Victorious on Gun Ban, NRA Looks Toward Elections
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With its battle to kill the  decade-long U.S. ban on assault weapons won, the National Rifle  Association is now setting its sights on the Nov. 2  presidential and congressional elections.
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A 10-year-old ban on assault weapons  expired across the United States on Monday with a political  firefight but no apparent rush to rearm by gun fanciers.
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Last night&#39;s sunset of a federal ban on some 19 military-style assault weapons is yet another sad commentary on the political powerlock that the National Rifle Association has over members of Congress.
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Amid recent political maneuvering is a situation little noticed by the public: The 1994 federal arms ban did not prevent many assault weapons from reaching the streets.
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Barack Obama says the country must do "whatever it takes" to eradicate gun violence but believes in the right to bear arms.
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(CBN News) - Voters in 11 states overwhelmingly passed constitutional amendments to protect traditional marriage, and ban gay marriage.
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Advocates of gun rights said the decision raised the prospect of a national re-evaluation of the meaning of the Second Amendment and the rights of gun owners.
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Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee  won the Republican presidential nominating race in West  Virginia on Tuesday, defeating rivals John McCain and Mitt  Romney in the first of the day's 24 state contests to pick  candidates for the November election, MSNBC projected.
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President Bush officially secured the GOP presidential nomination on Tuesday with the votes of delegates from Pennsylvania, the same battleground state Republicans hope will deliver a win come November over Democratic challenger John Kerry.
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The decision today was the first from a federal appeals court to hold that the Constitution gives individuals, not just state militias, the right to bear arms.
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The Scottish Executive takes steps to seek powers from Westminster over firearms legislation.
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A bill that would repeal most local gun laws in the nation&#39;s capital passed the House Wednesday, over the objections of city officials including the mayor and police chief.
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Note to delegates and other convention attendees: Leave your guns at home. As New York increases security for the Republican National Convention, the event's organizers are making sure nothing's left unsaid. That's why "weapons" topped a list of prohibited items sent out in advance.
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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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GEORGETOWN, Guyana  - Guyana's President Bharrat   Jagdeo, a free-market advocate, has won re-election after   sweeping to victory in peaceful elections on Monday in the   former British colony, authorities said on Thursday.
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Senior Democrats have reached agreement with the National Rifle Association on what could be the first federal gun-control legislation since 1994, a measure to significantly strengthen the national system that checks the backgrounds of gun buyers.
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The vote, a major victory for the White House, also gives legal protection to phone companies that aided government wiretapping.