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Chicago Mayor Says City Will Revise Gun Laws After High Court Ruling

"I'm disappointed by the decision, but it's not surprising," Mayor Daley said at a news conference. "We're still reviewing the entire decision, but it means that Chicago's current handgun ban is unenforceable…"

June 27, 2010

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GAO Report Says 'Watch List' Gun Purchases Approved In 91% of Background Checks

From Feb 2004 to Feb. 2010, individuals on U.S. terror watch lists were involved in background checks 1,225 times. About 91 percent of the time, the transactions were allowed to proceed.

May 4, 2010

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Firearms Demand Slipping

Firearms demand has surged in 2009, as public gun-makers Smith & Wesson and Sturm, Ruger & Co. reported sharp profit spikes largely driven by fears that the Obama Administration would impose new gun-control laws.

December 16, 2009

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N.C. Felon Permitted to Own Gun

A state law barring felons from owning firearms unfairly prevented a Garner man from owning guns, the N.C. Supreme Court ruled Friday, thrusting the court into the national debate over gun ownership.

August 31, 2009

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Senate Defeats Concealed Carry Amendment

The U.S. Senate voted today against allowing people with concealed carry permits in their states to carry guns in all other states that have concealed carry laws.

July 21, 2009

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Obama to Seek New Assault Weapons Ban

The Obama administration will seek to reinstate the assault weapons ban that expired in 2004 during the Bush administration, Attorney General Eric Holder said today.

February 25, 2009

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Obama and Law Enforcement: What Will He Do?

No one knows how Obama's presidency will play out. The only thing we do know is what he has said that he plans to do in the next four years. The following is an examination of what he's said about issues near and dear to American law enforcement and commentary from leading law enforcement experts on how it will affect you.

December 31, 2008

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Los Angeles City Council Bans Sale of .50 Caliber Rifle Ammo

The measures ban the sale of .50-caliber ammunition, capable of penetrating a car's engine, and would require the city's ammunition vendors to be licensed, to sell ammunition face-to-face instead of over the Internet and require gun dealers to report a full accounting of their inventory twice a year to the Police Department.

December 17, 2008

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Foreign Correspondence

Statistics from countries that have tried it reveal that gun control is no answer for violent crime.

January 31, 2006