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Gun group chief says industry didn't cause Newtown

By KEN RITTERAssociated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) - A trade show expected to draw tens of thousands of gun enthusiasts and manufacturers opened Tuesday on the Las Vegas Strip with the head of an industry group preparing to tell convention-goers they weren't to blame for the recent mass shooting at a

Obama weighing executive action on guns

By ERICA WERNERAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Facing powerful opposition to sweeping gun regulations, President Barack Obama is weighing 19 steps that could be taken through executive action alone, congressional officials said. Those steps could include ordering stricter action against people

NY seals 1st state gun laws since Newtown massacre

By MICHAEL GORMLEYAssociated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - New York lawmakers agreed to pass the toughest gun control law in the nation and the first since the Newtown, Conn., school shooting, and now dare other states and Washington to follow "This is a scourge on society," Gov. Andrew Cuomo said

NY seals 1st state gun laws since Newtown massacre

By MICHAEL GORMLEYAssociated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - New York lawmakers agreed to pass the toughest gun control law in the nation and the first since the Newtown, Conn., school shooting, and now dare other states and Washington to follow "This is a scourge on society," Gov. Andrew Cuomo said