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11-Year-Old Boy Arrested Over Stick Figure Drawing [VIDEO]

An 11-year-old boy from Arvada, Colo., was handcuffed and arrested after drawing stick figures in school of himself drawing a gun at other figures, with the words "teachers must die." KDVR-TV is reporting on its website that the boy is being treated for attention deficit disorder, and was told to draw such pictures by his...

Proposal to Arm Teachers Draws Fire in Nebraska

Nebraska state Sen. Mark Christensen has drawn fire from critics for his proposal to let principals and teachers carry concealed handguns as a way to keep violence out of the schools. Christensen introduced in the state Legislature a bill that would allow school administrators and security personnel to carry the weapons,...

Virginia Tech Survivor Is 'Living for 32' in War to Tighten Gun Laws

WASHINGTON -- Surviving the deadliest shooting massacre in U.S. history wasn't enough to make Colin Goddard an advocate for stricter gun laws. Only when he watched another rampage play out on TV two years later did the Virginia Tech graduate realize he had to speak out. "That took me back to the day like none other,"...

Report: Texas Biggest Gun Source for Mexican Drug War

(Dec. 13) -- More guns in Mexico's bloody drug wars can be traced to Texas than to any other state, according to The Washington Post. The newspaper found that Texas is the leading source of guns that end up in the hands of violent Mexican cartels, and that the city of Houston -- which alone has 300 gun retailers -- is the...

Report: 90 Percent of Drug War Guns Originate in US

(Sept. 7) -- A bloody, drug-fueled war is being waged just across the border in Mexico and a report out Tuesday finds that 90 percent of the guns traced from Mexican crime scenes since 2006 have originated in the United States. The report was released by Mayors Against Illegal Guns, a group of more than 500 mayors from...

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Background on gun laws

Firearms law has become a political and/or controversial issue in many societies. There are many differing views on how gun laws should be set up in a society.

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