Friday, December 21, 2012

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"Smart guns" show promise, but not readily available on U.S. market
Dec 21st 2012, 11:36

(Reuters) - When Irish gun entrepreneur Robert McNamara learned of the Sandy Hook Elementary School mass shooting, his immediate reaction, like that of most people, was one of horror, shock and sadness. But there was something else, too. "I was literally pulling my hair out," McNamara said. "I thought, we have a technology that could have helped prevent that massacre." That technology places a radio chip in a gun handle and a corresponding chip on a ring or bracelet or even implanted in an authorized shooter's hand, McNamara said. ...

Obama urges Americans to keep up pressure for tighter gun control
Dec 21st 2012, 11:07

U.S. President Obama speaks about the fiscal cliff to members of the media in the White House Briefing RoomWASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama urged Americans on Friday to keep up the pressure on lawmakers to tighten gun regulations as a result of the mass shooting of 26 people in Newtown, Connecticut, a week ago. Obama issued a videotaped response to the several hundred thousand people who have signed a petition posted on the White House website calling for toughened gun laws in response to the shooting, in which 20 school children and six adults were killed at a Newtown school. "I need your help," Obama said in the video. ...


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