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IL: Chicago Police to Get 1,400 Stun Guns, Conflict Training
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Chicago police officers will be equipped with 1,400 stun guns by June 2016 as well as a five-step de-escalation approach for handling volatile situations, city officials announced.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Interim Chicago Police Superintendent John Escalante announced the additional reforms during a press conference Wednesday. The mayor said he believes the changes will inject more humanity into the way officers do their jobs. |
PA: Stabbing reported in Pottstown was in self defense
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Police responded to a reported stabbing on the 300 block of Apple Street Monday night.
Police said they received a call for a domestic disturbance at around 6 p.m. Tuesday night that resulted in the stabbing. Authorities said that upon arrival on the scene they learned that a man and a woman, whom they have declined to name, were engaged in an argument that turned into a physical altercation. |
Gun Culture, Anti-Gun Culture and Texas Campus Carry
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A bill authorizing students with concealed handgun licenses (CHL) to carry their firearms on public university campuses was signed into law in Texas last June and goes into effect on August 1, 2016. There are still many details waiting to be worked out, as explained by the Campus Carry Q&A article on the UTDallas website. |
Shootings Spur Surge in Gun Permits
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Two things seem to spark an upswing in applications for gun permits, officials say: high-profile shootings and talk of stricter gun control.
“Over the last week or so it’s been an avalanche,” said Sullivan County Clerk Daniel Briggs on Dec. 9. The spike followed the Nov. 13 terror attacks in Paris, the Nov. 27 attack on a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs, Colo., and the Dec. 2 mass shooting in San Bernardino, Calif.
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Florida's Top Gun Stories of 2015
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Guns fired their way through headlines in 2015, sparking both widespread controversy and lengthy discussions over gun rights and gun safety in the Sunshine State.
Several legislative proposals were at the center of this year’s gun issues, causing quite the commotion in Tallahassee all year round. |
TX: Gun Sales Keep Climbing in 2015
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If you got a gun for Christmas you are not alone. Hundreds of thousands of Americans purchased or received firearms for the holidays.
On Black Friday alone, the FBI received more than 185,000 applications for background checks during firearm purchases, that's a 5-percent increase over last year.
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TX: Tarrant County Decides to Keep Guns out of Court Buildings
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Licensed Texans will be able to openly carry holstered handguns many places as of Friday — but not in a handful of Tarrant County court buildings.
County commissioners unanimously voted Tuesday to “reaffirm” that weapons are not allowed in the Tim Curry Criminal Justice Center, Family Law Center, Tom Vandergriff Civil Courts Building, the historic 1895 Courthouse or the Scott D. Moore Juvenile Justice Center.
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