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Guns

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Major New Gun Law Could be Coming to Philadelphia

If D.A. Seth Williams gets the support he needs in Harrisburg, a new state law will bring a mandatory 2-year prison sentence to anyone carrying […]

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Flash Mobbers Taking Over Love Park to Protest Gun Violence

The last time a performance artist protested gun violence in Philadelphia, he was dressed up like a Klansman, standing silently with a sign. This next […]

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Found in Adam Lanza’s Home: Over 1,700 Rounds of Ammunition

In the days after the Newtown massacre in Connecticut, investigators found an astonishing trove of gun-related paraphernalia in shooter Adam Lanza’s home. A very small […]

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Of 22 Philly Bank Robberies This Year, Just One Was Committed Using a Gun

According to a (paywalled) piece in the Philadelphia Business Journal, 21 bank robberies have been committed in Philadelphia this year. But that’s not the real […]

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Gunman at Quantico Marine Base Kills 3, Including Himself

CNN reports: “A Marine shot and killed two of his fellow service members at a Virginia base on Thursday night and then killed himself, base […]

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Council Bans Guns From City Parks, Rec Centers

CBS Philly reports: Philadelphia City Council has given final approval to a measure that authorizes the mayor to ban guns in city parks and at […]

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WATCH Terrifying Shooting In West Oak Lane

Well, this is scary: Philly Police offer the following description: The Philadelphia Police Department’s Northwest Detectives Division is seeking the public’s assistance in identifying the […]

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New York Rampage Shooter Killed by Police

AP: Wednesday, “a 64-year-old loner sauntered into a barbershop in upstate New York, coolly asked if the man cutting hair remembered him and then opened fire […]

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Who Killed Philly Boxer Tony Martin?

AP: “Retired boxer Tony Martin was fatally shot in an altercation with a visitor at one of his rental properties and police are searching for […]

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South Dakota Passes Law Allowing Guns in the Classroom

It was only a matter of time. South Dakota today became the first state to pass a bill allowing teachers to carry firearms in the […]

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PA Gun Background Checks Have Tripled Since Sandy Hook

Since the Sandy Hook shooting, background checks on firearm sales have nearly tripled in Pennsylvania. Though the state’s background check process has recently improved, this […]

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The NRA Picks On Philly, But Ignores The Reality of Crime Here

The NRA apparently doesn’t like the efforts of Mayor Nutter and Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey to support new laws that might restrict the flow of […]

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Joe Biden’s “Shotgun” Advice: Illegal in Delaware

We’ve had some fun this week with Vice President Joe Biden’s unexpected advice to a mother to buy a double-barreled shotgun “and fire two blasts […]

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Here Is a Much Better “Joe Biden Is Pro-Shotgun” Clip

A new clip, in which Vice President Joe Biden is “delighted to answer” a gun-control question from a reader of Parents magazine and urges her […]

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If You Were John Boehner, Your Ass Would Be Fired

All hail Presidents Day, known for automobile sales and bearable traffic on the Schuylkill Expressway. It’s not really a day for thinking about politics. Yet […]