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Kelly Riddell is a former columnist and commentary writer for The Washington Times.

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In this Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2014, file photo, former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg smiles prior to be conferred with the Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur by France's Foreign minister Laurent Fabius, at the Quai d'Orsay, in Paris. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)

Bloomberg group’s mass-shootings report ‘riddled with errors’: gun reseacher

The July report by billionaire Michael Bloomberg's funded gun-control group Everytown for Gun Safety is "riddled with errors," including mistakes in the number of shootings reported, the extent of the shooter's mental illness and even where the attacks occurred, according to an analysis by gun researcher John Lott.

October 9, 2014
Gordon Kamara, left, is sprayed by Konah Deno after they loaded six patients suspected to have been infected by the Ebola virus into their ambulance in the village of Freeman Reserve, about 30 miles north of Monrovia, Liberia, Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2014. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

U.S. hospitals unprepared to deal with Ebola waste

U.S. hospitals may be unprepared to deal with the waste caused by Ebola patients, according to U.S. health officials, making it difficult for them to care for patients safely, without further risk of spreading the disease.

October 2, 2014
Director of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Dr. Tom Frieden speaks during a news conference. (AP Photo/John Bazemore) ** FILE**

After first Ebola case, fears turn to U.S. pandemic preparedness

The confirmation Tuesday of the first Ebola case on U.S. soil emerges against a backdrop of increasing concern in America's medical community that preparedness for a pandemic has stagnated or slipped in recent years because of tough economic times and increasing malaise since the 2001 anthrax threat.

September 30, 2014
A police car drives past the entrance to the Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas, Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2014. A patient in the hospital is showing signs of the Ebola virus and is being kept in strict isolation with test results pending, hospital officials said Monday. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

First Ebola case confirmed in U.S.: CDC

A patient in a Dallas hospital who has been held in "strict isolation" is confirmed to have the deadly Ebola virus, a local news station has revealed.

September 30, 2014
Pew Research Center found that 52 percent of Americans say Second Amendment rights are more important than gun control — up 7 percentage points from just after the December 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting that left 20 schoolchildren and six faculty dead. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Onerous ATF rules threaten to put gun dealers out of business

Doug Stockman always has had a passion for firearms, so 20 years ago he made a business out of it. Today, his shop, SSG Tactical, is one of the largest gun dealers in Virginia, with 10 employees, training classes and concealed-carry fashion bags.

September 18, 2014
Armed: During one of the establishment's Second Amendment Wednesdays, Naomi Leydig dines with an openly displayed firearm at The Cajun Experience in Leesburg, Virigina, with her two sons, Jaden and Jeremy. (photographs by Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Gun-friendly businesses, bars, restaurants growing in popularity

The owners of TBonz Steakhouse in Augusta, Georgia, decided to be proactive when Republican Gov. Nathan Deal signed into law one of the most comprehensive pro-gun bills in the country this April, which allowed firearms into the state's bars and restaurants.

September 1, 2014
Virginia requires licensed firearm dealers to check the backgrounds of all buyers, but the law does not apply to purchases from private sellers at gun shows. A Republican-dominated legislature has rebuffed efforts to close the loophole. (Associated Press)

ATF seeks to force gun dealers to quickly report lost weapons

The federal law enforcement agency that has acknowledged losing track of hundreds of weapons in sting operations is trying to force legal gun dealers to do what it failed to accomplish: quickly report guns that get lost in transit.

August 12, 2014
"These whistleblowers never have the opportunity to make their case," said Sen. Chuck Grassley, Iowa Republican. "It's stereotypical treatment of whistleblowers for the executive branch." (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Obama administration hindering oversight: IGs

Forty-seven federal inspectors general wrote a letter to Congress Tuesday complaining about specific cases where some federal agencies such as the Peace Corps and the Environmental Protection Agency refused to hand over documents critical to their independent oversight.

August 5, 2014
**FILE** Attorney General Eric Holder speaks July 14, 2014, at the Justice Department building in Washington. (Associated Press)

Holder: Equip police officers with heroin antidote

The Department of Justice is clearing way for federal police officers to carry an antidote to reverse the effects of heroin overdoses, following in the footsteps of other large metropolitan police forces such as New York City.

July 31, 2014