WATCH: Obama Unveils New Gun Control Proposals

TIME’s cover this week features “The Gunfighters,” the trio of politicians on the front lines of a new gun-control plan in the wake of last month’s Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting that claimed the lives of 20 first-graders and seven adults in Newtown, Conn. Since the tragedy, Vice President Joe Biden has led the charge toward gun regulations, speaking with police officers, legislators, and victims groups to draw up a recommendation that President Obama is set to announce Wednesday morning. TIME’s Michael Scherer has an insider look at the negotiations in this week’s cover story — see a preview of his reporting on Swampland.

(MORE: By Testing the Gun Lobby, Obama and Biden are Launching a Broader War on the Other Party)

In the past, TIME has featured extensive reporting on the gun-control debate: Dozens of mass shootings in our nation’s history have been splashed across the cover of the magazine. TIME reporters have examined legislators’ efforts to rein in guns while still preserving Americans’ Second Amendment rights, a debate that has found a renewed voice in the weeks after the Newtown massacre.

(Archive Gallery: TIME’s Gun Covers, 1968-2013)

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famulla5
famulla5

More tax , no protection on the students even where there will not be guns as the Government cannot afford to protect the children of  all the schools . The mad will have their way any way. On the contrary, there's drag on the economy because of the undeniable certainty of higher taxes, greater regulation, and increased government involvement in the commercial and private sector.There's no denying now that tax-and-spend, and an ever-ballooning debt ARE the future, and that there's no serious intention in Washington to cut down the deficit or the debt.Consequently, companies, businesses and consumers are behaving in accordance with that undeniable certainty, as well as the certainty of a $16 trillion debt going up to $17 trillion. That's why there's a drag on the economy.It's not uncertainty that's the problem, it's the certainty of what lies in the future that's hindering growth. The Americans will pay more taxes and have more huns anyway I thank you Firozali A.Mulla DBA




famulla5
famulla5

We do not lose guns ans we pay more taxes. That is not acceptable by many but who will talk? USA is killing incentives with  taxes read on You bet many will lose sleep The big numbers under discussion following the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 have been $400,000, the income level where new marginal rates kick in for singles, and $450,000, for married couples filing jointly. But two limitations on tax breaks for high-income earners are returning at much lower income thresholds, amounting to something of a stealth increase. And there are few ways to get around them. Even if you think you are not rich enough to worry about higher taxes under the new agreement, these two haircuts may affect you because PEP and Pease, as they are called, come into play at $250,000 for singles and $300,000 for married couples. Combined, the two rules effectively raise taxes on the affluent without increasing marginal tax rates. Both had been temporarily eliminated by theBush tax cuts and do not apply to your 2012 taxes. They are back for 2013, though, as part of the tax agreement reached in the fiscal cliff negotiations at year-end. You may tear your hair out trying to sort through the details, but there is one reason to count your blessings: If not for the fiscal-cliff deal, the income thresholds would have been far lower (Please at $89,075 for singles and $178,150 for married couples, and PEP at $178,150 for singles and $267,200 for marrieds). And that means millions of taxpayers do not need to worry about the I thank you Firozali A.Mulla DBA