Washington: The US Senate cleared the way on Thursday for debate on proposals to curb gun violence, rejecting an effort by conservative Republicans to block consideration of gun-control legislation prompted by the Newtown school massacre.
The Senate voted 68-31 to open what will likely be weeks of emotional debate on President Barack Obama's proposals to expand background checks for gun buyers, tighten restrictions on gun trafficking and increase funding for school security.
That margin easily cleared the 60-vote hurdle needed to break a Republican filibuster on a bill that has sparked intense lobbying on both sides, including by families of the victims of the December 14 shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, as well as the powerful gun lobby led by the National Rifle Association.
"The hard work starts now," Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a Democrat, said after the procedural vote to open debate, which was watched by some family members of the 20 children and six adults killed by the gunman in Newtown four months ago....
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03:07 AM, Apr 12, 2013
Washington: Senator Joe Manchin became so emotional on Wednesday about the Newtown massacre and his push for background checks for gun buyers that parents whose children were killed at the Connecticut school in December were moved to comfort him. "I'm a parent, I'm a grandparent," the West Virginia Democrat told reporters during a meeting in his office with eight Newtown family members on Wednesday, when asked what he thought it...
07:58 AM, Apr 11, 2013
Warrants released on Thursday provide the most insight to date into the world of the 20-year-old gunman, a recluse who played violent video games in a house packed with weaponry that was all too real. ...
05:05 PM, Mar 29, 2013
When Adam Lanza walked out of his house for the last time, he left behind firearms and knives and more than 1,600 rounds of ammunition - taking only four guns. ...
04:46 AM, Mar 29, 2013
Supporters say this law could help prevent tragedies such as December's shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, in which 20 students and 6 teachers died. ...
09:01 AM, Mar 09, 2013
After a tragedy like the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, it's a statistic that is always trotted out. Compared to just about anywhere else with a stable, developed government - and many countries without even that - the more than 11,000 gun-related killings each year in the United States are simply off the charts. To be sure, there are nations that are worse. But others see fewer gun...
02:32 PM, Jan 27, 2013
Relatives and neighbors of children killed in the elementary school massacre in Newtown, Connecticut, one month ago launched an initiative on Monday to help curb gun violence in America. "On Friday, December 14th, I put two children on the bus and only one came home. I pray that no mother, father, grandparent or caregiver of children ever have to go through this pain," said Nelba Marquez-Greene, whose six-year-old daughter Ana...
09:52 AM, Jan 15, 2013
Hollywood biggies might be okay with action on the silver screen but in the real world they are demanding strong gun control laws. Demand for stronger gun control laws started following the shooting in a school in Newtown. ...
03:34 PM, Jan 10, 2013
Former US Representative Gabrielle Giffords, who survived a mass shooting in her Arizona district two years ago, met with Newtown officials on January 4 afternoon before heading to visit with families of the victims of last month's Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre. ...
01:18 PM, Jan 05, 2013
Nearly seven in 10 Americans support the idea of placing strong or moderate limits gun ownership following the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, a Reuters/Ipsos poll said on Thursday. ...
05:48 AM, Dec 28, 2012
Washington: In the wake of the huge public outcry over the deadly Connecticut elementary school massacre, President Barack Obama has set a January deadline for proposals to deal with gun violence in the United States. Five days after last week's massacre that left 26, including 20 children, dead, Obama on Wednesday formed a new group led by Vice President Joe Biden charged with developing "concrete proposals" for dealing with gun...
01:34 PM, Dec 20, 2012
Salt Lake City: A Utah sixth-grader caught with a gun at school told administrators he brought the weapon to defend himself in case of an attack similar to last week's mass shooting at a Connecticut school, officials said on Tuesday. The 11-year-old was being held in juvenile detention on suspicion of possessing a dangerous weapon and aggravated assault after other students at the suburban Salt Lake City elementary school told...
07:22 AM, Dec 19, 2012
Los Angeles: Paramount studio has reportedly decided to make several cuts in the publicity videos of Tom Cruise starrer crime drama 'Jack Reacher' in wake of the school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut. The film, releasing this Friday in the US, stars Cruise as a hard-boiled former military cop trying to prove that an alleged sniper was framed. The studio wouldn't officially say what the changes are, but a source confirmed...
05:51 PM, Dec 18, 2012
US President Barack Obama attended a memorial service for the victims of the Newtown shooting on Monday. ...
09:40 AM, Dec 17, 2012
In the US, Newtown is still struggling to cope with Friday's shooting, which claimed the lives so several people including many young children. US President Barack Obama is set to attend a memorial service for the dead in the town later Sunday. He will also meet the families of the victims. ...
09:26 PM, Dec 16, 2012
Newtown: Below are the names and ages of the 26 people gunned down at a Connecticut elementary school on Friday in the second-deadliest school shooting in US history: Charlotte Bacon, 6 Daniel Barden, 7 Rachel Davino, 29 Olivia Engel, 6 Josephine Gay, 7 Ana Marquez-Greene, 6 Dylan Hockley, 6 Dawn Hochsprung, 47 Madeleine Hsu, 6 Catherine Hubbard, 6 Chase Kowalski, 7 Jesse Lewis, 6 James Mattioli, 6 Grace McDonnell, 7...
07:50 AM, Dec 16, 2012
In a shocking incident in Connecticut district 28 people including 20 children were killed when a 20-year-old man opened fire at an elementary school. The shooter also killed himself in the incident. ...
08:02 PM, Dec 15, 2012
Newtown: Connecticut State Police say they are assisting local police in Newtown in response to reports of a shooting at an elementary school. An official with knowledge of the situation said a gunman in the school shooting had been killed. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation is still under way, said the man apparently had two guns. A dispatcher at the Newtown Volunteer Ambulance Corps...
10:06 PM, Dec 14, 2012
