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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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Americans trying to bring guns into Canada ‘with alarming frequency’

by Brian Seay

At least six people have been charged with bringing handguns across the New Brunswick border this summer.

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Florida police officer, chief charged for fatal training demo

by Brian Seay

A Florida police officer and his superior were charged this week for the deadly shooting of a retired librarian at a community policing event last summer.

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Pentagon, Trump administration defend deadly raid in Yemen

by Brian Seay

A Navy SEAL and several civilians, including children, were killed in the raid, but the Trump administration says valuable intelligence was gathered.

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Gun safety advocate: Trump won’t silence us

by Brian Seay

The founder of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America says she's done wallowing in disappointment following Donald Trump's victory last week.

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CA woman, range instructor arrested after sniping woman’s husband (VIDEO)

by Jennifer Cruz

The woman’s husband, with whom she’s engaged in a custody battle, survived the shooting and now both she and the instructor are facing up to life in prison.

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NY husband charged with manslaughter after beating wife’s would-be rapist to death (VIDEO)

by Jennifer Cruz

Surveillance video from inside the building shows the husband, armed with a tire iron, meeting his wife's attacker in the hall and start swinging.

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Unable to afford meds, elderly man fatally shoots ailing wife (VIDEO)

by Jennifer Cruz

After killing his wife, William Hager covered her with a blanket, then went to the kitchen for coffee and called his children before dialing 911.

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Man gets stiletto through the skull during heated argument with wife

by Jennifer Cruz

Hospital staff admitted that they had never seen anything at all like the man's injury before.

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Woman accused of killing ex-husband sentenced to 25 years; Jurors say after the fact trial wasn’t fair (VIDEO)

by Jennifer Cruz

An Alabama woman on trial for fatally shooting her ex-husband in 2012 was sentenced to 25 years last week, but immediately following the sentencing, some of the jurors second-guessed their decision to convict her of murder after hearing testimonies of brutal abuse.

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Stranger leaves threatening note over ‘I Love My Soldier’ decal (VIDEO)

by Brent McCluskey

A Savannah stranger who was offended by a “I Love My Soldier” decal left a threatening note on a military fiancé’s windshield. After shopping at Target, Ellen Wilson returned to her vehicle to find a handwritten letter ranting about the immorality of war and the role so-called “soldiers” play in it, WTOC reports. The note […]

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Deputy Tasers man ‘swinging machete’ at wife

by Brent McCluskey

A Florida deputy Tased a man who was threatening his wife with a machete, among other things, Tuesday. After Artie Lambert, 44, tried to cut his son-in-law with a knife, he went into the garage, armed himself with a handgun, and repeatedly banged his head against the wall. He also threatened to “shoot the cops” […]

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