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David Gregory Violates DC Gun Law On National TV — Meet the Press's studios are located in Washington DC. This morning on “Meet the Press”, David Gregory decided to wave around a 30-round AR-15 magazine. — From DC's gun laws: … From Westlaw's listing of DC's gun laws: … Penalties:

Discussion: Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Michelle Malkin, Doug Ross, Twitchy, BREITBART.COM and The Daily Caller

Adam Peck / ThinkProgress:

David Gregory Shocked By NRA's LaPierre: You Fly In The Face Of Common Sense — During Sunday's Meet the Press, the National Rifle Association's Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre sat down with host David Gregory and defended his organization's universally panned call for armed guards …

Discussion: The Impolitic and The Raw Story

Andrew Kirell / Mediaite:

Riled Up David Gregory Hammers Wayne LaPierre Over NRA Position On Gun Laws — Nine days after the massacre in Newtown, Conn., National Rifle Association CEO Wayne LaPierre made his first official press appearance, taking questions from NBC's David Gregory on Meet the Press.

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Ross Douthat / New York Times:

Bloomberg, LaPierre and the Void — FOR a week after the Newtown shooting, the conversation was dominated by the self-righteous certainties of the American center-left. In print and on the airwaves, the chorus was nearly universal: the only possible response to Adam Lanza's rampage …

Discussion: Hot Air, Balloon Juice and Brad DeLong

Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Gregory Mocks LaPierre for Proposing Armed Guards, but Sends Kids to High-Security School

Discussion: Weasel Zippers

Eric Lichtblau / The Caucus: N.R.A. Leaders Stand Firm Against Gun Restrictions

New York Times:
The Scourge of Concealed Weapons

Discussion: Right Wing News, Flopping Aces and Daily Kos

Evan McMorris-Santoro / Talking Points Memo:
Wayne LaPierre: If It's Crazy To Put More Guns In Schools, Then Call Me Crazy

Discussion: The Hinterland Gazette, Business Insider, Little Green Footballs and The Raw Story

Michael Ono / ABCNEWS:
NRA Chief LaPierre: ‘Call Me Crazy’

Discussion: CNN

Michael Kranish / Boston Globe:

The story behind Mitt Romney's loss in the presidential campaign to President Obama — (Associated Press photo of Mother Jones video) — You are reading this article for FREE courtesy of BostonGlobe.com. Get unlimited access. — It was two weeks before Election Day when Mitt Romney's …

Discussion: Balloon Juice, PoliticusUSA, The Moderate Voice, The Impolitic, Firedoglake, PERRspectives, The National Memo, The Hill, Gawker, Mediaite, Booman Tribune, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Washington Examiner, The Political Carnival, The Other McCain, Outside the Beltway and Eschaton

CBS News:

Sen. Michael Crapo arrested on DUI in Virginia — Sen. Michael Crapo, R.-Idaho, was arrested in Virginia early Sunday morning for driving under the influence, Alexandria police say. — Police spokesman Craig T. Fifer said an officer was on routine patrol when he saw Sen. Crapo's vehicle run a red light.

Discussion: BuzzFeed, Alan Colmes'Alan Colmes' and The Political Carnival

Seung Min Kim / Politico:

Crapo charged with drunken driving — Sen. Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) was arrested and charged with drunken driving in Alexandria, Va., early Sunday morning, according to local police. — Jody Donaldson, a spokesperson for the Alexandria Police Department, said in an e-mail that Crapo was arrested at 12:45 a.m. Sunday.

Discussion: The Raw Story

Candice M. Giove / New York Post:

Ryan Lanza mourns Newtown shooter sibling and mom, claims he's a victim — Newtown killer Adam Lanza, who shot dead his mother, six other adults and 20 children, is badly missed by his brother. — “I am a victim,” Ryan Lanza, 24, told The Post yesterday in a Facebook chat. “I loss [sic] my mom and brother.”

Discussion: The Hinterland Gazette, Mediaite, TMZ.com and WTVR-TV

Anjali Sareen / Mediaite:

Cory Booker Lambasts ‘False’ Gun Debate: 'I Don't Know If Anybody Here Has Seen Someone Shot... I Have' — Newark Mayor Cory Booker became visibly frustrated over a debate on gun control on ABC's This Week Sunday, telling panelists, “I don't know if anybody here has seen someone shot. I have.”

Andrew Dalton / The Huffington Post:

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Discussion: The Raw Story

Alicia M. Cohn / The Hill:

Sen. Barrasso: Obama sees a ‘political victory’ in going over the cliff — Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) said Sunday he thinks President Obama wants to dive over the so-called “fiscal cliff.” — “I believe the president is eager to go over the cliff for political purposes,” Barrasso told Chris Wallace on “Fox News Sunday.”

Discussion: CNN and Politico

Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
Isakson would back bill to extend middle-class rates if ‘only choice’ left

Discussion: Politico

Carlo Muñoz / The Hill:
LaTourette: ‘Plan B’ failure not a rebuke of Boehner's ‘leadership’

Discussion: CNN

David Daley / Salon:
Obama to Boehner: “You get nothing. I get that for free”

Discussion: Alan Colmes'Alan Colmes', The National Memo, Michelle Malkin, americanthinker.com, Addicting Info and Weasel Zippers

Dave Warner Kevin Murphy / Reuters:

Gun enthusiasts pack shows to buy assault weapons — (Reuters) - Gun enthusiasts thronged to shows around the country on Saturday to buy assault weapons they fear will soon be outlawed after a massacre of school children in Connecticut prompted calls for tighter controls on firearms.

Discussion: The Daily Caller and Little Green Footballs

Alice Hines / The Huffington Post:

FBI Investigated ‘Occupy’ As Possible ‘Terrorism’ Threat, Internal Documents Show … FOLLOW: — Video, FBI, Occupy Protests, Occupy Movement, Occupy Wall Street, Police Occupy, Police Surveillance, Business News — According to internal documents newly released by the FBI …

Discussion: Truthdig and Hot Air