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Second Grader's Precious 'Chocolate Bullets' Plan Earns Handwritten Note From Vice President Biden

Drew Weisholtz — Tue, 14 May 2013 15:50:00 +0000

A 7-year-old Wisconsin boy has come up with a rather delicious way to solve the gun control debate in this country.

And it’s won the support of one very high-ranking politician.

Read the Open Letter from Johnson County Sheriff Chuck Heiss to President Obama

Newstalk 1050 Staff — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 01:18:40 +0000

The following is an open letter sent to President Barack Obama on the morning of Jan. 17 from Johnson County Sheriff Chuck Heiss in regard to the Obama Administration's recent gun control proposal.

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Norwich, N.Y., Gun Shop Posts Sign Banning Obama Supporters (UPDATED)

Daniel J. Cassavaugh — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 18:06:14 +0000

Update: We interviewed the store's owner. His comments appear below.

Heading Due North, a gun and sporting-goods store in Norwich, New York, posted two photos to its Facebook page of signs in front of the store criticizing anyone who voted for President Barack Obama or New York Governor Andrew Cuomo. The store is owned and operated by David Francis, who also signed a letter posted on the storefront window.

The sidewalk sign reads: "IF YOU VOTED FOR OBAMA OR CUOMO U ARE NOT WELCOME HERE."

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Reacting to Violence in the Wake of the Newtown Massacre [OPINION]

Bruce — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 20:37:37 +0000

It is impossible to put into words the sorrow I feel about the heinous act committed in Newtown, Conn. If there's one place we want to feel our children are safe, it is in school. Couple that with the fact that this was an elementary school and it is next to impossible to wrap my mind around it. 26 people lost their lives and nobody will ever be able to make sense of it.

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Does the Colorado Theater Shooting Affect Your View on Gun Control?

Nick Romano — Sun, 22 Jul 2012 21:14:58 +0000

Gun control has always been a major issue of debate in America — right up alongside the more recently heated topics of abortion, same-sex marriage and health care — but the tragic shooting of 71 people during a Colorado theater’s showing of ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ has given this controversy a brand new spotlight.

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