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Gun Range Cleaner Takes a Bullet From OSHA

By on August 24, 2010

A company that cleans gun ranges faces more than $2 million in penalties for allegedly failing to protect its cleanup workers from serious overexposure to lead.
Miami-based E.N. Range Inc. violated federal lead standards when it neglected to provide protective clothing, showers or blood testing for employees who were exposed to lead during cleaning operations, according to the U.S. Occupational Safety ... Read more »

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Elderly Relatives with Guns Raise Alarms

By on July 19, 2010

As the 85-and-older population booms, elderly parents who insist on keeping their guns are increasingly a concern for their young adult children. Children are afraid their aging parents will commit suicide, or shoot someone by mistake in a moment of anger or confusion.
The New Old Age blog at The New York Times explores this issue:
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Right to Bear Arms Extends to Local Laws, Supreme Court Rules

By on June 28, 2010

In a partial victory for gun rights advocates, the Supreme Court ruled Monday that the Second Amendment right to bear arms limits state and local authority to restrict gun ownership.
The 5-4 ruling reversed a lower court decision that upheld a 1982 Chicago ordinance that barred city residents from owning handguns. The decision came almost two ... Read more »

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Analysis Finds Gun Deaths Rates the Same in Urban, Rural Areas

By on May 24, 2010

A study of gun-related deaths among kids found an equal rate of death between urban and rural youth. The analysis, published in the journal Pediatrics, found that gun murders were higher among urban youth but that a higher rate of accidental gun deaths in rural areas made up for the difference. The rate — based ... Read more »

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Pro-Gun Rights Groups Rally on Anniversary of Oklahoma City Bombing

By on April 20, 2010

About 2,000 people gathered in Washington, D.C., on Monday in a pro-gun demonstration billed as a march in support of the Second Amendment. Gun control advocates decried the fact that the rallies were held on the anniversary of the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing and expressed frustration that rules restricting gun possession are being rolled back across ... Read more »

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Gun Crazy

By on April 5, 2010

Welcome to Starbucks. Would you like a box of nine mm’s with your latte? Here’s a happy thought for criminal justice students who want to be cops. Criminals with guns won’t be their biggest worry. Considering our country’s increasingly permissive approach to carrying firearms it won’t be long before every time that citizens come into conflict at least one will be armed.

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