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Senator Says Universal Background Checks Could Lead to National Registry
• Kurt Nimmo via PrisonPlanet.comNothing short of a rejection of any gun bill should be acceptable to the American people if they wish to retain a modicum of liberty
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Biden: Gun Owners ‘Like The Way It Feels…Like Driving a Ferrari’
• Mary Bruce via ABCVice President Joe Biden this morning said that the “cultural norm” about gun ownership has changed, arguing that many people buy guns, not for protection or hunting, but because “it’s like driving a Ferrari.
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New York State Police Admit Wrongly Confiscating Guns Under New Laws
• Steve Watson via PrisonPlanet.comState police in Erie County, New York have admitted a huge mistake in confiscating a man’s guns under newly passed gun control laws, saying they identified the wrong person.
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Washington GOP to auction AR-15 at fundraising event
• Eric W. Dolan via RawStory.comThe Washington State Republican Party plans to auction an AR-15 rifle at its annual fundraising dinner this weekend.
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Church leaders rally in D.C. for stricter gun laws
• The RawStory.comSam Saylor’s son Shane was 20 years old when he became the 20th homicide victim of 2012 in Hartford, Connecticut on October 20. The suspected gunman? Another 20-year-old.
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Nebraska dealer: No license needed to sell ‘personal collection’ of 678 guns, 13 grenades
• David Edwards via RawStory.comA Nebraska man says that he is not guilty of illegally selling firearms to people who told him they were felons because the items were out of his personal collection of 678 guns and 13 grenades.
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Tony Perkins: Obama’s evangelical ‘watch list’ could ban Christian gun buyers
• David Edwards via RawStory.comFamily Research Council President Tony Perkins has warned that President Barack Obama could be planning to create a special “watch list” for Catholics and evangelical Christians to prevent them from buying guns.
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Ted Nugent promotes ‘Knife Rights’ with gun giveaway just days after mass stabbing
• Stephen C. Webster via The RawStory.comJust days after a student at the Houston-based Lone Star College went on a stabbing spree that left 14 people injured, Texas resident and Detroit-born rocker Ted Nugent is featured in a promotional contest for a group called “Knife Rights,”
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Mass Stabbing Rocks Houston Area Campus as Gun Control Talks Rage On
• http://lewrockwell.com, by Aaron SamselIt’s believed that 15 students have been wounded in a mass stabbing that took place today at Lone Star College Cy-Fair in Harris County near Houston, Texas, with four believed to be in critical condition.
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Highway patrol gave feds Missouri concealed weapon permit holder's data
• .The Missouri State Highway Patrol has twice turned over the entire list of Missouri concealed weapon permit holders to federal authorities, most recently in January, Sen. Kurt Schaefer said.
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Gun bill clears Senate hurdle as filibuster falls short
• APControversial gun legislation cleared a key Senate hurdle Thursday, as lawmakers voted 68-31 to start debate on the package which includes expanded background checks and new penalties for gun trafficking. Senate Democrats, joined by 16 Republican
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Gun Law Drafted in Secret (Alan Korwin)
Donna HancockTwo senators announced April 10, 2013 they have reached a "compromise" on so-called "universal background checks." This is a code word for universal gun registration. A press announcement and the wording of a long new gun law are not the same thing.
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Atlanta gunman killed after holding fire fighters hostage
• Eric W. Dolan via RawStory.comA gunman was shot and killed on Wednesday afternoon after holding four fire fighters hostage in Suwanee, Georgia, about 35 miles from Atlanta.
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Gun advocate Larry Pratt: Oust Republican Pat Toomey over background checks
• Eric W. Dolan via RawStory.comIn a tense exchange with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer, Larry Pratt of Gun Owners of America said Wednesday his organization would seek to oust Sen. Pat Toomey (R-PA) from office.
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Michelle Obama calls for strengthened gun laws to stop bloodshed
• The RawStory.comFirst Lady Michelle Obama returned to her murder-plagued hometown Wednesday to make an emotional plea for strengthening US gun laws, saying she too could have been a victim of brutal street violence while growing up.
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Student: Texas Professor Forced Class To Create Anti-gun Material
• http://www.infowars.com, Steve WatsonOfficial complaint filed over use of students for personal political campaign
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Colorado sheriffs planning lawsuit to block new gun laws
• http://www.denverpost.com, By Tom McGheeMore than half of Colorado sheriffs have agreed to launch a legal challenge to the state's recently passed gun restrictions.
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Bipartisan deal reached on expanded gun background checks
• RawstorySenators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Pat Toomey (R-PA) have reached a deal allowing for background checks on gun sales online and at gun shows.
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Active NY Gun Confiscation Underway – Citizens Told to Turn in Pistol Owner ID & Firearms
• AmmoLand Shooting Sports NewsJohn Doe, an upstanding professional with no outstanding criminal convictions and no history of violent action received a letter from the Pistol Permit Department informing him that his license was immediately revoked upon information that he was see
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Communism Survivor Blasts Salem Gun Grabbers: "You Don't Know What Freedom Is!"
• Daily Paul.com"You don't know what freedom is because you never lost it!" With a pointed finger Manuel Martinez called out Anti-Gun Committee Leader Floyd Prozansky during heated testimony on Friday. You can bet Prozansky got the message. To quote Mr. Martinez:
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Video: Firearms Company Relocating From Connecticut To North Texas
• Daily Paul.comA firearms company that makes AR-15 style rifles for the iconic brand Colt, will open a plant in Breckenridge in Stephens County. Oregon company Bold Ideas confirmed the development Friday.
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Multiple injuries reported in stabbing at Houston college
• ReutersAt least 14 people were injured during a mass stabbing at a local community college in the northwest Houston area Tuesday morning, according to the local rescue officials.
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Auburn Man Facing Charges After Killing Bear In His Backyard
• http://boston.cbslocal.com,A 76-year-old Auburn man is facing charges after killing a bear in his backyard.
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Police Confiscate Man’s Guns Over Son’s Water Pistol Threat
• InfoWarsIn the latest example of anti-gun hysteria, police in New York State confiscated a man’s firearms and revoked his pistol license after his son threatened to use a water pistol against bullies who had taunted his friends at school.
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Where Congress Stands on Guns
• Washington PostIn the aftermath of the Newtown tragedy, Congress is considering new national gun control measures. We know a great deal about where legislators stood on gun issues in the past, we don't know how they plan to vote on the current legislation.
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Sen. McCain Doesn’t Understand Effort to Protect 2nd Amendment
• Prison PlanetArizona senator John McCain teamed up with notorious gun-grabber and New York Democrat Senator Charles Schumer on Sunday to argue in favor of debating legislation in the Senate aimed at restricting the Second Amendment.
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3-year-old fatally shoots deputy’s wife with his gun at Tennessee cookout
• David Edwards via RawStory.comA cookout in Tennessee ended in tragedy over the weekend when a 3-year-old child accidentally shot and killed the wife of a Wilson County sheriff’s deputy.
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NRA tactics lead gun owners to think universal background checks are already law
• Stephen C. Webster via The RawStory.comA recent poll reveals that most Americans who say no new gun laws are needed have very little clue as to what the nation’s gun laws actually are, much to the dismay of liberals pushing for sweeping reforms in the wake of the Newtown massacre.
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Gun legislation’s prospects improve
• prisonplanet.com, Ed OKeefe and Philip RuckerProspects for a bipartisan deal to expand federal background checks for gun purchases are improving with the emergence of fresh Republican support, according to top Senate aides.
