# guns - Today’s News
# guns - Wednesday 15 May, 2013
Joe Biden told a second-grader that he “really liked” his idea about guns that shoot chocolate instead of bullets.
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# guns - Friday 26 April, 2013
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“It’s no harm for these criminals to know that if they engage in this type of activity they may leave the home that they break into in a wooden box,” the independent TD has said.
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# guns - Tuesday 16 April, 2013
Gardaí say the heroin has an estimated street value of up to €750,000.
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# guns - Thursday 11 April, 2013
The law contains an expansion of background checks for gun purchases at firearm shows and on the internet but not between relatives and friends.
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The US first lady highlighted the case of a 15-year-old girl who was shot dead in January, one week after she sang at Barack Obama’s inauguration.
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# guns - Wednesday 10 April, 2013
The former congresswoman, who nearly died in a 2011 shooting, makes a strong plea.
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# guns - Tuesday 9 April, 2013
The US president gave his second big speech on gun control in a week in a Connecticut town close to where the Sandy Hook massacre took place.
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The man in his early 20s is the second person to be arrested over the discovery.
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# guns - Saturday 23 March, 2013
Revolvers carried by detectives were replaced with semi-automatic handguns to “meet the policing needs” but gardaí say this is not enough.
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# guns - Friday 22 March, 2013
In September 2010, detectives incovered large quantity of firearms and ammunition from a workshop at the rear of the man’s home.
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# guns - Thursday 21 March, 2013
The suspect allegedly discarded a gun from his car.
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# guns - Wednesday 20 March, 2013
Good morning. Here are the nine stories you need to know as you start your day.
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# guns - Wednesday 13 March, 2013
Police believe the suspected gunman set fire to his apartment before embarking on the shooting spree, killing four people.
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# guns - Thursday 21 February, 2013
A gun battle between two vehicles on the Las Vegas Strip has caused a fiery crash, leaving three people dead and at least three injured.
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# guns - Saturday 16 February, 2013
A 22-year-old man and 24-year-old man were taken to hospital with multiple gunshot wounds.
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# guns - Friday 8 February, 2013
Three firearms and a small amount of cannabis was seized by gardaí.
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# guns - Thursday 7 February, 2013
The ex-cop had posted warnings online about ending the life of a colleague he blamed for his dismissal.
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# guns - Friday 1 February, 2013
The Gallup research found 30 per cent of Americans own a gun, with people in the south of the country most likely to be gun owners.
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# guns - Thursday 24 January, 2013
The device can detect hidden metal from a distance and will allow police officers to scan people who may be concealing a gun.
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# guns - Monday 7 January, 2013
One police officer recalled finding the youngest victim, a six-year-old girl, with no pulse.
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A week-long preliminary hearing will determine whether James Holmes, 25, will stand trial for the fatal shootings of 12 people last July.
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# guns - Saturday 5 January, 2013
Here are the things we learned, loved and shared today.
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# guns - Thursday 3 January, 2013
A man armed with an assault rifle launched the attack in the village of Daillon in southern Switzerland late Wednesday.
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# guns - Sunday 30 December, 2012
The most murders New York City recorded in a single year? 2,245 in 1990. In 2012? That number is down to 414.
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# guns - Thursday 27 December, 2012
The New York newspaper published the names and addresses of people who are licensed to own guns across two counties in the state – but were they right to do it?
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# guns - Wednesday 26 December, 2012
The CNN host is coming under severe criticism for his outspoken views on gun control in the United States.
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# guns - Sunday 23 December, 2012
The NRA’s executive vice presidents said planned legislation to outlaw military-style assault weapons wouldn’t work.
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# guns - Saturday 22 December, 2012
Police still trying to discover motive behind shooting of three people in a rural area of Pennsylvania.
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# guns - Monday 17 December, 2012
Two six-year-old boys are being laid to rest. The first of the girls, also aged six, are due to be laid to rest tomorrow.
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# guns - Sunday 16 December, 2012
The President will visit the scene of Friday’s school massacre to sympathise with the families of the 27 victims.
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The names and ages of the victims have been released, as officials say each victim was struck more than once.
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# guns - Saturday 15 December, 2012
Candlelit vigils and prayer services for the victims have been held in Newtown Connecticut and in Washington.
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# guns - Friday 14 December, 2012
The shooter was pronounced dead at the scene and it is reported that he took his own life.
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# guns - Monday 17 September, 2012
Details of the incidents, which occurred last week, are only now emerging.
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# guns - Sunday 26 August, 2012
The very best of the week’s writing from around the web.
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# guns - Sunday 12 August, 2012
Police say the man lunged at them with a knife.
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# guns - Friday 10 August, 2012
David Berkowitz, who carried out 13-month shooting spree in the 1970s, said his hope was for young people to realise “just how terrible this violence is.”
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# guns - Wednesday 8 August, 2012
Scott A Smith brought guns, ammunition and knives into the theatre in Westlake in Ohio.
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# guns - Monday 6 August, 2012
Sikh leaders have suggested that American Muslims may have been the intended target of the mass shooting.
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