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Sheriffs criticize Colorado gun laws
April 3, 2013 8:37 PM
DENVER - Sheriffs from more than a dozen Colorado counties held a news conference Wednesday to highlight what they see as flaws with the state's new gun control laws. The event was held a short distance away from the Denver Police Academy where President Obama held up the gun laws... more » -
NRA Day controversy highlights political divide
April 1, 2013 8:32 PM
COLORADO SPRINGS - El Paso County Commissioners will vote this week whether to declare Thursday as Friends of the National Rifle Association Day . The resolution of appreciation is entirely symbolic. "They're fabulous community partners," said commissioner Peggy Littleton, who doesn't mind people knowing that she carries a concealed... more » -
Warrants to be released in Newtown investigation
March 28, 2013 3:15 AM
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) - Search warrants used in the investigation of the Newtown school shooting are to be released Thursday along with a statement from prosecutors, who so far have released few details about their work to unravel the motives of the 20-year-old gunman. The shooter, Adam Lanza, shot... more » -
Newtown parents urge enforcement of gun laws
January 28, 2013 12:20 PM
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - Some parents of the young victims of the Newtown elementary school shooting are calling for better enforcement of Connecticut's gun laws and questioning why civilians would need semiautomatic, military-style weapons. Neil Heslin, whose 6-year-old son Jesse was one of the 20 first-graders killed in the Dec.... more » -
Newtown sets up task force to handle donations
January 6, 2013 11:55 AM
NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) - Chris Kelsey is the tax assessor in Newtown, but for the better part of three weeks, his job has been setting up and organizing a warehouse to hold the toys, school supplies and other gifts donated in the wake of the massacre at the Sandy Hook... more » -
Colo. mural in response to Newtown preserved
December 26, 2012 10:57 AM
LONGMONT, Colo. (AP) - A mural painted on a wall in northern Colorado in response to the school shooting in Newtown, Conn. is gone but will be preserved. Longmont artist Gamma Acosta has been painting temporary murals on his uncle's vacant building for over five years, painting over the previous... more » -
No danger at Conn. church after phoned threat
December 16, 2012 2:08 PM
NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) - Police say there's no danger at a Connecticut church following a phoned-in threat days after 20 children and six adults were massacred at a school. Deborah Metz, a Trumbull police officer on the scene, gave the all-clear after an hour in which armed police in SWAT... more » -
Ind. man with 47 guns arrested after school threat
December 16, 2012 1:29 PM
CEDAR LAKE, Ind. (AP) - Authorities say an Indiana man who had 47 guns and ammunition in his home has been arrested after allegedly threatening to kill people at an elementary school near his home. Cedar Lake police were called to the home of 60-year-old Von I. Meyer early Friday... more » -
Condolences from the world pour in for Connecticut shooting victims
December 15, 2012 1:02 PM
LONDON (AP) - As the world joined Americans in mourning the school massacre in Connecticut, many urged U.S. politicians to honor the 27 victims - especially the children - by pushing for stronger gun control laws. Twitter users and media personalities in the U.K. immediately invoked Dunblane - a 1996... more »
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