Patrick Murphy, Opinion, MSNBC This Thursday, Valentine’s Day, will be the two month anniversary of the Sandy Hook massacre. Since that tragic day, more than 1,763 Americans have been killed by gun violence (@GunDeaths). The debate over assault rifles has led me to reminisce about my own e...
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Feb12
Will Bunch, Attytood Blog After Newtown, I -- and many others -- said that despite the horrific-ness of what happened at the Sandy Hook Elementary School, the NRA and their fellow zealots were counting on one thing: That they could wait you out. That you would move on to other things before Amer...
Read MoreAccumulated gun violence in America produces "a Sandy Hook-plus" of deaths every day, Vice President Biden said Monday following a meeting with regional law enforcement and elected officials in Philadelphia. He was referring to the 26 children and teachers killed in the shooting rampage at Sandy...
Read MoreHeidi Przybyla, Bloomberg A coalition of House Republicans is willing to thwart the National Rifle Association’s opposition to broadening background checks for U.S. gun purchases. That may be President Barack Obama’s best chance for advancing tougher gun regulations this year. Repre...
Read MoreAngelo Fichera, Philadelphia Daily News FOR ABOUT 4,000 Pennsylvians who obtained a concealed-carry permit through the so-called "Florida loophole," time's up. State Attorney General Kathleen Kane on Friday announced that Florida has agreed to close a controversial policy allowing Pennsylvanians...
Read MoreBy John L. Micek, Op-ed, The Patriot-News Two months after the deadly shootings at Sandy Hook, the gun-control conversation in Pennsylvania resembles nothing so much as the stereotypical American tourist abroad: the one who hopes the louder he shouts, the better he'll be understood. On one side...
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Feb08
Philadelphia, Feb. 8, 2013 -- CeaseFirePA proudly stood with Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane and Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter as the Attorney General took decisive action to fight gun violence and make Pennsylvania safer by closing "the Florida loophole." Kane satisfied the long-...
Read MoreKathleen E. Carey, Delaware County Times In the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary School tragedy, U.S. Rep. Patrick Meehan, R-7, of Upper Darby, joined a bipartisan legislative contingent introducing a bill that would make gun trafficking a federal felony and would increase the penalties for str...
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Feb05
WASHINGTON, D.C., Feb. 5, 2013 -- CeaseFirePA, a coalition of Pennsylvanians, mayors, police chiefs, faith leaders, and community organizations, today proudly stood with U.S. Representatives Patrick Meehan (R, Pennsylvania), Carolyn Maloney (D, New York), Scott Rigell (R, Virginia) and Elijah Cum...
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Feb05
Danielle Lynch, Delaware County Times UPPER DARBY — Pennsylvania’s senior U.S. senator said he was so haunted by what happened at a Connecticut elementary school in December that he changed his stance on new gun laws. U.S. Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., changed his position on gun laws a fe...
Read MoreTaking a Stand Against Gun Violence 03/11/2013 Monday: 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM Mis...
Read More >Another poll shows overwhelming support in Pennsylvania for background checks...
Read More >E.J. Dionne's commentary in the Philadelphia Inquirer today calls the recent ...
Read More >Those of us who want common sense gun laws -- the majority of Pennsylvanians ...
Read More >Vice President Joe Biden, calling on elected officials in D.C. to have the co...
Read More >"It is a fortunate coincidence in the ongoing gun safety debate that the most...
Read More >In the past few weeks, we've been able to share some major accomplishments in...
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