House, Senate members back DC gun owners
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Bipartisan majorities in both the House and the Senate are backing gun owners in a landmark Supreme Court case.
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By The Daily Oklahoman  Feb. 25--MIKE Wilbanks and Sheila Almond have a few things in common: They are small-business owners who keep guns at work for protection, and aren't afraid to use them if necessary.
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Congratulations to Linda Cropp and her fellow DC council members who voted with her Tuesday night. By insisting that private funding be included for a new baseball stadium in Washington, they did the right thing.
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The House Wednesday passed what could become the first major federal gun control law in over a decade, spurred by the Virginia Tech campus killings and buttressed by National Rifle Association help.
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With help from the NRA, nearly 50 senators are pushing to end a two-decade old rule forbidding people from openly carrying firearms in most national parks
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House GOP leaders have stepped in to help a Democratic congresswoman who is facing a discrimination lawsuit, arguing that lawmakers are shielded under a clause in the Constitution that was derived from British parliamentarians concerned about royal persecution.
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RICHMOND, Jan. 18 -- A Virginia House committee on Friday defeated an effort to close a major loophole in the state's gun laws, angering families of victims of the Virginia Tech massacre and Gov. Timothy M. Kaine (D), who had pushed hard for the law.
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A U.S. appeals court on Friday struck down a 30-year-old Washington, D.C., law that bans handguns in homes, a precedent-setting ruling that dealt a setback to a city with one of America's highest crime rates.
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Sen. Jim Webb finally admitted he owns a gun that an aide was arrested for carrying into the U.S. Capitol complex in March.
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Spurred by the deadliest shooting rampage in modern U.S. history, the Democratic-led House of Representatives is expected to approve a bill to keep guns out of the hands of the mentally ill, lawmakers said on Tuesday.
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A federal appeals court overturned the District of Columbia's long-standing handgun ban Friday, rejecting the city's argument that the Second Amendment right to bear arms applied only to militias.
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The US Congress approves the first major gun control bill since 1994, a  response to April's Virginia Tech shootings.
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Nearly two-thirds of Americans say they believe the Constitution guarantees each person the right to own a gun, according to a poll released Sunday.
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Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani, a strong proponent of gun control during his years as New York mayor, told a Southern audience Friday that he supports the constitutional right to bear arms.
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CAPITOL HILL Despite a warning from the police chief in Washington DC about a &quot;tidal wave&quot; of weapons, the House has voted to lift a ban on handguns in the nation&#39;s capital.
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US lawmakers pass a bill that could tighten controls on gun ownership, in response to the Virginia Tech shootings.
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A campaign by more than 200 U.S. mayors to repeal an amendment they say makes it harder for police to trace illegal firearms between states was dealt a setback in Congress on Thursday.