| DAILY ALERT FOR Wednesday, December 5, 2018 |
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| COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — An inmate who had escaped minutes earlier from a county jail in South Carolina was shot and killed by a woman after he kicked in her back door, the local sheriff said. |
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| The Senate Government Oversight and Reform Committee is scheduled to hold multiple hearings on House Bill 228 and House Bill 142 this week. |
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| Governor Phil Murphy signed legislation earlier this year which reduced New Jersey’s magazine capacity restriction from 15 rounds to 10 rounds. |
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| If Michael Bloomberg is serious about running for president in 2020, he’s going to have to find a better way of answering questions about his support for “stop-and-frisk” policing. Bloomberg’s increasingly serious flirtation with the Democratic presidential race took a new step on Monday with the publication of an op-ed in the Des Moines Register about climate change titled, “Why I’m coming to Iowa.” If the headline weren’t a clear enough signal, his piece concludes with, “A recent op-ed in the Des Moines Register called for aspiring presidential candidates to present a bold vision for taking on climate change. I couldn’t agree more: We need stronger leadership in Washington on this issue.” |
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| The U.S. is well below the world average in terms of the number of mass public shootings, and the global increase over time has been much bigger than for the United States. |
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| NEW CASTLE, Ind. – A local man held a would-be burglar at gunpoint until authorities reached his northern Henry County home. |
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| Should authorities be able to deny handgun licenses for hateful tweets?A New York lawmaker is raising the question with a bill that would require police to scrutinize the social media activity and online searches of handgun license applicants, and disqualify those who have published violent or hateful posts. |
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| A gun control proposal in the New York State Legislature is getting some push-back from privacy groups. |
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| “Unfortunately, the governor appears to want to make this one of his signature issues,” said Scott Bach, executive director of the Association of New Jersey Rifle and Pistol Clubs. “These laws entirely miss the point. There’s a lot of wasted legislative activity that’s targeted at the wrong people, and we’re going to continue to resist. … It’s not rocket science to pass laws that target only criminals.” |
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| Lawmakers in the Ohio Senate have begun considering House Bill 228, a duty to retreat bill considered by some to be a Stand Your Ground bill. It could receive a vote on the Senate floor later this week. |
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