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...TIME White House correspondent Jay Branegan. "They opted to play their base but they misread the current public mood." Ever since the Littleton massacre, the NRA and its allies in Congress have known that more gun control legislation was headed their way. The issue was how to deflect the effort without looking insensitive. "Republicans thought they could get some cover with their voluntary proposal," says TIME congressional correspondent John Dickerson, "but it didn?t work." A big question now, says Dickerson, "is whether they will have managed to get on the right side of the issue" in time to avoid...
Johnson said that although he appreciates the group's effort, he would not take part in a discussion such...
...hardy perennial has suffered another seasonal setback. Two key Democratic senators, Byron Dorgan and Kent Conrad, both of North Dakota, said on Tuesday that they would not back the pre-Memorial Day effort to pass a constitutional amendment to ban flag burning. The two said they would instead support a flag-desecration statute. The move once again puts the amendment in mortal danger, since their votes are essential to achieve the necessary two thirds majority in the Senate, reports TIME congressional correspondent John Dickerson. Last time a flag amendment came to the Senate floor in 1995, it failed to pass...
...pizza-parlor co-worker of Harris and Klebold who may have been the middleman in the gun sale; and Robyn Anderson, Klebold's prom date, who police say bought three guns used in the massacre. But probably none of them have enough money to justify the time and effort of a suit. The victims might turn to bigger culprits. Victims of the Jonesboro, Ark., school killings have sued gunmakers, and victims of the Paducah, Ky., shooting are suing Time Warner and PolyGram, the maker of The Basketball Diaries, a movie in which a student imagines shooting his classmates...
...adult community, going to do? Yes, the entertainment industry needs to stop selling mayhem to children. Yes, the gun industry needs to stop fighting to put a gun within everyone's reach. Yes, politicians need to look at these issues in a sincere and bipartisan effort and not just as divisive tools in campaigns. And yes, the media need to do more than use tragedies for headlines. But what responsibility are we as individuals going to accept...