<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Gun Control</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/nation/specials/socialpolicy/guncontrol?nav=rss_nation/specials/socialpolicy/guncontrol</link><description>Gun Control</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[Ruling Saves Part of D.C. Gun Liability Law]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7981-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/socialpolicy/guncontrol</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7981-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/socialpolicy/guncontrol</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:30:32 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The D.C. Court of Appeals ruled yesterday that gunmakers can be sued for shootings in the District that are carried out with a broad range of automatic weapons.]]></description><author> Henri E. Cauvin</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[CVS, Kmart Fined for Violating N.Y. Toy Gun Rules]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22025-2005Apr2.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/socialpolicy/guncontrol</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22025-2005Apr2.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/socialpolicy/guncontrol</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:30:32 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  NEW YORK   --  Two major retail chains were fined a total of $130,000 for violating New York City's law banning the sale of dark-colored toy guns.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ballistics Database Yields 1st  Conviction]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19876-2005Apr1.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/socialpolicy/guncontrol</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19876-2005Apr1.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/socialpolicy/guncontrol</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:30:32 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Evidence linking an Oxon Hill man to a murder weapon -- the equivalent of a handgun's fingerprint -- Friday helped Prince George's County prosecutors win a first-degree murder case.]]></description><author> Ruben Castaneda  and David Snyder</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tacoma Buyer of Gun for Sniper Admits Misstatements]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20118-2005Apr1.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/socialpolicy/guncontrol</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20118-2005Apr1.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/socialpolicy/guncontrol</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:30:32 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ A Tacoma, Wash., man who bought a high-powered rifle for sniper John Allen Muhammad in 2001, but who claimed it was for himself, has pleaded guilty in federal court in Tacoma to making a false statement while acquiring a firearm.]]></description><author> Tom Jackman</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gun Show Groups Blocked from Montgomery Suit]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30368-2005Mar12.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/socialpolicy/guncontrol</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30368-2005Mar12.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/socialpolicy/guncontrol</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:30:32 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ A federal appeals court has ruled that a gun show promoter and an exhibitor have no standing to challenge a Montgomery County law that denies funding to facilities that display and sell firearms.]]></description><author> Nancy Trejos</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Senate Panel Revises Gun-Range Noise Bill]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42675-2005Feb21.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/socialpolicy/guncontrol</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42675-2005Feb21.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/socialpolicy/guncontrol</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:30:32 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Efforts to establish a statewide noise standard for gun ranges failed in a Senate committee yesterday.]]></description><author> Chris L. Jenkins</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[COAST TO COAST]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19978-2005Feb12.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/socialpolicy/guncontrol</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19978-2005Feb12.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/socialpolicy/guncontrol</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:30:32 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[    Rhode Island Turns to Internet To Find Takers for Others' Trash <br> Think eBay, but with everything free. Rhode Island officials, running out of space in their landfills, set up the Web site <a href="http://www.freemarketri.org">www.freemarketri.org</a> to encourage residents to give away what they would otherwise throw away.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Report Faults Md. Ballistics Database]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16475-2005Jan17.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/socialpolicy/guncontrol</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16475-2005Jan17.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/socialpolicy/guncontrol</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:30:32 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Police have gathered information from more than 43,000 guns since 2000, but the data have not significantly aided a single criminal investigation, according to a report.]]></description><author> David Snyder</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Group Brings Its Cause, And Its Guns, To Va. Capitol]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16382-2005Jan17.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/socialpolicy/guncontrol</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16382-2005Jan17.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/socialpolicy/guncontrol</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:30:32 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Armed residents are pushing for looser laws on carrying weapons in and around the state capitol.]]></description><author> Rosalind S. Helderman</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[AirTran Fires Pilot Accused of Drinking]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10806-2005Jan14.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/socialpolicy/guncontrol</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10806-2005Jan14.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/socialpolicy/guncontrol</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:30:32 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The pilot allegedly showed up for work in Las Vegas smelling of alcohol and carrying a firearm issued by the government as part of a program created in response to the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.]]></description><author> Sara Kehaulani Goo</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Federal Laws Increasingly Used Against Local Crimes]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8807-2004Dec17.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/socialpolicy/guncontrol</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8807-2004Dec17.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/socialpolicy/guncontrol</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:30:32 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ A federal judge yesterday sentenced an Alexandria man to life in prison for the shooting death of a Treasury Department employee, one in a growing number of cases in which prosecutors are using tougher federal laws to target traditionally local crimes.]]></description><author> Jerry Markon</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[FINDINGS]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6354-2004Dec16.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/socialpolicy/guncontrol</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6354-2004Dec16.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/socialpolicy/guncontrol</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:30:32 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[    Pentagon Asks to Resume  Anthrax Vaccinations <br>The Pentagon is seeking emergency authority to resume administering the anthrax vaccine, saying troops in South Korea and the Middle East are at risk.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not Your Dad's BB Gun]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13603-2004Nov25.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/socialpolicy/guncontrol</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13603-2004Nov25.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/socialpolicy/guncontrol</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:30:32 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Today's powerful models are giving BB guns a bad reputation.]]></description><author> Don Oldenburg</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Court: Gunmakers Not to Blame]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61071-2004Nov18.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/socialpolicy/guncontrol</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61071-2004Nov18.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/socialpolicy/guncontrol</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:30:32 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The Illinois Supreme Court threw out two lawsuits against gunmakers Thursday in a ruling stating that the manufacturers cannot legally be blamed for street violence.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gunning for Change]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47809-2004Nov13.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/socialpolicy/guncontrol</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47809-2004Nov13.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/socialpolicy/guncontrol</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:30:32 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Philip Van Cleave believes that every citizen should have the right to carry guns virtually anywhere, at any time, with no background checks, mandatory training or any other interference from government.]]></description><author> Brigid Schulte</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Study: BB Guns Injure Thousands, Can Be Lethal]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14367-2004Oct31.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/socialpolicy/guncontrol</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14367-2004Oct31.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/socialpolicy/guncontrol</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:30:32 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[They are often thought of as toys, but BB guns and other nonpowder guns are sometimes lethal and injure as many as 21,000 Americans each year, according to a new report.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Democrat Hunts for Votes -- and Prey]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52669-2004Oct21.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/socialpolicy/guncontrol</link><guid 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Teen]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18920-2004Oct8.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/socialpolicy/guncontrol</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18920-2004Oct8.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/socialpolicy/guncontrol</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:30:32 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Prosecutors have reinstated a second-degree murder charge against a man accused of fatally shooting a 13-year-old Southeast Washington boy, saying that a witness has come forward to dispute the man's claim that he was not even holding the weapon when it accidentally fired.]]></description><author> Nicole Fuller</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Weapons Ban Eased at Airports in Region]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13174-2004Oct6.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/socialpolicy/guncontrol</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13174-2004Oct6.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/socialpolicy/guncontrol</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:30:32 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[New rules approved by airport officials will allow people to carry weapons onto the grounds of Washington's airports.]]></description><author> Steven Ginsberg  and Karin Brulliard</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Va. Father Who Left Gun in Pack Praises School's Action]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A4796-2004Oct3.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/socialpolicy/guncontrol</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A4796-2004Oct3.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/socialpolicy/guncontrol</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:30:32 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ A Prince William County man who forgot to take a handgun out of his son's backpack said yesterday that he takes full responsibility for the incident and that he believes authorities handled it properly.]]></description><author> Christina A. Samuels</author></item></channel></rss>