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Mayor’s firearms control campaign locked and loaded
A band of mayors and law enforcement officials from across the country this week kicked off a campaign against federal legislation that would keep states from setting their own gun control standards...
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‘Dark Knight’ shooting victim Stephen Barton teams with Bloomberg on gun control
Mayor Michael Bloomberg has recruited support for gun control from a victim who experienced a horrific shooting firsthand. Stephen Barton was in the Aurora, Colorado movie theater for the midnight...
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New York presses measures to tighten gun control laws
New York was poised on Tuesday to become the first state to approve broad gun control legislation since the Connecticut school massacre in December, including an expanded ban on assault weapons and...
View ArticleVIDEO: Super Bowl ad by Menino’s coalition targets NRA comments
Amid the dozens of salacious and humorous advertisements hawking everything from soda to cars that aired during last night’s Super Bowl there was a somber and controversial ad that was brought to you...
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UPDATED: Sandy Hook shooter Adam Lanza’s shocking weapons cache revealed
Names of the victims of the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School are seen on crosses at a memorial in Sandy Hook Village in Newtown, Conn., on Dec. 18. Credit: Reuters Adam Lanza, the man who...
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Obama makes impassioned plea for gun control legislation
Credit: Reuters President Barack Obama attempted on Thursday to inject fresh momentum into efforts to pass gun-control legislation, pleading with U.S. lawmakers not to forget those shot to death in...
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Gun rights activists make stand on Boston Common
Gun rights activists rally on the Boston Common Wednesday.Credit: Michael Naughton/METRO Saying that politicians in Massachusetts and across the nation are trying to strip them of their “God-given...
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Jury deliberates for second day in Zimmerman case
George Zimmerman enters the courtroom for his trial in Sanford, Florida July 13, 2013 during the trial of George Zimmerman in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin.Credit: Reuters Dozens of protesters...
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(UPDATE) Police say no gun was found in George Zimmerman domestic incident
George Zimmerman was acquitted of the murder of Trayvon Martin. He is in custody at Lake Mary police for a gun-related incident.Credit: Reuters UPDATE: Police said they did not find a weapon after...
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Mayors take up gun fight to purge out-of-state weapons from their cities
Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter, Boston Mayor Thomas Menino, and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg are members of Mayors Against Illegal Guns. Ilustration, Billy Becerra, Metro On April 25, 2006,...
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Investigators probe motives of Los Angeles Airport shooter
Airport police stand in the TSA area of terminal 1 after a shooting incident at Los Angeles airport (LAX).Credit: Reuters The Los Angeles International Airport terminal where a gunman opened fire on...
View ArticleSandy Hook victim’s father asks communities to ‘parent together’
Mark Barden, a jazz composer and guitarist, hasn’t been able to write music since his 7-year-old son Daniel died in last year’s shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary. “I had a few pieces that I’d been...
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Somber remembrances mark anniversary of Sandy Hook shooting
A sign is pictured in the Sandy Hook area of Newtown, Connecticut December 13.Credit: Reuters One of the 6-year-olds was so sweet his teacher said he should have come to school wrapped in a bow....
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Obama marks Newtown massacre anniversary with call for gun control
A heart is emblazoned with crosses to commemorate the 26 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims in Sandy Hook village in Newtown, Connecticut.Credit: Reuters President Barack Obama marked the...
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Boston gun buybacks planned after shooting death of 9-year-old
Boston is planning a gun buyback following the death of a 9-year-old boy.Credit: Jessica Rinaldi/Reuters A Boston gun buyback program is in the works to reduce shootings following the death last week...
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Gun Owners Action League slams work of state gun task force
Massachuestts’ largest gun owners group has its own ideas about how to reduce gun violence. Credit: Getty Images The state’s largest gun owners group released a critique Tuesday of a task force’s...
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Markey’s new gun control legislation includes James Bond technology
Sen. Ed Markey talks about his new gun control legislation with other leaders after a meeting at Project RIGHT in Roxbury.Credit: Nicolaus Czarnecki, Metro It’s not exactly clear where Sen. Ed Markey...
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Gun control billboard near Fenway Park forced to move
A billboard promoting gun control has hung along the Mass Pike near Fenway Park for nearly 20 years.Credit: Flickr An iconic sign bearing pro-gun-control messages that has hung near Fenway Park in...
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Father of California shooting victim blames government ‘idiots’
Jose Cardoso, 50, cries in front of a makeshift memorial for 20-year-old UCSB student Christopher Michael-Martinez outside a deli that was one of nine crime scenes after series of drive-by shootings...
View ArticleGun owners take aim at gun control bill at State House
Gun owners and gun rights activists are taking aim at a proposed gun control bill spurred by the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting and which is now making its way through the State House. Related...
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