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South Dakota Only State to Pass Guns-in-Schools Law

Associated Press — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 14:34:35 +0000

South Dakota is the only state that so far has passed a law allowing school personnel to carry guns in schools, despite the proliferation of such bills in the aftermath of the Newtown, Conn., massacre.

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NRA Study Suggests Trained, Armed School Staffers

Associated Press — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 20:05:31 +0000

WASHINGTON - Schools across the nation should train selected staff members to carry weapons and should each have at least one armed security officer to make students safer and allow a quicker response to an attack, the director of a National Rifle Association-sponsored study said Tuesday.

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Georgia City Council Votes to Require Gun Ownership

Associated Press — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 15:55:47 +0000

NELSON, Ga. - Backers of a newly adopted ordinance requiring gun ownership in a small north Georgia town acknowledge they were largely seeking to make a point about gun rights.

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Connecticut Lawmakers Unveil Bipartisan Gun Control Plan

Associated Press — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 15:52:52 +0000

HARTFORD, Conn. - With an announcement of sweeping proposals to curb gun violence, Connecticut lawmakers said they are hoping to send a message to Congress and other state legislators across the country: A bipartisan agreement on gun control is possible.

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Column: Other Issues in Focus as War, Economy Fade

Associated Press — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 13:56:48 +0000

WASHINGTON - After a dozen years of war and a half-dozen of economic troubles, the United States is beginning to wrestle with a question even more existential than those big events: What does it mean to be an American?

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Concealed Carry Permits to be Good for 5 Years

Associated Press — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 15:13:47 +0000

PIERRE - South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard has signed a bill making concealed weapons permits valid for five years, up from the current four years.

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Senate Panel Ready to OK Gun Background Checks

Associated Press — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 14:20:01 +0000

WASHINGTON - Democrats are ready to muscle expanded background checks and other gun curbs through a Senate committee, giving President Barack Obama an initial if temporary victory on one of his top priorities.

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Should South Dakota Teachers Be Allowed to Carry Guns in School?

Ben Davis — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 23:05:47 +0000

So do you feel safer or do you think this is a big mistake?

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South Dakota House Approved Extension of Weapons Permits

Associated Press — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 15:35:38 +0000

PIERRE - South Dakota lawmakers have given final approval to a bill that would make the state's concealed weapons permits valid for an extra year.

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NRA Uses Justice Memo to Accuse Obama on Guns

Associated Press — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 17:51:10 +0000

WASHINGTON - The NRA is using a Justice Dept memo to argue that the Obama administration believes its gun control plans won't work unless the government seizes firearms and requires national gun registration - ideas the White House has not proposed and does not support.

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