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Gun rights groups rebuff calls for more regulation after Las Vegas shooting

by Chris Eger

On Tuesday, a number of Second Amendment organizations responded to the push by Democrats for gun control following the mass shooting in Las Vegas.

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‘I hate having to defend inanimate objects yet again, but…’

by Chris Eger

The speaker for a gun rights group on Monday addressed calls for gun control following the Route 91 Harvest country music festival shooting in Las Vegas.

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Democrats demand gun control post-Las Vegas, take aim at SHARE Act

by Chris Eger

Amid calls from anti-gun groups in the wake of a mass shooting, Democrats in Washington want to scuttle a sportsmen's package that includes easing suppressor laws for starters.

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ATF conducting urgent traces on Las Vegas shooter’s 42 recovered guns

by Brian Seay

While the ATF traces dozens of guns linked to Sunday’s massacre in Las Vegas, owners at two gun shops say the shooter bought weapons from them legally.

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SHARE Act could come up for House vote this week

by Chris Eger

An omnibus sportsmen's package that includes a partial deregulation of suppressors may come up for a vote in the House in the face of strong opposition from gun control groups.

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California governor reverses parole board decision to release convicted cop killer

by Brian Seay

Gov. Jerry Brown is reversing a parole board decision to release a man serving time for a 1984 jewelry store heist that left a Los Angeles officer dead.

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Officer shoots, kills deaf man holding a pipe as neighbors yell ‘he can’t hear you’

by Brian Seay

As neighbors shouted “he’s deaf,” a police officer in Oklahoma City shot and killed a man who couldn’t hear commands to drop a metal pipe.

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Gun control groups up campaign to stop suppressor reform

by Chris Eger

Advocates are increasing their efforts to halt the progress of legislation tracking to remove suppressors from National Firearms Act control.

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In Venezuela, Maduro puts Mosins on parade in show of force (PHOTOS)

by Chris Eger

Ordered into the streets by Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino Lopez, forces loyal to President Nicolas Maduro's government drilled with some very well cared for WWII-era rifles.

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President Trump’s joke about roughing up thugs draws mixed reactions

by Brian Seay

In a joke Friday, President Donald Trump told officers during a speech not to “be too nice” to thugs - drawing mixed reactions from police and other groups.

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Kansas man gets 30 years for trying to detonate a car bomb at a military base

by Brian Seay

A 22-year-old Topeka man will spend 30 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to trying to carry out a suicide car bomb attack at Fort Riley.

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Fewer shootings, but more murders in Chicago as top cop calls for more gun laws

by Brian Seay

Chicago's top cop says CPD has recovered 5,000 firearms this year, but called for more gun laws to help drive down the city’s persistent gun violence.

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