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TPD Commander files response to Order of Protection

TUCSON - The commander who was forced to turn over his firearms by a court order is asking the judge to reconsider. Full story

Employment dispute offers peek into firearms company Freedom Group

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A dispute involving a gun industry executive who claims he was fired after being falsely accused of bringing his weapons to work offers a peek into Freedom Group, the gun making conglomerate owned by Cerberus Capital Management LP. Full story

U.S. can track bulk rifle sales to Mexican gangs : court

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A federal regulation aimed at detecting bulk sales of semi-automatic rifles to Mexican drug gangs was upheld Friday by an U.S. appeals court. Full story

Greek far-right lawmaker's gun goes off at airport

A Greek extreme far-right lawmaker who wanted to travel with his licensed handgun on a domestic flight drew unwanted attention after the firearm accidentally went off during check-in procedures at Athens Airport. Full story

Second New York City pension fund unloads gun stocks

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A second New York City pension fund has sold its holdings in firearm manufacturers in response to last year's school shooting in Connecticut, the city's top financial officer said on Wednesday. Full story

Gun crime plunges, though most Americans think it has risen

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Gun-related homicides and other crimes involving guns have fallen sharply over the last two decades in the United States, but most Americans believe firearms crime is higher now than 20 years ago, according to an analysis and a separate poll released on Tuesday. Full story

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  NRA pushes armed school officials over background checks in new report

Milwaukee Police Chief Edward Flynn and Georgetown University Prof. Michael Eric Dyson discuss the “lunacy” of the NRA’s newly unveiled plan to have at least one armed guard per school – and yet no background checks for perspective gun buyers.

  New ads aim to provoke action on gun control

Rhode Island Congressman David Cicilline, a founding member of Mayors Against Illegal Guns, talks with MSNBC’s Craig Melvin about gun control legislation.

  New law imposes firearm restriction in Colorado

Governor John Hickenlooper signs new firearms restrictions law, one day after Colorado Chief of Corrections is gunned down. NBC News' Leanne Gregg reports.

  'The culture of violence is certainly a big part' of gun debate

Rep. Mike Thompson, Chairman of the House Democratic Task Force on Gun Violence discusses the responsiblity of owning a firearm with NBC's Tom Brokaw.

  Tracking US gun deaths over long weekend

As part of a weeklong special report, "Flashpoint:Guns in America," NBC News charted every death attributable to firearms that we could find over the three-day weekend in January ending on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. We found that, as President Barack Obama was being sworn in for his second term, at

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Tribesmen stand around firearms they put on the ground as part of a tribal arbitration to resolve a deadly feud that has erupted between two local tribes in the Khawlan area

Tribesmen stand around firearms they put on the ground as part of a tribal arbitration to resolve a deadly feud that has erupted between two local tribes in the Khawlan area, about 40 km east of the Yemeni capital Sanaa February 16, 2013. Tribal arbitration and mediation provides an effective and w

A tribesman carries his firearm as he attends a tribal mediation to resolve a deadly feud that has erupted between two local tribes in the Khawlan area
A tribesman carries his firearm as he attends a tribal mediation to resolve a deadly feud that has erupted between two local tribes in the Khawlan area

A tribesman carries his firearm as he attends a tribal mediation to resolve a deadly feud that has erupted between two local tribes in the Khawlan area, about 40 km east of the Yemeni capital Sanaa February 16, 2013. Tribal arbitration and mediation provides an effective and widely-used means of co

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