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Garland, Texas, shooter bought gun in 2010 during Fast and Furious

6th Aug 2015

Five years before he was shot to death in the failed terrorist attack in Garland, Texas, Nadir Soofi walked into a suburban Phoenix gun shop to buy a 9-millimeter pistol.At the time, Lone Wolf Trading Co. was known among gun smugglers for selling illegal firearms. And with Soofi's history of misd …

Boy Scouts use donated guns, suppressors in unique training program

6th Aug 2015

Scouts in Maine are getting a chance to participate in the shooting sports with an increased level of safety on behalf of new suppressors, rifles and ammunition contributed free of charge.This spring, the Boy Scouts of America’s Pine Tree Council, which serves ten counties in central Maine, took pos …

Police: Man wielding hatchet, gun dead at movie theater

5th Aug 2015

ANTIOCH, Tenn. (AP) — A man armed with a hatchet and gun unleashed a volley of pepper spray at audience members inside a movie theater Wednesday, exchanging fire with a responding officer before being shot dead by a SWAT team as he tried to escape out a back door, police said.The attacker, identifie …

Bill seeks to Shift Concealed Gun Permit Decisions to Police Chiefs

Posted by jhingarat21 on 5th Aug 2015

California sheriffs soon may be able to legally pass the responsibility of issuing concealed handgun permits to city police chiefs, the latest salvo in a case of political hot potato for a state that gives local law enforcement agencies wide leeway in deciding who can carry a gun in public. The …

Los Angeles Takes a Step Toward Gun Control Rules

Posted by jhingarat21 on 5th Aug 2015

LOS ANGELES:  The city of Los Angeles on Tuesday endorsed a bill setting out rules for weapons owners on how to store their arms, a potential bellwether towards tackling the hugely controversial issue of gun control in the US.The draft legislation, which still has to be voted on by the city cou …