News Radio 710 KEEL » gun control http://710keel.com Depend On It! Wed, 22 May 2013 19:03:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Group Takes Controverisal Step of Donating Guns to Neighborhood to Help People Protect Themselves http://710keel.com/group-takes-controverisal-step-of-donating-guns-to-neighborhood-to-help-people-protect-themselves/ http://710keel.com/group-takes-controverisal-step-of-donating-guns-to-neighborhood-to-help-people-protect-themselves/#comments Wed, 01 May 2013 18:04:18 +0000 Drew Weisholtz http://tsminteractive.com/?p=161312 The right to bear arms is taking on a whole new look in one Texas city.

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]]> http://710keel.com/group-takes-controverisal-step-of-donating-guns-to-neighborhood-to-help-people-protect-themselves/feed/ 0 Rush Limbaugh Says Obama Is Using the Boston Marathon Bombing to 'Whip Up' Support for Gun Control Law http://710keel.com/rush-limbaugh-says-obama-is-using-the-boston-marathon-bombing-to-whip-up-gun-control-law-support/ http://710keel.com/rush-limbaugh-says-obama-is-using-the-boston-marathon-bombing-to-whip-up-gun-control-law-support/#comments Thu, 18 Apr 2013 01:34:13 +0000 tonymccoy http://710keel.com/?p=154331 Following the bombing attack at the Boston Marathon on Monday, President Obama had reached out as soon as he could to Boston public officials. Senator Elizabeth Warren said he had "pledged his full support." However, Rush Limbaugh claimed President Obama is actually just trying to rally support for gun legislation.

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]]> http://710keel.com/rush-limbaugh-says-obama-is-using-the-boston-marathon-bombing-to-whip-up-gun-control-law-support/feed/ 0 Joe Raedle, Getty Images SNL Tackles Gun Control Law http://710keel.com/snl-tackles-gun-control-law/ http://710keel.com/snl-tackles-gun-control-law/#comments Sun, 14 Apr 2013 15:36:29 +0000 Jacob Hall http://screencrush.com/?p=97026 SNL hasn't been too political in recent months, but last night's cold open saw the show jump right back into current events, taking on all of the recent movement on gun control laws...or lack thereof. In true SNL fashions, both sides of the debate come out looking pretty moronic.

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]]> http://710keel.com/snl-tackles-gun-control-law/feed/ 0 NBC Gun Owners Forced to Surrender Guns and Permits in New York [AUDIO] http://710keel.com/gun-owners-forced-to-surrender-guns-and-permits-in-new-york-audio/ http://710keel.com/gun-owners-forced-to-surrender-guns-and-permits-in-new-york-audio/#comments Thu, 11 Apr 2013 17:22:29 +0000 Danny Fox http://710keel.com/?p=153097 We have posted audio from The Blaze of the lawyer representing some of the people forced to surrender their guns and permits.

Obama keeps pushing for more gun control after promising that nobody is coming for your guns, but according to The Blaze, the confiscation of guns and gun permits has apparently started in some form in New York State and the lawyer some disturbing facts:

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]]> http://710keel.com/gun-owners-forced-to-surrender-guns-and-permits-in-new-york-audio/feed/ 0 Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Rush Limbaugh Calls President Obama's 'Let's Make It a Little Harder for Our Kids to Get Gunned Down' Comment Disgusting http://710keel.com/rush-limbaugh-criticizes-president-obama-lets-make-it-a-little-harder-for-kids-to-get-gunned-down-comment/ http://710keel.com/rush-limbaugh-criticizes-president-obama-lets-make-it-a-little-harder-for-kids-to-get-gunned-down-comment/#comments Wed, 10 Apr 2013 17:01:41 +0000 tonymccoy http://710keel.com/?p=152780 In a recent Obama speech in Connecticut, the president dropped a line that should go down in the books. At a rally in West Hartford, Conn. about gun violence in his speech, Obama made a comment that stirred up the minds of supporters and non-supporters alike, conveying American parents' attitudes toward gun violence with the line: "Let's make it a little harder for our kids to get gunned down."

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]]> http://710keel.com/rush-limbaugh-criticizes-president-obama-lets-make-it-a-little-harder-for-kids-to-get-gunned-down-comment/feed/ 0 Spencer Platt, Getty Images Law Requiring Gun Ownership Passed in Georgia http://710keel.com/law-requiring-gun-ownership-passed-in-georgia/ http://710keel.com/law-requiring-gun-ownership-passed-in-georgia/#comments Tue, 02 Apr 2013 15:46:27 +0000 Chris Chaberski http://tsminteractive.com/?p=159177 If you live in Nelson, Georgia, the government has decided that you must own a firearm.

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]]> http://710keel.com/law-requiring-gun-ownership-passed-in-georgia/feed/ 0 Lifesize Louisiana Gun Rights Group 'Defend Louisiana' Has First Meetings http://710keel.com/louisiana-gun-rights-group-defend-louisiana-has-first-meetings/ http://710keel.com/louisiana-gun-rights-group-defend-louisiana-has-first-meetings/#comments Mon, 04 Mar 2013 17:55:29 +0000 Danny Fox http://710keel.com/?p=145951 The program 'Defend Louisiana' is an initiative to defend gun rights in the state of Louisiana.

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]]> http://710keel.com/louisiana-gun-rights-group-defend-louisiana-has-first-meetings/feed/ 0 George Frey/Getty Images President Obama Named Top Salesman at N.H. Gun Store http://710keel.com/president-obama-named-top-salesman-at-nh-gun-store/ http://710keel.com/president-obama-named-top-salesman-at-nh-gun-store/#comments Fri, 01 Mar 2013 19:05:02 +0000 Dennis Foley http://710keel.com/?p=145654 A gun store in New Hampshire is promoting its top salesman: President Barack Obama.

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]]> http://710keel.com/president-obama-named-top-salesman-at-nh-gun-store/feed/ 0 Facebook Eye-Opening Study Finds Teachers Do Not Want to Bring Guns to School http://710keel.com/teachers-guns-school/ http://710keel.com/teachers-guns-school/#comments Thu, 28 Feb 2013 16:53:38 +0000 Drew Weisholtz http://tsminteractive.com/?p=156669 Keeping students and teachers safe has become a hot button issue in the US since the Sandy Hook shooting in December.

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]]> http://710keel.com/teachers-guns-school/feed/ 0 Mario Tama, Getty Images Louisiana Congressman Bill Cassidy Talks Mental Health & Mass Shootings [INTERVIEW] http://710keel.com/bill-cassidy-congress-louisiana-mental-health-and-mass-shootings/ http://710keel.com/bill-cassidy-congress-louisiana-mental-health-and-mass-shootings/#comments Wed, 30 Jan 2013 19:00:36 +0000 Dennis Foley http://710keel.com/?p=136984 Sandy Hook, the Colorado movie theater and Virginia Tech all have something in common, according to Louisiana Congressman Bill Cassidy.

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]]> http://710keel.com/bill-cassidy-congress-louisiana-mental-health-and-mass-shootings/feed/ 0 mt 23/Flickr Welcome To The Gun Range http://710keel.com/welcome-to-the-gun-range/ http://710keel.com/welcome-to-the-gun-range/#comments Mon, 21 Jan 2013 15:30:45 +0000 Dennis Foley http://710keel.com/?p=134981 Welcome to the gun range, where it is more than just fun and games.  It's also about safety and learning proper technique.  But it's not much of a jungle.  It was Gun Appreciation Day and I had the opportunity to spend the morning with some guns at a gun range.  Not anything unusual, besides the fact this was my first time using a gun.

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]]> http://710keel.com/welcome-to-the-gun-range/feed/ 0 Photo by Justin Massoud Shreveport-Bossier Celebrates Gun Appreciation Day http://710keel.com/shreveport-bossier-celebrates-gun-appreciation-day/ http://710keel.com/shreveport-bossier-celebrates-gun-appreciation-day/#comments Mon, 21 Jan 2013 12:09:58 +0000 Dennis Foley http://710keel.com/?p=134970 There were plenty of options for those in the Shreveport-Bossier area to celebrate the first Gun Appreciation Day.  Whether you went to the gun range, a gun shop, traveled to a gun show, or decided to just stay at home, 710 KEEL would like to know how you spent your Saturday

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]]> http://710keel.com/shreveport-bossier-celebrates-gun-appreciation-day/feed/ 0 Photo by Dennis Foley Thousands Rally Against President Obama's Stricter Gun Control Proposals http://710keel.com/gun-control-laws-rally/ http://710keel.com/gun-control-laws-rally/#comments Sun, 20 Jan 2013 16:25:29 +0000 Associated Press http://710keel.com/?p=134911 Thousands of gun advocates have gathered peacefully at state capitals across the U.S. to rally against stricter limits on firearms.

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]]> http://710keel.com/gun-control-laws-rally/feed/ 0 Tom Pennington, Getty Images Top Louisiana Educator Steve Monaghan Talks Guns in Classrooms, Says Teachers Could Have 'Make My Day' Situation http://710keel.com/steve-monaghan-top-louisiana-educator-talks-about-guns-saying-make-my-day/ http://710keel.com/steve-monaghan-top-louisiana-educator-talks-about-guns-saying-make-my-day/#comments Fri, 18 Jan 2013 14:23:42 +0000 Erin McCarty http://965kvki.com/?p=145693 Lots of talk about guns these days. Some even suggest that teachers should be allowed to have guns in their classrooms. This prompted Steve Monaghan, President of the Louisiana Federation of Teachers, to say that's a bad idea.

But he went one step further, envisioning a scenario where a teacher having a rough day could use a gun as a disciplinary tool, or worse.

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]]> http://710keel.com/steve-monaghan-top-louisiana-educator-talks-about-guns-saying-make-my-day/feed/ 0 Gun Appreciation Day in Shreveport-Bossier http://710keel.com/gun-appreciation-day-in-shreveport-bossier/ http://710keel.com/gun-appreciation-day-in-shreveport-bossier/#comments Thu, 17 Jan 2013 19:36:01 +0000 Dennis Foley http://710keel.com/?p=134367 This Saturday is Gun Appreciation Day.  A coalition of gun rights and conservative groups are urging Americans to turn out at gun ranges, shows, and stores across the country to show their appreciation

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]]> http://710keel.com/gun-appreciation-day-in-shreveport-bossier/feed/ 0 mrwynd/Flickr Tom Gresham: President Obama's Gun Control Measures Could Leave Only Crazy People With Guns http://710keel.com/tom-gresham-gun-talk-gun-legislation-leaves-crazy-people-armed-interview/ http://710keel.com/tom-gresham-gun-talk-gun-legislation-leaves-crazy-people-armed-interview/#comments Thu, 17 Jan 2013 19:16:42 +0000 Angela Thomas http://710keel.com/?p=134451 We've heard arguments for and against President Obama's gun control legislation. We interviewed Gun Talk show host Tom Gresham on KEEL Morning News today to get his thoughts on gun control and the Sandy Hook school shooting.

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]]> http://710keel.com/tom-gresham-gun-talk-gun-legislation-leaves-crazy-people-armed-interview/feed/ 0 Facebook Rush Takes Aim at Exploiting U.S. Children to Advance the Obama Administration's Gun Control Executive Orders http://710keel.com/rush-takes-aim-at-exploiting-u-s-children-to-advance-the-obama-administrations-gun-control-executive-orders/ http://710keel.com/rush-takes-aim-at-exploiting-u-s-children-to-advance-the-obama-administrations-gun-control-executive-orders/#comments Thu, 17 Jan 2013 16:38:09 +0000 howardjhart http://710keel.com/?p=134304 A firestorm of discussion ignited this week following President Obama's issuance of executive orders to ban assault-style weapon and high-capacity magazines, leading those who keep and bear arms to question the constitutionality of the Commander-in-Chief's decision.

Rush Limbaugh peered through the conflagration, smoke and mirrors in a search for clarity of motive.

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]]> http://710keel.com/rush-takes-aim-at-exploiting-u-s-children-to-advance-the-obama-administrations-gun-control-executive-orders/feed/ 0 George Frey, Getty Images Could The Government Take Your Guns Away Through Gun Control? http://710keel.com/nra-obama-gun-control-gun-appreciation/ http://710keel.com/nra-obama-gun-control-gun-appreciation/#comments Thu, 17 Jan 2013 12:37:55 +0000 Dennis Foley http://710keel.com/?p=134305 Video games, movies, mental ailments, guns.  A flurry of finger-pointing as to why there is an influx of mass killings happening in the country.  President Barack Obama set out his plan to reduce the number of assault weapons and ammunition magazine reductions, plus funding for mental health treatment and an investigation into violent movies and video games

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]]> http://710keel.com/nra-obama-gun-control-gun-appreciation/feed/ 0 Svadilfari/Flickr President Calls for Assault-Weapon Ban, Stronger Background Checks http://710keel.com/obama-calls-for-assault-weapon-ban-stronger-background-checks/ http://710keel.com/obama-calls-for-assault-weapon-ban-stronger-background-checks/#comments Wed, 16 Jan 2013 20:09:48 +0000 Chris Chaberski http://tsminteractive.com/?p=153858 Wednesday afternoon, President Obama proposed numerous measures in response to a string of recent mass shootings across the country, including one at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, in which 20 children and six adults were murdered by a gunman.

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]]> http://710keel.com/obama-calls-for-assault-weapon-ban-stronger-background-checks/feed/ 0 Mark Wilson/Getty Images NRA: White House Open Discussion Was a 'Dirty Lie' http://710keel.com/nra-white-house-open-discussion-was-dirty-lie/ http://710keel.com/nra-white-house-open-discussion-was-dirty-lie/#comments Wed, 16 Jan 2013 19:12:49 +0000 Troy Jones http://710keel.com/?p=134119 In an email sent out today signed by Wayne LaPierre, the NRA called the alleged "open discussion" meeting with gun safety groups Vice President Joe Biden held at the White House a "dirty lie".

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