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A lot has changed in the 210-plus years since the nation adopted the Second Amendment, guaranteeing gun rights. For one thing, federal gun laws now ban convicted illegal drug users from toting handguns. But two Oregon sheriffs say that s not tough en...
 2.1K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 821.0 New term, new judge
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5.3K - Oct. 5, 2009; scored 456.0 Politics is all about persuasion
The story was what journalism s old-timers call a coffee spitter. We imagine readers choking at the news that politicians in San Francisco were poking their noses into the Coos Bay area s liquefied natural gas issue. But the story really isn t so o...
2.1K - Aug. 5, 2009; scored 589.0 Politics is all about persuasion
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2.3K - Aug. 4, 2009; scored 589.0 Will Second Amendment stand?
The U.S. Supreme Court last year struck down a law in the District of Columbia, which is subject to federal jurisdiction, that barred ownership of a handgun. Recently, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the same kind of gun ban in Chicago. T...
1.0K - Jun. 15, 2009; scored 456.0 Guns in church bill dies in Arkansas Senate panel
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2.1K - Mar. 7, 2009; scored 814.0 Sports Briefs: Coker hired to start football program in Texas
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6.6K - Mar. 6, 2009; scored 754.0 Eastern Oregon gun sales soar
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