Print AWR Hawkins Follow Read Full Bio Barack, Michelle, Biden All to Skip Thatcher Funeral to Push Gun Control Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's funeral is April 17, but President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, and Vice President Joe Biden are too busy pushing gun control to attend. 16 Apr 2013 Islamic Cleric 'Happy' to See Pain Caused by Boston Marathon Bombing The leader of an extremist Jordanian Muslim Salafi group says he was happy about the Boston bombings, saying, "Let the Americans feel the pain we endured by their armies occupying Iraq and Afghanistan and killing our people there." 16 Apr 2013 39 Senators Already Lined Up Against the Manchin-Toomey 'Compromise' As the Manchin-Toomey background check 'compromise' moves toward a scheduled April 18 vote, 39 Senators have already said they will be voting against it. 16 Apr 2013 Tools of War: Boston Marathon Bombs Appear to Have Been IEDs Early reports indicate the bombs that exploded in Boston Monday afternoon may have been packed with ball bearings which blew through the air like hundreds, if not thousands, of bullets being fired from as many guns. 15 Apr 2013 Background Check Compromise Greatly Expands Government Gun Oversight The background check "compromise" put forward by Sens. Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Pat Toomey (R-PA) is full of gun control red tape that greatly expands the government's reach and oversight into the purchase and handling of firearms. 15 Apr 2013 Armed 80-Year Old Drives Five Assailants from Property An 80-year old man was fortunate to have his gun with him when five teenagers accosted him on April 11 in the driveway of his Flint, MI home. The man fired two shots at the would-be robbers, who then fled and have not returned since. 15 Apr 2013 ABC NEWS: Do We Really Need Guns For Self-Defense? On April 14 ABC News carried a column that asked if we really need guns for self-defense. Toward the end of his column Geller quotes University of Texas criminologist Mark Warr, who says the world may not be as dangerous as American gun owners are led to believe. Rather, people watch violence on TV and arm themselves after "buying into the idea that the world is a really, really dangerous place." 15 Apr 2013 Machin-Toomey Background Check 'Compromise' Regulates Transportation of Firearms, Ammunition The background check 'compromise' put forth by Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Pat Toomey (R-PA) sets new rules for how individuals must transport firearms if taking them from one place to another. 14 Apr 2013 U.S. Army Chaplain Who Died In 1951 Receives Medal of Honor On April 11, President Obama bestowed the Medal of Honor posthumously on Father Emil Kapaun, an Army Chaplain and Korean War POW who died in captivity in 1951. 14 Apr 2013 Manchin: Gun Control Bill Wouldn't Have Stopped Newtown Appearing on CBS News' Face the Nation on April 14, Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) said Newtown families have told them they know the bill he and Senator Pat Toomey (R-PA) have crafted would not have prevented the heinous crime at Sandy Hook Elementary. 14 Apr 2013 Previous 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Next
Barack, Michelle, Biden All to Skip Thatcher Funeral to Push Gun Control Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's funeral is April 17, but President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, and Vice President Joe Biden are too busy pushing gun control to attend. 16 Apr 2013
Islamic Cleric 'Happy' to See Pain Caused by Boston Marathon Bombing The leader of an extremist Jordanian Muslim Salafi group says he was happy about the Boston bombings, saying, "Let the Americans feel the pain we endured by their armies occupying Iraq and Afghanistan and killing our people there." 16 Apr 2013
39 Senators Already Lined Up Against the Manchin-Toomey 'Compromise' As the Manchin-Toomey background check 'compromise' moves toward a scheduled April 18 vote, 39 Senators have already said they will be voting against it. 16 Apr 2013
Tools of War: Boston Marathon Bombs Appear to Have Been IEDs Early reports indicate the bombs that exploded in Boston Monday afternoon may have been packed with ball bearings which blew through the air like hundreds, if not thousands, of bullets being fired from as many guns. 15 Apr 2013
Background Check Compromise Greatly Expands Government Gun Oversight The background check "compromise" put forward by Sens. Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Pat Toomey (R-PA) is full of gun control red tape that greatly expands the government's reach and oversight into the purchase and handling of firearms. 15 Apr 2013
Armed 80-Year Old Drives Five Assailants from Property An 80-year old man was fortunate to have his gun with him when five teenagers accosted him on April 11 in the driveway of his Flint, MI home. The man fired two shots at the would-be robbers, who then fled and have not returned since. 15 Apr 2013
ABC NEWS: Do We Really Need Guns For Self-Defense? On April 14 ABC News carried a column that asked if we really need guns for self-defense. Toward the end of his column Geller quotes University of Texas criminologist Mark Warr, who says the world may not be as dangerous as American gun owners are led to believe. Rather, people watch violence on TV and arm themselves after "buying into the idea that the world is a really, really dangerous place." 15 Apr 2013
Machin-Toomey Background Check 'Compromise' Regulates Transportation of Firearms, Ammunition The background check 'compromise' put forth by Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Pat Toomey (R-PA) sets new rules for how individuals must transport firearms if taking them from one place to another. 14 Apr 2013
U.S. Army Chaplain Who Died In 1951 Receives Medal of Honor On April 11, President Obama bestowed the Medal of Honor posthumously on Father Emil Kapaun, an Army Chaplain and Korean War POW who died in captivity in 1951. 14 Apr 2013
Manchin: Gun Control Bill Wouldn't Have Stopped Newtown Appearing on CBS News' Face the Nation on April 14, Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) said Newtown families have told them they know the bill he and Senator Pat Toomey (R-PA) have crafted would not have prevented the heinous crime at Sandy Hook Elementary. 14 Apr 2013
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