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SLIPKNOT frontman Corey Taylor has clarified his recent comments about the widespread availability of guns, saying that he does not have a problem with "responsible gun owners" or the Second Amendment. Last week, Taylor gave an interview to the U.K.'s Independent in which he pushed back against politicians trying to blame music, movies and video games for the recent spate of mass shootings in America, while also deflecting blame from the availability of guns. He said: "Music is an easy target because [people in authority] don't understand it. There's a complete lack of effort to try to understand it, and...

The daughter of the late Slipknot bassist Paul Gray can sue a doctor for the loss of her father's companionship, even though she was still a fetus when he died, the Iowa Supreme Court ruled Friday. The court acknowledged it's the first time it's had to decide such a case centered on the rights of a child during the time it is a fetus, but it cited similar conclusions in cases from Massachusetts and Wisconsin. The justices warned that it would be a mistake for anyone to try to apply the rationale behind the ruling to the abortion debate. The...

May 24 2010 9:49 PM EDT Slipknot's Paul Gray Remembered By Shadows Fall, Sepultura, Nonpoint SF singer Brian Fair recalls Gray as 'a truly warm soul underneath the evil mask he rocked onstage.' By Ryan J. Downey Heavy-metal musicians were quick to react to the death of Slipknot bassist Paul Gray, as news spread online in a manner all too familiar to a community still reeling from the recent deaths of legendary singer Ronnie James Dio and Type O Negative frontman Peter Steele. "I'm so crushed to hear about the passing of Paul Gray," Shadows Fall singer Brian Fair told...

This is a reference thread with links to previous FR threads discussing the arrest of a suspect, John Mark Karr, in the decade-old cold case concerning the murder of JonBenet Ramsey, plus case resources for continued commentary on investigation of the crime.