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Vice President Joe Biden gave a speech this afternoon celebrating the administration's push for new restrictions on gun ownership. Which is a little like an athlete stopping mid-race to say that he already considered himself a winner. While in sixth place.
The shooter was apparently quite ill, and yet managed to get an extended magazine. Are new rules to come, or will gun industry lobbyists control the debate?
Four more states allow firearms where alcohol is served
Concealed-weapons permit holders may take their guns to church in August
Not where you think, apparently
The Second Amendment is "fully applicable to the states"
A Boston Globe columnist on Starbucks and the right to bear arms
The Supreme Court is likely to strike down Chicago's handgun ban; there may be upsides
Well, if a lack of gun-control policy is any indication...
The right to bear extremely small arms
The Washington Post says the gun industry is blowing away all sales targets, but bloggers predict a looming bust
The Giant receiver got two years for gun possession. Democratic Underground wonders where his defenders are.
Jason Zengerle and Megan McArdle debate whether gun-toting protesters are a threat
The right has fielded some of the sharpest critics of legally brandishing firearms near the President.
Card-carrying gun rights advocates decisively reject William Kostric packing heat at an Obama townhall.
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