Articles in Category: 'Newtown'

The Absurdity of 'Universal' Background Checks

By: Sheldon Richman | Posted: April 11, 2013 3:55 AM

Those who favor “universal” background checks on gun buyers make some ridiculous arguments.

TAGS: ACLU, Adam Lanza, background checks, Gun buyers, gunrunning, guns, News, Newtown, Columns

Sen. Jeff Brandes Files School Lockdown Bill

By: Jim Turner | Posted: February 12, 2013 2:00 PM

TAGS: Conn., Jeff Brandes, Lockdown Drills, News, Newtown, SB 790, School Emergency Procedures, Senate Bill 790, Politics, Government

Sen. David Simmons: To Address School Safety, Deal with ‘Culture of Violence’

By: Jim Turner | Posted: January 16, 2013 3:55 AM

TAGS: Bobby Pearce, Buyback our Safety Act, David Simmons, Department of Justice, Education Committee, Gerry Connolly, HR 227, Jackie Pons, John Legg, Joseph Joyner, Mike Quigley, News, Newtown, president Obama, Rick Scott, Senate Committee on Education, Ted Deutch, Government

Sen. Dianne Feinstein's Gun-Control Firebomb

By: Nancy Smith | Posted: January 7, 2013 3:55 AM

If any subject can overtake the fiscal-cliff aftermath on the D.C. Richter scale, it's a gun-control bill.

TAGS: assault weapon ban, Boston Herald, Dianne Feinstein, firearms, Fordham University, gun-control bill, Joe Biden, large ammunition magazine ban, Library of Law and Liberty, National Firearms Act, News, Newtown, Nicholas J. Johnson, NRA-ILA, Obama Administration, Second Amendment, Thomas M. Menino, Columns

Mike Fasano: Put Law Enforcement in Elementary Schools

By: Jim Turner | Posted: December 22, 2012 3:55 AM

TAGS: Dennis Baxley, Mike Fasano, National Rifle Association, News, Newtown, NRA, Rick Scott, Wayne LaPierre, Politics

Rick Scott Asks Floridians to Join in Moment of Silence for Connecticut School Victims

By: Jim Turner | Posted: December 20, 2012 6:45 PM

TAGS: Dannel Malloy, News, Newtown, Rick Scott, Politics, Government

Gun Ban Won't Stop Another Sandy Hook Massacre: Let's Have the Hard Conversation

By: Nancy Smith | Posted: December 20, 2012 3:55 AM

Why is the Sandy Hook aftermath conversation only about gun control?

TAGS: Adam Lanza, Anders Breivik, Connecticut, Gun Control, Los Angeles Times, Nancy Lanza, National Review, News, Newtown, Norway, Rasmussen Reports, Samuel L. Jackson, Sandy Hook, Utoya, Columns

The Dead Soul of Adam Lanza

By: Pat Buchanan | Posted: December 18, 2012 3:55 AM

"No set of laws can eliminate evil from the world, or prevent every senseless act of violence in our society."

TAGS: Adam Lanza, Dylan Klebold, Eric Harris, Gabby Giffords, James Holmes, Jared Lee Loughner, News, Newtown, president Obama, Sandy Hook Elementary School, Columns

Florida Voices: ‘Horrified and Saddened’ by Newtown School Massacre

By: Jim Turner | Posted: December 14, 2012 4:00 PM

TAGS: Chris Smith, Jeff Atwater, Jose Felix Diaz, Marco Rubio, Mark Pafford, News, Newtown, Patrick Murphy, Rick Scott, Sandy Hook Elementary School, Ted Deutch, Teresa Jacobs, Politics