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Doctors Welcome Role in Talking About Guns in the Home
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Firearms are responsible for more deaths of people age 1 to 24 in this country than are cancers, heart disease, or infections. We and other physician colleagues across the Commonwealth thank The Boston Globe (�Doctors should ask about guns,� Editorial, April 3) and Attorney General Maura Healey for their recognition that health professionals have a profound responsibility to discuss the devastating risks posed by firearms in our homes and communities.

NC: Kids and Guns- Hendersonville Event Aims to Teach Gun Safety Submitted by: David Williamson Website: http://inrigare.wordpress.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
In Hendersonville, gun safety was top-of-mind today. A gun-store owner there wants to teach children and their parents how to stay safe when a gun is in their home. News 13 photojournalist Matthew Yates shows us how a seminar held Saturday aims to protect what matters most.

ME: Have Gun, Will Fix It: Gunsmith Morrison is the Real McCoy
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It is easy to say that someone�s passing marks the end of an era. Truly, though, the passing last month of Bradford gunsmith, Bill Morrison, at age 94, without a doubt marks the closing chapter of his unique breed of craftsman. When it came to guns, repairing them, creating them, and appreciating them, Morrison was, in the eyes of his customers and friends, an icon. Some contend that he was the best gunsmith in New England, if not the country.

Custom Shop Turns Glock Handgun into Nintendo �Duck Hunt� Pistol
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On April 6, a custom machine shop in Odessa, Texas, released photos of a Glock handgun it reworked to look like the pistol used in Nintendo�s �Duck Hunt.� The machine shop that recreated the Nintendo gun is Precision Syndicate, LLC. They announced the gun on Facebook, writing, �Finally� We were waiting for someone to let us do this. We weren�t the first to do it but WOW, this Glock turned out good!�

Seattle's Gun Tax Still Faces Opposition
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To Mike Coombs, owner of Seattle�s Outdoor Emporium, a hunting, fishing and camping store, the city�s gun tax is unfair and aimed at driving him out of the city, if not out of business. To Seattle City Councilman Tim Burgess, the tax is a good way to fund medical research on reducing gun- violence injuries.
The two represent opposing poles in the debate over Seattle�s tax on guns and ammunition that took effect Jan. 1 and puts this city at the center of a dispute over whether municipalities can tax firearms or whether states alone have the power to regulate and tax guns.

IN: Crack Shot Gun Owners Take Shot at Building A Legacy
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Collecting guns is all about keeping a piece of history alive. At least, that�s how Joe Key, 35, Anderson, sees it. And he plans to do just that as the new owner of Crack Shot Guns, 715 E. 53rd St. Key purchased the 33-year-old store earlier this year, in what he calls his �biggest gun purchase yet,� from the same person he bought his very first firearm from 17 years ago, longtime gunsmith Mike Clevenger.

MD: Analysis Looks at Taser Use By Police Officers Submitted by: David Williamson Website: http://inrigare.wordpress.com	There is 1 comment on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
The Baltimore Sun analyzed data on the use of Tasers from 2012 to 2014. It found that Baltimore police used Tasers in nearly all cases with suspects who ignore orders, but otherwise were not deemed a threat. In Baltimore, most of the suspects who were stunned were black and two thirds occurred in the city�s lowest media income neighborhoods.

CA: 9-Year-Old Girl Found Living in a Backyard Shed With Guns, Drugs Submitted by: David Williamson Website: http://inrigare.wordpress.com	There is 1 comment on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
A 9-year-old girl and her father were found living in a small backyard shed containing guns and drugs Thursday in California, according to KSWB. Six men and two women were arrested and expected to face various criminal charges including child endangerment, being felons in possession of firearms, possession of meth and heroin, and probation violations, said police.

CT: Candidate for 5th District: 'Universal Background Checks Shouldn't Apply to 2nd Amendment' Submitted by: David Williamson Website: http://inrigare.wordpress.com	There are 2 comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
Bill Stevens of Newtown said although one of his opponents in the race for the Republican nomination in the Fifth Congressional District is branding him as "The Second Amendment Candidate," he�s also well-versed on topics ranging from responding to ISIS, to immigration enforcement and boosting the economy. Stevens said he�s not a one-issue candidate.

IN: Helmke Aims Gun-Control Message At Fellow Republicans Submitted by: David Williamson Website: http://inrigare.wordpress.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
Paul Helmke is convinced that he still can call himself a Republican and a gun-control advocate. It�s getting harder. As the presidential primary unfolds with GOP candidates competing hard for the gun vote, Helmke said he�s witnessing a disappearance of Republican leaders willing to advocate what he calls �common sense� gun laws.

College Security Forces Add Firepower
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Once a rarity on campuses, semi-automatic rifles are becoming a standard part of the arsenal for college security forces � firepower they say could make a difference the next time a gunman goes on a rampage. The weapons are rarely seen in public and often kept stashed in cruisers or department headquarters, and many schools won�t talk about them. But federal data and Associated Press interviews and requests for records reveal that at least 100 U.S. college police forces, and probably many more, have added rifles over the past decade.

KY: About 300 Concerned Citizens Bring Survivors Movement to Broadway Submitted by: David Williamson Website: http://inrigare.wordpress.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
With nearly 30 homicides in Louisville in just four months, concerned citizens are taking their message to the streets. About 300 people came out for the Survivors Movement on Broadway on Sunday. Many of those marching are either gunshot wound survivors or have been affected by gun violence.

Underwood Ammo .45 ACP Xtreme Defender Submitted by: David Williamson Website: http://inrigare.wordpress.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
Watch as the ammo is put to the test in this interactive streaming video.

IL: Tri County Gun Club to Host Open House Submitted by: David Williamson Website: http://inrigare.wordpress.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
The Tri County Gun Club, 3441 S. Brookville Road, will host its 16th annual open house from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 30 and May 1. All ranges will be open and staffed by an instructor or range officer. Nine different shooting sports will be in session simultaneously. An archery area with 3-D targets also will be available.

PA: Residents Try To Buy 97 Guns Every Hour
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In the past three months, Pennsylvania residents have tried to buy 97 firearms every hour. Additionally, the number of requests this quarter through the Pennsylvania Instant Check System (PICS) is up 26 percent from last year. Since PICS was established in 1998, the number of background checks has incrementally increased from 200,000 at it inception to over a million by 2013. That was mostly due to the post-Sandy Hook talk about gun control (via Penn Live)...

Want Heat-Seeking Missiles Or Machine Guns? You Can Buy That Via Facebook In Libya
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The research, "The Online Trade Of Light Weapons In Libya," conducted by the Small Arms Survey, provides detailed information on how the firearm trade on Facebook is propagating. It started during the fall of the Qaddafi regime, which had earlier established strict gun control laws that prohibited the trading of gun wares across the country. Libya, then, saw a sudden increase of weapon trade in the black market as regulations were lifted.

TX: County to Fight to Retain Ban On Guns At Courthouse Submitted by: David Williamson Website: http://inrigare.wordpress.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
A Central Texas county is challenging a state finding that it must allow firearms to be carried in some areas of a courthouse complex. McLennan County commissioners on Friday voted to pursue legal action, if necessary, to continue prohibiting firearms at the courthouse and an adjoining annex.

Creeped Out By Guns? Submitted by: Liston Matthews Website: http://knoxgunguy.com	There is 1 comment on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
Last week, a letter writer to the Knoxville (TN) News-Sentinel, noted that "Guns creep me out." He especially doesn't like to see them in parks. . . . . .I'd just bet that if someone attacked him in a park, and he had the opportunity, he would call the po-po. . . .And the po-po would come running with GUNS.

N.C. Real Estate Agent Fatally Stabbed in Parking Lot Submitted by: David Williamson Website: http://inrigare.wordpress.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
The industry is mourning the death of real estate professional Christina Louise Kessinger, who died last Friday after being stabbed in the head with a screwdriver in a downtown parking lot in Asheville, N.C.

ID: Lance Earl to Launch East Idaho Chapter of Idaho Carry Submitted by: David Williamson Website: http://inrigare.wordpress.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
Lance Earl, the founder of DallyPost Tactical Training, said that when his family was repeatedly attacked by gang members in a suburb of Tacoma, Washington, he was left with two choices; break the law and carry a weapon for personal protection or allow his family to be victimized.

Our Freedoms Are in Peril From Presidential Trio Submitted by: David Williamson Website: http://inrigare.wordpress.com	There are 2 comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
One thing that has become increasingly clear in this increasingly muddled 2016 presidential campaign is that if either Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump � and you can throw Bernie Sanders into that mix � actually take out a mortgage on the White House for the next four years civil liberties will be on life support.

My Common Ground with the NRA
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It wasn't the hardest phone call I've ever made, but it was certainly awkward. I was cold-calling the National Rifle Association. Because the NRA is well-known for offering gun safety training, I wanted to know whether the organization had ideas on how to reduce the number of firearm suicides. Half of all suicides in the United States are by firearm, and roughly two-thirds of all firearm deaths are suicides. Given the NRA's opposition to virtually all gun regulation, I knew this was a touchy area.