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Balto. police recover 29 stolen firearms early Tuesday
Baltimore police have two men in custody after seizing 29 stolen handguns Tuesday morning. Around 2:30 a.m. Monday, two men allegedly broke into an outdoor supply store in Saxton, Pa. by crashing into it with a vehicle, then stole multiple handguns. They...Tags: Firearms, Baltimore Police Department, Theft
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Maryland's gun control paradox
For critics of gun control, Maryland, and particularly Baltimore, are proof of the pointlessness and even dangerousness of seeking to make legal access to firearms more difficult. Maryland has some of the strictest gun control laws in the nation,...
Tags: Interior Policy, Martin O'Malley, Regional Authority, Firearms, Laws
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In gun control debate, no easy fixes to Baltimore street violence
Maryland has some of the toughest gun laws in the country — and Baltimore's are even stricter — yet the city continues to struggle with rampant gun violence as thousands of criminals gain access to firearms. And for supporters and opponents...
Tags: Martin O'Malley, Baltimore County, Anthony W. Batts, Criminals, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Maze of gun laws in US hurts gun control efforts
WASHINGTON (AP) — There is a legal avenue to try to get any gun you want somewhere in the U.S., thanks to the maze of gun statutes across the country and the lack of certain federal laws. That undermines gun-control efforts in communities with...
Tags: Lobbying, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Aurora, Newspaper and Magazine, Judges
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Bunting cracks down on undercover investigations
HAMPTON — Hampton's city manager on Thursday ordered that the Police Division no longer raise and spend money in an undercover investigation — as it did in a recent black-market cigarette sting — unless the operation is specifically...
Tags: Finance, Hampton (Hampton, Virginia), Police Investigations, Economy, Business and Finance, Crime, Law and Justice
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Cigarette sting vehicles lined up at Fort Monroe
HAMPTON — It's still an open question what will become of the nine vehicles purchased using nearly $400,000 from Hampton's Blue Water Tobacco cigarette sting. But the mystery surrounding their location is no more: The unmarked vehicles — six...
Tags: Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Justice System, Hampton (Hampton, Virginia), Product Recalls, Services and Shopping
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Sources: East Windsor Gun Shop Sold Guns Used At HDI And In Newtown
The Hartford Courant— The guns used in the last two mass murders in Connecticut were purchased at same East Windsor gun shop. Records show that Omar Thornton, who killed eight people and himself at Hartford Distributors Inc. in 2010, purchased both the Glock and...Tags: East Windsor, South Windsor, Omar S. Thornton, Shootings, Firearms
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President Obama unveils $500 million gun legislation package
WASHINGTON (AP) — Braced for a fight, President Barack Obama on Wednesday unveiled the most sweeping proposals for curbing gun violence in two decades, pressing a reluctant Congress to pass universal background checks and bans on military-style...
Tags: Interior Policy, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Washington, DC, Justice System, Georgetown University
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Enough talk. Time to act.
President Barack Obama and the National Rifle Association do agree on something: No amount of legislation can prevent every evil act. In his remarks on gun violence Wednesday, Obama acknowledged what gun enthusiasts have been saying for decades:...
Tags: Illinois General Assembly, James Holmes, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Mental Health, Vice (movie)
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10-year-old struck in New Year's celebratory shooting dies
Aaliyah Boyer had hoped to watch the New Year's ball drop on TV, but when she learned she had missed the stroke of midnight by 32 seconds, she returned to the front yard with her friends to watch her neighbors light fireworks. Nearby, someone...
Tags: Cecil County, Holidays, Miley Cyrus, New Year's Day, Elkton
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Obama announces sweeping proposals to curb gun violence
This post has been corrected. See below for details.WASHINGTON -- President Obama on Wednesday unveiled a broad array of executive actions and legislative proposals to curb gun violence, including a new push to ban assault weapons, impose a 10-round limit on ammunition magazines, and expand background...Tags: Politics, Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting, Firearms, U.S. Congress, White House
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2/21/2013-Get Serious About Gun Control
Here's an update on the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. There isn't one. Well, there is one, but Congress has stripped it of a leader, cut down on the number of agents and choked its budget to the point where it's almost impossible to do its job....
Tags: Interior Policy, Politics, Operation Fast and Furious, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Gun Control
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Nov 29, 2012
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Jan 16, 2013
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Feb 20, 2013
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