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With Bullets Scarce, More Shooters Make Their Own
Factories are running at full capacity to try to keep up with the surging demand for ammunition in the U.S. The current shortage has prompted more shooters to take up "reloading," or making one's own ammo. But now, even the components needed to make one's own bullets are harder to come by.
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Why Americans Love This Gun
It was used in some of America's most horrific mass-shootings. But it keeps on selling. Jon Swaine on the AR-15
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China's Last Gunslingers
China prohibits gun ownership by most citizens, but in the village of Baisha, guns are used openly.
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Americans Own Nearly Half of the Privately Owned Guns on Earth
That's 88 guns per every 100 Americans.
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Crazy Co-ordination: The World's Best Rifle Throw
This is a highly dangerous part of His Majesty's the King's Guard's drill performance where a M1 Garand, equipped with a sharp bayonet, is thrown.
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Florida hostage standoff leaves 7 dead.
MIAMI - Seven people were shot and killed at an apartment building in a Miami suburb early Saturday, including the suspected gunman who was holding two hostages when SWAT team moved in, police said.
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From Southern belles to bull riding and machine gun parties, Nashville photographer captures people in the South enjoying their own take on life
Nashville photographer Tammy Mercure has been chronicling the culture and spirit of the South since 2008, giving the rest of the world a rare insider's view of everything from extreme bull riding in Virginia to the world's largest machine gun shoot in Kentucky.
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The Largest Caliber Rifle Ever Produced
As a Marine Corps veteran, I'm all about big guns, but this is a little extreme. A video posted to LiveLeak shows the largest caliber rifle ever made — a .905 caliber. It is one of just three produced by SSK industries in Ohio. The gentlemen trying to tame this beast in the video say the recoil is equivalent to firing 10 .30-06 rifles at the same time.
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Illinois passes gun law requiring citizen sellers to do background checks
Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn signed a new gun control measure into law on Sunday that mandates all owners — even private citizens — perform background checks on potential buyers before finalizing weapons sales.
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Oscar Pistorius indicted for murder; trial set for March
Oscar Pistorius has been indicted on charges of murder and illegal possession of ammunition for the shooting death of the double-amputee Olympian's girlfriend on Valentine's Day.
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How The NRA Built A Massive Secret Database Of Gun Owners
While the National Rifle Association publicly fights against a national gun registry, the organization has gone to incredible lengths to compile information on “tens of millions” of gun owners — without their consent.
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How The NRA Built A Massive Secret Database Of Gun Owners
While the National Rifle Association publicly fights against a national gun registry, the organization has gone to incredible lengths to compile information on "tens of millions" of gun owners..
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Instagram Photos Lead To The Arrest Of 19 People In NYC's Largest Gun Bust Ever
This week, NYPD announced the city's largest gun bust ever, seizing more than 250 illegal firearms and arresting 19 people
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Gun Fanatics Score Big Victory in North Carolina
North Carolina Republicans have banned police departments from destroying confiscated guns. Jamelle Bouie explains why.
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Iowa granting gun permits to the blind
No one could see this coming. Iowa is giving people who are blind permits that will allow them to purchase guns or to carry firearms in public, the Des Moines Register reports.
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Church of England has up to £10m invested in arms firm
On eve of protests at London arms fair, C of E is accused of failing to live up to the 'spirit' of its own investment policy
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Inside the world’s largest arms fair
The Kernel's James Cook was escorted around DSEI, a massive international weapons conference held bi-annually in London. Here's what he found.
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Police kill unarmed man
Police in North Carolina shot and killed a man running toward them Saturday morning --but he may have just been looking for help.
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What If We Treated Guns Like Cars?
Easy access to guns isn’t the only cause of horrors like the Navy Yard shooting. But it must be addressed as part of the solution. David Frum on what we can learn from auto safety.
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Shootings show need for mental health care
Gerald Landsberg says stigmatizing mental illness and cutting funding for mental health care increase the chance of tragedies like the Navy Yard shooting.
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