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Obama is looking for ways to keep
guns out of the hands of “a dangerous
few” without depending on Congress
to pass a law on the fraught subject of
gun control.
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organized in its defense of effortlessly
available guns for anyone,” Obama
said in his weekly radio address. “The
rest of us are going to have to be just
as passionate and well organized in our
defense of our kids.”
He said he gets so many letters from
parents, teachers and children about
the “epidemic of gun violence” that he
can’t “sit around and do nothing.”
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week that would set a “reasonable
threshold” for when sellers have to
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little debate that he’s paved a path for
his successor.
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day they cheered his “pen-and-phone”
campaign to get past Republican oppo-
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systems. The organization’s Institute
for Legislative Action says studies
have shown that people sent to state
prison because of gun crimes typically
get guns through theft, the black market
or family and friends.
Also, many purchases by criminals
are made from straw purchasers who
pass background checks. “No amount
of background checks can stop these
criminals,” says the group’s website.
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frustration after mass shootings, saying
it shouldn’t be so easy for somebody
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her hands on a gun.
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business.
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said in his weekly address.
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years ago requiring background checks
for almost everyone had huge support,
including among a majority of NRA
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common-sense reforms like back-
ground checks might not have stopped
the last massacre, or the one before
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PORTLAND (AP) —
Marion County deputies say
a Stayton teen is in critical
condition after a New Year’s
Eve accident.
The Oregonian reports
his car was ripped in half in
the single-car accident near
Stayton.
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the driver, 17-year-old
Timothy Colblentz, from
the smashed-up vehicle,
and he was taken to Stayton
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injuries.
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while he was returning home
from a New Year’s Eve party
at about 1:30 a.m. and lost
control of his car, which
struck a tree.
Deputies believe
Colblentz was speeding. No
citations have been issued.’’
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SEATTLE (AP) —
Seattle’s minimum wage
took another step toward $15
an hour on January 1.
Depending on the size
of the business and whether
the employees have health
insurance, workers in
Seattle will make as much
as $13 an hour minimum in
2016.
The statewide minimum
in Washington is $9.47
an hour for the second
year. It will no longer
be the highest in the
nation, as Massachusetts
and California are both
increasing to $10. Alaska’s
minimum wage also is
higher than Washington’s,
going up to $9.75 an hour on
Friday.
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(AP) — Polk County
authorities are investigating
a fatal bicycling accident in
Monmouth.
The Statesman Journal
reports a 52-year-old
Independence man
was riding a bicycle on
Wednesday evening when
he was struck and killed
by car on the outskirts of
Monmouth.
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John Shapley, was struck
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Falls City.
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PORTLAND (AP) — A
federal judge has ruled in
favor of a Portland activist
who took the city to court
after being removed from
several City Council
meetings over the years.
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Judge Michael H. Simon
ruled Thursday that Portland
Mayor Charlie Hales
violated the activist’s First
Amendment rights by
barring him from meetings
for months at a time.
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city to hall all prospective
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activist, 73-year-old Joe
Walsh.
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ruling that Hales has the
authority to maintain
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