More Smoke Than Fire as U.S. Assault Gun Ban Ends
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A 10-year-old ban on assault weapons  expired across the United States on Monday with a political  firefight but no apparent rush to rearm by gun fanciers.
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WASHINGTON Sept. 13, 2004 - Democratic Sen. John Kerry on Monday accused President Bush of ducking his responsibility to protect the country from crime and terrorism by allowing a national assault weapons ban to expire.
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The bill would close the loophole in gun control laws that allowed the Virginia Tech gunman to buy firearms.
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With help from the NRA, nearly 50 senators are pushing to end a two-decade old rule forbidding people from openly carrying firearms in most national parks
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Democratic candidate John Kerry on Friday said President Bush's failure to fight for a renewal of a ban on assault weapons will make it easier for terrorists to get the lethal weapons.
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Tougher emissions regulations may mean an end to that cherished American tradition.
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The US military has been ordered to suspend compulsory anthrax vaccination for troops by a federal judge. More than a million US soldiers have been forced to have the jab since 1998, with hundreds punished
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Despite popular support, the federal law banning the sale of 19 kinds of semiautomatic assault weapons is almost certain to expire on Monday.
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WASHINGTON -- Hours before it once again became legal to sell military-style assault weapons, Democratic Sen. John Kerry sharply criticized President Bush on Monday for supporting an extension of the 10-year gun ban while doing little to make it happen.
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BOISE, Idaho - The expiration Monday of a 10-year federal ban on assault weapons means firearms like TEC-9s can now be legally bought - a development that has critics upset and gun owners pleased.    The 1994 ban, signed by President Clinton, outlawed 19 types of military-style assault weapons...
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Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry said on Friday President Bush's failure to fight for a renewal of a ban on assault weapons would make it easier for groups like al Qaeda to get the lethal guns.
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Do companies have the right to ban firearms at the workplace?
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Residents of the nation's capital would be able to own handguns and other firearms under a House-passed bill acclaimed by its supporters as a victory for Second Amendment rights but deplored by District of Columbia officials concerned about increased violence.
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Washington -- Sen. John Kerry charged Friday that President Bush was helping terrorists and caving in to the National Rifle Association by not pushing to extend the 10-year-old federal assault weapons ban that expires at 12:01 am Monday.
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C arolyn McCarthy was a content homemaker and a nurse before gun violence blew up her life. Yesterday, she found a moment of peace when a promising piece of gun-control legislation cleared the House.
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John F. Kerry accused President Bush yesterday of making it easier for terrorists to get dangerous weapons by allowing a ban on some semiautomatic firearms to lapse, as he waded
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Monday at midnight, a decade-long federal ban against the sale of certain semi-automatic assault weapons will expire. That is, if Congress doesn&#39;t present a bill for President Bush to sign authorizing an extension of the law.