ABC NEWS BROADCASTING CORPORATION 30 Minutes Ago US gun control group 'to balance NRA influence' by Kim Landers by North America correspondent Kim Landers Updated January 09, 2013 12:12:48 Gun-control advocates in the US have set up a new group designed to counter the influence of the National Rifle Association (NRA). The woman behind it is Gabby Giffords, the former congresswoman from Arizona who was shot and wounded in Tucson two years ago. Ms Giffords and her husband, former astronaut Mark Kelly, have decided to take on the powerful gun lobby. They say it was a meeting last week with the families of the victims of the Sandy Hook primary school massacre that prompted them to take action. "It brought back a lot of memories about what that was like for us some two years ago today, and you hope this sort of thing doesn't happen again - but you know what, it does happen again," Mr Kelly said. "I have a gun. Gabby and I are both gun owners. We

NEWS BUSTERS 3 Hours Ago CBS Bizarrely Wonders About 'Normal Kinds' of Shootings; Promotes Pro-Gun Control Protests by Matthew Balan CBS This Morning's slant towards gun control emerged again on Tuesday as they reported on the upcoming meetings of Vice President Joe Biden's task force on new firearms regulations. Despite a graphic spotlighting how "activists on both sides" were ready for a "fight" on the issue, the morning show only featured pictures of pro-gun control demonstrations, including one of a far left Code Pink protester disrupting a recent NRA press conference. Anchor Charlie Rose also asked CBS News political director John Dickerson an eyebrow-raising question regarding the passage of federal gun control legislation in the wake of the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut [audio available here; video below the jump]: CHARLIE ROSE: How much pressure comes from the gun control lobby?...do they believe that there&

GUNSSAVELIVES.NET 4 Hours Ago Homeowner in CO Shoots 2 of 3 Home Invaders with .357 Magnum A homeowner in Colorado successfully fought off 3 would be home invaders. The homeowner said three men burst into his home and that’s when he grabbed his .357 revolver that he keeps close at hand. He fired at one suspect, hitting him in the chest. A second suspect managed to grab his arm as he was about to fire again, causing the second suspect to get shot in his leg. At that point the would be robbers fled the scene, but stopped nearby due to their injuries. The suspect who was shot in the chest is in critical condition at an area hospital while the suspect who was shot in the leg is in stable condition. The homeowner says he keeps his gun close at hand due to deteriorating conditions in his neighborhood. Read the full article here:http://www.krdo.com/news/Police-Homeowner-shoots-2-suspects-... Is the link above broken? You can view an archived copy of the source article here

CONSERVATIVENEWJERSEY.COM 1 Hour Ago NJ Liberals Introduce 18 Gun Control Bills Today Earlier today, in an abbreviated legislative session because of the Joint Session of the Legislature for Governor Christie’s State of the State Address, liberal New Jersey Democrats managed to introduce 18 new Gun Control bills in an effort to further deprive you of your 2nd Amendment right. While the exact language of some of the bills will not be available until tomorrow at the earliest, the remainder will be available next week; the titles of them are scary enough. All of them appear to be a massive expansion of Government intrusion into the private lives of law abiding New Jersey citizens and their families if you wish to exercise your 2nd Amendment right. Until the specific language of the bills becomes available, presumably starting tomorrow, it is difficult to determine if any part of any of these bills will curb violence, much less gun violence; or even curtail criminal activity at all

DIRECTORBLUE.BLOGSPOT.COM 1 Hour Ago PRESIDENT OBAMA REALLY IS MAKING THE COUNTRY SAFER: Gun sales hit a 14-year high last month Because, as everyone who has read the research knows, an armed society is a safe society. And no one -- no one! -- is making this country safer than Barack Obama: Gun sales reached at least a 14-year high last month, according to a widely used, if imperfect, measure.The FBI processed 2.78 million background checks through its national database (NICS), meaning last month was the busiest month ever for gun-sellers since NICS began in 1998. For contrast, authorities in Dec. 2007 processed 1.23 million checks, and five years before that, in 2002, only 974,000 checks. Last month’s record-setting pace was the result of two deadly shootings in a month’s time, which significantly increased the likelihood that President Obama and Congressional Democrats would draft anti-gun legislation. But even before the massacre at Sandy Hook and the ambush outside Rochester

ROLANDMARTINREPORTS.COM 1 Hour Ago Retired Gen. Stanley McChrystal: Gun Control Requires ‘Serious Action’ Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Source: Luke Johnson / The Huffington Post Retired Gen. Stanley McChrystal came out in favor of gun control restrictions in a Tuesday morning appearance on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.” “I spent a career carrying typically either a M16, and later a M4 carbine,” he said. “And a M4 carbine fires a .223 caliber round, which is 5.56 millimeters, at about 3,000 feet per second. When it hits a human body, the effects are devastating. It’s designed to do that. That’s what our soldiers ought to carry.” Said McChrystal, “I personally don’t think there’s any need for that kind of weaponry on the streets and particularly around the schools in America. I believe that we’ve got to take a serious look — I understand everybody’s desire to have whatever they want — but we have to protect our children and our police an

TIMES247.COM 1 Hour Ago Democrats drop 'gun control' by Jessica Chasmar Tuesday, January 8, 2013 House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif. gestures as she speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Jan. 4. Pelosi and her Democrat counterparts have been instructed to talk about "gun control prevention," rather than gun control in order to marshal public favor. Photo Credit:AP In an effort to come out on top in the politically charged gun control debate, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., has coined a new term to describe the left's agenda: Gun violence prevention. Pelosi is pushing the moderate-sounding phrase in order to calm public fears of draconian gun laws, even wholesale confiscation. “We don’t talk about ‘gun control.’ We talk about ‘gun violence prevention.’ That contains a lot of things, [including] ending the sale of high-capacity assault magazines,” Pelosi said Tuesday, briefing a group of editorial wri

NEWS BUSTERS 2 Hours Ago CNN Hypes Gabby Giffords' Push for New Gun Laws by Matt Hadro CNN did its best to promote former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords' push for stricter gun laws on Tuesday. Correspondent David Mattingly even highlighted the large "donate" button on the website of Giffords' new political action committee. "And if you think about it, if Gabby Giffords came knocking on my door, office door on Capitol Hill, I would have to let her in," swooned anchor Carol Costello. Mattingly directed viewers to her website's fundraising section: "[I]f you go to the website that they've set up now, the Americans for Responsible Solutions, the first thing you see there is a big window where you can click on it to donate." "[A]s powerful as the NRA is, it is not easy to fight Gabby Giffords," touted anchor Ashleigh Banfield. "She has an enormous amount of support not only among her former congressmen, but across th

COURANT.COM 2 Hours Ago Teachers In Ohio, Texas Flock To Free Gun Training Classes CLEVELAND/SAN ANTONIO— School teachers in Texas and Ohio are flocking to free firearms classes in the wake of the Connecticut elementary school massacre, some vowing to protect their students with guns even at the risk of losing their jobs. In Ohio, more than 900 teachers, administrators and school employees asked to take part in the Buckeye Firearms Association's newly created, three-day gun training program, the association said. In Texas, an $85 Concealed Handgun License (CHL) course offered at no cost to teachers filled 400 spots immediately, forcing the school to offer another class, one instructor said. Sign Up For Traffic Text Alerts "Any teacher who is licensed and chooses to be armed should be able to be armed," said Gerald Valentino, co-founder of the Buckeye Firearms Association. "It should be every teacher's choice." The Dec. 14 tragedy in Newtown, Co

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