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A Cook County judge has ruled that Antonio Brown is not guilty of gun charges stemming the fatal shooting of his son, Amari, 7, in 2015.

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BOOTHBAY HARBOR, Maine (AP) — A Maine town’s chamber of commerce has been receiving complaints from tourists regarding a large, hand-painted sign on a private lawn that reads “Black Rifles Matter.” Linc Sample, the sign’s creator, tells NECN that his work in Boothbay Harbor is about gun rights, not race. He was inspired to post […]

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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Hundreds of University of Texas students waved sex toys at a campus rally during the first day of classes, protesting a new state law that allows concealed handguns in college classrooms, buildings and dorms. Organizers said the sex toys were used Wednesday to mock what they consider an absurd notion that […]

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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas will allow concealed handgun license holders to carry their weapons into public university buildings, classrooms and dorms starting Monday, which is also the 50th anniversary of the mass shooting at the University of Texas’ landmark clock tower. The campus-carry law pushed by Gov. Greg Abbott and the Republican legislative majority […]

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SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man who authorities say accidentally shot and killed his 14-year-old son at a shooting range is blaming himself — not the gun — for the death. Clayton Brumby, 64, told the Tampa Bay Times a smoking hot shell casing went down the back of his shirt, causing him to […]

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JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Gov. Phil Bryant has signed into law a bill that allows some members of churches to undergo firearms training so they can provide armed security for their congregations. The Church Protection Act specifies that those designated can carry guns into church buildings. It also allows people to carry holstered weapons without […]

Texas passed a new law which allows guns into some psychiatric hospitals across the state, because that makes total sense, right?! Click on the audio player to hear what more on this baffling legislative move in this edition of The Jazzy Report on The D.L. Hughley Show! Listen to the “The D.L. Hughley Show” LIVE weekdays 3-7 p.m. EST! RELATED: Pending […]

A parent’s worst nightmare has come true for one Ohio father. Cincinnati.com reports: “I just shot my son by accident,” a distraught father sobbed to a Cincinnati police 911 operator. “Oh God. Get here quick.” “Please hurry.” The man, believing his 14-year-old son was at school, fatally shot the boy in the neck when he mistook […]

Americans witnessed something highly unusual on Tuesday: They watched President Obama cry. In an uncharacteristic display of emotion, Obama wiped away tears streaming from his face as he spoke about mass murders in America and challenging gun control laws in the last year of his presidency. The president’s bold gun control initiative could save lives […]

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Black Friday broke an FBI record for the number of firearms background checks. The agency said Tuesday that it processed 185,345 background checks — roughly two per second — on the same day that three people were killed and nine others wounded in an attack at a Planned Parenthood office in Colorado. […]

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CHICAGO (AP) — The latest on the aftermath of the shooting of a black teenager by a white Chicago police officer and an online threat that prompted the University of Chicago to cancel classes for a day (all times local): 8 a.m. Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s office says he will create a Task Force on […]

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NEW YORK (AP) — Three people were shot, one fatally, in midtown Manhattan near Penn Station early Monday morning, police said. No suspects were immediately arrested. The shooting happened at about 6 a.m. near the entrance of a subway station at 35th Street and Eighth Avenue, a block north of Penn Station, one of the […]