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Detroit Resident Educates Public On ‘Open Carry’

Hawkins said violent crime in the city prompted her to get a concealed weapons permit a few years ago. She didn't know that Michigan law allows legally licensed gun owners to openly carry their weapons under certain circumstances.

Factbox: FBI's background checks on gun buyers jumped in 2011

(Reuters) - The FBI performed nearly 16.5 million pre-purchase background checks on weapons buyers in 2011 as Americans went on an apparent gun-buying spree. The top 10 states, listed below, accounted for more than half of the requests the FBI fielded during the year. An FBI spokesman said Kentucky's numbers were skewed because the state runs a check every month on every gun owners with ...

FBI data shows spike in U.S. firearm purchases in 2011

CHICAGO (Reuters) - The FBI performed a record number of instant background checks on would-be firearm buyers in 2011 as Americans went on an apparent gun-buying spree, according to new government data. The FBI said it fielded nearly 16.5 million queries from firearms sellers last year, checking that customers buying guns did not have criminal records or other red flags that made them ineligible ...

Realistic toy weapons too closely mimic real guns, normalize violence

By: Kaylea Pallister Everyone has probably heard concerned parents wondering if first-person shooters or other kinds of fighting videogames will have a negative impact on their children. In popular games like Halo and Modern Warfare, the graphics are frighteningly realisti... ;

McGinness, Peredes debate over open-carry law

SACRAMENTO -- On News10@9 , former Sacramento County sheriff John McGinness and Sam Peredes, executive director of Gun Owners of California, debated the new open-carry law.