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Newtown residents: Thanks but please stop sending so many gifts
Residents of the Connecticut town that was the setting for the horrific Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting have said that they appreciate the deluge of gifts from well-wishers all over the world, but ask now that people please stop sending them. According to the Associated Press, Newtown, Connecticut has received…
Arizona AG wants to train school personnel to shoot to kill
Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne has proposed a school program to prevent gun massacres like the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut by training a designated school employee in firearm use and keeping that employee’s weapon on school premises whenever classes are in session. According to Talking…
Paper publishes database of gun owners in two New York counties
A newspaper in New York state published on Monday an extensive database of gun owners in Westchester and Rockland counties, saying the information was in the public’s interest following the massacre in Newtown, Connecticut. The Journal News immediately found itself at the center of a firestorm of controversy over the…
Newtown massacre fuels bullet-proof backpack sales
On the heels of the deadly shooting tragedy in Connecticut, parents’ anxiety is driving a surge in sales of bullet-proof backpacks, in the hope the armored bags can give their kids a safety edge. For under $300, the company Amendment II — a play on the Second Amendment to the…
Camden gun owners turn in record 1,100 guns after Connecticut shootings
The New Jersey Attorney General’s office said on Tuesday that a record 1,137 firearms had been turned in as part of cash-for-guns program in just two days after last week’s shootings in Newtown, Connecticut. At least five semi-automatic assault rifles were among the weapons collected at the “Guns for Cash”…
After five days of silence, NRA offers ‘meaningful contributions’ to end gun violence
The National Rifle Association on Tuesday released a much-anticipated statement regarding the tragic elementary school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut. The gun lobby promised to “offer meaningful contributions” to ensure the mass shooting, which left 20 young children dead, would never happen again. The horrific incident has renewed debate over the…
Oregon lawmaker: Arm teachers to prevent school shootings
In the wake of the horrific elementary school shooting in Connecticut, Oregon State Rep. Dennis Richardson (R) said Monday that school officials should be trained to respond to mass shooting incidents with lethal force. “It’s been 13 years since the tragedy in Columbine, almost 6 years since Virginia Tech, and…
Tennessee pastor: Mass shootings because schools teach evolution and ‘how to be a homo’
A Tennessee pastor on Sunday told his congregation that the number of mass shooting were escalating because of schools were government “mind-control centers” that taught “junk about evolution” and “how to be a homo.” Old Paths Baptist Church Pastor Sam Morris began speaking about last week’s school massacre in Newtown,…
Medical examiner: Newtown school shooting ‘the worst I have ever seen’
Authorities in Connecticut released the names on Saturday of the 26 victims in the mass shooting at a Connecticut elementary school as the state’s medical examiner described his team’s findings at the scene. “I’ve been at this for a third of a century, my sensibilities may not be the average…
Connecticut Gov. signs nation’s most restrictive medical marijuana bill into law
With Gov. Dannel Malloy’s (D) signature on Friday, Connecticut became the 17th state to allow doctors to recommend marijuana for medical uses, setting up what will be the most restrictive regulatory framework for dispensing the drug anywhere in the nation. “For years, we’ve heard from so many patients with chronic…
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