THEHILL.COM 5 Hours Ago Sen. Murkowski concerned about Obama executive action on guns - The Hill's Blog Briefing Room by Daniel Strauss By Daniel Strauss - 01/11/13 03:09 PM ET Tweet Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) says she's "troubled" by the possibility of President Obama taking executive action to reduce gun violence. Murkowski's comments on Friday came in response to Vice President Biden, who is leading a task force that will pass along recommendations to reduce gun violence to President Obama next week, saying that Obama is likely to use executive orders. Obama has called for swift action on reducing gun violence in response to a shooting massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary in December that resulted in 27 dead. "I will tell you that I am very very troubled with the vice president's comments that he thinks that gun control can effectively be done through executive decree — executive order," Murkowski said Friday in an interview with KSRM R...

NEWS BUSTERS 34 Minutes Ago Latest Ed Schultz Whopper: 'We've Never Had a Civilian Stop a Shooting' by Jack Coleman The hits keep coming from libtalker Ed Schultz, who's kicking off the new year on a roll. First week into 2013, Schultz insisted that Bill Clinton was never tried in the Senate after he was impeached by the House. Schultz followed with the laughable claim that gun laws in Chicago, a city with some of the nation's toughest restrictions on firearms, "don't even exist." (audio clip after page break) Schultz is tripling down on his ignorance, making an egregiously false claim on his radio show yesterday while talking about whether schools should allow teachers to arm themselves (h/t for embedded audio clip, Brian Maloney at mrctv.org) -- Would it be a deterrent if, you know, say perpetrators know that there's guns in the schools? How do we know they wouldn't view that as a challenge? I mean, we got a goofy world out there. ...

LEGALINSURRECTION.COM 1 Hour Ago David Gregory and wife knew D.C. Attorney General by William A. Jacobson District of Columbia Attorney General Irvin Nathan issued a lengthy letter today explaining the decision not to prosecute David Gregory despite “despite the clarity of the violation of this important law,” despite rejecting NBC’s claims of a subjective misunderstanding of the law, and despite vowing vigorous enforcement of gun laws. Emily Miller of The Washington Times, who has written extensively about the overly aggressive enforcement of D.C. gun laws, including as to high capacity magazines, reacted as follows: It is shameful that the politicians running the nation’s capital have sent the clear message that there are two systems of justice in the city: one for the rich and powerful and one for everyone else. It further undermines public confidence in such decisions to find out that Nathan knew Gregory and his wife, high-powered attorney Beth Wilkinson. Anne dug up t...