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New York Daily News; May 8, 2008
States must unite to put an end to illegal gun trafficking
Last week, a federal appellate court, citing a statute backed by the National Rifle Association that blocks municipalities from suing gun manufacturers, dismissed a landmark lawsuit seeking to put an end to the pipeline of illegal ...read the full article.
- RICHARD ABORN Philadelphia Inquirer; May 6, 2008
Editorial: Gun Control: How many more?
The cold-blooded killing of Philadelphia Police Sgt. Stephen Liczbinski is yet another sad reminder of the violence that rages on the streets, thanks to the easy access of guns and a disregard for human life.
Sgt. Liczbinski sh ...read the full article.
- Philadelphia Inquirer Christian Science Monitor; May 6, 2008
Editorial: Armed to kill in national parks? A rule that would allow visitors to carry loaded guns in US parks should be shot down.
Pressured by the gun lobby and 51 US senators, the Interior Department proposes enhancing everyone's national park experience by letting people pack heat with a picnic. That's just what the nation's millions of park visitors don't ...read the full article.
- Christian Science Monitor New York Times; May 4, 2008
Editorial: The Wrong Friends
It is remarkable how many people are willing to help illegal gun sellers. Congress all too often takes the side of the gun lobby over victims of gun violence. Last week, in a particularly wrongheaded ruling, a federal appeals cour ...read the full article.
- New York Times Morning Journal; May 2, 2008
Editorial: National parks safe, keep them that way, keep loaded guns out
For the past quarter century, national parks and wildlife refuges have operated under rules that require visitors to keep their guns unloaded and stowed away where they are not easily accessible.
But now, Interior Secretary Di ...read the full article.
- Morning Journal Atlanta Journal-Constitution; May 1, 2008
Our Opinions: Shoot down gun bill
The gun lobby contends that Georgia will be a safer place if Gov. Sonny Perdue signs House Bill 89, which allows those with permits to carry concealed weapons on MARTA trains, in state parks and in restaurants that serve alcohol.
...read the full article.
- Maureen Downey, for the editorial board Orlando Sentinel; April 30, 2008
Florida in cross hairs for its lax training requirements to carry hidden guns
Some of the 500,000 people holding concealed-weapons permits in Florida qualified by using toy guns.
Recent complaints to state officials pointed out that almost anyone who wants to carry a handgun to the movies, mall or church ...read the full article.
- Henry Pierson Curtis Daily Herald; April 25, 2008
Editorial: Congress, close the gun loopholes
Today, nearly seven years after terrorists flew planes into the World Trade Center, it is hard to believe those listed on our government's "no fly list" can legally purchase guns.
What is Congress waiting for?
Of course, gun ...read the full article.
- Daily Herald Seattle Post-Intelligencer; April 25, 2008
Editorial: Handgun Safety: We're not packing
Everyone wants to feel safe. But there are no guarantees either in weapons or rules banning weapons.
The University of Washington's ban on carrying guns seems sensible. The rule's longstanding acceptance likely is based on a se ...read the full article.
- Post-Intelligencer ABC News; April 22, 2008
U.S. Guns Arming Mexican Drug Gangs; Second Amendment to Blame?
U.S. gun stores and gun shows are the source of more than 90 percent of the weapons being used by Mexico's ruthless drug cartels, according to U.S. and Mexican law enforcement officials.
"It's a war going on in Mexico, and thes ...read the full article.
- BRIAN ROSS and RICHARD ESPOSITO CBS Evening News; April 22, 2008
Shock Over Chicago Student Gun Deaths
(CBS) Public school students in Chicago aren't as worried about making the grade as they are about making it home alive, CBS News correspondent Cynthia Bowers reports.
"You can't go nowhere without being shot," said Juston Gant. ...read the full article.
- CBS Florida Sun-Sentinel; April 21, 2008
South Florida gun shops function as enforcers of laws
The law is simple: Handgun buyers go through a background check and wait at least three days before actually getting the weapon.
The reality is more complicated. Couples walk into South Florida gun shops every day. Suppose one ...read the full article.
- John Holland Dallas Morning News; April 21, 2008
Deepen gun ownership
In recent election cycles, the greatest feat of liberal tight-rope walking has occurred not over abortion, but gun safety. Candidates talk about renewing the assault weapons ban, then mumble something about the rights of hunters. ...read the full article.
- Jim Kessler Hartford Courant; April 21, 2008
Editorial: Stop Illegal Gun Sales
Hartford police officers recovered about 400 illegally acquired firearms last year. Those weapons didn't pop up out of thin air.
People who owned or had access to legal firearms either lost them or sold them to convicted crimin ...read the full article.
- Hartford Courant Washington Post; April 17, 2008
A Day of Tears at Tech: A Year After 'All of Our Lives Changed,' Mourners Find Unity
BLACKSBURG, Va., April 16 -- With renewed displays of campus unity and many smaller, private moments of painful tribute, Virginia Tech marked the anniversary of its darkest day Wednesday with events honoring the 32 students and fa ...read the full article.
- Nick Miroff Associated Press; April 17, 2008
Vigil at Virginia Tech ends with defiant chant of 'Hokies!'
BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) -- All day, memorial services large and small were held at Virginia Tech, celebrating the 32 lives cut short by a gunman last year. Perhaps the most powerful came after dark.
At the end of a solemn and movi ...read the full article.
- HANK KURZ Jr. CBS Evening News; April 16, 2008
Slow Progress On Guns And The Mentally Ill
(CBS) One year ago Wednesday, Holly Sherman lost her daughter Leslie at Virginia Tech.
"She was everything I ever could've wanted in a child," Sherman said.
She's still mystified that Seung-Hui Cho, who had a history of biza ...read the full article.
- CBS Baltimore Sun; April 15, 2008
Closed store is source of guns: Firearms bought years ago still being used in city crimes
A Parkville gun store that was closed by federal agents in 2006 remains the biggest single source of guns used in Baltimore crimes, according to a draft of testimony that Mayor Sheila Dixon plans to give before a congressional tas ...read the full article.
- Annie Linskey New York Times; April 15, 2008
At State Level, More Attempts to Limit Guns
State lawmakers across the country are ramping up efforts to pass new restrictions on guns, following nearly a decade in which state legislative efforts have been dominated by gun advocates.
Much of the proposed legislation -- ...read the full article.
- JENNIFER STEINHAUER ABC News; April 15, 2008
Report Singles Out 'Easy' Gun Stores As Key to Gun Crimes
"Easy" gun stores that turn a blind eye to arms purchasers, whose multiple gun buys and questionable behavior should indicate they are merely middlemen, are a large part of the problem that has led five million Americans to become ...read the full article.
- RICHARD ESPOSITO
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