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Guns



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        Red bullet = false
        Multiple status bullet = multiple truth values
        Yellow bullet = undetermined
        White bullet = unclassifiable veracity

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Multi-status bullet A bill before Congress would prohibit ownership of handguns by those who have not obtained firearm licenses.

Multi-status bullet Account describes Darrell Scott's statement before a House subcommittee on crime.

Multi-status bullet The Department of Defense has cut off sales of spent cartridge cases to U.S. ammunition manufacturers.

Multi-status bullet Memo issued to soldiers at Fort Campbell requires them to provide information on privately owned weapons.

Multi-status bullet The state of Montana passed a law nullifying federal authority to regulate guns in that state.

Red bullet A bill currently before Congress would require that all handgun owners list their guns on federal income tax returns.

Multi-status bullet A U.N. small arms treaty signed by the U.S. provides a "legal way around the 2nd Amendment."

Multi-status bullet A longtime anti-gun advocate state legislator shot an intruder in defense of his property.

Red bullet George Soros is buying up firearms manufacturers through an outfit called the Freedom Group.

Green bullet A 71-year-old former Marine broke up an armed robbery at a Subway sandwich shop in Florida.

Red bullet Medicare regulations require that doctors ask patients whether they own guns.

Yellow bullet Bank of America has declined to continue doing business with a firearms manufacturer.

Green bullet Switzerland issues firearms to adult males and provides training in their use.

Multi-status bullet The Social Security Administration is buying ammunition as preparation for civil unrest.

Red bullet The U.S. Ambassador to Egpyt prevented Marines stationed at the U.S. embassy in Cairo from carrying live ammunition.

Multi-status bullet Various rumors connected with the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut.

Red bullet More homicides in the U.S. are committed with baseball bats than with firearms.

Red bullet Article tracks mass killings occurring after the implementation of gun control laws.

Green bullet Text reproduces former president George H.W. Bush's 1995 letter of resignation as a Life Member of the NRA.

Green bullet The Journal News published a map showing the home addresses of handgun permit holders in two New York counties.

Green bullet An off-duty sheriff's officer apprehended a gunman by shooting him in a San Antonio movie theater.

Yellow bullet Account by Kitty Werthmann describes the German takeover of Austria.

 
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