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Report: Rifle manufacturers back on top in 2015

by Christen Smith

Rifle manufacturers reversed a five-year trend and outproduced pistol makers in 2015, according to a federal report released this week.

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Wanted drug, gun smuggler captured after more than a decade

by Brian Seay

A pair of bike cops in Montreal arrested one of American immigration officials’ most wanted fugitives last week near a train station.

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Tucson fights Arizona top cop on gun destruction suit

by Brian Seay

The city of Tucson filed a motion Thursday asking the Arizona Supreme Court to toss out a lawsuit filed by Attorney General Mark Brnovich over the city’s policy to destroy seized guns.

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New Orleans pays $13 million in settlements for Katrina-era police killings, mayor apologizes

by Brian Seay

New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu announced more than $13 million in settlements Monday for lawsuits related to four men who were killed by police before and after Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

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Gun used in assassination attempt on Pope John Paul II to be displayed in Polish museum (VIDEO)

by Brent McCluskey

The gun used in the assassination attempt on Pope John Paul II’s life will be displayed at a Polish museum. Pope John Paul II of Wadowice, Poland, died in 2005 and will be declared a saint on April 27 at the Vatican. An assassination attempt was made on his life by Mehmet Ali Agca on […]

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Conviction overturned for Marine found guilty of smuggling AK-47 from Saddam’s palace

by Brent McCluskey

The former Marine who was found guilty of smuggling a chrome-plated AK-47 from Saddam Hussein’s palace into the U.S. in 2012 had his conviction overturned last month. Former Staff Sgt. Joel Cleve Miller, 42, allegedly brought the AK-47 into the U.S. in 2005 at the close of his 14-month tour in Iraq. Miller maintained his […]

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