High-Capacity Magazines

Fiancée, Father of Giffords Staffer Support Ban On High Capacity Clips

Melissa Jeltsen | April 12, 2011, 11:52AM

Efforts to ban high-capacity gun magazines, like the one allegedly used by accused Tuscon shooter Jared Loughner, are gaining some momentum. On Tuesday morning, Kelly O'Brien - the fiancée of congressional staffer Gabe Zimmerman, who was killed in the Tuscon rampage - joined legislators for a press conference to endorse House and Senate bills banning high-capacity magazines, or assault clips.

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Topics: Carolyn McCarthy, Frank Lautenberg, Gun Control, High-Capacity Magazines, Jared Lee Loughner, NRA

Dick Cheney

Cheney Okay With Limiting High-Capacity Magazines In Wake Of Giffords Shooting (VIDEO)

Ryan J. Reilly | January 19, 2011, 1:45PM

Dick Cheney is no gun control advocate. In fact, as Rachel Maddow pointed out in a recent segment, he was one of only a couple members of the House of Representatives who voted against a ban on plastic guns back in the 1980s and is a regular at meetings of the National Rifle Association.

But in the wake of the mass shooting in Arizona that gravely injured Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) and killed six others, even Cheney indicated he's support restrictions on high-capacity magazines such as the clip allegedly used by Jared Lee Loughner.

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Topics: Dick Cheney, Frank Lautenberg, Gabby Giffords, Gabrielle Giffords, Gun Control, Gun Rights, Guns, High-Capacity Magazines, Jared Lee Loughner, Jared Loughner, NRA, Tucson Shootings