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President Barack Obama (R) announces the creation of an interagency task force for guns as Vice President Joseph Biden listens in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on December 19, 2012 in Washington, DC. President Obama announced that he is making an administration-wide effort to solve gun violence and has tapped Vice President Joe Biden to lead an interagency task force in the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, Connecticut. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Obama presses for new gun policies

Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Wednesday asked an administration team to offer 'concrete proposals' on curbing gun violence no later than January...
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Illinois State State Sen. Donne Trotter leaves the Cook County Jail complex after posting bond Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012 in Chicago. Trotter was charged Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2012 with a felony count for allegedly trying to board a flight at O'Hare International Airport with a weapon and ammunition in a carry-on bag. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

Illinois lawmaker released on weapons charge

Don Babwin, Associated Press
CHICAGO (AP) - A veteran Illinois state senator charged with trying to board a flight with a gun and ammunition in a carry-on bag was released on bail Thursday...
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Beanie Sigel in New York City.

Beanie Sigel faces weapon charges

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ESSINGTON, Pa. (AP) - Pennsylvania State Police say rapper Beanie Sigel has been arrested on weapon and drug charges near Philadelphia...
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Aoki was known as the “minister of education” for the Berkeley chapter of the Black Panther Party. CREDIT: Nikki Arai/Courtesy of Shoshana Arai

Man who armed Black Panthers was FBI informant

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BAY AREA - The man who gave the Black Panther Party some of its first firearms and weapons training – which preceded fatal shootouts with Oakland police in the turbulent 1960s – was an undercover FBI informer...
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