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Second Amendment Case: Law Student Sues Idaho University to Keep Guns
By Michael Ames - Politics DailyThe University of Idaho sits on a picturesque, tree-lined campus in the rolling hills of the northwestern Palouse. Just one mile from the Washington State border, the state's oldest university has the tranquil feel of a bricks-and-ivy, New England college. But one student here is fighting for his right to keep a bit of the Wild West alive on campus. And his case is just one skirmish in a raging national debate over guns, gun control and the legal and moral codes that guide the role of firearms in public places. Aaron Tribble is the 36-year-old, second-year law student making national ...
The Week in Weird (Sex Doll Rescue Edition)
By Tony Deconinck - AOL NewsHave you ever used an inflatable sex toy as a lifesaving flotation device? Or worn a cologne that smelled like money? Or tried to put out a house fire by shooting a gun at it? Find out who has in this week's Weird News roundup. If you think you're really smart, you can jump ahead and take the Fark Weird News Quiz without this little recap. If not, let's get started. In the event of a water hazard, you may use your marital aid as a flotation device The severe storms in Australia and the subsequent flooding in Brisbane have captured the attention of people from around the world. Australia is ...
Opinion: America Needs to Deal With Its Gun Culture
By not in system - AOL NewsIt's not for me to say and I don't doubt that the vast majority of the feedback I get to this will tell me as much, but the recent tragedy in Tucson, Ariz., has displayed to the world once again all that is best and all that is worst about the United States. The best was seen in the mechanics of one of the world's greatest democracies, in the engagement of its functionaries with the people they represent, and in that selfless heroism of ordinary people who do not hesitate to have a go and tackle a man with a gun in his hands and hatred in his heart. The worst, of course, was that the gun and ...
Arizona Suspect's Erratic Behavior Raises Questions About Gun Sales
By Lisa Holewa - AOL NewsJared Loughner's behavior was so disturbing, he was forced to withdraw from community college classes last fall, told he could return only with a mental health evaluation showing he "does not present a danger to himself or others." He tried to enlist in the Army in 2008 but was rejected as unqualified. And those who knew him described him to reporters as a "troubled young man" who frequently had such unusual outbursts that no one even wanted to sit next to him in class. But, according to The Washington Post, on Nov. 30, Loughner legally purchased the Glock 19 semiautomatic pistol that law ...
Prior to UT Shooting, Gun Rights Advocate John Lott Was Scheduled to Speak
By Steven Hoffer - AOL News(Sept. 28) -- As police authorities continue to investigate the frightening events involving an armed gunman that occurred this morning at the University of Texas, the Surge Desk has learned that University of Maryland researcher John Lott, a gun rights advocate and author of "More Guns, Less Crime," was scheduled to speak today at the UT Law School. Read full coverage of the shooting from AOL News here. According to StudentsForLiberty.org, a coalition of student groups including the Libertarian Longhorns, the UT Students for Concealed Carry on Campus, the UT Objectivism Society and the UT ...
New Virginia Law Allows Concealed Weapons in Bars, Restaurants
By Kathryn Yao - AOL NewsBeginning today in Virginia, you will be able to find "shooters" of two types in bars across the state. That's because a new state law going into effect today lifts the ban on concealed weapons in restaurants serving alcohol. The catch is that those who choose to bring guns into such establishments are not allowed to drink. Gun rights supporters throughout the state have been fighting for the right to carry concealed weapons for years. "It's not like alcohol suddenly jumps from their glass into my veins and suddenly I got a problem," said Philip Van Cleave, president of the Virginia ...
So Far, Obama Era Has Been Good for Gun Owners
By Steve Pendlebury - AOL News(June 29) -- Monday's Supreme Court decision upholding individual gun rights is the latest development to challenge the notion that the Second Amendment is a target for the Obama administration. In fact, one commentator says, the last couple of years have been a "gun rights renaissance." Even before he was elected, some opponents warned that Barack Obama would be the "most anti-gun president in American history." Conservative blogs and talk shows stoked fears that he intended to disarm law-abiding citizens. When a woman at a 2008 Obama appearance in Pennsylvania asked him about the rumors, ...
Opinion: Supreme Court's Gun Ban Ruling Will Have Limited Impact
By not in system - AOL News(June 28) -- It is not surprising that the same five justices of the U.S. Supreme Court who ruled that the District of Columbia's handgun ban was unconstitutional two years ago have now ruled that similar bans, whether enacted by Chicago or any other state or city, are similarly not permitted. Most observers thought the Chicago Cubs had a better chance of ultimately prevailing than Chicago's handgun ban. What may be surprising to many people is that the McDonald v. Chicago case will likely have a limited direct impact. The Supreme Court's ruling defined a very narrow right. It held only "that ...
High Court's Gun Ruling Won't End Local Skirmishes
By Andrea Stone - AOL NewsWASHINGTON (June 28) -- By extending the Second Amendment right to bear arms to state and local governments, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday opened the door to legal challenges to gun laws across the country. Whether the decision will change the status quo, though, remains unclear. The case, McDonald v. City of Chicago, strikes down decades-old gun bans in Chicago and its suburb of Oak Park, Ill. It follows almost two years to the day the court's landmark Heller decision striking down the District of Columbia's ban on handgun possession. That case, also decided by an ideologically split ...
Supreme Court Bans Gun Bans: Top 10 Reactions
By Dana Chivvis - Politics DailyThe Supreme Court's ruling striking down a city of Chicago handgun ban has sparked immediate, thoughtful online commentary about one of the country's greatest and oldest debates: that over gun rights -- or more specifically, the relationship among governments, gun access and public safety. Surge Desk has compiled a selection of some of the responses and dialogues coming from the blogosphere as a result of today's historic judgment. Hans von Spakovsky, on the Heritage Foundation's blog, writes that this should have been an easy decision. "It is hard to believe that anyone could rationally ...
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