Insofar as Congress is concerned, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, the top Republican, has warned that it could be spring before any gun legislation will be considered.

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Now, before the National Rifle Association (NRA) and the gun manufacturing industry for which it fronts spring out of their chairs to do a victory dance, the one that celebrates the lack of definitive connection between gun laws and gun deaths and thus justifies any and all behavior, they should consider that there may be other factors that explain the data better.

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Prone to boasting and eager to impress, Hassoun even made what the defense describes as absurd claims he could make a gun out of two pieces of wood and a spring, and a bomb out of baking soda, Madden said.

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His first speech to a conservative audience after the contentious GOP primary season was at the NRA's annual meeting this spring, a speech in front of more than 60, 000 gun enthusiasts in St.

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Mayor Anthony Williams, a black Democrat, attended a Morella fund-raiser this spring, and she has called on old friends in abortion-rights and gun-control circles.

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The Atlanta suburb of Kennesaw, Georgia, passed a similar law in 1982, and two other cities - Spring City, Utah, and Greenleaf, Idaho - have laws on the books recommending gun ownership for all households.

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