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      <title><![CDATA[Royal Oak's mayor and commissioners lift ban on guns at Arts, Beats & Eats]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Firearm Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1282148868" delta="2 weeks ago"><![CDATA[8/18/2010]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[ROYAL OAK, Mich. - Guns will be allowed at Arts Beats and Eats when the event debuts in Royal Oak this Labor Day Weekend. The Royal Oak City Commission voted 4-3 in favor of striking down the ban. The ban was written into a contract between the city and the organizer of Arts Beats and Eats.Before the vote Royal Oak Mayor Jim Ellison said he did not think it was ...]]></text>
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    <bigarticle id="13440">
      <title><![CDATA[ Man sold gun to undercover dectective]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Firearm Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1282148791" delta="2 weeks ago"><![CDATA[8/18/2010]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[RAVENNA, Ohio - An investigation has lead Ravenna police to believe a man may be in possession of illegal weapons and drugs, Ravenna Police Detectives said Tuesday. Frank Mosier, 24, of Ravenna, was arrested Monday after a month-long investigation led by Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Special Agents uncovered evidence suggesting a federal firearms violation, police said.An undercover detective met with Mosier at his apartment and purchased a ...]]></text>
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    <article id="13255">
      <title><![CDATA[Fish and Wildlife Department offers firearm range workshop]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Firearm Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1280774376" delta="4 weeks ago"><![CDATA[8/2/2010]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[BARRE - In another new initiative to enhance the future of hunting and strengthen firearm range opportunities in Vermont, the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department is hosting a special seminar on managing lead at shooting ranges on Sept. 11 at the Barre Fish and Game ClubThe Fish and Wildlife Department, Vermont lawmakers and several sporting organizations have been working together to enhance shooting opportunities for hunters and sporting organizations throughout ...]]></text>
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    <article id="13254">
      <title><![CDATA[Former Tulsa Police Officer Sentenced In Handling Firearm While Intoxicated Case]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Firearm Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1280773461" delta="4 weeks ago"><![CDATA[8/2/2010]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[TULSA, OK - A former Tulsa Police officer who pleaded guilty to handling a firearm while intoxicated was sentenced Monday. Thomas Fees received a three-year deferred sentence for feloniously pointing a firearm and a one-year suspended sentence for carrying a firearm while under the influence of drugs or alcohol.Police say Fees was in Oscar's Pub in February, when employees say he started groping a waitress, refused to leave and then ...]]></text>
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      <title><![CDATA[Lawsuit filed against Chicago's new gun laws]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Firearm Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1278628701" delta="8 weeks ago"><![CDATA[7/8/2010]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[Four Chicago residents and a gun sellers group have sued the city over a tough new gun control ordinance put in place after the U.S. Supreme Court made a decades-old firearms ban unenforceable. The federal lawsuit claims the new ordinance, which city officials say is the strictest in the country, infringes on residents' constitutional right to bear arms. The plaintiffs want the measure declared 'null and void' and the city ...]]></text>
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    <article id="12118">
      <title><![CDATA[Washington's New Gun Rules Shift Constitutional Debate]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Firearm Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1274118525" delta="15 weeks ago"><![CDATA[5/17/2010]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[Mark Snyder, an amateur biathlete, wanted to buy a .22-caliber bolt-action rifle for target shooting and figured the process would take about a week. After nearly six weeks, six visits to police departments and $300 in fees, he secured his rifle. 'I was not expecting a free ride,' said Mr. Snyder, 45, 'but this is an obstacle course they put in place.'The U.S. Supreme Court overturned the District of Columbia's ...]]></text>
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    <article id="11900">
      <title><![CDATA[Fasial Shahzad, Times Square 'Bomber,' Purchased Firearm in Connecticut]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Firearm Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1273097254" delta="17 weeks ago"><![CDATA[5/5/2010]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[Fasial Shahzad, the alleged Times Square attempted bomber, bought a gun in Connecticut around two months ago, said NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly. In front of a U.S. Senate panel, Kelly, along with Mayor Michael Bloomberg, testified about terrorists being able to purchase firearms. Shahzad “had a gun in his vehicle and it appears from some of his other activity that March is when he decided to put his plan in ...]]></text>
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    <article id="11899">
      <title><![CDATA[Times Square bomb plot shows city needs anti-terror funding, better gun-control laws]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Firearm Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1273097160" delta="17 weeks ago"><![CDATA[5/5/2010]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[WASHINGTON  - New York desperately needs more anti-terror funding and tighter gun control laws to guard against the next attempted attack on the city, Mayor Bloomberg and Police Commissioner Kelly told Congress Wednesday. Bloomberg cited the handgun found in the van of Times Square bombing suspect Faisal Shahraz. He noted new federal stats showing that suspects on terrorism watchlists tried to buy weapons more than 1,200 times in the ...]]></text>
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    <article id="11461">
      <title><![CDATA[Senator sidelines gun bill]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Firearm Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1271294906" delta="20 weeks ago"><![CDATA[4/14/2010]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[A north Louisiana senator sidelined legislation Tuesday challenging federal gun regulation. State Sen. Robert Adley, R-Benton, author of the 'Louisiana Firearms Freedom Act,' said questions arose about the proposal including costs associated with state firearm regulation. The Senate Judiciary B Committee then deferred Senate Bill 152.Adley's bill, a personal firearm, a firearm accessory, or ammunition manufactured commercially or privately in Louisiana and that remains within the state's borders would not ...]]></text>
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    <article id="11460">
      <title><![CDATA[FBI agent convicted in illegal gun sales case]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Firearm Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1271294719" delta="20 weeks ago"><![CDATA[4/14/2010]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[EL PASO, Texas - A federal jury says a suspended El Paso FBI agent is guilty of selling guns without a permit and lying to federal agents about it. John Thomas Shipley has been suspended from his job since last year. On Wednesday, jurors found him guilty of six counts, including importing or manufacturing firearms and dealing firearms without a license. He also was convicted of four counts of causing ...]]></text>
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    <article id="11459">
      <title><![CDATA[2nd Amendment supporters bring firearms to rally]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Firearm Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1271294552" delta="20 weeks ago"><![CDATA[4/14/2010]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[LANSING - The state Capitol was swarming with supporters of the Second Amendment today, as about 250 people gathered on the steps for a rally and tour of the building in preparation for a larger rally next week in Washington, D.C.Although not as loud or as large as many past demonstrations (for gun rights and other causes), today's event was distinctive in one way - many if not most of ...]]></text>
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    <article id="10822">
      <title><![CDATA[City man, 51, charged with illegal possession of firearm, marijuana]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Firearm Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1268846583" delta="24 weeks ago"><![CDATA[3/17/2010]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[A 51-year-old Sheboygan man has been charged with two counts of illegal possession of a firearm by a felon, felony possession of marijuana and other charges after police executed a search warrant at his Georgia Avenue home on Friday. According to a complaint: A search of James M. Wolf's home at 1433 Georgia Ave. by members of the Multi-Jurisdictional Enforcement Group, turned up small quantities of marijuana throughout the house, ...]]></text>
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