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Bill would require first graders in Missouri to take gun safety course
lpozen@kspr.comJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Along with learning their ABCs, Missouri first-graders could some day be required to take a gun safety course. Senate Bill 75 is under consideration in a state Senate committee and received little opposition this week. Krista...Tags: Safety of Citizens, Politics, Skype, Government, Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting
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Illinois House votes to allow residents to carry concealed guns
ReutersSPRINGFIELD, Illinois (Reuters) - The Illinois House of Representatives on Friday voted overwhelmingly to allow residents to carry concealed guns, taking the state one step closer to joining all others in allowing some form of carrying guns in public....Tags: Personal Weapon Control, Crime, Law and Justice, Executive Branch, Illinois General Assembly, Shootings
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Quinn, Emanuel lash out at Madigan gun bill
— Gov. Pat Quinn, Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Senate President John Cullerton decried a bill to legalize concealed firearms that is backed by powerful House Speaker Michael Madigan, contending it would invalidate strict local gun laws like Chicago's...
Tags: Chicago Transit Authority, Personal Weapon Control, Rahm Emanuel, Crime, Law and Justice, Michael Madigan
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House passes gun bill over Quinn, Emanuel objections
SPRINGFIELD — Over objections of Gov. Pat Quinn and Mayor Rahm Emanuel, the House approved a concealed weapons bill today that is aimed at ending Illinois’ status as the last state in the nation without a law to allow its citizens to carry...
Tags: Rahm Emanuel, Personal Weapon Control, Crime, Law and Justice, Weaponry, Illinois General Assembly
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High-capacity magazines are usual NRA nonsense
National Rifle Association lobbyist Todd Vandermyde claims that he deserves 30-round magazines because public officials are protected by police carrying the same and his family should have equal protection (“Concealed carry rules for Illinois emerge...Tags: Newspaper and Magazine
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Event aims to help women
Thanks to popular demand from women wanting more opportunities to learn shooting sports, a Women on Target shooting event is slated for June 1 at the Steve McCleerey farm, two miles north of Sisseton. Roberts County Conservation Officer Dean Schultz...
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Stephen Goldstein: Real scandal is how lobbyists get away with what they do
These days, the country is consumed by scandal-mania — real, or mostly trumped-up, partisan allegations of violations of the public trust, the truth of which no one knows for sure because we don't have all the facts and probably never will. We...Tags: Personal Weapon Control, Gun Control, Politics, Public Officials, Lobbying
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Illinois House introduces less restrictive gun bill
— An Illinois House version of legislation to allow people to carry concealed weapons that emerged Wednesday would not let Chicago have its own set of rules and could make it easier to get a permit. The latest proposal is an attempt to address...
Tags: Personal Weapon Control, Crime, Law and Justice, Weaponry, Behavioral Conditions, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Voice of the People, May. 23
Realistic cycling This is in response to "Impact of natural laws felt after daughter's bike crash; Mayor's proposal to improve road safety sensible, but cyclists are always vulnerable" (News, May 13). There is a reason why pedestrians and cars are...Tags: Personal Weapon Control, Judges, Crime, Law and Justice, Gun Control, Politics
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Can Fort Lauderdale compel background checks at gun show?
A showdown is brewing between Fort Lauderdale and the Ohio-based company that has long held gun shows at the city-owned War Memorial Auditorium. The city has clamped down on the arms-bazaar excesses of the show, and a lawyer for Suncoast Gun Shows say...Tags: Father's Day, Sandy Hook Elementary School, Politics, Public Officials, Fort Lauderdale
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IRS foul-up shows how bad laws breed good scandals
Much to my surprise, I find myself sympathizing with the Internal Revenue Service. Tenderness toward that agency isn't my default position. I'm a British expat living in the United States, with retirement savings locked up in Britain and other cross-...
Tags: Internal Revenue Service, Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. Elections, Taxation, Politics
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Connecticut's Landmark Gun Law Faces Challenge In Federal Court
The Hartford CourantA coalition of gun owners, gun dealers and firearms rights organizations have sued the governor and members of the state's attorney's office, contending that the gun law passed in the aftermath of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings violates the...Tags: Newspaper and Magazine, Hurricane Sandy (2012), Personal Weapon Control, Crime, Law and Justice, Weaponry
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