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Broward Sheriff: ‘I’m Not Responsible’…But Gun Owners Are?
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Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel appears to be in a hole and he may wish to stop digging as the revelations pile up about how his agency may have botched the response to the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland. Monday morning, at the far corner of the country, KVI morning host John Carlson unloaded on the sheriff, not only for the possible poor performance of his subordinates, but also for the way Israel tried to shift the blame to guns and the National Rifle Association during a CNN “Town Hall” appearance opposite NRA spokeswoman Dana Loesch last week. |
ID: 'Stand Your Ground' Bill Moves To Senate Floor
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An Idaho senate committee gave the green light Monday to a bill that would add extra protections for those who harm or kill someone in self-defense. Backers of the plan, like the National Rifle Association, law enforcement and prosecutor lobbying groups say Idaho has a rich legal history of supporting those who use deadly force while defending their homes or their families, but that they want it enshrined in state law. |
CO: At The State Capitol, Some Lawmakers Bring Their Guns To Work
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Colorado’s Capitol, like 28 other statehouses across the country, has security checkpoints at public entrances. There are metal detectors that visitors and lobbyists must pass through under the watchful eyes of State Patrol officers, who are there to protect everyone in the building and keep illegal guns and other weapons out. But for some, the security is too much. |
OH: 21 Gun Bills Being Considered, What Would They Do?
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Ohio lawmakers are considering several gun bills, but Gov. John Kasich is signaling that he may not support them all. In the wake of the high school shooting in Parkland, Fla., Kasich has formed a group to look into ways Ohio may need to change its laws. Some of the bills expand gun rights, while others would restrict them. |
Over Half Of U.S. Gun Owners Don’t Store Them Safely, According To Researchers
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Just in time for the latest reinvigoration of the gun control debate, researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health have some unnerving news. According to a survey published in the American Journal of Public Health, 54 percent — more than half — of American gun owners do not store their guns safely. One might think this goes without saying, but it may be worth spelling out: While safe storage can reduce the increased risk for accidental deaths and firearm-related violence that comes with having a gun in the home, owners have to actually store their guns safely first. |
OH: Akron City Council Calls for Ohio to Ban Assault Rifles
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Akron City Council overwhelmingly passed a resolution Monday that asks state lawmakers to ban assault weapons and other devices used in recent mass shootings. Councilwoman Tara Samples, who represents much of downtown and South Akron, first proposed the plan in a public safety committee meeting Monday afternoon. The resolution is not law, it asks the legislature to enact gun control that failed in the U.S. Senate in 2013. |
IL: Weekend Violence in Chicago- 4 Killed and 22 Wounded, Including Young Sisters in a Car and a Man Shot By Police
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Four people were killed and 22 others were injured in shootings in Chicago this weekend, including a man wounded by police and two young sisters struck in the legs while riding in a car, according to police. The latest gun violence brings the number of people shot in the city this year to at least 348, according to data kept by the Tribune. There have been at least 76 homicides. The numbers continue a trend of fewer shootings and fewer homicides this year than in the last two years, when violence hit record levels in the city. Shootings are still substantially higher than other recent years.
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Why Are Conservatives So Obsessed With Gun Rights Anyway?
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Why has support for gun rights become a hallmark of the Republican Party? There is nothing inevitable about the combination of economic and foreign policy conservatism with social conservatism. As late as the mid-1980s, conservative icons including Ronald Reagan supported gun control measures such as the Brady bill and a ban on assault weapons. Support for gun control legislation actually increased among Republicans in the 1980s. Unambiguous support for gun “rights” didn’t appear in the Republican Party platform until 1988. Even the National Rifle Association did not become fanatically opposed to any and all gun regulations until the late 1970s.
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TN: Sheriff’s Department to Conduct Active Shooter, Self-Defense Training at Fair Park
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Far too often, we hear of another active shooter situation in America. According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 70 percent of the incidents occurred in either a business or educational environment and 60 percent of the incidents ended before police arrived. Citizens have the potential to affect the outcome based up on their responses to the situation. The Cumberland County Sheriff’s Department will be offering active shooter, self defense ALICE training on Friday, March 2, at Fair Park Senior Center at 1 p.m. The ALICE Training Institute was formed to promote proactive strategies to improve the chances of survival during an active shooter event. |
FL: Senate Panel Kills Assault-Weapons Ban But Approves Other Gun Measures
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A Senate committee approved a bill Monday imposing several new restrictions on gun purchases, but it also rejected amendments from Democrats to make the bill tougher, angering a crowd of gun-control activists. The activists pleaded with the Senate Rules Committee to vote for an assault weapons ban, saying it was needed because of the Feb. 14 massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland that left 17 dead.
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OH: "Stand Your Ground" Bill Seems Stalled In House
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The future is murky for a bill that seeks to loosen gun regulations in Ohio. The so-called Stand Your Ground bill was moving through the House but may have stalled with the recent rhetoric on gun control including from Gov. John Kasich. The Stand Your Ground bill, HB228, removes the requirement for a person to try and retreat before using lethal force in self-defense. It seemed to be poised to pass out of a House committee until its last hearing, the day before the mass high school shooting in Parkland, Florida.
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FL: After Florida Rampage, Some Owners are Destroying Their Guns
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One man in upstate New York sawed his AR-15 rifle into pieces and posted a video of it on Facebook. A woman in Connecticut did the same with her handgun. Not far from scene of the Florida high school shooting, another man brought his assault weapon to police and asked them to destroy it. In response to the killings of 17 people by a 19-year-old with an AR-15, some gun owners are waging personal protests against mass shootings.
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MD: Legislators To Debate ‘Red Flag’ Law On Guns After Parkland Shootings
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Lawmakers in Maryland are discussing a law that would allow family members to ask law enforcement officers to seize the gun of a person they believe is planning to hurt themselves or someone else. In the wake of the shootings at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, so-called “red flag” laws, or “gun violence restraining orders,” are being debated in state capitals around the country, including in Annapolis. Lawmakers in Maryland are slated to debate a bill Thursday that would create “lethal violence protection orders.”
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MT: Lawmakers Respond to Cries for Gun Reform
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“Instead of focusing on studying for the next test the next day, we are worried if the next day someone is going to pull the fire alarm and shoot us in the hallway.” High school students across America, and right here in Montana are walking out of their schools to show they want change. “We care, and even though we can't vote we want to make a point.” They’re calling on Congress to make laws to protect them in the classroom. |
Chipper Jones Speaks Out in Favor of Gun Bans and Further Restrictions
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As an avid outdoorsman and hunter, it’s no surprise Chipper Jones would be asked to share his thoughts on the latest school shooting, and his opinions on gun control. According to an Atlanta Journal-Constitution article where columnist Jeff Schultz spoke with Jones at Atlanta Braves spring training camp in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, Jones claims he’s been around guns ever since a young age – even before he’d ever picked up a baseball.
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WA Governor Confronts Trump: Take Guns for Teachers ‘Off the Table’
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Gov. Jay Inslee (D-WA) challenged President Trump on his controversial proposal to arm teachers with concealed-carry weapons, during a White House meetings with governors on Monday. Inslee said that both law enforcement and educators were concerned about teachers “packing heat” in classrooms. “So I just suggest we need a little less tweeting here, a little more listening,” said Inslee. “Let’s just take that off the table and move forward.” The president then called on Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) to explain how teachers are trained to carry guns in his state.
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SC: Lawmaker Launches Contest to Give Guns to Teachers
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A South Carolina lawmaker is holding a contest to give handguns to teachers in the wake of the Florida school shooting that killed 17 people. Rep. Steven Long, R-Boiling Springs, is raising money online to buy three Smith and Wesson handguns that cost nearly $500 a piece. He plans to give them away to a teacher, a college employee and one "freedom-loving patriot" who enter the random drawing.
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MA: Baker Sees "Opportunity" For Federal Action on Guns
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After four days of meetings with governors and group discussion with President Trump on Monday, Governor Charlie Baker said he “came away thinking that there was probably opportunity for action” at the federal level on guns. “There seemed to be fairly decent interest in expanding what’s in the NICS system and broadening the amount of information that is available through that,” he said referring to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System.
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