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The FBI had an opening for an assassin. After all the background checks, interviews and testing were done, there were 3 finalists: two men and a woman. For the final test, the FBI agents took one of the men to a large metal door, handed him a gun and said, 'We must know that you will follow...

The government has shaken up a committee that advises the public safety minister on firearms legislation in Canada, dumping three gun enthusiasts in favour of a trio of police leaders. More...

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- December holiday shoppers were not just interested in buying the hottest electronics and toys -- they also were purchasing record numbers of guns, according to the latest FBI figures on background checks required to buy firearms. With a few days left in December, the FBI...

AIKEN, S.C. - South Carolina officials say a 10-year-old trick-or-treater pulled a 9mm handgun on a woman who joked that she'd steal his Halloween candy. The Augusta Chronicle reported Tuesday that a 28-year-old woman told authorities she recognized some youngsters Monday evening and she joked...

A number of groups want the federal government to go further and also replace gun licences with a cheaper, one-time certificate system when it introduces promised legislation to end the long gun registry. More...

An Edmonton man who fired his gun through the floor of a townhouse killing a man below was found guilty of manslaughter Thursday and sentenced to 12 years in prison. Court of Queen's Bench Justice Adam Germain called the testimony of Jason Seruhungo, 22, implausible and nonsensical. Germain...

Two boys, aged 12 and 15, have been arrested in connection with shootings in Winnipeg. The 12-year-old is facing charged of attempted murder for allegedly trying to shoot another boy, but failed when the gun didn't go off. Police were called at about 12:30 p.m. Wednesday about shots fired in...

Prestonburg, Kentucky (CNN) -- For Benjamin Ferguson, the Dewey Lake Fish and Gun Club brings back memories. As a child, Ferguson came to the modest gun range in rural Floyd County, Kentucky, to learn gun safety so he could go deer hunting with his family. Now, the Army veteran and drug...

And here we go... #10 - You can trade an old 44 for a new 22. #9 - You can keep one gun at home and have another for when you're on the road. #8 - If you admire a friend's gun and tell him so, he will probably let you try it out a few times. #7 - Your primary gun doesn't mind if you keep...

The Rambo Granny of Melbourne , Australia Gun-toting granny Ava Estelle, 81, was so ticked-off when two thugs raped her 18-year-old granddaughter that she tracked the unsuspecting ex-cons down... And shot off their testicles. "The old lady spent a week hunting those men down and, when she...

http://cnn.com/video/?/video/us/2011/01/31/bts.undercover.gun.show.nyctv -- Undercover investigators purchased semiautomatic weapons at an Arizona gun show, despite telling vendors that they probably could not pass background checks, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg told reporters Monday. "We...

-- Thousands of people determined "to exercise their Second Amendment rights," attended a gun show Saturday in Tucson, Arizona, one week after a well-armed gunman opened fire at a local shopping center, the show's president said. The mood at the show was somber, said Bob Templeton of Crossroads...

-- A former police chief was found not guilty Friday of involuntary manslaughter in the 2008 death of an 8-year-old boy who accidentally shot himself with a micro Uzi machine gun during a gun show. Former Pelham, Massachusetts, Police Chief Edward Fleury, 53, was also acquitted of three counts...

http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/video?id=7848685 HOUSTON -- TSA checkpoints at airports are at the front lines of preventing terrorism. When you go through security, you expect to be scanned and searched. And you expect TSA to prevent contraband from getting on planes, but as we've learned, that...

The mother of a 5-year-old boy is under investigation after a gun was found in his backpack, Palm Bay police say. PALM BAY, Fla. -- The mother of a 5-year-old boy who was found with an unloaded gun at school Thursday morning is being investigated by Palm Bay police, according to authorities...

Rapper Ja Rule was found with a loaded firearm on New York's Upper West Side in July 2007, say police. New York -- Rapper Ja Rule will face two years in prison after pleading guilty to attempted criminal possession of a weapon on Monday, according to a Manhattan District Attorney statement...

By The Associated Press SPARTANBURG, S.C. - Some people lay flowers or notes at gravesites. A woman in South Carolina left a handgun. Police in the county of Spartanburg told the Herald-Journal newspaper that a 28-year-old woman who hadn't been feeling well consulted a spiritual adviser, who...

Bay Area officers face stun gun lawsuits SAN FRANCISCO, -- Two lawsuits involving law enforcement use of stun guns were filed in the San Francisco Bay Area this week. In Sonoma County, the parents of a man who died after a sheriff's deputy shocked him with a stun gun filed a federal...

Man says gun made him robbery target MILWAUKEE, (UPI) -- A Milwaukee man known by locals for openly displaying his handgun on a hip holster says he is giving up open carry after he was robbed at gunpoint. The 34-year-old man, who asked not to be named, said he believes openly displaying his...

Teen to be tried as adult in shooting PORTSMOUTH, Va., (UPI) -- A 15-year-old Portsmouth, Va., boy is to be tried as an adult for allegedly firing a gun into the air in his high school cafeteria, authorities said. Keith Elliott faces charges of brandishing a firearm, discharging a firearm in...