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Open thread for night owls: Turning Mother Nature in a weapon of war
Democratic leader says assault weapon ban lacks support in Senate
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a Nevada Democrat, said on Tuesday that fewer than 40 of his chamber's 100 members support a White House-backed bill to renew a ban against military-style assault weapons. The scant support virtually assures rejection of the bill, a centerpiece of Obama's bid to curb gun violence in [...]
Obama: Iran a Year Away From Nuclear Weapon
In an interview with Israeli TV ahead of his visit to the region next week, President Obama says he believes Iran is “over a year or so” away from being able to develop a nuclear weapon and that the U.S. will use “all options” to… Tweet This Post
After gun crime, weapon history takes time to find
WASHINGTON (AP) — In the fictional world of television police dramas, a few quick clicks on a computer lead investigators to the owner of a gun recovered at a bloody crime scene. Before the first commercial, the TV detectives are on the trail of the suspect. Tweet This Post
American Voices: North Korea To Test New Nuclear Weapon
In response to recently imposed U.N. sanctions, North Korea vowed to conduct its third test of a nuclear weapon, warning of confrontation with its proclaimed “arch-enemy” the United States. Tweet This Post
Gun groups predict assault weapon ban will fail in Congress
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Gun rights groups on Sunday forecast that bids to ban assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition clips would fail in Congress, as Vice President Joe Biden prepares this week to give President Barack Obama proposals to curb gun violence. Even some congressional Democrats indicated that a bill to revive the U.S. assault weapons [...]
Glowing Ahmadinejad: ‘I Am The Nuclear Weapon We’ve Been Building’
NEW YORK— Responding to the ongoing controversy regarding Iran’s nuclear program, brightly glowing President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced in his address to the U.N. Tweet This Post
Factbox: Profile of weapon used in Connecticut massacre
(Reuters) – Connecticut shooter Adam Lanza used a weapon in the Bushmaster AR-15 family to shoot all of his victims at a school in a rampage that killed 20 young children and six staff members on Friday in Newtown, Connecticut, police said. He then used a handgun to kill himself. Some facts about Bushmaster AR-15 [...]
Profile of weapon used in Connecticut massacre
(Reuters) – Connecticut shooter Adam Lanza used a weapon in the Bushmaster AR-15 family to shoot all of his victims at a school in a rampage that killed 20 young children and six staff members on Friday in Newtown, Connecticut, police said. He then used a handgun to kill himself. Some facts about Bushmaster AR-15 [...]
Congressional Candidate Tried to Bring Weapon on Plane
Illinois state Sen. Donne Trotter (D), who is running for the seat vacated by former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D), was charged with trying to bring a handgun onto a plane at O’Hare Airport, the Chicago Sun Times reports. Tweet This Post
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