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Archive for April 18th, 2007

Gun Control and the Virginia Tech Shootings: Politicians Fear the NRA?

Posted in Bush, Culture, NRA, Politics, White House, gun control, guns, pop culture, presidency on April 18, 2007 | 7 Comments »

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Writing for the Associated Press (as reported by Yahoo News), Calvin Woodward reports:
Gun control has been treated with a mix of silence and discomfort in the presidential campaign, a stance that may become insupportable once the nation finds its voice in the aftermath of the Virginia Tech mass murder…
Enter the massacre at Blacksburg, Va., [...]

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VT Students turn to God.

Posted in Christianity, Constitution, Culture, Politics, gun control, guns, religion, shooting on April 18, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

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Reporting for Reuters, Andrea Hopkins writes:
By all accounts, the prayers started even before the gunshots stopped at Virginia Tech university, and the pleas to God from grief-stricken survivors of the massacre have continued ever since.
“God cares about Virginia Tech,” said Megan Martin, 24, joining about a dozen fellow students in a traveling prayer vigil [...]

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