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On concealed carry gun issue, Illinois looks to N.Y. gun laws - As reluctant ruling Democrats face the daunting task of crafting state legislation to allow Illinois citizens to carry guns in public, they may need to look no further than the recent federal court...

Greenburgh Officials Torn Over Publicizing Gun Owners - Some Greenburgh officials expressed concern after a local newspaper published the names and addresses of thousands of pistol permit holders throughout Westchester County.

‘Gun Control Fails,’ Say Statistics from … Gun-Control Advocates - After the Newtown, Connecticut mass murder, anti-rights politicians and media shifted into high gear. The only “solution” for such a tragedy was another gun ban; within two days, Senator Dianne...

Stigmatizing Gun Owners Makes Civil Debate Impossible - The decision of a newspaper in New York’s Westchester County to publish an interactive map that allowed readers to discover the names and addresses of owners of legal guns is generally being debated as one about...

New York newspaper to list more gun permit holders after uproar - A suburban New York newspaper that sparked an uproar among gun enthusiasts by publishing names and addresses of residents holding pistol permits is now planning to publish even more identities of...

Pols renew their call for gun control in wake of tragedies - For state Assemblymember Brian Kavanagh and state Senator Daniel Squadron, the push for gun control has been like a record on repeat. Back in October, both led the unsuccessful call for a legislative special...

Outrage After New York Paper Posts Map of Gun Owners’ Names and Addresses - Gun owners in suburban New York are incensed after a local newspaper, the Journal News, published an interactive Google map showing their names and addresses.  The Journal News received...

Hundreds want gun show canceled - Shock has given way to activism in Saratoga Springs in the wake of this month's deadly school shootings in Newtown, Conn.  By 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, 605 people had signed an online petition urging board directors of Saratoga...

States, cities mulling own assault-weapon bans, amid doubt over federal action - While Congress prepares to debate renewing the federal assault-weapons ban, several states and cities already are pursuing bans of their own in the wake of high-profile mass shootings...