In 2008's District of Columbia vs. Heller and in 2010's McDonald vs. Chicago a narrow majority of Supreme Court ruled that the Second Amendment guarantees the right to bear arms for defense in the home. But writing for the 5-4 majority Justice Anton ...
Posted Tuesday, December 18th 2012 at 1:16PM
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SLATE, December 16, 2012 -- On April 28, 1996, a gunman opened fire on tourists in a seaside resort in Port Arthur, Tasmania. By the time he was finished, he had killed 35 people and wounded 23 more. It was the worst mass murder in Australia’s histor ...
Posted Tuesday, December 18th 2012 at 1:14PM
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THINK PROGRESS, December 15, 2012 -- As the nation grieves over the tragic massacre in Newtown, Connecticut and policy makers try to understand what can be done to prevent mass shootings, sensible gun safety should be part of the answer. A majority ...
Posted Tuesday, December 18th 2012 at 1:12PM
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THE LAST WORD, December 13, 2012 – On November 23, Lucia McBath and Ron Davis got the news all parents fear; their son Jordan had been killed.
Jordan Davis, 17, was in a car with friends listening to, admittedly loud, music at a gas station when ...
Posted Monday, December 17th 2012 at 1:20PM
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WE PETITION THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION TO: Declare 'Stand Your Ground' laws illegal in accordance with Federal law. Require states amend laws to match Federal law
To date, 21 states have adopted laws allowing citizens to protect themselves by use of ...
Posted Saturday, December 15th 2012 at 7:38PM
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THE LAST WORD, December 13, 2012 – On November 23, Lucia McBath and Ron Davis got the news all parents fear; their son Jordan had been killed.
Jordan Davis, 17, was in a car with friends listening to, admittedly loud, music at a gas station when ...
Posted Saturday, December 15th 2012 at 7:36PM
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HUFFINGTON POST, December 5, 2012 -- For all the swagger that pours from his lyrics, Jay-Z sure comes across as a nice guy when he rides the subway.
In a brief segment a minute documentary about the artist's involvement in building Brooklyn’s Barc ...
Posted Friday, December 7th 2012 at 4:03PM
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ALTERNET, December 3, 2012 -- At the Grand Hyatt in Washington, D.C., on November 30, members of the Education Task Force of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) got an earful when education activist and former teacher Sabrina Joy Stevens ...
Posted Thursday, December 6th 2012 at 1:10PM
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HUFFINGTON POST, December 3, 2012 -- While much of the East Coast has recovered from Hurricane Sandy's wrath, the residents of New York’s Rockaways, a land strip nestled between the Atlantic Ocean and Jamaica Bay, are still struggling to pick up the ...
Posted Thursday, December 6th 2012 at 1:08PM
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Stephen Colbert: The sex scandal is all anyone in Washington can talk about. I wonder why the country is in financial ruin! This isn’t just a love triangle, folks. It’s a love PENTAGON! But now it’s all over.
Suddenly, out of nowhere, the sul ...
Posted Friday, November 16th 2012 at 3:07PM
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STATEN ISLAND ADVANCE, November 15, 2012 -- President Barack Obama's visit to a battered New Dorp Beach Thursday afternoon helped lift the spirits of residents as they worked to pick up the pieces of their homes and their lives in the aftermath of Hu ...
Posted Thursday, November 15th 2012 at 8:04PM
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STATEN ISLAND ADVANCE, November 15, 2012 -- A decorated NYPD lieutenant earned high, public praise from President Barack Obama Thursday afternoon, who said he went "above and beyond the call of duty" by helping the parents of two young boys swept aw ...
Posted Thursday, November 15th 2012 at 8:03PM
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