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  • ** FILE ** Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy (second from right) gestures at the conclusion of a legislation signing ceremony as Jackie and Mark Barden (left and second from left, respectively), parents of Sandy Hook shooting victim Daniel Barden, and Neil Heslin (right), father of Sandy Hook shooting victim Jesse Lewis, look on at the Capitol in Hartford, Conn., on Thursday, April 4, 2013. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

    Gun maker Mossberg mulls exit over Conn. governor's 'slanderous' remarks

    Gun manufacturers in Connecticut have come out swinging against Gov. Dannel P. Malloy for what they claim are slanderous statements that have led to a hostile work environment.


  • Rachel Smith, 32, of Richmond, looks over shotguns at the Bob Moates sport shop in Richmond, Va., on Thursday. Smith, the mother of five children and an avid hunter plans to purchase several guns before President-elect Obama takes office. (Associated Press)

    MILLER: Democratic front group hyped as hunters by media in gun control fight

    The liberal media will do anything to pressure lawmakers to support President Obama's gun-control agenda.


  • ** FILE ** People look at firearm displays at the Sports Connection Gun Show at the Modern Living Building at State Fair Park in Yakima, Wash., on Saturday, Feb. 16, 2013. (AP Photo/Yakima Herald-Republic, TJ Mullinax)

    Background checks for gun transactions shoot up; all 50 states report increases

    The number of background checks for gun transactions run through the FBI's instant-check system jumped 54 percent in the first two months of 2013 and increased dramatically in all 50 states compared to the same period last year, a spike analysts attribute to the Obama administration's post-Newtown push for new gun controls.


  • ** FILE ** Matthew Duggan of Dover, Pa., 9, holds a sign as he and his father, Patrick, attend a "Day of Resistance" rally in Red Lion, Pa., on Saturday, Feb. 23, 2013, part of a nationwide effort to support the right to bear arms and to oppose some recent gun-control proposals and actions taken in the wake of the mass killing of school children in Newtown, Conn. (AP Photo/York Daily Record, Jason Plotkin)

    Gunmakers fire back at Big Brother by pulling firearms from police, paychecks in gun-control states

    In a protest against new gun laws, more than 100 firearms dealers say they will stop selling guns to government and law enforcement officials in New York and other states unless those same firearms are also available to average citizens.


  • Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley testifies at a Judicial Proceedings Committee hearing to urge state lawmakers to pass legislation requiring residents to obtain a license before purchasing a handgun, ban assault weapons, limit magazine capacities to 10 rounds and require prospective gun buyers to complete a safety course and pay a $100 application fee, Annapolis, Md., Wednesday, February 6, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

    MILLER: Maryland fails the troops

    Aperverse side effect of Maryland's gun-control hysteria is that certain proposed legislation could leave American soldiers disarmed. The General Assembly should slow down and think about what it's doing.


  • ** FILE ** Vice President Joe Biden speaks at a gun violence conference in Danbury, Conn. Gov. Dannel P. Malloy also addressed the event organized by the state's congressional delegation to push President Barack Obama's gun control proposals. Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013.

    MILLER: Gun grabbers kill jobs

    Gun-control laws don't reduce crime, but they do reduce employment. Some governors don't care and are pushing for more pointless statutes that put their citizens' jobs on the line. Smarter governors sense the opportunity to poach a few manufacturers from their colleagues.


  • Protesters hold up signs during a protest against Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley's new gun control legislation at Lawyers Mall in Annapolis, Saturday, Jan. 19, 2013. Rallies are being held by gun rights advocates four days after President Barack Obama unveiled a sweeping plan to curb gun violence. (AP Photo/Capital Gazette, Matthew Cole)

    MILLER: Spreading gun hysteria

    Six states are eager to capitalize on last month's horrific shooting of schoolchildren in Newtown, Conn. New York's quick-draw Gov. Andrew Cuomo was the first to craft a gun-control package behind closed doors and ram it into law within a matter of days.


  • Firearms instructors Logan Martin (left) and Andres Gonzalez of Calgary, Alberta, look through the sights of Sig Sauer Swat Patrol AR rifles during the 35th annual SHOT Show on Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

    Gun group chief says industry isn't to blame for Newtown tragedy

    A weapons industry group based in the Connecticut town where a gunman killed 20 children and six adults last month is opening a Las Vegas Strip trade show Tuesday that's expected to draw tens of thousands of manufacturers and enthusiasts.


  • Vice President Joseph R. Biden speaks during a meeting at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in the White House complex on Dec. 20, 2012. (Associated Press)

    MILLER: Gun owners under assault

    Anti-gun politicians are wasting no time while the Newtown, Conn., school shootings are still fresh in Americans' minds. The White House task force on gun violence will issue recommendations on Tuesday, and Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. said President Obama might bypass Congress and implement unpopular gun-control measure through executive orders.


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