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Senate Democrat defends background check vote in first ad
WASHINGTON -- As some Democrats argue that the politics of the gun issue have changed, the first ad run by one of the party's senators highlights his vote against expanded background checks for gun purchases. The message from Arkansas Sen. Mark Pryor...
Tags: Mayors Against Illegal Guns, Patrick J. Toomey, Federal Gun Control Legislation (2013), Interior Policy, Mark Begich
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Ricin sent to Mayor Bloomberg over gun control, NYPD says
Letters threatening New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg over gun control laws have tested positive for the poison ricin, police said Wednesday. An unspecified number of New York Police Department personnel reported minor symptoms from the poison that...
Tags: Local Government, Mayors Against Illegal Guns, Interior Policy, Barack Obama, Michael Bloomberg
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Voice of the People, May. 29
Internet taxes It appears more and more likely Congress will eventually cave in and pass a bill allowing Internet sales to be taxed. I believe this could be done simply, rather than making it complicated and requiring online businesses to keep track of...Tags: E-Commerce Industry, Wrigley Field, Interior Policy, Crime, Law and Justice, Rahm Emanuel
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Guns would reduce murder rate
I just read that in Baltimore, the city that bleeds, there were 12 shootings over a period of four days ("12 shot in four days in city," May 28). Let me see now, at the rate of three per day, over the period of 365 days, that would add up to 1,095! But...
Tags: Interior Policy, Crime, Law and Justice, Martin O'Malley, Executive Branch, Regional Authority
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Sun wrong on gun law's consequences
Your recent editorial regarding gun control made a glaring error ("Carroll Co.'s nullification fantasy," May 24). In recounting the new gun law in Maryland, you stated that the only difference for handgun buyers was "that buyers provide their fingerprints...
Tags: Firearms, Interior Policy, Crime, Law and Justice, Personal Weapon Control, Politics
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Suburb plans gun sell-back
Police who are responsible for enforcing gun laws and removing illegal weapons from the marketplace aren't typically in the business of putting firearms back into circulation. But while some Chicago-area communities host buybacks where weapons are...
Tags: Local Government, St. Charles (Kane, Illinois), National Rifle Association of America, Interior Policy, Crime, Law and Justice
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What was all the fuss about?
So what was all this about a voter referendum or two? Opponents of a pair of controversial measures backed by Gov. Martin O'Malley and approved this year by the Maryland General Assembly — a repeal of the death penalty and landmark gun control...Tags: National Rifle Association of America, Pocomoke City, Referenda, Interior Policy, Baltimore County
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Maryland petition to repeal gun control law fails; NRA lawsuit looms
Maryland's new gun control law will not head to voters now that organizers of a petition drive to halt the law failed to turn in any signatures before Friday night's deadline. "This means there were no successful petitions this year," Stephen Ackerman...
Tags: National Rifle Association of America, Interior Policy, Montgomery County (Maryland), Crime, Law and Justice, Lawyers
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Toomey eyed as possible swing vote on immigration overhaul
WASHINGTON — Sen. Pat Toomey is being targeted as a possible deciding vote on immigration overhaul, one of the biggest policy items of President Barack Obama's second term. After co-authoring a proposal in April to tighten background checks on gun...
Tags: Patrick J. Toomey, Interior Policy, Crime, Law and Justice, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Organizing for Action
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Champ: Bruce Mount & Chump: Nicholas Finch
The editorial board's weekly … Bruce Mount: Eatonville's mayor is himself a large man. But Mount realizes that healthy communities matter, so he's been organizing and participating in twice-weekly walks around this historic African-American...Tags: Rick Scott, Interior Policy, Obesity, Winter Park, Maitland
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Local Voices: South suburbs
Letters to the editor from Orland Park, Palos Park, Tinley Park, Frankfort and New Lenox residents. Not sending a message This is in response to "New crackdown on attacks fueled by social media; Organizers will face tougher penalties" (News, May 19)....Tags: Interior Policy, Crime, Law and Justice, Pension and Welfare, Palos Park, Personal Income
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Editorial: Gov. Quinn, Sign the gun bill
The Illinois General Assembly sent Gov. Pat Quinn a concealed carry of firearms bill that embodies the art of compromise. In other words, nobody likes it. Pro-gun groups say the bill is too restrictive. They say it carves out so many places you can't...
Tags: Interior Policy, Crime, Law and Justice, Arts and Culture, Executive Branch, Pat Quinn
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