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9 months probation for officer who fired 41 shots at unarmed man, killing him

by Brian Seay

A former police officer in Texas received nine months of probation for killing an unarmed man after a police chase in 2012.

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Prison officials reveal location of Colorado movie theater shooter

by Christen Smith

The man convicted of killing 12 people inside a suburban Denver movie theater in 2012 will serve his life sentence at a federal prison in Pennsylvania.

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Officials applaud pro bono work of anti-violence group as they await funding during Connecticut’s budget impasse

by Brian Seay

‘Project Longevity’ has been fighting gang violence in the state’s largest cities since 2012. But a budget impasse is forcing the group to work without pay.

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Chicago police watchdog group says fatal police shooting from 2012 was unjustified

by Brian Seay

In a rare move, a police watchdog group in Chicago announced Thursday that the 2012 shooting of a 15-year-old boy was unjustified.

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Miami-Dade officer pleads guilty to gun running charge

by Brian Seay

A former Miami-Dade police officer pleaded guilty last week to a conspiracy charge in connection with a gun running scheme to the Dominican Republic.

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Truther sentenced to 5 months in prison for threatening Sandy Hook father

by Brian Seay

A Florida woman was sentenced to five months in federal prison for threatening the father of a 6-year-old killed in the Sandy Hook massacre.

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Newtown will honor Sandy Hook victims with 15 minutes of silence

by Brian Seay

Officials in Newtown, Connecticut will mark the fourth anniversary of the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre with 15 minutes of silence on Wednesday.

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House intel panel debunks many Benghazi theories (VIDEO)

by Joey Clementine

The Republican-controlled House Intelligence Committee found that the CIA and the military acted properly and that there was no wrongdoing by Obama administration appointees in the 2012 attacks at a U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, the Associated Press reported.

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Man sodomized with gun by Chicago cops speaks publicly for first time

by Brent McCluskey

One man says Chicago police officers beat and sodomized him with their gun in October 2012 to elicit his cooperation with a drug sting, Vice reports. Angel Perez, a 32-year-old aspiring documentary film producer, alleged he was subjected to inhumane treatment at the hands of Chicago police officers. He filed a lawsuit against his attackers, […]

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10 Most Popular Guns.com Articles of 2012

by Daniel Terrill

These are the articles that were the most viewed by you during 2012 and we think the range of subject matter speaks volumes as to where gun folks’ heads were at during this crucial time period in American history.

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