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SPLC president: Charlottesville shows states need to change open carry laws

by Brian Seay

Echoing gun control groups who blamed the violence in Charlottesville on the NRA, the SPLC president says guns and public protests don't mix.

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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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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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Armed protesters turn out to support Sam Houston statue

by Jennifer Cruz

There’s no current plans to have the monument removed, but rumors that some groups were pushing for the removal prompted the weekend protests.

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DC cops’ body cams won’t be on during inauguration protests (VIDEO)

by Jennifer Cruz

While the ACLU believes demonstrations should not be recorded by police, they say protesters should record officers and report any questionable activity.

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Gays Against Guns targets NRA-friendly businesses for Cyber Monday protest (VIDEO)

by Christen Smith

Gays Against Guns targeted Hertz, FedEx and Wyndham Worldwide in a Cyber Monday protest over the businesses’ discount policies for NRA members.

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Cleveland PD: Zero arrests for open carry at RNC

by Chris Eger

In a review of arrests and police activity at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, officials made it clear that there was little problem with guns.

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Open carry doom and gloom forecast for RNC fizzles

by Chris Eger

After petitions and statements by some seeking to bring their firearms to the Republican National Convention and others pressing to ban guns in Cleveland, the outcome was largely anticlimactic.

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New Black Panther Party says they’ll be packing heat ahead of RNC

by Alex Monroe

"If that state allows us to bear arms, the Panthers and the others who can legally bear arms will bear arms,” said Hashim Nzinga, the group’s chairman.

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Demonstration of stab-proof vest doesn’t go as planned (VIDEO)

by Jennifer Cruz

It wasn’t so much that the product didn’t work, as much as the demonstrator’s aim was a little off.

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5 shot during Minneapolis Black Lives Matter protest

by Jennifer Cruz

Event organizers said they had problems in the past with the suspects, who they identified as white supremacists.

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Open carry advocates march through Ferguson

by Jennifer Cruz

Sam Andrews, who organized the event, said part of the event's goal was “to show that this right is not just for white people.”

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