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BBC
| 3 months ago
Gun rights activists are holding what they are calling a "day of resistance" to planned gun reforms in the US. They say more than 100 rallies are being held across the country to oppose the tightening of restrictions on gun ownership. Protesters say...
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Fox News
| 3 months ago
FoxNews.com The woman whom Vice President Biden urged this week to buy a shotgun for protection says the idea would likely backfire and suggested that the advice sounded sexist. Biden made the recommendation during a Facebook chat on Tuesday, saying...
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Newsbusters
| 3 months ago
On Friday February 22, the Washington Post took a double-barreled approach to pushing more gun control In a 52-paragraph front-page story, staff writer Stephanie McCrummen highlighted the efforts of anti-gun activist Susan Beehler, a North Dakota...
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CNSNews.com
| 3 months ago
Vice President Joe Biden supports federal funding to give local school districts the option of having an armed policeman, trained resource officers, in the public schools to help deter or stop a potential shooting like the one that occurred at the...
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CNSNews.com
| 3 months ago
Vice President Joe Biden said Thursday that the federal government will investigate the possible impact of video games on violent behavior, adding that the NRA does not want studies of the cause of gun violence. Why do you think the NRA doesn't want...
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Star Tribune
| 3 months ago
Please enter recipient valid email address. biden joins Connecticut gov. in urging stricter gun laws Vice President Joe Biden took the White House's push for stricter gun laws to Connecticut on Thursday, delivering a forceful and often emotional...
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The Hartford Courant
| 3 months ago
Malloy is saying he wants to ban all "assault weapons," which he says is an obvious definition akin to Supreme Court Potter Stewart's "know-it-when-I-see-it" label for pornography. The industry is saying only that it wants a careful deliberation.
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Sydney Morning Herald
| 3 months ago
US Vice President Joe Biden has called on his political colleagues to show the sort of courage demonstrated by the families of those killed in the mass shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in December. "We have to speak for those 20 beautiful...
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Reuters
| 3 months ago
Topics A row of shotguns are seen during the East Coast Fine Arms Show in Stamford, Connecticut, in this January 5, 2013 file photo. Vice President Joe Biden, speaking 10 miles from the site of the Connecticut elementary school massacre, argued on...
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United Press International
| 3 months ago
Vice President Joe Biden , speaking Thursday at a Danbury, Conn., gun-control conference, called on political colleagues to show courage in enacting new laws. "We have to speak for those 20 beautiful children who died 69 days ago, 12 miles from here,"...
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The Guardian
| 3 months ago
Joe Biden criticised politicians who were more concerned with their political survival 'than the survival of our children'. Photograph: Jessica Hill/AP Vice-president Joe Biden warned on Thursday that "there is a moral price to be paid" for inaction...
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Newsbusters
| 3 months ago
While many pro-gun control voices are hailing Vice President Joe Biden's advice about using a double-barreled shotgun over an AR-15 for home defense, the folks at Reason.com explain that good ol' Joe's counsel on discharging a weapon happens to well,...
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CNN Blog
| 3 months ago
Political risk shouldn't matter when it comes to combating gun violence, Vice President Joe Biden argued Thursday at a conference in Danbury, Connecticut. Danbury is just west of Newtown, where a gunman massacred 20 children and seven adults,...
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Charlotte Observer Online
| 3 months ago
Speaking at a conference on gun violence a dozen miles from the scene of the Connecticut school massacre, Vice President Joe Biden tried to rally support Thursday for the Obama administration's gun control proposals...Sandy Hook Elementary School in...
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BusinessInsider
| 3 months ago
Conn. Connecticut's two Democratic Senators signaled Thursday that an assault weapons ban is unlikely to be taken up in Congress when legislative measures to curb gun violence are introduced as early as next month...Chris Murphy and Richard...
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Washington Post
| 3 months ago
I can't imagine how we will be judged as a society if we do nothing, Biden said. If you're concerned about your political survival, you should be concerned about the survival of our children...I believe the price to be paid politically should go to...
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The New York Observer
| 3 months ago
Earlier this afternoon, Vice President Joe Biden attended a gun violence conference a few miles from the location of last year's infamous Newtown school shooting massacre. And Mr. Biden, who has led the White House's push for stricter policies on...
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BusinessInsider
| 3 months ago
Speaking about 15 miles from the site of December's elementary-school massacre, Vice President Joe Biden said Thursday that it was "unacceptable not to take action" to curb gun violence. "If you're concerned about your political survival, you should...
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SF Gate
| 3 months ago
Malloy on Thursday called for immediately banning high-capacity ammunition magazines, requiring background checks for the transfer of any firearm and expanding the state's assault weapons ban. The Democrat has expressed frustration with the pace of...
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The New York Times
| 3 months ago
Two months ago, our state became the center of a national debate after a tragedy we never imagined could happen here, Mr. Malloy said...Mr. Malloy said he wanted the State Legislature to pass a bill that would require background checks for all gun...
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The Hartford Courant
| 3 months ago
Malloy suggested closing the "gun show loophole" by mandating that anyone buying from a private seller supply proof they have undergone a federal background check, which can be obtained from a federally licensed firearm dealer. The governor would...
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The Hartford Courant
| 3 months ago
But Blumenthal and others noted it's not just a Connecticut issue. "The policy changes that we talk about here today are incredibly important," said U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy . "The most important of those changes are those at the national level."...
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SF Gate
| 3 months ago
Malloy says he wants to immediately ban high-capacity ammunition magazines, require background checks for the transfer of any firearm and expand the state's assault weapons ban. The Democrat released a package of what he calls "common sense gun...
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The Day
| 3 months ago
Malloy will tell a conference on possible federal gun control measures this morning that the state also needs gun control laws that make background checks universal and comprehensive; ban large-capacity magazines; strengthen the assault weapons ban;...
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Daily News & Analysis
| 3 months ago
Joe Biden upset both sides of the gun control debate on Wednesday after urging Americans to "buy a shotgun" rather than an assault rifle to defend their homes. The US vice-president, who is leading the White House's gun policy proposals, said he told...
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Aim West Milford
| 3 months ago
The bills made it out of committee last week after a marathon, 7-hour hearing. Scores of gun rights activists spoke against the legislation, arguing the proposed laws would infringe on gun owners' rights while failing to stop criminals or reduce...
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Boston.com
| 3 months ago
N.H. (AP) A New Hampshire House committee will hear from the public on whether schools should allow employees to carry guns. The Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee is holding a hearing Thursday on legislation to allow school boards to ask...
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The Boston Globe
| 3 months ago
Conn. (AP) Vice President Joe Biden was scheduled to speak Thursday at a gun violence conference a few miles from the scene of last year's Newtown school shooting massacre. The conference, in Danbury, is to push President Barack Obama's gun control...
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Education Week
| 3 months ago
Conn. (AP) Vice President Joe Biden and the parents of a student killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School are scheduled to take part Thursday in a gun violence conference at the Connecticut university that Adam Lanza briefly attended a few years before...
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Big News Network
| 3 months ago
Social media lit up with reactions to Vice President Joe Biden on Wednesday and his off-the-cuff remarks about fending off a would-be home intruder. But unlike most debates on gun-control, on which Biden is leading a White House task force, the...
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Canadian Free Press
| 3 months ago
Now, he's telling women that they should just fire a couple of random warning shots if they hear scary noises. You don't need thirty rounds to protect yourself, Biden claims...Biden claims that If you want to protect yourself, get a double barrelled...
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Charlotte Observer Online
| 3 months ago
Vice President Joe Biden and the parents of a student killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School are scheduled to speak at a conference on gun violence at the university where shooter Adam Lanza took classes. Chris and Lynn McDonnell will take part in a...
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The Arlington Advocate
| 3 months ago
Business News Trending topic Taylor Swift is being sued because she allegedly kept $2.5 million for a show she never performed. The singer cancelled a concert in Ottawa last August after being paid up front for the performance, and the lawsuit...
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The Day
| 3 months ago
Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., and Rep. Elizabeth Esty, D-Conn...Malloy, Newtown First Selectwoman Pat Llodra, Bridgeport Mayor Bill Finch, Danbury Mayor Mark Boughton and Western...
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Christian Science Monitor
| 3 months ago
Vice President Joe Biden told a questioner on a Facebook chat that a shotgun works as well as a semi-automatic weapon for self-defense...Joe Biden is getting a lot of attention today for suggesting that homeowners interested in protecting themselves...
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The Hill
| 3 months ago
The ceremony comes amid simultaneous pushes by the Obama Administration to both avoid the looming sequestration cuts that could see public sector first responders furloughed or laid off, and an effort spearheaded by Biden to pass new regulations on...
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United Press International
| 3 months ago
Americans don't need high-capacity weapons to protect themselves, but if they want a weapon for protection, "Buy a shotgun," Vice President Joe Biden said. "If you want to protect yourself, get a double-barreled shotgun," Biden said during a live...
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Israel National News
| 3 months ago
Vice President Joe Biden, who has been tasked with overseeing the administration's gun control reform proposal, said there is no need in the country for assault weapons and said that he told his wife, Jill, that she should get a double-barreled...
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Gawker
| 3 months ago
Buy a Shotgun, Buy a Shotgun' Master schmoozer Joe Biden took part in something called a "Facebook town hall" hosted by Parents Magazine earlier today. Biden was there, presumably, to talk about parenting advice, but, as tends to happen these days on...
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Daily News & Analysis
| 3 months ago
US Vice President Joe Biden's advice for self-defense: Buy a shotgun, not an assault rifle. Biden, who is spearheading a push for President Barack Obama's gun control proposals, dispensed this off-the-cuff tip for protecting life and property during...
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Sydney Morning Herald
| 3 months ago
Vice President Joe Biden and Dr Jill Biden wave goodbye after dancing...That's the advice from US Vice-President Joe Biden, who has told Americans that a few blasts of a shotgun is ample for self defence, as part of his push for White House gun...
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Las Vegas Review-Journal / Sun
| 3 months ago
He said he remains opposed to banning assault weapons or limiting ammunition clip sizes. Heck's comments during a meeting with the Las Vegas Review-Journal editorial board come amid a national debate on gun violence and a push by President Barack...
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NY Daily News
| 3 months ago
Stories Joe Biden has a simple message for Americans who want the AR-15 assault rifle used in some of the country's recent massacres: Get a shotgun instead. "If you want to protect yourself, get a double-barrel shotgun. You don't need an AR-15," the...
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Miami Herald
| 3 months ago
An Education Department commission is recommending pre-kindergarten programs for every poor student within 10 years, adding a timeframe to President Barack Obama's similar call to help the least advantaged arrive for their first day of classes as...
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Star Tribune
| 3 months ago
Vice President Joe Biden said Tuesday that Americans don't need semi-automatic weapons to protect their homes because a couple of blasts from a shotgun will scare off intruders. "Buy a shotgun, buy a shotgun," the vice president encouraged those...
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Sacramento Bee
| 3 months ago
Vice President Joe Biden says Americans don't need semi-automatic weapons to protect their homes because a couple of blasts from a shotgun will scare off intruders. The vice president encouraged those worried about defending themselves to buy a...
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International Business Times
| 3 months ago
People hold signs memorializing Sandy Hook Elementary School, where 26 children and adults were killed in a mass shooting in December, as they participate in the March on Washington for Gun Control on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., Jan. 26.
