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  • Students: "We Demand an Assault Weapons Ban" (18 Mar 2010 23:30)

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  • Verschoore votes against gun ban legislation in Springfield (18 Mar 2010 03:35)

    ... SPRINGFIELD — Legislation to ban assault weapons passed through an Illinois House committee Wednesday, ... opinions among legislators. Some lawmakers think an assault weapon ban would be beneficial, while others see ...

  • Fiancee's shooting baffles friends, family (18 Mar 2010 19:11)

    ... peace officer with a semiautomatic firearm, possession of a machine gun, possession of an assault weapon, unlawful assault weapon/.50 BMG rifle activity and possession of a deadly weapon. He also ...

  • Safe schools act discussed (18 Mar 2010 11:51)

    BARRIE - Only 12 individuals showed up at an information session designed to increase awareness of the newly implemented Keeping Our Kids Safe at School Act. ...

  • Pint glass used as an assault weapon (14 Mar 2010 13:51)

    MAGISTRATES have heard how a Bridlington woman smashed a pint glass over another woman's head during a night out in the town. Kathy Cartwright, ...

  • Woodland man arrested on banned weapon charge (14 Mar 2010 23:50)

    ... the rifle is banned under California's Roberti-Roos Assault Weapons Control Act of 1989. Astran was being ... on suspicion of possession of a banned assault weapon, resisting law enforcement officers and other charges. ...

  • Police arrest Woodland man on gun, drug charges (15 Mar 2010 09:54)

    ... magazine. Astran's weapon, Brooks stated, violated the Assault Weapons Control Act of 1989. Police also found ... firearms ammunition by a convicted felon, banned assault weapon, methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia. He is being ...

  • 19-year-old accused of robbing hotel (16 Mar 2010 04:12)

    ... was recovered, and it had rounds in its clip. "To me, it's an AK-47-type assault weapon," Massengill said of the rifle. Anderson has been charged with aggravated robbery, aggravated assault ...

  • Supreme Court takes aim at state gun laws (14 Mar 2010 05:56)

    ... restrictions for self-defense, a claim that everyone makes when he buys a handgun or assault weapon. Hunters and trap shooters generally are in another class. The arguments before the high ...

  • Shots Fired In Armed Robbery (15 Mar 2010 13:30)

    ... busted in. Police said the two men walked in, demanded cash and pointed an assault weapon at the clerk. Officers said one of the men fired a shot over the ...

  • Homicides hit 40-year low in St. Petersburg (13 Mar 2010 09:20)

    ... program pays $1,500 for each tip leading to an arrest and recovery of an assault weapon, and $1,000 for other guns. Police said the program netted 106 firearms in 2009. ...

  • Not guilty plea in campus gun (14 Mar 2010 04:32)

    ... at approximately 2:30 p.m. Draven, reportedly a former member of the military, had an assault weapon in his trunk, which he was showing off, and another handgun inside the vehicle, ...

  • Elyria's unused Tasers being traded for rifles (14 Mar 2010 05:59)

    ... a .45-caliber pistol and Tech-9s, a pistol that can be converted to a high-capacity assault weapon. Weapons like that, he said, can leave police overmatched if a shootout happens. “It ...

  • Tobacco stores caught selling illegal weapons (16 Mar 2010 15:40)

    ... School. Nichols said she was shocked to see the soft pellet guns and replica assault weapons, which have been a problem on campuses in the past. DeHart also was concerned, ...

  • When the shooters came to Starbucks (14 Mar 2010 02:50)

    ... to require background checks at gun shows has been shelved. Plans to reintroduce an assault weapons ban have been abandoned. It is now legal to carry concealed weapons in National ...

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