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Dec 22, 2012
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Putting armed guards in schools to deter violence is not something local educators, parents and even law enforcement see as viable.
The National Rifle Association's suggestion Friday that armed guards should be placed at every school to protect children from mass shootings was quickly dismissed as counter-productive, costly and probably unnecessary.
The National Rifle Association's suggestion Friday that armed guards should be placed at every school to protect children from mass shootings was quickly dismissed as counter-productive, costly and probably unnecessary.
Dec 22, 2012
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MIAMI (CBSMiami) - Jon Hammar, the 27-year-old former Marine from Palmetto Bay, is making his way back to his family's Palmetto Bay home, after spending almost five months imprisoned in Mexico.
Hammar was released Friday night from the Matamoros jail and driven over the U.S.-Mexico border into Brownsville, Texas, where his father, Jon Sr., waited.
Hammar was released Friday night from the Matamoros jail and driven over the U.S.-Mexico border into Brownsville, Texas, where his father, Jon Sr., waited.
Dec 21, 2012
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A Marine veteran jailed for months in Mexico after trying to carry a family heirloom shotgun across the border has been freed, officials and his lawyer said late Friday. Jon Hammar, who is from Florida, left for Mexico this summer, about three months after he left the Pathway Home in Yountville where he had been treated for post-traumatic stress disorder.
Dec 21, 2012
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Mike Thompson is walking point again.
This time, the Northern California congressman and former Vietnam War infantryman is stepping out ahead of gun control. His job, in part, is to find politically feasible firearms solutions that can work without endangering his fellow Democrats in the House of Representatives.
This time, the Northern California congressman and former Vietnam War infantryman is stepping out ahead of gun control. His job, in part, is to find politically feasible firearms solutions that can work without endangering his fellow Democrats in the House of Representatives.
Dec 21, 2012
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The man chosen by House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi to lead a Democratic task force on gun violence told TPM on Thursday that the rifle used in the Newtown, Conn. massacre should be illegal under a new assault weapons ban.
Dec 21, 2012
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Congressman Mike Thompson (CA-1) announced today that the Russian River watershed was selected as California's Habitat Focus Area within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Habitat Blueprint. NOAA's habitat conservation experts felt that the Russian River offered the greatest opportunities for NOAA-wide collaboration on habitat conservation among the 17 candidate areas iden
Dec 21, 2012
Press Release
Congressman Mike Thompson, chair of a congressional Gun Violence Prevention Task Force (CA-1) today issued the following statement following the National Rifle Association's (NRA) press conference.
Dec 20, 2012
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When Rep. Gabby Giffords and 18 other Americans were gunned down in front of a Tucson, Ariz., supermarket in January 2011, I thought Congress would start to move on gun control legislation. Giffords was, after all, one of their own members. I was disappointed.
Dec 19, 2012
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional gun rights supporters showed an increased willingness Tuesday to consider new legislation to control firearms in the aftermath of the Connecticut school shootings — provided it also addresses mental health issues and the impact of violent video games.
Dec 19, 2012
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WASHINGTON — Manufacturers of the popular AR-15 semi-automatic rifle, the type of weapon used last week in the Newtown, Conn., killings, girded for the worst Tuesday as gun control moved to the forefront of the legislative agenda in the nation's capital and retailers pulled the weapon from store sales floors and websites.
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