Guns and Crime
Guns are used in 16% of all crimes (NCPA). Many believe that guns should only be owned by the military. Others believe that more restrictions should be placed on the use and sale of f...
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Police stepped up armed patrols in south London Thursday after the month's third fatal shooting of a neighborhood teenager gave rise to mounting concern about gun crime, despite statistics that sho...
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London (dpa) - Following the deaths by shooting of four young men
in London, British Prime Minister Tony Blair announced harsher
penalties for possessing firearms Sunday.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair announced plans Sunday to overhaul gun laws after three teenage boys were shot dead in south London this month, prompting a national debate about guns and gangs am...
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Police sent to prosecutors Sunday a former gangster in Aichi
Prefecture on suspicion of attempting to murder two of his children
and a police officer in the Thursday-Friday shooting spree at ...
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(EDS: ADDING INFO IN 3RD, 4TH, 8TH GRAFS)
Police sent to prosecutors Sunday a former gangster in Aichi
Prefecture on suspicion of attempting to murder two of his children
and a police office...
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U.S. Attorney Michael Sullivan fielded some tough questions about gun laws while winning praise Wednesday at a Senate confirmation hearing to become director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Fire...
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Selected editorial excerpts from the Japanese press:
SHOOTING IN NAGAKUTE (IHT/Asahi as translated from the
Japanese-language Asahi Shimbun's editorial published May 20)
The hostage dram...
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Thousands of mourners dressed in soccer jerseys packed a cathedral Thursday for the funeral of Rhys Jones, an 11-year-old shot dead while walking home from a soccer game and laid to rest in a coffi...
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A gunman opened fire at a sports club in southwestern Japan on Friday night, killing one employee and wounding seven other people before escaping, police said.A 26-year-old club employee was shot d...
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(EDS: ADDING NEW INFO, MORE DETAILS)
Police sent to prosecutors Sunday a former gangster in Aichi
Prefecture on suspicion of attempting to murder two of his children
and a police officer in ...
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Guns and Crime
Gun crime a growing concern in Britain
