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Dem Senator Mark Begich: I’m “not interested” in a new assault-weapons ban
Bipartisan. No surprise that a pol from Alaska won’t touch guns, but in case you’re one of three people left in America who still thinks there’s a chance a new AWB will pass this year, let a highly...
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About that gun show loophole…
Show time Among the various helpful suggestions being stressed by liberals seeking areas where gun rights advocates and gun grabbers might find “common ground” is the question of the Gun Show Loophole...
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McCain, Manchin agree — assault-weapons ban going nowhere
At least not "stand alone." CBS reports that opposition is “hardening” to the proposal to reinstate the so-called “assault weapons” ban in the Senate, and that the White House may be seeing the...
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Gun buybacks don’t reduce gun violence, either
Blunderbuss. While we’re “vigorously” pursuing “meaningful” gun legislation that can’t possibly make it through Congress if it’s anything near “meaningful” enough for this president, let’s also remind...
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Video: Reid backing away from assault-weapons ban?
Just when polling swings ... The possibility of passing a renewal of the 1994 assault-weapons ban looks even more remote after an appearance on a Nevada PBS interview. Saying that everyone needs to...
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Manchin on gun control: ‘Everything’s on the table.’
Off target. This guy’s playing with fire, right? Republicans, somewhat counter-intuitively, still struggle in West Virginia statewide elections. But that’s partly because West Virginia Democrats are...
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NYT: Say, what exactly is an “assault weapon,” anyway?
Fists of death, perhaps? That’s a good question — and perhaps one that should have been answered before New York jumped headlong into a ban on them. The New York Times can’t quite figure out what the...
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Open thread: Feinstein assault-weapons ban stage show
The Gregory lesson. It begins at 11 am ET, and it should be a big event. Senator Dianne Feinstein will surround herself with dozens of weapons that her new bill, being introduced today in the Senate,...
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WaPo: Assault-weapons ban is probably DOA
Don't try this at home. Alternate headline: Math isn’t hard after all. The Washington Post’s Aaron Blake offers multiple reasons why Dianne Feinstein’s assault-weapons ban won’t be going anywhere in...
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Reid going modular on gun control
Clever. Harry Reid finds himself stuck between his gun-rights voters and the NRA on one side of the current gun-control debate, and the White House and Dianne Feinstein on the other. How can he...
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Manchin: I oppose the assault-weapons ban
Angus King "skeptical." Joe Manchin shocked nearly no one in this declaration yesterday on MSNBC, except for maybe the few who watch the channel live. Manchin is the epitome of the conflict that...
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Important PSA from Joe Biden: “Buy a shotgun. Buy a shotgun.”
Buy a shotgun. Via the Weekly Standard, I bet the Onion wishes it had waited an extra month to release that e-book. This would have warranted its own chapter. Not the first time he’s touted the...
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McCain to mother of Aurora shooting victim: The assault-weapons ban isn’t...
Straight talk. Via TPM, skip to around 0:45 below for what’s likely to be tomorrow’s manufactured outrage du jour. The thought process on this for gun-control fans will run this way, I think: By...
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Michael Moore: If Harry Reid’s grandkids had gotten shot, he’d have allowed a...
Emotion. Via the Right Scoop, gaze upon the ruins of Obama’s months-long gun-control campaign, designed from the word go as a way to corner Republicans on a tough vote ahead of 2014 and now cause for...
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Colorado governor: Assault-weapons ban a “tough sell”
Slippery slopes. Colorado passed one of the nation’s toughest gun-control laws last week, but it didn’t include the one component that its advocates most wanted to see. Governor John Hickenlooper went...
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