The Democratically controlled State Legislature moved on Jan. 29 to protect New Yorkers by enacting common-sense measures to combat gun violence.
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2/7/19
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Part nine in an ongoing series.Greg Ferrando remembers his first hunting trip at 14, and waiting for two days before spotting and shooting a deer. “It all happened real quick,” the …
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By Brian Stieglitz
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9/27/18
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Police are investigating a robbery that took place East Meadow involving an unidentifiable man who held a Dunkin Donuts cashier at gunpoint and stole a bottle of water.
The perpetrator entered …
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5/4/18
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Part two in an ongoing series.Dressed in olive-green fatigues and brandishing placards touting the legality of the AR-15 assault rifle, an estimated 300 to 400 gun rights advocates descended on …
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By Scott Brinton
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4/23/18
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Just in front of me, a teenage girl tentatively raised her arm. Then she clenched her fist. We were at the March for Our Lives rally in Washington on March 24 . . .
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4/20/18
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The Feb. 14 mass shooting at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., spurred a national dialogue about the connection between gun violence and mental illness.
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By Brian Stieglitz and James Mattone
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3/29/18
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Nearly 25 years have passed since Colin Ferguson stepped onto a Long Island Rail Road train in Mineola and started indiscriminately firing a 9mm pistol at passengers. Six were killed and 19 wounded. Kevin McCarthy, then 26 and a broker with Prudential Securities in New York City, took a bullet to the head, but he survived. His left arm remains partially paralyzed.
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By Scott Brinton
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3/24/18
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You knew CNN’s town hall to debate gun control — on Feb. 21, only a week after the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. — would devolve into absurdity when National Rifle Association spokeswoman Dana Loesch took the stage.
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3/9/18
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Washington saw another remarkable session of apparent bipartisan accommodation last week, as senators from both parties met with President Trump to discuss measures aimed at containing mounting gun violence.
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3/9/18
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Golda Meir famously said that when Israel’s enemies loved their children more than they hated Israel, peace would be possible. The same could be said of members of Congress: When they . . .
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2/23/18
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