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Police chief found not guilty of negligence for fatal training demo

by Brian Seay

Punta Gorda Police Chief Tom Lewis was acquitted Thursday of a misdemeanor charge in the death of Mary Knowlton at a community demonstration last summer.

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In Massachusetts, defining ‘assault weapons’ can be tricky (VIDEO)

by Jennifer Cruz

Lawmakers provided a two-step “test” to determine which guns are legal, but gun owners and retailers say the test is too vague.

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Charges dropped after NH Supreme Court determines a ‘loaded’ gun has bullets in it

by Jennifer Cruz

The four-letter word which held the fate of Dor’s otherwise clean record was “with.” The state argued that since the magazine was near the gun, it was with it and therefore construed that the firearm was loaded.

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