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• Senate blocks expanded gun sale background checks

  April 17, 2013 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans, backed by rural-state Democrats, blocked legislation Wednesday to tighten restrictions on the sale of firearms, rejecting personal pleas made by families of the victims of … 311

• Thousands march for gun control in Washington

  January 26, 2013 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — Thousands of people, many holding signs with names of gun violence victims and messages such as “Ban Assault Weapons Now,” joined a rally for gun control on … 52

• Giffords, Kelly launch gun control lobbying effort

  January 8, 2013 in Nation/World TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and her husband launched a political action committee aimed at curbing gun violence on Tuesday, the second anniversary of the Tucson … 16

• Gun laws show difficulty of stemming violent acts

  December 20, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — One early focus of new gun regulations by President Barack Obama and some lawmakers would reinstate a federal ban on assault weapons, a law widely regarded as …

• One by one, shattered Newtown buries its dead

  December 19, 2012 in Nation/World NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — One by one by one by one, each with fresh heartbreak, hearses crisscrossed two New England towns on Wednesday, bearing three tiny victims of the Sandy …

• Obama’s call for action against gun violence

  December 19, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says the massacre of schoolchildren in Newtown, Conn., obligates the nation to finally act to reduce gun violence. He’s outlined only a broad plan …

• Obama to send Congress gun proposals in January

  December 19, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — Declaring the time for action overdue, President Barack Obama promised on Wednesday to send Congress broad proposals in January for tightening gun laws and curbing violence after …

• Obama sets January deadline for gun proposals

  December 19, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — Spurred by a horrific elementary school shooting, President Barack Obama vowed to send Congress new policy proposals for reducing gun violence by January. “This time, the words … 3

• Obama to press for policy changes after shooting

  December 19, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is launching an administration-wide effort to curb gun violence, underscoring the growing political consensus over tightening gun restrictions following the horrific massacre at a …

• Grief mixes with impatience in shattered Newtown

  December 19, 2012 in Nation/World NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — Mourners overlapped at back-to-back services as funerals began in earnest in a Connecticut town that lost 20 of its children and seven adults to a gunman, …

• Investors turn against gun makers after massacre

  December 18, 2012 in Nation/World MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Investors shunned some of the nation’s largest gun makers Tuesday, putting up for sale the manufacturer of the Bushmaster semiautomatic rifle used in the Connecticut school shooting … 3

• Gun advocates conflicted on changes after massacre

  December 18, 2012 in Nation/World KITTERY, Maine (AP) — In a region where gun ownership is a cherished right, holiday shoppers snake through rows of shotguns, pistols and semi-automatic assault rifles at the Kittery Trading …

• NRA promises to help prevent school shootings

  December 18, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — After four days of self-imposed silence on the shooting that killed 26 people inside a Newtown, Conn., elementary school, the nation’s largest gun rights lobby emerged Tuesday …

• Some Republicans say gun control should be debated

  December 18, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — Some Republicans now say they’re willing to discuss the politically treacherous issue of gun control along with mental health issues and violent video games, while formerly pro-gun … 3

• Classes resuming in Newtown, minus Sandy Hook

  December 18, 2012 in Nation/World NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — With security stepped up and families still on edge in Newtown, students began returning to school Tuesday for the first time since last week’s massacre, bringing …

• Grassley, Reid, Manchin: Let’s debate gun violence

  December 18, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — Even as most Republicans played it safe and initially said little about the politically treacherous issue of gun control, a senior GOP senator has called for a …

• NRA goes silent after Connecticut school shooting

  December 18, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — Where is the NRA? The nation’s largest gun-rights organization — typically outspoken about its positions even after shooting deaths — has gone all but silent since last …

• 2 funerals begin a sad procession in Connecticut

  December 17, 2012 in Nation/World NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — Opening a long and almost unbearable procession of grief, Newtown began laying its dead to rest Monday, holding funerals for two 6-year-old boys — one a …

• W.Va.’s Manchin: Time to rethink gun legislation

  December 17, 2012 in Nation/World CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Sen. Joe Manchin, an avid hunter and lifelong member of the National Rifle Association, says it’s time for all sides in the gun policy debate to … 6

• Gun control debate begins to simmer after massacre

  December 17, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats say meaningful action in the wake of the school shootings in Connecticut must include a ban on military-style assault weapons and a look at how the …

• Obama signals action following school shooting

  December 17, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is vowing to use “whatever power this office holds” to safeguard the nation’s children, raising the prospect that he will pursue policy changes to …

• Newtown plans burials as school’s future debated

  December 17, 2012 in Nation/World NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — A grieving Connecticut town braced itself Monday to bury the first two of the 20 littlest victims of the school gunman. Authorities could not say when …

• Lieberman, Democrats want ban on assault weapons

  December 16, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic lawmakers and independent Sen. Joe Lieberman said Sunday that military-style assault weapons should be banned and that a national commission should be established to examine mass … 1

• Conn. gunman had hundreds of rounds of ammunition

  December 16, 2012 in Nation/World NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — The gunman in the Connecticut shooting rampage was carrying an arsenal of hundreds of rounds of especially deadly ammunition — enough to kill just about every … 2

• Democratic senators want ban on assault weapons

  December 16, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic lawmakers and independent Sen. Joe Lieberman said Sunday that military-style assault weapons should be banned and that a national commission should be established to examine mass …

• Another sorrowful trip for Obama to grieving town

  December 16, 2012 in Nation/World NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — For President Barack Obama, it was another sorrowful visit to another grieving community full of broken hearts from unimaginable violence. The spot, this time, was Newtown, …

• Senators want commission to look at mass shootings

  December 16, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — Two senators called Sunday for a national commission to examine mass shootings in the United States, while a third vowed to ban the sale of military-style assault …

• Obama to speak at Newtown, Conn., vigil

  December 16, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — Making a sadly familiar journey, President Barack Obama will attend an evening vigil in Newtown, Conn., to mourn with a town still seeking to comprehend the unimaginable … 1

• Obama to speak at Newton, Conn., vigil for victims

  December 16, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — Making a sadly familiar journey, President Barack Obama will attend an evening vigil in Newtown, Conn., to mourn with a town still seeking to comprehend the unimaginable …

• Police, world wonder about Conn. shooting motive

  December 15, 2012 in Nation/World NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — The massacre of 26 children and adults at a Connecticut elementary school elicited horror and soul-searching around the world even as it raised more basic questions …

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