While legislators in Virginia, Alabama, Arizona, New York, Texas and Colorado sometimes contemplated tightening rules after rampage shootings, few measures gained passage. In fact, several states - including Arizona - have made it easier to buy more guns and take them to more places.... Read more»
An unwanted item on President Obama’s second term agenda was contributed by voters in Colorado and Washington State who, by impressive margins on November 6, passed ballot measures making it legal to smoke pot recreationally, without any prescription or medical justification.... Read more»1
The mass shooting in Newtown has reignited a national debate on gun control. Some facts are clear — there has been a massive increase in gun sales. Some things are not so clear — such as whether there is causation between more guns and more violent crimes. And some are contrary to the general impression — for example, the rate of gun murders is down, not up.... Read more»
Twenty small children in Newtown should be more than just a number. A dozen people in Aurora should have been more than just a number. Six in Tucson should have been more than just a number. They should do more than just give us pause for a moment of silence. Silence is no longer enough. We must do something.... Read more»7
A $1.3 million federal grant will allow a University of Arizona center to expand a regional program helping hospitals and health care providers get into or make better use of telemedicine.... Read more»
Arizona voters will have a choice in November regarding whether or not to declare sovereignty over their state’s natural resources. But the measure they’ll be voting on, Proposition 120, may face legal challenges concerning its constitutionality.... Read more»
Arguing against the need for new gun laws, Mitt Romney said many of the weapons possessed by accused Aurora shooter James Holmes were “illegal … already.” That’s not the case for the weapons used at the movie theater on the night of the rampage.... Read more»1
On Wednesday, President Obama said background checks and measures to limit the ability of the mentally ill to purchase guns “shouldn’t be controversial. They should be common sense.”... Read more»
Tuesday on Buckmaster - Ally Miller, a Republican seeking a Pima County Board of Supervisors seat. Plus, LD9 legislative candidate Victoria Steele... Read more»
The Remembering January 8 Committee, composed of some of the survivors and family members of victims of the 2011 Tucson shooting—including U.S. Rep. Ron Barber, released an open letter to those affected by last week’s shooting incident in Aurora, Colo.... Read more»
A group of survivors and family members of victims of the 2011 Tucson shooting released a statement Sunday regarding Friday’s movie theater shooting in Aurora, Colo., calling for better gun background checks.... Read more»
Ann-Eve Pedersen on the “Quality Education and Jobs Initiative,”, the Educational Enrichment Foundation’s Pamela Francis wants to “Stuff the Bus,” and Tucsonsentinel.com Editor and Publisher Dylan Smith on the Aurora massacre.... Read more»
James Holmes, the University of Colorado dropout accused of shooting 71 Aurora, Colo., movie-goers Thursday night, applied to attend the University of Arizona in 2011. His name and photo appear in a Feb. 2011 brochure put out by the UA neuroscience program.... Read more»1
A dozen people in Aurora should be more than just a number. Six in Tucson should have been more than just a number. They should do more than just give us pause for a moment of silence. Silence is no longer enough. We must do something.... Read more»8
Republican frontrunner Mitt Romney is poised to clinch the Republican presidential nomination with a win in Tuesday’s largely uncontested Texas primary.... Read more»
Oro Valley Town Council appointed Greg Caton as new town manager on Wednesday. Caton had served as interim town manager for 10 months.... Read more»
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