United States
Georgia Lawmaker Claims Support for More Hidden Handguns in US Schools
Augusta Chronicle (Georgia)
19 Apr 2008
In light of some shootings on college campuses in the past year, some students and faculty in Georgia are pushing for the right to carry handguns on campus. A proposal in the Georgia Legislature earlier this year that would have allowed gun-toting students and faculty on college campuses failed, but part of the legislation remained allowing permitted gun holders on public transit and in restaurants. Some still hold out hope that the issue of guns on campus could resurface. Opponents believe such legislation would only lead to more chaos. But those such as Augusta State University freshman David Urbanawiz say it would make them feel... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Illinois Mayors, Politicians, Police Campaign to Close Gun Law Loopholes
Daily Herald (Chicago)
19 Apr 2008
Closing the so-called "terror gap" that allows those on the no-fly list to buy guns legally is the top federal gun sales law reform goal of U.S. Rep. Mark Kirk and other local gun control advocates. "That reform should have widespread bipartisan support," Kirk said at a news conference Friday. He hopes to see the closing of the loophole attached to an appropriations bill in Congress within the next few months. The "terror gap" is among a number of gun sale loopholes recently identified at a congressional hearing on illegal guns in Washington, D.C. Kirk, of Highland Park, said he wants to begin spreading public awareness of them. They also include... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Indiana Risks Losing Federal Funds for Gun Purchase Mental Health Checks
WTHR TV News (Indiana)
19 Apr 2008
WASHINGTON, DC -- Indiana could miss out on millions in federal aid which is earmarked to keep guns out of the hands of the mentally ill. A new law makes the federal money available to states which upgrade background checks to reveal gun buyers who are mentally unstable. As of now, Indiana submits no information to the federal database used for those background checks. Gun control advocates say such information is critical. "Someone who's been found by a court to be dangerously mentally ill shouldn't be able to buy a gun. But we only know if someone is a felon or dangerously mentally ill if we have that information in a background check," said... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Obama's 9yrs on Board of 'Pro-gun Control' Joyce Foundation Dissected
Politico (Washington, DC)
19 Apr 2008
Barack Obama's presidential campaign has worked to assure uneasy gun owners that he believes the Constitution protects their rights and that he doesn't want to take away their guns. But before he became a national political figure, he sat on the board of a Chicago-based foundation that doled out at least nine grants totaling nearly $2.7 million to groups that advocated the opposite positions. The foundation funded legal scholarship advancing the theory that the Second Amendment does not protect individual gun owners' rights, as well as two groups that advocated handgun bans. And it paid to support a book called "Every Handgun Is Aimed at You: The Case... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Polls Show US Gun Owners Not Bitter, But More Giving, Happy, Self Reliant
Wall Street Journal, Opinion
19 Apr 2008
In words that he has come to regret, Barack Obama opined as to why he was having a hard time winning over many blue-collar voters: "They get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or antitrade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations." It was a throwaway line to a private audience at a San Francisco fund-raiser. And it was made public on a liberal Internet blog, not by right-wing commentators. But Mr. Obama's opponents seized on the quote. It was evidence, they claimed, that he is "elitist," caricaturing middle Americans as gun-toting, immigrant-despising, religious rednecks -- who... ( gunpolicy.org )
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