GUN
Jumping the gun
I couldn't help it. I know it's way too early to plant. And I don't plan on planting anytime soon. The snow just finished melting about a week ago, for Pete's sake. But I was at a happy hour gatheri...
Posted on 5/15/13 at 10:22 AM
So long old friend
America lost one of its crown princes of slapstick comedy over the weekend and I will be mourning for a while over the death of Leslie Nielsen. Very few actors could pull off the slapstick better th...
Posted on 11/29/10 at 11:13 AM
gun safety
Firearms are involved in 0.5% of accidental deaths nationally, compared to motor vehicles (37%), poisoning (22%), falls (17%), suffocation (5%), drowning (2.9%), fires (2.5%), medical mistakes (1.7%),...
Posted on 11/15/10 at 9:37 PM
Marshmallow nightmares
I was ready to strangle my son on Sunday and it is all my parents’ fault. My blog yesterday was about watching my parents hunt Easter eggs, but there is one more tale from Easter ...
Posted on 4/6/10 at 11:29 PM
Gun control forces struggle to keep issue alive
Gun control forces are targeting Sens. Kelly Ayotte, Max Baucus and others as they struggle to persuade five senators to switch their votes and revive the rejected effort to expand background checks to more firearms buyers.By Associated Press , May 07, 2013
Obama, victims' families overcome by gun owners
Four months ago, President Barack Obama promised a grieving nation he would do everything in his power to change gun laws after 26 students and staff were shot to death at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Turns out his power and the impassioned pleas of devastated families were no match for the force of gun rights advocates in Congress and across the nation.By Associated Press , April 19, 2013
Gun control backers: Senate defeat won't stop us
One day after the demise of gun control legislation, Senate supporters of the measure vowed to try again, while a leading opponent accused President Barack Obama of taking the "low road" when he harshly criticized lawmakers who voted against key provisions.By Associated Press , April 18, 2013
Gun control loses: No expanded background checks
Senate Republicans backed by a small band of rural-state Democrats scuttled the most far-reaching gun control legislation in two decades Wednesday, rejecting tighter background checks for buyers and a ban on assault weapons as they spurned pleas from families of victims of last winter's school massacre in Newtown, Conn.By Associated Press , April 17, 2013
Heitkamp votes against expanded gun sale checks
North Dakota Sen. Heidi Heitkamp says she couldn't support a measure to tighten restrictions on the sale of guns because it focuses on the wrong issue.By Associated Press , April 17, 2013
Both sides hunt support in background check fight
Republican opposition is growing to a bipartisan Senate plan for expanding background checks for firearms buyers, enough to put the proposal's fate in jeopardy. But the measure may change as both sides compete for support in one of the pivotal fights in the battle over curbing guns.By Associated Press , April 16, 2013
High court rejects challenge to NY gun law
The Supreme Court is staying out of the gun debate for now.By Associated Press , April 15, 2013
Senate ready to launch gun control debate
The Senate is ready to launch an emotion-charged debate on new gun restrictions, four months after the carnage at a Connecticut elementary school spurred President Barack Obama and Congress to address firearms violence.By Associated Press , April 11, 2013
Conn. reaches deal on tough gun laws after Newtown
Connecticut lawmakers announced a deal Monday on what they called some of the toughest gun laws in the country that were proposed after the December mass shooting in the state, including a ban on new high-capacity ammunition magazines like the ones used in the massacre that left 20 children and six educators dead.By Associated Press , April 01, 2013
Landmark gun bills signed in Colorado
Gov. John Hickenlooper signed bills Wednesday that place new restrictions on firearms and signaled a change for Democrats who traditionally shied away from gun control debate in Colorado - a state with a moderate streak and pioneer tradition of gun ownership and self-reliance.March 20, 2013
Gun control bill set for Tuesday vote
A House committee is poised to take a vote on a gun control bill tonight.By Danielle Killey, Forum News Service , March 19, 2013
Chicago remembers teen victim of city gun violence
Hundreds of mourners and dignitaries, including first lady Michelle Obama, stood and applauded the family of a 15-year-old Chicago girl for their strength Saturday, a week and a half after her death brought national attention to the city's staggering gun violence.February 09, 2013
Leading Democrat: Gun control faces uphill climb
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, who's leading the push to restore an assault weapon ban, acknowledged on Sunday that the effort faces tough odds to pass Congress and she blamed the nation's largest gun-rights group.January 28, 2013
Thousands march for gun control in Washington
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 Saturday, marching from the Capitol to the Washington Monument.January 26, 2013
Democrats may stand in Obama's way on gun measures
As the Senate prepares to begin debating new gun control measures, some of President Barack Obama's fellow Democrats are poised to frustrate his efforts to enact the most sweeping limits on weapons in decades.January 26, 2013
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