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Gun control forces struggle to keep issue alive

WASHINGTON — Gun control forces are targeting Sens. Kelly Ayotte, Max Baucus and others as they struggle to persuade five senators to switch their votes and revive the rejected effort to expand background checks to more firearms buyers.

By ALAN FRAM , May 07, 2013

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Heitkamp defends vote against background checks

Heitkamp defends vote against background checks Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, D-N.D., believes she did right by the majority of North Dakotans when she voted against extended background checks for gun buyers during a Senate vote Wednesday.

By Bryan Horwath , April 18, 2013

Gun control loses; no expanded background checks

WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans backed by a small band of rural-state Democrats scuttled the most far-reaching gun control legislation in two decades Wednesday, rejecting tighter background checks for buyers and a ban on assault weapons as they spurned pleas from families of victims of last winter’s school massacre in Newtown, Conn.

By Alan Fram and David Espo , April 18, 2013

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Heitkamp votes against expanded gun sale checks

BISMARCK — North Dakota Sen. Heidi Heitkamp says she could not support a measure to tighten restrictions on the sale of guns because it would have placed undue burdens on law-abiding people.

April 18, 2013

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Heitkamp still mulling background checks

WASHINGTON - North Dakota’s senators are on different sides of the political aisle, but they do agree on one thing: The Senate’s gun control debate should focus more on dealing with the mentally ill and criminals than on expanding background checks to buy those weapons.

By Helmut Schmidt , April 17, 2013

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Boost for background checks: Senators compromise

WASHINGTON (AP) — Conservative senators from both parties announced their support for expanding background checks for gun buyers Wednesday, giving a burst of momentum to supporters of stronger restrictions. But big questions remain about whether President Barack Obama can push significant gun controls through Congress.

By Alan Fram , April 11, 2013

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Obama to bring some Sandy Hook families on AF1

HARTFORD, Conn. — President Barack Obama is providing a ride on Air Force One to 11 relatives of those killed at Connecticut's Sandy Hook Elementary School so they can attend his gun control speech Monday before heading to Washington to personally plead with senators reluctant to back gun legislation.

By NEDRA PICKLER , April 08, 2013

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US arms control advocates must show they like guns

NEW YORK — Lobbying for gun control in the United States often means proving how much you like firearms.

By ALEXANDRA OLSON , April 08, 2013

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Conn. lawmakers unveil bipartisan gun control plan

HARTFORD, Conn. — With an announcement of sweeping proposals to curb gun violence, Connecticut lawmakers said they are hoping to send a message to Congress and other state legislators across the country: A bipartisan agreement on gun control is possible.

April 02, 2013

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Heitkamp tells Bloomberg to butt out on guns

GRAND FORKS — Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, D-N.D., responded sharply Tuesday to New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s TV ad campaign targeting senators who may be reluctant to support pending gun control legislation.

By Chuck Haga , March 27, 2013

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Williston leaders reject request for concealed weapons in church

WILLISTON — City commissioners here rejected a request from 10 Williston pastors to let churches decide whether to allow concealed weapons.

By Amy Dalrymple , March 27, 2013

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Landmark gun bills signed in Colorado

DENVER — Gov. John Hickenlooper signed bills Wednesday that place new restrictions on firearms and signaled a change for Democrats who traditionally shied away from gun control debate in Colorado - a state with a moderate streak and pioneer tradition of gun ownership and self-reliance.

By IVAN MORENO , March 20, 2013

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Medora City Council: Police chief says no results in 'time consuming, painfully long' investigation into Jan. 14 incident

MEDORA — Police Chief John Bey said his department is making progress, but has no information to release on an incident that occurred in Medora on Jan. 14.

By Bryan Horwath , February 06, 2013

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School shooting revives gun debate

LITTLETON, Colo. — A lone police cruiser outside Columbine High School was the only outward reaction Friday to an even deadlier attack at a Connecticut elementary school.

By Thomas Peipert , December 15, 2012

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