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Lone gunman kills at least 12, wounds 50 at ‘Batman’ screening in Colorado;...
Horror. Tragedy in Aurora, CO. There are conflicting reports on the number of dead, but it’s at least 12, and probably rising, with some reporting as many as 15: A gunman wearing a gas mask set off an...
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Bloomberg to Obama and Romney: Where exactly do you stand on gun control?
Humans will be humans. New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg joins the list of those who can’t bear to refrain from politicizing a tragedy for even one day: “You know, soothing words are nice, but...
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Rapper Ice-T defends gun rights: “The last form of defense against tyranny”
Solid. Huh. Quite a cogent argument from Ice-T, the self-described “godfather of gangsta rap,” defending Americans’ gun rights following the shooting in Colorado on Friday. “It’s legal in the United...
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Rush Limbaugh: How did Brian Ross’s tea-party “scoop” about Aurora make it on...
“They didn’t care whether it was true or not.” Via the Daily Rushbo, belated reaction to the media’s latest attempt to bash a square peg into a round narrative hole. Over at Slate, Dave Weigel says...
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Lawyer for Holmes’s mother: ABC took my quote about having “the right person”...
"I answered, ‘yes, you have the right person.’ I was referring to myself." Via Politico, I’m tempted to say “unbelievable” but the original ABC story came from The Blotter, which is Brian Ross’s team....
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Control. White House press secretary Jay Carney on Sunday said President Obama was committed to preventing gun crimes by relying on “existing law,” two days after a mass shooting in Colorado left 12...
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Stewart: So what does a guy have to do to get fired at ABC?
The odd coincidences of violence and media hysteria over the Tea Party. That’s a very good question, and one that — so far — ABC News hasn’t answered. Brian Ross went to air within hours of the Aurora...
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Hickenlooper: Tougher gun laws wouldn’t have stopped Aurora shooter
Funny name, common sense. The Colorado governor said this on CBS’ “Face the Nation,” Sunday but it’s worth flagging a) because the utterly predictable gun-control discussion is ongoing and Hick is...
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ABC News president to staff: Our coverage was excellent except for that whole...
Standards. It’s now day five of Rossgate and we continue to inch ever so slowly towards meaningful action. Consider this post the official launch of the Hot Air pool on when disciplinary measures will...
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Aurora victim’s brother to MSNBC host: Why, no, I don’t want to talk about...
"If somebody wants to do harm to somebody, they're going to find a way to do it." Via Greg Hengler, we’re late to this but it’s still a must-post, simply because it’s one of the great narrative...
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Misfire. The head of the House Democratic Caucus said Tuesday that Congress should “absolutely” ban the sale of assault weapons in the wake of last week’s fatal shooting rampage in Colorado. Many...
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When should we have a gun-control debate?
We've already had it. After incidents like the massacre in Aurora, gun-control advocates adamantly demand a debate on new restrictions to prevent the use of firearms in mass murders, and accuse their...
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Congressional leaders weigh in on gun-control debate
Approach with caution. Both President Obama and Mitt Romney have now weighed in with words that are vague on specific deeds since last week’s deadly shooting in Colorado sparked a major national...
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Misfires. President Barack Obama said Wednesday the nation needs to start talking about tougher gun laws. That might be the end of the conversation. The White House offered no specific follow-up....
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Reasonable regulations? President Barack Obama called for a discussion in the wake of the 2011 Tucson shootings and again on Wednesday following the Colorado movie theater rampage. But Mr. Carney did...
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Pew poll: Little support for new gun control regulations after Aurora shooting
Hands off. Not a new phenomenon, either. In fact, incredibly enough, support for gun control actually declined after the Tucson shooting last year: Not sure how reliable that Virginia Tech comparison...
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Shocker: After Aurora, media misleads on gun control
But it doesn't seem to have worked. In the last three years, it has seemed like every mass shooting in America gets tied to conservatism and/or the Tea Party. The most recent example, of course, was...
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McCain to mother of Aurora shooting victim: The assault-weapons ban isn’t...
Straight talk. Via TPM, skip to around 0:45 below for what’s likely to be tomorrow’s manufactured outrage du jour. The thought process on this for gun-control fans will run this way, I think: By...
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Psychiatrist warned campus police about Aurora shooter a month before mass...
Game changer? In a revelation that may have Colorado voters rethinking their state’s push on gun control, court documents revealed that the mass shooting in Aurora that killed 12 and injured 70 more...
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New red-state Dem ad: No gun-grabbing New York City mayor’s going to tell me...
"Nothing in the Obama plan would have prevented tragedies like Newtown, Aurora, Tucson, or even Jonesboro." Clever but risky. Clever because, in a state as red as Arkansas, he’s better off running...
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