Wednesday, January 16, 2013
The AM Roundup: Mental Health Experts Question NY Gun Law, More
Obama gun push: President Barack Obama will call for Congress to end the sale of certain semiautomatic rifles and high-capacity ammunition magazines, and to require background checks to screen gun buyers for criminal violations and serious mental illness, people briefed on his plans said. His proposals will also include actions that he can take by using his executive powers, such as more aggressive prosecution of those who try to buy firearms illegally. WSJ, WP, NYT Mental-health checks: A provision in New York state's new gun-control laws that requires mental-health professionals to report potentially dangerous patients is drawing concern from experts who fear it could discourage people from seeking treatment and treads on client confidentiality. WSJ Armstrong amnesty: The head of the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, said in a statement Tuesday that the Union Cycliste International, the Switzerland-based governing body for cycling, has soured on a proposed program that might have allowed Lance Armstrong to get amnesty from a lifetime competition ban imposed on him last year. WSJ Merit pay: Florida Gov. Rick Scott and the state's teachers union are squaring off in court over an education bill tying teacher pay to student performance, marking an early, defining step in what could become a long-running legal battle to decide the fate of a central piece of the governor’s education agenda. Tallahassee Democrat ....
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