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Wisconsin school board delays vote to cancel elementary school gun show
Officials at Wisconsin’s Spooner Area School District refused to vote on a measure canceling an upcoming gun show at Spooner Elementary School, saying they needed more information before making a decision on whether the event is appropriate. The district has been under pressure to call off the event in the…
Colbert on Yeager: ‘Why would you ever want to take this man’s guns?’
Stephen Colbert donned his “gilly suit” on Monday for an extended defense of the rights of gun owners, including James Yeager, the Tennessee CEO who said he would “start killing people” if gun safety legislation were passed. “Why would you ever want to take away this man’s guns?” Colbert asked…
Kentucky sheriff: ‘Moral obligation’ to defy new gun laws
An Eastern Kentucky sheriff says he will refuse to enforce any new gun laws, claiming it is his duty to protect the U.S. Constitution. “I consider this a moral obligation,” Jackson County Sheriff Denny Peyman told The Lexington Herald-Leader. He is a member of the National Rifle Association and has…
Rahm Emanuel pushes to end investments in gun manufacturers
Rahm Emanuel, the mayor of Chicago who acted as White House chief of staff until 2010, is hoping to initiate a nationwide campaign of disinvestment from companies that make and sell military-style assault rifles along the lines of the 1980s disinvestment from apartheid South Africa. Emanuel has instructed the fund…
ACLU blasts proposals to ‘militarize’ schools with armed police guards
The American Civil Liberties Union has urged Vice President Joe Biden to reject proposals to avert gun violence by placing armed police guards in schools. “Past experience demonstrates that increasing police presence in schools after a tragedy, while well-intentioned, is misguided,” ACLU senior legislative counsel Deborah J. Vagins said in…
California school shooter to be charged as adult
The boy who opened fire on his classmates at Taft Union High School in California last week will be charged as an adult. Bryan Oliver, 16, will face two counts of premeditated attempted murder and three counts of assault with a firearm, according to the Associated Press. The chief deputy…
Young California boy found guilty of killing Neo-Nazi father
An abused 12-year-old boy who shot his Neo-Nazi father dead while he was sleeping at their California home was found guilty Monday of second degree murder. Joseph Hall was 10 at the time of the killing, in which he shot his 32-year-old father Jeff Hall in the head in the…
Freshman Republican threatens to impeach Obama over gun control
Freshman Rep. Steve Stockman (R-TX) on Monday threatened to impeach President Barack Obama if he used an executive order to infringe American’s Second Amendment rights. “The White House’s recent announcement they will use executive orders and executive actions to infringe on our constitutionally-protected right to keep and bear arms is…
Georgia gun group giving away free AR-15 to oppose gun control
A pro-Second Amendment group in Georgia has partnered with a gun shop in the state to give away a free AR-15 assault rifle — like the one used to slaughter 20 children in Newtown last month — in an effort to oppose new gun control legislation. In a press release…
Obama: Gun advocates ‘ginning up fear’ because it’s ‘good for business’
President Barack Obama on Monday explained that pro-gun groups were “ginning up fear” about the government confiscating firearms because “it obviously is good for business.” Last week, conservatives responded with outrage after Vice President Joe Biden suggested that Obama could take executive action for minor gun control measures. Although executive…
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