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Mar 09, 2013

Cyclists Ride From Newtown to D.C. in Support of Gun Control

Twenty-six professional and amateur bikers left Newton, Conn. and are now pedaling their way to Washington, where they plan to call on Congress to enact comprehensive gun control legislation.

Jan 14, 2013

O’Malley Wants Major Strengthening of Md. Gun Laws

Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley is joining a chorus of other Democratic governors in seeking a tightening of his state’s gun laws in the wake of the mass shooting last month at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn.

Jan 09, 2013

David Gregory’s Ammunition Prop to Be Investigated by D.C. Attorney General

D.C. Attorney General Irv Nathan will decide whether or not Meet the Press host David Gregory will be charged over a segment last month in which Gregory used a 30-bullet magazine as a prop.

Dec 21, 2012

Head of NRA Pins Connecticut Massacre on Politicians, Monsters and Media, But Not Guns

Breaking his organization’s week-long silence in the aftermath of the shooting spree at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn., Wayne LaPierre, the chief executive of the National Rifle Association, finally addressed the media today.

Dec 19, 2012

Virginia Bill Would Order Teachers to Carry Guns

In the wake of last week’s mass shooting at an elementary school in Connecticut, a member of the Virginia House of Delegates is going several steps further and actually require some educators to carry guns.

Dec 19, 2012

Obama Tasks Biden and Other Officials to Come Up With Gun Control Legislation After Connecticut Shootings

President Obama said he is impaneling a group of cabinet officials and outside advisers to come up with a list of gun control proposals that he said he would like to begin pushing early next year.

Dec 18, 2012

Shorter McDonnell: More Guns in Schools (Maybe)

Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell said in interviews today that he would be open to allowing people to carry guns inside his state’s public schools in the wake of last Friday’s massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Conn.

Dec 17, 2012

After Connecticut Massacre, Gun Control Advocates Rally Outside NRA’s D.C. Office

Stirred by the massacre last week at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., about 200 supporters of expanded gun control rallied outside the National Rifle Association’s lobbying office on Capitol Hill today.

Dec 14, 2012

Video: Obama on Conn. School Shooting, ‘These Children Are Our Children’

President Obama was visibly emotional addressing the shooting massacre today at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn. that left 29 people dead, including 22 children between the ages of five and 10.

Jan 09, 2011

D.C. Police Officer Flashes Gun in New England Bar

There must be something about cold weather and snow that makes D.C. police officers rather antsy. The New Haven Register reports that a D.C. police officer is facing reckless endangerment and other charges after flashing a semi-automatic gun at a Connecticut bar. Shortly after closing time at the Lager House in West Haven, Danny McCullough III, a member of MPD since 2003, allegedly revealed his weapon and pointed it at the ground when bouncers attempted…

 
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