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Can Fort Lauderdale compel background checks at gun show?
A showdown is brewing between Fort Lauderdale and the Ohio-based company that has long held gun shows at the city-owned War Memorial Auditorium. The city has clamped down on the arms-bazaar excesses of the show, and a lawyer for Suncoast Gun Shows say...Tags: Government, Fort Lauderdale, Public Officials, Politics, Father's Day
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Connecticut's Landmark Gun Law Faces Challenge In Federal Court
The Hartford CourantA coalition of gun owners, gun dealers and firearms rights organizations have sued the governor and members of the state's attorney's office, contending that the gun law passed in the aftermath of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings violates the...Tags: Laws, Dannel P. Malloy , Judges, Weaponry, Litigation
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Letters to the editor: Oklahoma tornado, public school chiefs, and assault rifles
Once again, teachers protected their students. It happened at Sandy Hook Elementary in December, and it happened in Monroe, Okla., this week. Stories are being reported of teachers placing their bodies over their students, and as one child said, "Our...Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Teaching and Learning, Weight, Teachers, Students
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Soccer Clubs Plan Fundraiser For Newtown
The Hartford CourantSoccer Clubs Plan Fundraiser For Newtown It has been a while since John Barata, the general manager of the Real Boston Rams soccer club of the Premier Development League, played soccer in Newtown. But he's never forgotten. "It is a very close connection,...Tags: Major League Soccer, Services and Shopping, Baseball, New England Revolution, Soccer
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Maryland's model for gun regulation
Tomorrow, Gov. Martin O'Malley plans to sign into law the most comprehensive gun control legislation Maryland has seen in at least 25 years, a bill that will not only help guard against a mass shooting incident, like December's massacre at Sandy Hook...
Tags: Executive Branch, Laws, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Martin O'Malley, Federal Gun Control Legislation (2013)
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Coats defends his vote on guns
Although polls nationwide and in Indiana show overwhelming support for tightening background checks for gun purchases,Sen. Dan Coats, Indiana's Republican senior senator, voted "no." He says most constituents who contacted him wanted him to do just that....
Tags: Public Finance, Ted Cruz, Federal Gun Control Legislation (2013), Joe Manchin III, Parties and Movements
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Emotions run high at Yarmouth 5K
Cape Cod Times, Hyannis, Mass.Loss can divide. It can also unite. On Sunday hundreds of runners, family and friends -- old and new -- came together on South Shore Drive in front of The Skipper Restaurant to support each other, coalescing around a seeming onslaught of tragedies up...Tags: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Hurricane Sandy (2012), Sandy Hook Promise, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Sean Collier
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Yarmouth police organize motorcycle ride to benefit One Fund Boston
Cape Cod Times, Hyannis, Mass.There was a sense of sorrow in the crowd gathered Saturday in front of the Yarmouth Police Department, but also a sense of resolve. The police department organized what turned out to be a 190-motorcycle ride across the Cape to honor the strength of...Tags: Road Running, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Running, Sean Collier, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013)
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More guns used in suicides than homicides
When people think of gun violence, they typically think of a masked robber or a disturbed young man with an assault rifle and hundreds of rounds of ammunition. In truth, the most common victim of fatal gun violence is a distraught man who, alone in a...
Tags: Laws, Bipolar Disorder, Adam Lanza, Judges, Weaponry
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Armed prostitution suspects arrested after posting photos with attack weapons on Facebook
Two Central Florida women who were snared in a January prostitution sting were arrested Monday after bragging about guns on their social-media accounts, according to the Polk County Sheriff's Office. Felons Brittany Dodd, 25, of Lakeland and Maylee...
Tags: Sex Crimes, Adam Lanza, Polk County, Polk County Sheriff's Office, Theft
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