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CNN host Fareed Zakaria accused of plagiarism
UPDATE: Politico reports that both CNN and Time suspended Zakaria this afternoon despite his apology. CNN host and Time columnist Fareed Zakaria appears to have plagiarized several passages of a recent column on gun control — an ethical lapse caught by an editor working for the National Rifle Association (NRA).…
Lautenberg mocks NRA for ‘suddenly’ worrying about guns in the wrong hands
Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) on Wednesday blasted the National Rifle Association for announcing they would include the vote to hold U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt in their “future candidate evaluations.” “The gun lobby is guiding the hand of the House Republicans, and it’s never been more clear than…
Reporter: Florida’s Stand Your Ground law ‘was an NRA effort from start to finish’
According to Mother Jones reporter Andy Kroll, the role played by Florida’s “Stand Your Ground” law in the shooting of African-American teen Trayvon Martin should be seen as an example of the outsized influence that the National Rifle Association wields in both state and national politics. “This was an NRA…
Romney endorses belief that Obama is conspiring to take away gun rights
Mitt Romney sought to win over the arch-conservative membership of the National Rifle Association by promising to be the protector of American freedoms and accusing President Obama of launching a stealth attack on the constitutional right to bear arms. Addressing the NRA’s annual convention in St Louis, Missouri, Romney tried…
‘NRA’ draws louder cheers than ‘Christian values’ at Perry’s Liberty University event
Rev. Jerry Falwell may have founded Liberty University, but students there seemed more interested in firearms than Christ during a Wednesday event featuring Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry. Mention of the National Rifle Association (NRA) drew noticeably louder cheers than did the notion of “Christian values,” which only prompted a…
Anti-gay Indiana state rep solicited 18-year-old boy on Craigslist
Indiana state Rep. Phillip Hinkle (R) is embroiled in controversy after The Indianapolis Star discovered emails appearing to solicit the paid company of a young man, sent from Hinkle’s publicly listed email address. In response to a M4M forum Craigslist post, Hinkle emailed the man, named Kameryn Gibson, and offered…
Texas to pass bill allowing guns on college campuses
WASHINGTON – Texas is poised to approve a measure allowing college students and professors to carry guns on campus, an initiative with strong support in the state legislature that critics concede they probably can’t stop. The legislation has been championed by Gov. Rick Perry, co-sponsored by over half the lawmakers…
NRA chief blames government ‘failures,’ media for Tucson shooting
The head of the National Rifle Association came out swinging Thursday against a wave of gun-control legislation proposed in the wake of the Tucson shooting, saying that government policies and media sensationalism — rather than lax gun laws — were to blame for the tragedy. “If Tucson told us anything,…
Exclusive: 2 million mentally ill people missing from national gun check system
The issue of gun control leapt back into the national discourse in the wake of January’s Tucson massacre. But one of the most shocking gaps in the effort to prevent people prohibited by law from purchasing firearms continues to fly beneath the radar. Records of at least two million dangerously…
Schumer: Congress doesn’t have the votes for gun control
Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said Sunday that Congress lacks the necessary votes to stiffen gun laws, dampening the hopes of various gun-control bills proposed in the aftermath of the Arizona shootings. “Let’s be honest here — there haven’t been the votes in the Congress for gun control,” Schumer said on…
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