Converted gun ban 'by year end'
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Jacqui Smith announces plans to ban converted guns as she visits the area where Rhys Jones was killed.
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Control order imposed under anti-terrorist legislation on a British convert to Islam to be overturned
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BELFAST, Northern Ireland  - Northern Ireland's peace process requires the Irish Republican Army to renounce crime, as well as disarm, the governments of Britain and Ireland stressed Thursday after the outlawed group announced it will not scrap weapons and does not commit crimes.
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The House voted Wednesday to end a 28-year ban on handgun ownership in the nation&#39;s capital, brushing aside pleas from city officials concerned about a surge in violence and more heavily armed criminals.
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The expiration of the assault weapons legislation may increase manufacturers' profits.
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Washington -- Sen. John Kerry charged Friday that President Bush was helping terrorists and caving in to the National Rifle Association by not pushing to extend the 10-year-old federal assault weapons ban that expires at 12:01 am Monday.
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Plan to disband the government's controversial arms sales department, the Guardian can disclose.
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Gun dealers in Maryland and Virginia said yesterday that lifting the 10-year-old federal ban on assault weapons would have little effect on business -- no parties to celebrate the expiration and probably no lines out the door.
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A review of the murder laws is to begin next year, Home Secretary David Blunkett tells MPs.
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Advocates of gun rights said the decision raised the prospect of a national re-evaluation of the meaning of the Second Amendment and the rights of gun owners.
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London- Following the deaths by shooting of four young men in London, British Prime Minister Tony Blair announced harsher penalties for possessing firearms Sunday.Comment
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BOISE, Idaho - The expiration Monday of a 10-year federal ban on assault weapons means firearms like TEC-9s can now be legally bought - a development that has critics upset and gun owners pleased.    The 1994 ban, signed by President Clinton, outlawed 19 types of military-style assault weapons...
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WASHINGTON Sept. 13, 2004 - Democratic Sen. John Kerry on Monday accused President Bush of ducking his responsibility to protect the country from crime and terrorism by allowing a national assault weapons ban to expire.
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The traditional post-Christmas hunt in England and Wales is being held for what may be the last time before a ban.
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Can you get away with defying public opinion? Sometimes. Sometimes you can even get the political Play of the Week. President Bush says he will sign a bill renewing the assault weapons ban if Congress passes it.
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The number firearms offences fell by almost 10% last year in Scotland, according to the latest figures.
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CAPITOL HILL Despite a warning from the police chief in Washington DC about a &quot;tidal wave&quot; of weapons, the House has voted to lift a ban on handguns in the nation&#39;s capital.