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Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Stronger Gun Laws Wanted in Pa., Poll Says

See what Pennsylvania voters think of stricter gun laws and add your opinion.

Stricter gun laws are a topic many people are talking about. A number of local college presidents have signed a letter asking for more gun control, including Jane McAuliffe of Bryn Mawr College, Kathleen Ownes of Gwynedd-Mercy College, Joanne V. Creighton of Haverford College, Daniel H. Weiss of Lafayette College, Peyton Helm of Muhlenburg College, Rebecca Chopp of Swarthmore College, Bobby Fong of Ursinus College and Rev. Peter M. Donohue of Villanova University. Pennsylvania voters think the federal government should have stricter gun laws, according to the latest poll from Quinnipiac University. The poll found 60 percent of those polled are in favor of stricter laws, while 5 percent thought the laws should be less strict and 32 percent …

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Bryn Mawr College (in Bryn Mawr-Gladwyne Patch), Gwynedd-Mercy College (in Lower Gwynedd-Ambler-Whitpain Patch), Haverford College (in Haverford-Havertown Patch), and 3 more ›

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ron

1:24 am on Saturday, March 9, 2013

@ Morgan. Thanks for teaching me new words. Although LOL I do curse you everytime i have to run to the dictionary just to figure out what the hell you are trying to say. LOL Just kidding.   more ›

Friday, December 21, 2012

Easton, Wilson Mayors Want Tougher Gun Laws

Mayor Sal Panto of Easton and David Perrusso of Wilson are among several U.S. mayors signing

Editor's note: The following is a letter sent to the White House Wednesday from the group Mayors Against Illegal Guns. Among the mayors signing were Sal Panto of Easton and David Perruso of Wilson, as well as Gerald Gross of West Easton. In the last year, both Easton and Wilson have been struggling with gun violence. Easton had five homicides in 2012, four of them gun-related. A city man was shot and wounded in Wilson earlier this year. This letter is in response to a different gun crime: the school shooting last week in Newtown, Conn.   Dear President Obama, On Friday, Dec. 14, the entire nation watched as parents stood outside the Sandy Hook Elementary Schooland waited, desperately hoping to be reunited with their children.  That moment …

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Easton Homicide Rate Highest Since 2007 (in Easton Patch) and Wilson Police Seek Shooting Suspect (in Easton Patch)

jackson black

1:46 pm on Friday, December 21, 2012

@ Wilfredo; People kill people not guns..It is our right to own a firearm. IF a crazy person wants to kill people he or she would find a way with or without a firearm..   more ›

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