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A look at gun-owners who aren't the picture of law abiding, respectability, intelligence or sanity that the NRA wants to promote
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(CNN) -- A Minnesota man arrested after investigators found weapons and explosives in his home was scheduled to appear in federal court in St. Paul Monday afternoon.
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One week after 20-year-old Adam Lanza used guns to kill 20 first-graders and seven adults before shooting himself, two physicians published a Viewpoint article in the Journal of the American Medical Assn.
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NRA instructor Eugene Kenny would have joined his fellow gun-rights supporters at the state Capitol Wednesday -- if he hadn't accidentally shot himself in the foot.
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“At the conclusion of the CHL training on February 27, 2013, one certified person stayed for private instruction with the instructor and had a mechanical malfunction with his weapon,” Van Independent School District said in a statement. “With the assistance of the instructor, the malfunction was addressed, but the gun misfired and the bullet ricocheted coming back to strike the VISD employee in the left leg.” Delete the scoop?
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Investigators say the Sunday afternoon inferno at DFW Gun Range was triggered by someone firing unauthorized tracer rounds inside the facility. Delete the scoop?
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"Former Tabiona, Utah city councilman Rickey Evin Wilberg was charged yesterday with possession of a firearm by a restricted person, possession of drugs and drug paraphernalia, intoxication and discharge of a firearm after he was arrested on February 6, 2013 in the shooting of his dog. Michael McFall of the Salt Lake Tribune reported that someone in the area heard gunfire and called 911, and Wilberg allegedly told the responding officers that he’d shot his dog twice. Officers then reportedly noticed a marijuana pipe and that Wilberg smelled of alcohol, and said that, upon request, Wilberg showed them his marijuana in a prescription bottle and was arrested. This is not Wilberg’s first arrest related to a dog-shooting: he was forced to resign from the city council in 2011 after shooting his neighbor’s teacup chihuahua puppy, Rocky. Wilberg told police that he’d been drinking vodka at the time of the shooting and was annoyed by the puppy’s barking. He was charged with intoxication and animal cruelty, a felony, in the case, but pled to a misdemeanor animal cruelty charge and paid restitution to his neighbor. When Wilberg was arrested in 2011, Geoff Liesik of the Uintah Basin Standard reportedthat he owned several daschunds. News reports do not indicate what breed of dog Wilberg allegedly shot in this case. Delete the scoop?
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ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A Manassas woman has pleaded guilty to violating federal firearms laws after buying 31 handguns over a two-week span at three Virginia gun shows. Delete the scoop?
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Inside the controversial, mysterious world of online gun sales. Delete the scoop?
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Getting cut off in traffic is never pleasant, and many Wisconsin drivers might be double irked if the offending car is from Illinois. Delete the scoop?
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ThinkProgress Texas House Approves Bill Allowing Firearms On Campus - KWTX.com KWTX AUSTIN (May 6, 2013)—The Texas House gave final approval Monday to a bill that would allow students 21 or older who have concealed handgun licenses to bring their...
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Drunken frat parties, living in a dorm for the first time, finals, break-ups of serious relationships and Texas wants to add firearms to the mix. What could go wrong? Delete the scoop?
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Who actually believes that you should handle a firearm while intoxicated? And who would give an intoxicated person a loaded frearm? Apparently, another intoxicated person. Delete the scoop?
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Northern Florida, Walmart, rejected coupon, gun. Yes, some stories really do write themselves. Delete the scoop?
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This is wild. NASA's recently deployed Van Allen probes — a pair of robotic spacecraft launched just last August to investigate Earth's eponymous pair of radiation belts — Delete the scoop?
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When debating gun control and the rights granted by the Second Amendment, heated arguments and debates are expected -- but a few people have gone too far by threatening some state lawmakers over the gun control bills currently being considered by... Delete the scoop?
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Prosecutors have filed a dozen charges against a Santa Clara man accused of threatening the life of a Bay Area senator after the discovery this week of a weapons cache and bomb-making materials at his home. Delete the scoop?
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Officials found 30 firearms, including a fully automatic rifle, two sawed-off shotguns and handguns, along with survival gear, cocaine and marijuana at a tattoo shop owner's home in St. Petersburg on Thursday.
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Investigators found 30 guns, including a fully automatic rifle, two sawed-off shotguns, several assault weapons, semi-automatic rifles and handguns, according to a news release. Thomas' business, JT's The Perfect Tattoo Shop on 34th Street North, was also searched but only boxes of ammunition were found. Police also took possession of one suppressor, numerous C- magazines (each one holds one-hundred rounds of ammunition), several bullet resistant vests, one Kevlar body suit, including kneepads and bullet-resistant armbands. They also recovered bullet-resistant helmets and gas masks, numerous survival knives, bug out bags, survival books, and several large boxes of ammunition. Delete the scoop?
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Police in Greenville, South Carolina, say a 3-year-old boy was killed Friday night after a pink gun he mistook for a toy accidentally discharged. Delete the scoop?
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A Cincinnati man will appear in Fairfield Municipal Court on Feb. 5 to answer charges that he brandished a weapon while intoxicated. Delete the scoop?
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Fact checking some of the gun lobby's favorite arguments shows they're full of holes. Via Lynda Park Delete the scoop?
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I do wish that these reporters would ask the question - how and were did a convicted felon with a history of mental illness obtain firearms? If this question were asked and answered more often, it might help solve the problem.