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Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Guns Gun slaughters in the morning headlines

Posted by Max Brantley on Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 6:58 AM

Morning headlines:

* ALABAMA: 17 people shot at a downtown Tuscaloosa bar by a man who opened fire from outside. He's still on the loose, according to this report.

* CANADA: Two dead, 19 wounded, in shootings at a block party in Toronto.

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Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Guns Gun slaughters in the morning headlines

Posted by Max Brantley on Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 6:58 AM

Speaking of Guns

The line is open. Final words: * TIM 'TAR SANDS PIPELINE' GRIFFIN: It's no surprise that Republican Rep. Tiny Tim Griffin of Alberta, Canada, voted again last night to hurry up the Keystone XL pipeline. /more/

The University of Arkansas president recommends that campuses remain gun-free. Bass Pro Shops is under construction in Otter Creek. /more/

Count me unsurprised that enhanced legal protection for opening fire on people results in more gun deaths. /more/

In for a penny .... Asa Hutchinson, the Republican gubernatorial candidate, seems happy to be indelibly branded as the NRA's front man on guns as the calendar rolls toward the May gubernatorial primary. /more/

Crazy Davy Carter, the House speaker who is a potential Republican candidate for governor, won headlines all over today for remarks at a legislative conference in Hot Springs that Republicans need to move beyond guns and abortion to focus on issues more important to average Arkies. /more/

Greetings from Charlottesville, Va. I'm just down the street from Mr. Jefferson's university and heading to Monticello later this morning. /more/

From Texas, another accidental death of a child from a handgun in a house. /more/

John Lyon of Stephens Media examines at some length today a simmering topic in the gun nut community that is of general interest. /more/

Kind of a nicely written narrative from Rep. Nate Bell of Mena on what he says was a formative episode of his youth, when, he says, a 30-30 rifle gave him the backing he needed to scare a would-be intruder away from his Alabama home. /more/

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