AccessMyLibrary provides FREE access to over 30 million articles from top publications available through your library.
Create a link to this page
Copy and paste this link tag into your Web page or blog:
Senate readies for key votes on gun control.(St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
Byline: Deirdre Shesgreen
WASHINGTON _ The Senate is poised to hold two cliffhanger votes this week on gun control, opening up another front in the political culture wars as the 2004 election begins to take shape.
The votes are scheduled for Tuesday on Democratic amendments to a bill that would give the gun industry broad immunity from lawsuits. While the main bill appears to have broad support from Republicans and Democrats, the amendments have fewer supporters in the GOP.
The Democrats' willingness to press for gun restrictions marks a strategic shift for the party, which until recently had tiptoed quietly around the guns issue since some strategists concluded it contributed to Al Gore's election loss in 2000.
But even as they step gingerly back into the debate, Democrats are taking a more centrist tack that stresses support for the Second Amendment along with "sensible" gun control measures.
"After the 2000 election, the party was quieter on guns," said Deborah Barron, public ...
- Pennsylvania rejects a host of gun-control measures.
- Newspaper article from: Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA) Worden, Amy Cattabiani, Mario F. October 3, 2006 700+ words
...resoundingly defeated a host of gun-control measures, including an assault...arguments." (EDITORS: BEGIN OPTIONAL TRIM) Rep. Dwight Evans, D...the commonwealth." (END OPTIONAL TRIM) Gun-control opponents argued for more vigorous...
- Florida professor is on the academic firing line over gun control. (Originated...
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Browning, Michael August 18, 1993 700+ words
...says Kleck. (END OPTIONAL TRIM) Kleck favors gun control but says most current...dumber than the gun-control lobby's agenda...poker with the gun control lobby and saying...known.'' (END OPTIONAL TRIM) His controversial...
- Gun control group urges states to use consumer laws to regulate guns.(Knight...
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Mondics, Chris March 13, 2001 700+ words
...has hit a wall, a leading gun control group said Monday that it would...dying." (EDITORS: BEGIN OPTIONAL TRIM) A spokesman for Pennsylvania...not generally receptive to gun control. (END OPTIONAL TRIM) Center officials contended...
- Shootings spark limited debate about gun control.
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) April 19, 2007 700+ words
...EDITORS: BEGIN OPTIONAL TRIM) But in Virginia...EDITORS: BEGIN OPTIONAL TRIM) Just last year...restrictions you set." (END OPTIONAL TRIM) In Washington, talks...between both sides of the gun control issue over whether...
- Senate readies for key votes on gun control.
- Newspaper article from: St. Louis Post-Dispatch (St. Louis, MO) March 1, 2004 700+ words
...cliffhanger votes this week on gun control, opening up another front...Amendment along with "sensible" gun control measures. "After the 2000...seeking to attach the twin gun control measures to a broader bill...put it. (EDITORS: BEGIN OPTIONAL TRIM) "These lawsuits ...
- So gun control is bad, but it's okay if kids shoot each other?
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Monk, John May 3, 1999 700+ words
...America. I admit no gun control proposal would by itself...proposed reasonable gun control legislation, Senate...EDITORS: BEGIN OPTIONAL TRIM) Fortunately, respected...Giese says. (END OPTIONAL TRIM) The gun lover who...get so upset about gun control while ...
- Gun control advocates assail Bush's stance on assault weapons ban.
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) May 14, 2003 700+ words
...Zuckman WASHINGTON _ Gun control advocates accused President...voters who support gun control that he favors the...EDITORS: BEGIN OPTIONAL TRIM) Wayne LaPierre...he said. (END OPTIONAL TRIM) In general, Bush...
- Looking for a `smoking gun' in the gun-control debate.
- Newspaper article from: Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA) Goldstein, Steve April 11, 2007 700+ words
...the nation's capital reminds gun-control advocates what's at stake...homicide of 2007. (EDITORS: BEGIN OPTIONAL TRIM) At the Enon Tabernacle Baptist...gun ban was the first to hold a gun-control law unconstitutional on the ground...