2012-06-09T04:00:56Z opencongress.org tag:opencongress.org,2007:/bill/news/74677 tag:opencongress.org,2012-06-09:/commentary/15751667 2012-06-09T04:00:56Z Vacaville Reporter At the end of the school year, The Reporter received a number of letters from teenagers whose high school class assignment was to investigate and advocate for a program or project. -- Editor Every day there are teenagers who are dying due to ...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.thereporter.com/letters/ci_20820396/teen-advocacy-trafficking-drug-use-among-their-concerns">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2012-06-01:/commentary/15541237 2012-06-01T14:04:34Z EurasiaNet “They tell us that the dam will be good for Kasimlar, but that’s a lie,” fumed Hassan, a guide from Kasimlar, the village where the dam’s 2,188-meter-long tunnel will enter the mountains to channel the Köprülü River’s water.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.eurasianet.org/node/65483">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2012-05-21:/commentary/15344205 2012-05-21T11:04:20Z Daily Caller As we reported last November, the ongoing effort to fully vindicate the fundamental, individual right to carry a concealed handgun for self-defense took a major step forward with House passage of H.R. 822, the “National Right-to-Carry ...<br /><br /><a href="http://dailycaller.com/2012/05/21/coalition-of-attorneys-general-urge-passage-of-national-right-to-carry-reciprocity/">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2012-04-21:/commentary/14654189 2012-04-21T01:09:59Z Examiner On Monday of this week I woke up to the news that it was the 5th anniversary (April 16, 2007) of the shooting at Virginia Tech, where 27 kids and 5 faculty members were murdered and 17 injured, by a gunman who was mentally unstable, but legally got his gun<br /><br /><a href="http://www.examiner.com/article/the-week-that-killed-our-kids">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2012-04-18:/commentary/14585785 2012-04-18T19:35:55Z Opposing Views WASHINGTON-- Brady Campaign President Dan Gross issued the following statement in response to the hold Senator Dianne Feinstein placed on bills S 2188 and S 2213, which the Brady Campaign believes should be called the "George Zimmerman Armed Vigilante Acts<br /><br /><a href="http://www.opposingviews.com/i/society/crime/senate-puts-hold-george-zimmerman-armed-vigilante-acts">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2012-04-16:/commentary/14537075 2012-04-16T20:21:14Z RedState Three bills are working their way through Congress and two are expected to be voted on this year: National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Act of 2012, Introduced to the Senate as S. 2188 and HR 4269 which aims to close state vs. fed loopholes on the ...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.redstate.com/checkmate2012/2012/04/16/two-gun-owners-rights-bills-to-watch/">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2012-04-16:/commentary/14532250 2012-04-16T19:52:36Z Opposing Views Just days after the murder of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin by Sanford Neighborhood Watchman George Zimmerman, the NRA prevailed on U.S. Senators to introduce S 2188 and S 2213, which the Brady Campaign is calling the “George Zimmerman Armed Vigilante Acts.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.opposingviews.com/i/society/guns/gun-victims-gather-dc-virginia-tech-5th-anniversary">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2012-04-16:/commentary/14515650 2012-04-16T16:39:20Z Weekly Just days after the murder of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin by Sanford Neighborhood Watchman George Zimmerman, the NRA prevailed on U.S. Senators to introduce S 2188 and S 2213, which the Brady Campaign is calling the “George Zimmerman Armed ...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.theweekly.com/news/2012/April/16/gun_victims.html">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2012-04-11:/commentary/14350044 2012-04-11T14:22:06Z Opposing Views The Brady Campaign recently began mobilizing to stop bills S 2188 and S 2213, which make up what it’s calling the “George Zimmerman Armed Vigilante Act.” The Senate bills, similar to HR 822, which passed the House late last year, would allow ...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.opposingviews.com/i/society/crime/victims-congress-keep-guns-away-dangerous-people">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2012-04-05:/commentary/14203720 2012-04-05T13:39:06Z Huffington Post In the wake of the tragic shooting death of unarmed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, much of the public focus has been on Florida's 2005 "Stand Your Ground" law (opposed then, and exposed today as a "Shoot First, Ask Questions Later" law). Regardless of ...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-sugarmann/trayvon-martin-victim-nra_b_1405892.html">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2012-04-05:/commentary/14147614 2012-04-05T13:39:06Z Huffington Post In the wake of the tragic shooting death of unarmed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, much of the public focus has been on Florida's 2005 "Stand Your Ground" law (opposed then, and exposed today as a "Shoot First, Ask Questions Later" law). Regardless of ...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-sugarmann/trayvon-martin-victim-nra_b_1405892.html?ref=politics">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2012-04-05:/commentary/14140976 2012-04-05T12:06:03Z Huffington Post In the wake of the tragic shooting death of unarmed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, much of the public focus has been on Florida's 2005 "Stand Your Ground" law (opposed then, and exposed today as a "Shoot First, Ask Questions Later" law). Regardless of ...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-sugarmann/trayvon-martin-victim-of_b_1405892.html">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2012-04-01:/commentary/14077082 2012-04-01T19:56:05Z Common Dreams WASHINGTON - April 2 - The lethal shooting of unarmed, 17-year-old Trayvon Martin by concealed handgun permit holder George Zimmerman is the predictable result of an aggressive decades-long campaign by the National Rifle Association (NRA) to ...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2012/04/02-12">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2012-04-01:/commentary/14023138 2012-04-01T13:08:03Z DAILY KOS A new low for the Brady Campaign. Authoritarians, conservatives especially, have a time honored tactic of renaming legislation they don't like for people they don't like. Whether it be Hillarycare, Obamacare, whatever. One thing I have always ...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/04/01/1079730/-The-George-Zimmerman-Armed-Vigilante-Act">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2012-04-01:/commentary/14017984 2012-04-01T11:49:19Z DAILY KOS On Mar 27, 2012, the Brady Campaign President Dan Gross testified at a briefing held by House Judiciary Committee Democrats, “Protecting a “Suspect” Community: Forum on Racial Profiling, Federal Hate Crimes Enforcement and “Stand Your ...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/04/01/1079705/-Thank-you-Dan-Gross">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2012-03-27:/commentary/13837855 2012-03-27T18:00:19Z Opposing Views My name is Dan Gross. I am President of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence. Thank you for inviting me to speak at this important briefing. Our country must address the issue of hate crimes, of why one look at Trayvon Martin convinced George ...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.opposingviews.com/i/society/guns/brady-president-george-zimmerman-embodies-gun-lobby%E2%80%99s-dark-vision-america">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2012-03-27:/commentary/13837853 2012-03-27T17:10:13Z Examiner    The anti-gun Brady Campaign for the Prevention of Gun Violence has launched a new effort to derail national concealed carry reciprocity legislation by dubbing two Senate bills the “George Zimmerman Armed Vigilante Acts” after the man who fatally .<br /><br /><a href="http://www.examiner.com/gun-rights-in-seattle/brady-campaign-reaches-new-low-exploiting-trayvon-martin-case">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2012-03-27:/commentary/13846634 2012-03-27T14:47:03Z Daily Caller For the second time in as many weeks, a national Right-to-Carry reciprocity bill has been introduced in the U.S. Senate. On March 20, U.S. Senator John Thune (R-S.D.) introduced Senate Bill 2213, the “Respecting States’ Rights and Concealed ...<br /><br /><a href="http://dailycaller.com/2012/03/27/respecting-states-rights-and-concealed-carry-reciprocity-act-introduced-in-u-s-senate/">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2012-03-27:/commentary/13810600 2012-03-27T04:09:57Z Human Events (blog) Pro-gun Senators John Thune (R-SD) and David Vitter (R-LA) recently introduced legislation to advance national reciprocity for gun owners who can legally carry concealed firearms in the state where they reside. The Thune-Vitter bill was introduced with a .<br /><br /><a href="http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=50387">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2012-03-26:/commentary/13787305 2012-03-26T08:50:19Z AmmoLand.com Charlotte, NC --(Ammoland.com)- For the second time in as many weeks, a national Right-to-Carry reciprocity bill has been introduced in the U.S. Senate. On March 20, U.S. Senator John Thune (R-S.D.) introduced Senate Bill 2213, the ...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.ammoland.com/2012/03/26/respecting-states-rights-concealed-carry-reciprocity-act-introduced-in-u-s-senate/">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2012-03-23:/commentary/13683358 2012-03-23T16:39:10Z Bangor Daily News Weapons legislation often divides people between pro-gun and anti-gun. For example, take a recent bill passed by the Oklahoma legislature to allow residents to openly display their handguns in public. The National Rifle Association was for it ...<br /><br /><a href="http://bangordailynews.com/2012/03/23/opinion/editorials/a-gun-bill-that-imposes-on-states-rights/">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2012-03-22:/commentary/14436560 2012-03-22T23:49:51Z Huffington Post The tragic shooting of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin by George Zimmerman has rightly generated tremendous outrage across the nation. Unfortunately, an untold number of additional families across America have experienced the same heartbreak as a result of ...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-sugarmann/trayvon-martin_b_1373642.html?ref=impact">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2012-03-22:/commentary/14245964 2012-03-22T23:49:51Z Huffington Post The tragic shooting of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin by George Zimmerman has rightly generated tremendous outrage across the nation. Unfortunately, an untold number of additional families across America have experienced the same heartbreak as a result of ...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-sugarmann/trayvon-martin_b_1373642.html?ref=media">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2012-03-22:/commentary/13645878 2012-03-22T17:37:37Z Huffington Post The tragic shooting of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin by George Zimmerman has rightly generated tremendous outrage across the nation. Unfortunately, an untold number of additional families across America have experienced the same heartbreak as a result of ...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-sugarmann/trayvon-martin_b_1373642.html">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2012-03-22:/commentary/14229506 2012-03-22T16:40:21Z Huffington Post The tragic shooting of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin by George Zimmerman has rightly generated tremendous outrage across the nation. Unfortunately, an untold number of additional families across America have experienced the same heartbreak as a result of ...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-sugarmann/trayvon-martins-life-one_b_1373642.html">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2012-03-22:/commentary/13645877 2012-03-22T15:00:08Z Common Dreams WASHINGTON - March 22 - The deadly shooting of Trayvon Martin by George Zimmerman is unfortunately only one example of at least 402 victims killed in 32 states since May 2007 in incidents involving private citizens legally allowed to carry ...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2012/03/22-8">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2012-03-22:/commentary/13645879 2012-03-22T01:00:00Z OpenCongress ...Your opinion counts - together, we're finding the very best news and blog coverage about Congress available on the web. S. 2188 would do this by allowing anti-gun Democrats to pretend to care about the Second Amendment, while pushing legislation which w<br /><br /><a href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-s2188/show">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2012-03-21:/commentary/13614057 2012-03-21T10:14:59Z Patriot Post Passed by the House as H.R. 822 and pending in the Senate as S. 2188 "The National Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act", is legislation which would require each state that issues pistol carry licenses to recognize those issued by other states. The ...<br /><br /><a href="http://patriotpost.us/commentary/2012/03/21/concealed-carry-reciprocity-whats-a-federalist-to-do/">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2012-03-14:/commentary/13356037 2012-03-14T11:42:02Z AmmoLand.com FAIRFAX, Va. --(Ammoland.com)- March 13, U.S. Senators Mark Begich (D-Alaska) and Joe Manchin (D-West Virginia) introduced S. 2188, the “National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Act of 2012.” The bill is the Senate companion to H. R. 822, which ...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.ammoland.com/2012/03/14/national-right-to-carry-reciprocity-act-of-2012-introduced-in-u-s-senate/">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2012-03-14:/commentary/13318470 2012-03-14T09:47:30Z DAILY KOS Right to Keep and Bear Arms is a DKos group of second amendment supporters who also have progressive and liberal values. We don't think that being a liberal means one has to be anti-gun. Some of us are extreme in our second amendment views (no ...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/03/14/1074267/-RKBA-National-Carry">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2012-03-14:/commentary/13318469 2012-03-14T09:47:30Z Daily Caller  March 13, 2012, U.S. Senators Mark Begich (D-Alaska) and Joe Manchin (D-West Virginia) introduced S. 2188, the “National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Act of 2012.”  The bill is the Senate companion to H. R. 822,which was approved by the ...<br /><br /><a href="http://dailycaller.com/2012/03/14/%e2%80%9cnational-right-to-carry-reciprocity-act-of-2012%e2%80%9d-introduced-in-u-s-senate/">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2012-03-12:/commentary/13332556 2012-03-12T19:58:19Z Opposing Views Today, March 13, U.S. Senators Mark Begich (D-Alaska) and Joe Manchin (D-W.V.) introduced S. 2188, the “National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Act of 2012.” The bill is the Senate companion to H. R. 822, which was approved by the U. S. House last November<br /><br /><a href="http://www.opposingviews.com/i/society/guns/%E2%80%9Cnational-right-carry-reciprocity-act-2012%E2%80%9D-introduced-us-senate">Go to article</a>