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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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Bill would force feds to correct NICS record in 60 days

by Daniel Terrill

While there have been efforts to tighten criminal and mental health records in the federal background check system to ensure a prohibited person can’t get a gun, a Minnesota congressman wants to make sure the record is accurate so the law abiding can get a gun.

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Unarmed 84-year-old former Marine and his mitts took on two armed burglars (VIDEO)

by Brent McCluskey

An 84-year-old former Marine was held at gunpoint and burglarized but managed to fend off the two burglars that broke into his Albuquerque home earlier this week. Tom may have woken up to the sight of “a large revolver” held to his face, and he may have been unarmed, but the former Marine quickly sprung […]

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