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Senate votes to let the NSA keep spying on you without a warrant until 2017

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As reported on The Verge. By Adi Robertson The US Senate has voted to approve the FAA Sunsets Extension Act of 2012, which will authorize warrantless surveillance of Americans for counter-terrorism purposes for another five years. The bill extends the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) Amendments Act of 2008, which granted retroactive immunity for wiretaps and email monitoring under the Bush Administration and created a framework for future warrant-free surveillance as long as one party is…

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EA removes links to weapon companies from Medal of Honor Warfighter website

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As reported on Polygon. By ALEXA RAY CORRIEA A “virtual showroom” linking Medal of Honor Warfighter to real-life products from its gunmaker marketing partners illustrates how the firearms and video game industries have “quietly forged a mutually beneficial marketing relationship,” according to The New York Times. The subpage on the official website for Medal of Honor Warfighter displayed information for the McMillan Group and Magpul, two weapon manufacturers, and allowed viewers to peruse guns, knives and other combat gear depicted in Warfighter. Magpul and…

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New York newspaper posts map with names and addresses of handgun permit owners

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As reported on The Verge. By Adrianne Jeffries “Where are the gun permits in your neighborhood?” That’s the question posed by The Journal News, a New York newspaper that published a Google map on Sunday that shows the names and addresses of pistol or revolver permits in Westchester and Rockland counties.   The timing of the Journal News report is especially sensitive because of the gun control debate sparked by the fatal mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut. The information was…

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How About Banning Bullets? The Constitution Doesn’t Say Anything About Those…

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As reported on Businessinsider.com by Henry Blodget See Also AMERICAN GUN STORE: Before And After Sandy Hook Massacre [PHOTOS] Walmart Sells Assault Weapons But Bans Music With Swear Words It’s Time We Saw The Idea That Everyone Should Carry An Assault Weapon For What It Is: Nuts One of the arguments invoked by those who think we should keep assault weapons freely available in this country is that the Constitution says we have a right…

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National Rifle Association exec blames video games for ‘selling violence’ to children

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As reported on Polygon. By GRIFFIN MCELROY The National Rifle Association placed a portion of the blame for the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting on violent video games during a press briefing this morning. “There exists in this country, sadly, a callous, corrupt and corrupting shadow industry that sells and sows violence against its own people,” NRA head Wayne LaPierre said during the press conference. “Through vicious violent video games, with names like Bulletstorm, Grand Theft Auto,…

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GOP Lawmaker: ‘I Wish To God’ The Sandy Hook Principal Had An Assault Rifle

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As reported on Businessinsider.com by Brett LoGiurato Fox News Rep. Louie Gohmert, a Republican from Texas, said Sunday that he wished Dawn Hochsprung, the principal of the Sandy Hook Elementary School, had been armed on Friday with an M-4 assault rifle to counter Adam Lanza, the alleged shooter who killed 20 children and seven other adults. “I wish to God she had an M-4 in her office locked up — so when she heard gunfire, she pulls…

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