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  • 'Fast and Furious': How botched operation spawned fatal results

    By Jerry Seper - The Washington Times

    The central characters in the failed "Fast and Furious" firearms investigation were 19 men and one woman, accused of laying down hundreds of thousands of dollars in illicit cash at Phoenix-area gun shops to buy an arsenal of high-powered weapons for Mexican drug smugglers. Published October 17, 2011 Comments

  • Medical-pot users fuming over ATF's gun-sale ban

    By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

    You can have your gun, or you can have your medical marijuana. But the Obama administration now says you can't have both. Published October 6, 2011 Comments

  • White House staffer was informed about gun probe

    By Jerry Seper - The Washington Times

    Documents detailing discussions between a Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives agent and a White House National Security staffer concerning Operation Fast and Furious have been made public by the Obama administration, but reveal no new information about what top White House officials knew about the controversial investigation. Published October 3, 2011 Comments

  • Arms-friendly Swiss to vote on gun curbs

    By Sumi Somaskanda - The Washington Times

    The Swiss are set to vote Sunday on a referendum that would limit the right to bear arms and upend centuries of tradition of civilians keeping military weapons at home in Europe's most gun-friendly nation. Published February 10, 2011 Comments

  • S.D. GOP's gun bill takes aim at 'Obamacare'

    By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

    Five GOP state legislators have introduced a bill that would require every South Dakotan age 21 or older to purchase a gun. Published February 7, 2011 Comments

  • Iowa joins states with eased policy on concealed arms

    By James Frazier - The Washington Times

    As of Jan. 1, Iowa joined the ranks of states with "shall-issue" policies, which require officials to issue concealed-carry permits after a person meets specified objective criteria — typically, some combination of a fee, a background check, fingerprinting, and training. Published January 30, 2011 Comments

  • Show me the money: Not this candidate

    By Susan Haigh - Associated Press

    sRichard Blumenthal isn't flashy. Typically dressed in a plain dark suit, he switched his gas-guzzling state vehicle to an austere Honda Civic hybrid when fuel prices jumped. A fixture at potluck suppers, he has built a political career over 20 years of taking on the causes of everyday citizens in Connecticut. Published October 27, 2010 Comments

  • Gun permit allows quick access to Texas Capitol

    By Jay Root - Associated Press

    A unique loophole in a new security procedure means a gun permit is like a special-access pass into the Texas Capitol building, allowing people who are certified to carry a gun to bypass lines at the metal detectors that were set up after a shooting incident earlier this year. Published July 19, 2010 Comments

  • Lawsuit filed against Chicago's new gun laws

    By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press

    Four Chicago residents and a gun sellers group have sued the city over a tough new gun control ordinance put in place after the U.S. Supreme Court made a decades-old firearms ban unenforceable. Published July 7, 2010 Comments

  • Mayor Daley lays out strict gun rules for Chicago

    By Don Babwin - Associated Press

    With the city's gun ban certain to be overturned, Mayor Richard Daley on Thursday introduced what city officials say is the strictest handgun ordinance in the United States. Published July 1, 2010 Comments

  • Justices extend gun-owner rights nationwide

    By Mark Sherman - Associated Press

    The Supreme Court says the Constitution's "right to keep and bear arms" applies nationwide as a restraint on the ability of government to limit its application. Published June 28, 2010 Comments

  • Calderon presses Congress on gun trade

    By Kara Rowland

    Mexican President Felipe Calderon called on Congress Thursday to reinstate a federal ban on assault weapons that he said are ending up in the hands of violent drug cartels south of the border. Published May 20, 2010 Comments

  • Federal bills would repeal D.C. gun laws

    By Matthew Cella

    Federal lawmakers Tuesday introduced bills into the House and Senate that would repeal most of the local gun laws in Washington, D.C. Published April 28, 2010 Comments

  • Gun owners come armed with message

    By Joseph Weber

    Gun owners came out in force on both sides of the Potomac on Monday to proclaim their Second Amendment rights, but only those on the Northern Virginia side of the river came bearing their handguns and rifles. Published April 20, 2010 Comments

  • Gun owners rally in D.C., Va. for rights

    By Joseph Weber

    Gun owners came out in force Monday on both sides of the Potomac River to proclaim their Second Amendment rights, but only those on the Northern Virginia side of the river came bearing their handguns and rifles. Published April 19, 2010 Comments

  • Gun rights advocates rally in Va., D.C.

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    Dozens of Second Amendment rights activists holstered their handguns and slung unloaded rifles over their shoulders Monday at a gun rights rally in Northern Virginia, while hundreds of like-minded but unarmed counterparts converged in the nation's capital. Published April 19, 2010 Comments

  • More women may be turning to firearms

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    American women are buying guns and taking aim on firing ranges in growing numbers, according to a recent study and interviews with gun-shop owners. Published March 30, 2010 Comments

  • Gun in Pentagon case came from Tenn. police

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    Two guns used in high-profile shootings this year at the Pentagon and a Las Vegas courthouse both came from the same unlikely place: the police and court system of Memphis, Tenn. Published March 14, 2010 Comments

  • Va. House passes concealed-gun bills

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    A bill that allows people to carry concealed handguns into bars has won final legislative passage and heads now to Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell for his expected signature. Published March 2, 2010 Comments

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