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Police chief fired in Florida after fatal training demonstration last year

by Brian Seay

Punta Gorda Police Chief Tom Lewis was fired Wednesday more than a year after the fatal shooting of a librarian at a training demonstration.

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Police chief on trial after librarian killed in training demo

by Brian Seay

Five officers testified Tuesday that nobody checked whether a gun had blanks before a community demonstration that ended with a librarian dead.

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More charges for Florida officer who shot unarmed man

by Brian Seay

North Miami officer Jonathan Aledda is accused of illegally shooting an unarmed man who was lying on the ground with his hands in the air.

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Georgia governor signs campus carry bill into law

by Brian Seay

Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal signed a bill into law Thursday which will allow concealed carry on public colleges and universities in the state.

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Oregon judge charged with giving a gun to a felon

by Brian Seay

A circuit court judge in Oregon was arraigned Thursday on felony gun charges that allege he provided a felon with a gun.

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Gun-loving mom shot by 4-year-old may face charges

by Daniel Terrill

Jacksonville authorities determined this week that they have enough evidence to charge the 31-year-old woman who was shot in the back after her four-year-old son grabbed hold of her handgun.

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SC bill imposes harsher penalties, bans guns for domestic abusers

by Jennifer Cruz

While the state's lawmakers all agree that domestic violence remains an unsolved problem in South Carolina, not all agree that more laws – particularly gun restrictions – will do anything to actually combat the issue.

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16-year-old in custody after pointing loaded gun at officers (VIDEO)

by Jennifer Cruz

When officers responded to a call about more than a dozen teens fighting in the street, most of them had already fled the scene, but then they spotted one boy who was trying to hide a gun in his waistband.

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Study: anger, not mental health key factor in gun violence (VIDEO)

by Jennifer Cruz

Those who exhibited the most concerning behavior weren't the ones with severe mental illness, but rather those with anger problems who wouldn't likely be prohibited from possessing a firearm in the first place, according to the study.

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