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READER SUBMITTED: Five Mentors Honored By Nutmeg Big Brothers Big Sisters
StatewideNutmeg Big Brothers Big Sisters, Connecticut's premier youth mentoring organization, has formally recognized five state "Bigs" (adult mentors) for making a significant contribution to advancing the mentoring concept and for changing the lives of...Tags: Big Brothers Big Sisters of America, United Way , Wethersfield, Eastern Connecticut State University, Nutmeg
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L.A. looks to ban possession of high-capacity gun magazines
This post has been corrected. See below for details.The Los Angeles City Council voted Friday to draft a law prohibiting the possession of high-capacity ammunition magazines, sparking lawsuit threats from two gun rights organizations. On an 11-0 vote, the council called for an ordinance labeling the...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Periodicals, Dennis P. Zine, Newspaper and Magazine, Lindsay Lohan
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L.A. to draft law banning possession of large-capacity gun magazines
The Los Angeles City Council voted Friday to draft a law prohibiting the possession of large-capacity ammunition magazines, sparking lawsuit threats from two gun rights organizations. On an 11-0 vote, the council called for an ordinance labeling the...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Laws, Elections, Periodicals, Gun Control
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Lakeland police: 3 middle school students had plans to create 'chaos'
Three Lakeland middle schoolers were arrested on conspiracy charges after, police say, they had plans to create mass "chaos" at Sleepy Hill Middle School. One 13-year-old girl, a 13-year-old boy and a 12-year-old girl were all arrested and face charges...
Tags: Health and Safety at School, Students, Adam Lanza, Teaching and Learning, Eric Harris
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NRA: No gun sales at Harrisburg outdoor show
(MCT) — You can look, but you can't buy. The National Rifle Association has announced that guns can be displayed, but not sold, at the Great American Outdoor Show in Harrisburg next year. It was announced April 16 that the NRA would take over the...Tags: Gun Control, Interior Policy, Firearms, National Rifle Association of America, Consumers
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Sturm, Ruger Booming, But What Happened To Freedom Group Sale?
The Hartford CourantNo one should be surprised that Sturm, Ruger & Co. reported record sales for the first three months of 2013. Even before the Newtown tragedy, in early 2012, the Fairfield-based gunmaker had to halt new sales for a few weeks just to keep up with the...Tags: Newtown, Firearms, Marlin Firearms Co., Lazard Limited, Fairfield (Fairfield, Connecticut)
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NRA convention gets underway; Sarah Palin and Ted Nugent on tap
HOUSTON -- The National Rifle Assn.’s annual convention begins in earnest Friday in Houston, with leaders who have spent the year defending the group in the wake of mass shootings emboldened by the recent defeat of federal gun control legislation...
Tags: Executive Branch, Gun Control, National Rifle Association of America, Bobby Jindal, Parties and Movements
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Heart Of New York City In Manchester
The Hartford CourantA usually quiet side street was animated Friday with the pop and chatter of power tools and the loud, distinctive sound of New York City accents. Volunteers with Heart 9/11, mostly retired firefighters and police officers from New York, comprised the...Tags: New York City, Brooklyn (New York City), Manchester, U.S. Army, Iraq War (2003-2011)
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Time to talk about guns
I grew up with guns in my house. There are guns in my house. I understand the sport of the shooting range and the sport of hunting. I understand the argument, while not finding it convincing, that guns in the home protect you. What I do not understand...
Tags: Shootings, Assault
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Jerry Brown OKs funds to seize guns held illegally
SACRAMENTO — The state will send dozens of new agents into California neighborhoods this summer to confiscate nearly 40,000 handguns and assault rifles from people barred by law from owning firearms, officials said Wednesday. The plan received the...
Tags: Mark Leno, Crime, Law and Justice, Laws, Behavioral Conditions, Executive Branch
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Gov. Brown OKs funds to confiscate guns from criminals, mentally ill
SACRAMENTO -- Gov. Jerry Brown on Wednesday signed legislation aimed at taking handguns and assault rifles away from 20,000 Californians who acquired them legally but have since been disqualified from ownership because of a criminal conviction or...
Tags: Mark Leno, Crime, Law and Justice, Laws, Executive Branch, Gun Control
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Sandy Hook Educators To Receive Posthumous Congressional Award
Six teachers and staff from Sandy Hook Elementary school who died trying to protect their students in the Dec. 14 massacre will posthumously receive a Congressional medal Monday, in a special ceremony at Newtown High School next week. Family members of...Tags: Awards and Prizes, Education, Teaching and Learning, Teachers, Human Interest
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