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Behind the background-check fiasco: All politics, all the time

May 3, 2013 Steve Sorkin Crime/Violence, Guns, Obama, Politics, Republicans Leave a comment

Here you have it. A Republican senator admits that the GOP voted not on the merits of the issue, not on doing what is

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Shooting down the arguments against background checks for gun sales

April 11, 2013 Gloria Shur Bilchik Crime/Violence, Good government, Guns, Politics, Uncategorized Leave a comment

What’s not to like about background checks for gun sales? They’re sensible, logical and the right thing to do. Public-opinion polls consistently show that

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