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Group Takes Controverisal Step of Donating Guns to Neighborhood to Help People Protect Themselves

Drew Weisholtz — Wed, 01 May 2013 18:04:18 +0000

The right to bear arms is taking on a whole new look in one Texas city.

The Band Showtime to Donate to Families of Herkimer-Mohawk Shooting Victims

Keeler in the Morning — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 01:57:37 +0000

The band Showtime announced this week that it has decided to donate their pay at this Saturday night’s show at the Silverado in Herkimer to the victims of the Herkimer-Mohawk tragedy. Jose Lopez, bass player for the band announced on Monday that they’ll donate all proceeds from Saturday night’s show

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Will This Week's Stabbing In Texas Affect The Gun Control Debate?

Kristine Bellino — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 12:53:06 +0000

The man accused of stabbing more than a dozen people at Lone Star Community College is making his first court appearance today.

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Have You Changed Your Mind?

Kristine Bellino — Mon, 24 Dec 2012 19:32:00 +0000

Has the statement made by the National Rifle Association's Wayne LaPierre about putting armed guards in schools changed your mind about gun control?

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Should High Capacity Gun Magazines Be Banned?

Kristine Bellino — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 12:22:07 +0000

Marcy, NY (WIBX) - Holding up an assault rifle at a press conference in Yonkers over the weekend, State Senator Eric Adams announced his plan to introduce a bill in Albany banning the sale and possession of high capacity magazine guns.

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DEC Reminds Hunters To Be Safe

Gino Geruntino — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 17:29:51 +0000

Utica, NY (WIBX) - The Department of Environmental Conservation is reminding hunters to be safe while hunting this season.

According to officials with the group, hunters wearing orange are seven times less likely to be injured than those who don't

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Forty-Seven Percent of Americans Own Guns — Survey of the Day

Jeremy Taylor — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 13:07:37 +0000

Gun ownership is at an 18-year high, according to a new Gallup poll.

Forty-seven percent of Americans report having a gun in their home or elsewhere on their property, up from 41 percent last year and the most since 1993 when 54 percent reported gun ownership.

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Oops! Embarrassed SWAT Team Has Their Guns Stolen

Jeremy Taylor — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 20:26:02 +0000

Well, this is humiliating. Thieves using bolt cutters were able to force their way into a supposedly secure building earlier Thursday morning and steal 21 MP-5 submachine guns and 12 large caliber handgun from the Los Angeles police department’s prestigious SWAT unit.

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Gabrielle Giffords' District to Hold Gun Raffle

Shauna Wright — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 18:03:21 +0000

In an August 26 newsletter, the Pima County Republican Party announced it’s raffling off a handgun to raise money for the group.

The problem? Pima County is within the Arizona congressional district of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who was nearly killed earlier this year after a shooting at a local meet-and-greet event left six people dead. As a result, many feel raffling off a Glock .45 — the same type of gun used in the attack — is in poor taste.

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Pawn Shop Robbery Suspect Indicted

WIBX — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 13:32:37 +0000

Utica, NY (WIBX) - The man accused of robbing the Cash Corner Pawn Shop on Genesee Street at gunpoint was indicted on three felonies ranging from first degree robbery and second degree criminal possession of a weapon.

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