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SOTU Guests: Ted Nugent, Mohawk Guy

A look at who will be attending tonight's State of the Union address

(Newser) - Who will be sitting in the audience when President Obama gives his State of the Union address tonight? Well, not everyone will be a fan:
  • Ted Nugent will be there as a guest of Rep. Steve Stockman, Talking Points Memo reports. Nugent wants to "counter the scams and lies
...

Michelle Obama Attends Funeral of Slain Girl

Hadiya Pendleton was killed after performing at Obama inauguration

(Newser) - Hundreds of mourners and dignitaries including first lady Michelle Obama packed the funeral service today for a Chicago teen whose killing catapulted her into the nation's debate over gun violence. Yet, one speaker after another remembered 15-year-old Hadiya Pendleton not so much as a symbol but as a best...

Newtown Schools Ask for Armed Officers

Board of education asks town for guards at elementary schools

(Newser) - Newtown's board of education wants armed officers protecting the town's four elementary schools, reports NBC Connecticut . The board last night asked the town to approve money for the school resource officers, who already have a permanent presence at Newtown's middle and high schools. “After what happened...

Armed Officer Disarmed Atlanta School Shooter

After young gunman shot 14-year-old, say police

(Newser) - The 14-year-old boy who was shot at an Atlanta school today is doing fine and is expected to be released from the hospital tonight, reports the Atlanta Journal-Constitution . A fellow student is in custody, and police think a specific dispute between the two of them led to the shooting. Also...

Teen Shot Dead Days After Performing at Inauguration

Hadiya Pendleton murdered in Chicago park

(Newser) - Little more than a week ago, Hadiya Pendleton was performing with the King College Prep band and drill team at President Obama's inauguration. Yesterday she was killed, shot in a Chicago park while hanging out with her friends after getting out of school early. Hadiya, 15, was with a...

Giffords Testifying at Senate Gun Violence Hearing

Where, unfortunately for Lindsey Graham and ted Cruz, there will be no guns

(Newser) - Continuing her campaign against gun violence, Gabrielle Giffords will testify today at a Senate hearing on the issue. The Senate Judiciary Committee hearing—the first on gun violence in 14 months—was already expected to be a dramatic showdown, the Washington Post reports. Giffords is not expected to take questions;...

Stephen King: My Novel 'Gas' for School Shooters

Says 'Rage' could have been 'possible accelerant' to killers

(Newser) - Stephen King is jumping into America's conversation on gun violence, with a new Kindle Single entitled simply, "Guns." According to Amazon , the 99-cent essay "constructs his argument for what can and should be done" to reduce violence. But the segment that's grabbing attention is one...

Ex Aussie PM: We Banned Assault Weapons, So Can US
Ex Aussie PM: We Banned Assault Weapons, So Can US
john howard
Jan 17, 2013 1:16 PM CST

Ex Aussie PM: We Banned Assault Weapons, So Can US

John Howard discusses how Australia did it, and the results

(Newser) - In the New York Times today, John Howard details how he, as then-prime minister of Australia, got an assault weapons ban passed after a massacre in which 35 people were killed with semiautomatic weapons. He doesn't want to "lecture" America on the matter, he writes, and acknowledges there...

Inside Obama's Gun-Control Plan

President to set out sweeping moves today, flanked by kids

(Newser) - When President Obama announces a sweeping gun control agenda today, he'll be joined by schoolchildren who wrote him letters after the Sandy Hook school shooting, reports the Washington Post . Among what he's expected to reveal at a press conference scheduled for just before noon: proposals including a ban...

Biden to Huddle With Video Game Industry Today

No word on whether games will be in recommendations he sends to prez

(Newser) - Leading video game industry reps will today meet with Joe Biden, who has announced he will send the White House's gun violence task force's recommendations to the president by Tuesday , reports the Hill . Among those in attendance will be the CEO of lobbying group the Entertainment Software Association,...

NRA Blasts Biden for 'Attack' on 2nd Amendment

Their meeting did not go well

(Newser) - The NRA hinted as much before its meeting with Joe Biden and confirmed it afterward: It says the White House is going too far in its push to tighten gun laws, reports Fox News . Part of the group's statement after the 45-minute session at the White House:
  • "We
...

Defense Calls No Witnesses as Holmes Hearing Wraps

Judge's decision expected Friday

(Newser) - James Holmes' preliminary hearing ended today, as the defense decided not to call any witnesses, the AP reports. The judge will rule by Friday on whether the accused Dark Knight shooter should stand trial; Holmes could enter a plea that day if the judge decides he should be tried. Holmes'...

Sheriff Joe's Newtown Response Will Terrorize Kids

Armed posses won't make students feel safe: Terry Greene Sterling

(Newser) - Sheriff Joe Arpaio, the self-described "Toughest Sheriff in America," responded to the Connecticut school shooting with a new plan: Send volunteer "posses" with guns to patrol the areas around 50 schools in the Phoenix area. But this is an awful idea that will only result in lower...

Walmart: OK, OK, We'll Meet With Biden on Guns

Retailer initially declined invitation to gun safety talks

(Newser) - Meetings of Joe Biden's gun control task force start this week, and Walmart made headlines right off when it initially declined to attend. The retailer—the largest seller of guns and ammo in the nation—apparently couldn't find anyone in its huge organization who could make it to...

Giffords, Kelly Launch Gun Control Group

They say it will be able to counter the gun lobby's influence

(Newser) - Today is the second anniversary of Gabrielle Giffords' shooting , and she and Mark Kelly mark the occasion by launching a group pushing for "responsible" gun laws. "Until now, the gun lobby's political contributions, advertising, and lobbying have dwarfed spending from anti-gun-violence groups. No longer," they write...

Homicides Up 7% in &#39;Stand Your Ground&#39; States
Homicides Up 7% in
'Stand Your Ground' States
new study
Jan 3, 2013 9:01 AM CST

Homicides Up 7% in 'Stand Your Ground' States

Analysis found no deterrence of crime

(Newser) - Whatever the merits of "Stand Your Ground" laws, they appear to increase homicides by at least 7%, reports NPR . It cites a Texas A&M study of the 23 states that have enacted "Stand Your Ground" laws since 2005. Researchers looked at the homicide rate in those states...

Game Makers Enjoy Cozy Ties With Gun Makers

Games provide a great marketing vehicle, and both sides take advantage

(Newser) - The latest spate of mass shootings has renewed talk about violent video games, and the New York Times provides an example of just how closely the makers of games work with the makers of guns: When Electronic Arts was getting ready to push its new Medal of Honor Warfighter, it...

Firefighters' Shooter Served Time for Killing Grandma

William Spengler beat 92-year-old to death with a hammer in 1980

(Newser) - Police have identified the man who this morning fatally shot two firefighters responding to the blaze he set in his own house as 62-year-old William H. Spengler Jr., reports the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle . Spengler was convicted of first-degree manslaughter in 1981 for beating his 92-year-old grandmother Rose Spengler to...

Huffington Post Tracks 100+ Shooting Deaths in Week

Website making a point about gun violence

(Newser) - Everyone heard about the Sandy Hook rampage, but not so much about the dozens of individuals across the country who were shot to death in the following week. The Huffington Post tracked gun-related murders and accidents through Google and Nexis searches and came up with more than 100. It's...

Gun Deaths Will Exceed Traffic Deaths in US by 2015
Gun Deaths Will Exceed Traffic Deaths in US by 2015
study says
Dec 20, 2012 12:18 PM CST

Gun Deaths Will Exceed Traffic Deaths in US by 2015

And in 10 states, they already do

(Newser) - A disturbing new study by Bloomberg finds that by 2015, the number of people killed by guns in the US will likely surpass the number of people killed in traffic accidents. It would be a first. Vehicle deaths are on the decline (down 22% between 2005 and 2010), but gun...

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