medical Procedures and Tests, Loyola Marymount University, Newspaper and Magazine, Personal Weapon Control
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There's no safety in our vast numbers of guns
In 2009, when I was trying to figure out why gun sales were so brisk, I visited a couple of gun shops in Riverside and Corona. Back then, part of the reason people were arming themselves, they told me, was that President Obama had recently taken office,...Tags: Firearms, Barack Obama, Personal Weapon Control, Leland Yee, Holidays
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Loughner sentenced for deadly Arizona shootings
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - The man who pleaded guilty to a deadly Arizona shooting rampage that wounded former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords has been sentenced to life in prison. U.S. District Judge Larry Burns sentenced 24-year-old Jared Lee Loughner on...
Tags: Prisons, Trials, Crime, Law and Justice, Punishment, Judges
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Loughner faces victims, sentenced to seven life terms for Arizona shooting
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — The pain was palpable, measured in silent stares in the courtroom between an emotionless murderer and wounded former congresswoman who looked her attempted killer in the eyes for the first time since he shot her in the head....
Tags: Ron Barber, Today (tv program), Safeway Inc., Schizophrenia, Blindness
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Loughner Sentenced to 7 Life Terms in Tucson Shooting
![TUCSON, Arizona -- Gabrielle "Gabby" Giffords stood next to her husband in court Thursday as he spoke directly to Jared Loughner, the Arizona man who tried to assassinate the then-congresswoman in a January 2011 shooting.](http://media.trb.com/media/thumbnails/story/2011-05/58986273-25125557.jpg "TUCSON, Arizona -- Gabrielle "Gabby\" Giffords stood next to her husband in court Thursday as he spoke directly to Jared Loughner, the Arizona man who tried to assassinate the then-congresswoman in a January 2011 shooting.")
CNNTUCSON, Arizona -- Gabrielle "Gabby" Giffords stood next to her husband in court Thursday as he spoke directly to Jared Loughner, the Arizona man who tried to assassinate the then-congresswoman in a January 2011 shooting. "Mr. Loughner, you may have...Tags: Mental Illness, Piers Morgan, Suicide, Human Interest, Personal Weapon Control
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Jared Loughner Sentenced to Life in Prison Without Parole for Tucson Shootings
Los Angeles TimesJared Lee Loughner, who shot former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in the head, killed six and wounded 12 others in a 2011 Tucson rampage, was sentenced to life in prison without parole after listening to some of his victims berate him for damaging their lives....Tags: Ron Barber, Los Angeles Times, Gabrielle Giffords, Schizophrenia, Mark Kelly
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Loughner sentenced to life in prison without parole in 2011 shooting spree
Gabrielle "Gabby" Giffords stood next to her husband in court Thursday as he spoke directly to Jared Loughner, the Arizona man who tried to assassinate the then-congresswoman in a January 2011 shooting. "Mr. Loughner, you may have put a bullet through...
Tags: News Agency, Criminal Laws, Laws, Murder, Prosecution
Dec 27, 2012
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