Read more guns stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/33731/guns.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 12:56:31 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/69612/senate-oks-passenger-guns-on-amtrak.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAmtrak passengers would be allowed to carry unloaded guns in locked containers in their checked baggage under a measure passed by the Senate yesterday, reports the New York Times . The rail corporation banned guns from checked baggage after the 9/11 attacks. The measure won the backing of all Senate Republicans...http://www.newser.com/story/69612/senate-oks-passenger-guns-on-amtrak.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 17 Sep 2009 4:38:28 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69118/afghans-stock-up-on-guns-after-disputed-election.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe price of a smuggled Kalashnikov assault rifle in Afghanistan has more than doubled in recent weeks amid rising political turbulence, Time reports. Last month's election is widely believed to have been rigged in favor of President Hamid Karzai, and many fear challenger Abdullah Abdullah and the warlords he represents...http://www.newser.com/story/69118/afghans-stock-up-on-guns-after-disputed-election.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 11 Sep 2009 2:32:14 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68035/gun-toters-pastor-prayed-for-obamas-death.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe man who brought an assault rifle to an Obama town hall in Arizona last week had attended a sermon the day before during which the pastor said he would “pray for Barack Obama to die and go to hell,” TPM reports. “I’d like Barack Obama to melt like a...http://www.newser.com/story/68035/gun-toters-pastor-prayed-for-obamas-death.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 28 Aug 2009 11:33:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67561/town-hall-gun-toters-in-same-righty-group.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTwo men who brought guns to events featuring President Barack Obama belong to the same right-wing organization, Talking Points Memo reports. Chris Broughton, who carried an assault rifle into an Arizona town hall this week, and William Kostric, who brought a handgun to a New Hampshire forum last week, are...http://www.newser.com/story/67561/town-hall-gun-toters-in-same-righty-group.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 23 Aug 2009 16:49:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67353/nra-shouldnt-tolerate-gun-toting-protesters.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIf the National Rifle Association is really, to quote its website “dedicated to the lawful, effective, responsible, and above all safe use of firearms,” then it should loudly discourage people from carrying those firearms to political rallies, writes Stephen Stromberg of the Washington Post. Politics aside, it’s just bad gun...http://www.newser.com/story/67353/nra-shouldnt-tolerate-gun-toting-protesters.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 20 Aug 2009 9:34:03 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67327/dc-delegate-ban-guns-near-obama.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWashington DC's congressional delegate is watching gun-toting protesters outside venues where Barack Obama speaks, and she's not gonna take it anymore, reports The Hill. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton—whose constituency last year had its handgun ban tossed by the Supreme Court—wants guns banned in the president's vicinity, and is...http://www.newser.com/story/67327/dc-delegate-ban-guns-near-obama.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 20 Aug 2009 6:20:50 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67236/organizer-of-fake-interview-linked-to-infamous-militia.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe conservative radio host who staged an interview with an armed protester near the president's town hall in Phoenix has long ties with hard-core fringe groups, reports Talking Points Memo. Ernest Hancock allied himself with a group called the Viper Militia in Arizona in the 1990s, many of whose members...http://www.newser.com/story/67236/organizer-of-fake-interview-linked-to-infamous-militia.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 19 Aug 2009 5:46:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67222/rifle-toting-protester-part-of-staged-radio-interview.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAn anti-reform protester who showed up near President Obama's town hall event in Phoenix with a semiautomatic assault rifle did so as part of a staged radio event, reports Talking Points Memo. The man who conducted the seemingly random interview with the gun-toting "Chris" is conservative talk radio host Ernest...http://www.newser.com/story/67222/rifle-toting-protester-part-of-staged-radio-interview.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 18 Aug 2009 22:18:42 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67119/another-obama-speech-another-armed-citizen.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPresident Obama's appearance at a VFW convention in Phoenix today was marked by yet another appearance of a man with a gun, the Arizona Republic reports. As separate crowds of protesters for and against health care reform rallied outside the Phoenix convention center, a man with an AR-15 rifle and...http://www.newser.com/story/67119/another-obama-speech-another-armed-citizen.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 17 Aug 2009 15:50:01 CDT