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Bank of America Wants to Track Gun Owners
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After Bank of America announced it will no longer finance manufacturers that make “firearms with military characteristics … for non-law enforcement, non-military use,” The Wall Street Journal reported that bank and credit-card companies are talking about a lot more than refusing to do business with certain gun manufacturers. “Banks and credit-card companies are discussing ways to identify purchases of guns in their payment systems,” said the Journal.
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MI: Finley: Dick’s Walks Risky Line on Guns
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About the only merchandise Dick’s Sporting Goods sells that you can’t also find on Amazon are guns.
And yet the major retailer of athletic and outdoor gear is turning on that captive customer base, throwing its lot in with advocates for tighter gun control laws.
Dick’s recently hired three Washington lobbyists — two Democrats and one Republican — to pressure Congress to pass more stringent regulations on guns.
The company was sent reeling in February when it was learned the teenaged Parkland, Fla., high school shooter had purchased his AR-15 semi-automatic rifle at one of its stores.
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Researchers Tackle Gun Violence Despite Lack of Federal Funding
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February’s mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., which left 17 dead and 17 more wounded, horrified people across the country, spurring student walkouts and marches in support of stricter gun control laws, including universal, comprehensive background checks and a ban on assault weapons. But gun debates in the United States have proven to be contentious and intractable. Even as thousands rally for new legislation, opponents contend that such measures won’t prevent determined criminals from obtaining a firearm and that responsible gun ownership makes communities safer.
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Blockchain Could Be Key To Cracking Gun Debate
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Graduating computer science major Luke Strgar thinks he might have a solution for the fraught issue of guns in America: Use blockchain to track gun sales in America. Strgar thinks that Blockchain, a complex, sometimes bewildering, secure, de-centralized electronic bookkeeping method that underpins things like Bitcoin, offers the perfect balance between security, anonymity and scale that could please all sides of the gun-control debate.
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CA: Police Investigate Claim That Tenmile Shooting was Self-Defense
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The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office announced Friday it’s investigating a claim that last week’s shooting in Tenmile was self defense. The investigation continues into the shooting, which occurred at 6:38 a.m. Tuesday in the 500 block of Degnath Gateway Lane. Police identified the man who was shot as Kevin Eugene Welker, 57. He was shot between the legs by his 56-year-old neighbor Kevin Dewayne Duckworth, according to unofficial scanner reports.
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Louisiana: Your Action Needed on Pro-Gun Legislation
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On Tuesday, the Senate Judiciary B Committee is scheduled to consider House Bill 602. It is important that you contact committee members and urge them to SUPPORT House Bill 602. House Bill 602, sponsored by state Representative Blake Miguez, would allow for concealed handgun permit holders, visiting a school, to carry a concealed firearm on any school campus. |
CA: Gun Buyback Events Held at 2 Los Angeles Locations
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In a big push to get guns off the streets in Los Angeles, a city program ran events with the LAPD in Mission Hills and Elysian Park on Saturday to buy back weapons with no questions asked. The program, sponsored by Mayor Eric Garcetti's Office of Gang Reduction and Youth Development, allows anyone to surrender firearms anonymously in exchange for gift cards. The cards are valued at $100 for handguns, shotguns and rifles and $200 for firearms classified as assault weapons in California.
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CA: Artists Transform Guns to Art for Vallejo Show
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Keyvan Shovir had never touched a gun before. The East Bay artist took some time before deciding to apply for the Art of Peace project because of a reluctance to touch a weapon of destruction. The Iranian native created a piece of art for the project called “Simorgh,” roughly translated as “30 birds.” The sculpture is created from 30 hand- and machine-made birdhouses formed from pieces of guns. Painted white, the piece rises from the floor toward the sky with silk flowers coming out of the gun barrels.
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TX: Texas Student With Autism Arrest for Allegedly Firing "Imaginary" Rifle
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A boy with autism was arrested for allegedly pretending to fire an imaginary rifle at his art teacher. David Sims, 12, was talking with his friends about BB Guns at Conroe Independent School District’s Bozman Intermediate School in Texas when he allegedly pointed the imaginary gun at his art teacher, FOX26 reported. His hand gestures made the teacher feel uncomfortable, which led to the 12-year-old boy being arrested by authorities on Monday.
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AR: Arkansas College Police Concerned About Campus Gun Safety
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Arkansas college administrators say guns haven't caused any notable problems since being allowed on school grounds, but some lawmakers and police are still concerned about campus safety. The college semester currently finishing up is the first since state firearms instructors began offering courses for new enhanced concealed-carry licenses. The permits result from a law passed last year and allow guns at public colleges and other public places previously off limits.
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Armed With Training
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Sarah Kelnhofer was working hard on holding steady during a recent Sunday afternoon. Per instruction, her feet were spaced slightly apart, her arms held straight out in front of her, and her two-handed grip was firm. |
5 Military Guns That Revolutionized Modern Infantry Combat
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The field of military small arms is an underappreciated but important one. Although not as sexy as nuclear weapons, fighter jets or tanks, battle rifles, assault rifles, and machine guns have killed far more people and been involved in the forced transfer of more real estate than any other weapon—particularly in the so-called Third World.rm. |
Guns and Gear for a Backcountry Bear Hunt
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Expect your shots in the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness to be long, possibly across a canyon like mine. Contrary to conventional wisdom, black bears are not hard to kill. You don’t need a magnum to put them down but a flat-shooting rifle can help you reach out more easily. Because I don’t like carrying any more weight than necessary, and because I thought I might need to take a snap shot at a wolf, my Steyr Scout Rifle accompanied me on this hunt. MSRP: $1,735; steyrarms.com.
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How One Activist from Lawrence Fights the Gun Lobby
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Perhaps the greatest attribute of Megan Jones is that she is so unreservedly, unequivocally unreasonable. It seems to be working. Since 2015 Jones, 25, has driven regularly from her home in Lawrence to Topeka, the state capital. On most days, it must seem an absurd trek. Her self-appointed, unpaid task is to persuade Kansas’ Republican legislators to sidestep the conservative craze of guns-anywhere-for-anybody-for-any-reason-or-actually-no-reason-whatsoever.
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