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Supreme Court looks at reach of Second Amendment
12:37 PM on 03/02/2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court appeared willing Tuesday to say that the Constitution's right to possess guns limits state and local regulation of firearms...
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Shooting victim says love handles saved her life
3:50 PM on 02/25/2010
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) - A Florida woman said her love handles saved her life when she was shot entering an Atlantic City bar...
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Utah lawmaker ends push to honor gun maker on MLK Day
8:00 AM on 02/23/2010
Civil rights leaders and gun makers don't mix - at least that's the message one Utah lawmaker is getting loud and clear...
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Jayson Williams faces sentencing for NJ shooting
7:07 AM on 02/23/2010
SOMERVILLE, N.J. (AP) - Former NBA star Jayson Williams faces sentencing Tuesday for a shooting that happened eight years ago in New Jersey...
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Victims aid police in California church shooting
8:17 AM on 02/16/2010
VIDEO -- Two teenage brothers wounded during a brazen shooting inside a Northern California church were cooperating Monday with police in the search for a hooded gunman and two other suspects...
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Lil Wayne gun charge sentencing put off for dental surgery
9:03 AM on 02/10/2010
NEW YORK (AP) - After rap star Lil Wayne spent months bidding farewell to his fans and his freedom, what loomed for him Tuesday was a dental chair, not a house of detention...
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Arenas writes op-ed piece on 'guns and violence' for Washington Post
9:05 AM on 02/02/2010
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Suspended Washington Wizards guard Gilbert Arenas says he now understands "guns and violence are serious problems, not joking matters."
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Arenas, Crittenton suspended for rest of NBA season
4:46 PM on 01/27/2010
NEW YORK (AP) - NBA commissioner David Stern has suspended Washington Wizards guards Gilbert Arenas and Javaris Crittenton for the remainder of the season for having guns in the locker room...
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Some NBA players say owning guns is necessary
11:15 AM on 01/04/2010
As far as some players are concerned, players have the right -- and maybe even the need -- to own weapons, as long as they're doing it legally...
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Gilbert Arenas fails to recognize that gunplay is not a game
9:06 AM on 01/04/2010
OPINION - Think Gilbert Arenas may have taken his 'Agent Zero' persona just a bit too much to heart?
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NBA players pull guns on each other in locker room, report says
10:27 AM on 01/01/2010
NEW YORK (AP) -- The New York Post is reporting Washington Wizards teammates Gilbert Arenas and Javaris Crittenton drew guns on each other during...
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Caught on tape: Off-duty cop pulls gun in snowball fight
11:22 AM on 12/21/2009
What started as a large crowd playing in the snow, ended with an off-duty police officer pulling out a gun...
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Clark Atlanta University sued after girl is shot on campus
5:41 AM on 11/06/2009
VIDEO - While walking back towards the Spelman campus, Jasmine passed two groups of young men fighting. Jasmine's friend yelled, "Gun!" Before she could duck, Jasmine was shot in the chest and died...
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Caught on tape: Bar brawl becomes gun fight
11:41 AM on 10/12/2009
VIDEO - Police in Ohio are investigating a gunfight that broke out at a Toledo bar last week. The entire gun battle was caught on camera...
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Supreme Court to decide if local gun laws violate 2nd Amendment
4:49 PM on 09/30/2009
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court agreed Wednesday to decide whether strict local and state gun control laws violate the Second Amendment...
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Community activists work to reduce youth violence
8:00 AM on 09/23/2009
VIDEO -- New York City's murder rate has dropped nearly 15 percent compared to last year, according to the New York City Police Department. But East Harlem's 23rd Precinct is another story...
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Caught on tape: Alabama woman robs 81 year old
7:37 AM on 09/04/2009
VIDEO - Police say a Mobile, Alabama woman is attacking people at stores and robbing them in broad daylight. Authorities say the crimes are getting bolder everyday.
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Football player tackles girl with gun on school bus
6:00 PM on 09/02/2009
VIDEO -- A Yazoo County, Mississippi teenager is being called a hero. A second teen is in the county youth detention center facing a mountain of legal troubles...
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Chi-town murder rate leaves few feeling safe
8:20 AM on 08/20/2009
Many Chicago parents have kept their children inside this summer for fear they will be killed playing on the street.
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Man with assault weapon was part of planned protest
9:55 AM on 08/19/2009
From The Daily Voice: The man who brought an assault rifle to President Obama's event in Phoenix this week was part of a planned stunt by a conservative media group, according to a libertarian activist interviewed on CNN on Tuesday. A spokesman for the group said the black man interviewed...
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'All black people' asked to leave Wal-Mart
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, NJ (AP) - On Sunday evening at the store, a male voice calmly announced: "Attention Wal-Mart customers: All black people leave the store now."...
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