Game shooting laws to be relaxed
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Restrictions on shooting and selling game dating back to the 1830s will end in England and Wales from August.
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By Dorsey Griffith, The Sacramento Bee, Calif.  Jun. 22--Everyone knows someone like this: The guy who sits for hours, playing video games, his heart racing as he pummels animated bad guys with controller-driven automatic weapons.
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PULLMAN, Wash. -- Washington State officials hope to avoid a repeat of 2002&#39;s post-Apple Cup melee by having more police on site and stressing good sportsmanship at the game Saturday.
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Despite widespread popular support, the federal law banning the sale of 19 kinds of semiautomatic assault weapons is almost certain to expire on Monday, the result
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By Dorsey Griffith, The Sacramento Bee, Calif.  Jun. 21--Excessive video game playing sure can be a problem.
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Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich wants tougher penalties aimed at keeping violent and sexually explicit video games out of the hands of kids.
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Illinois lawmakers moved swiftly after last year's massacre at Virginia Tech to make it harder for anyone with a history of mental illness to buy guns, fortifying what were already some of the nation's toughest weapons laws
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Yesterday Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich proposed a state law that would ban the selling and rental of violent and or sexually explicit video games to Children under the age of 18.
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The makers of "Manhunt 2" &#151; a violent video game that had been threatened with a sales-destroying adults-only rating &#151; will release a toned-down version in October.
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Video game publisher Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. said Thursday it was temporarily suspending the release of the violent title "Manhunt 2" because of an ongoing ratings controversy in the United States and a ban in Britain and Ireland.
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Missouri's most violent criminals can no longer play video games that simulate murders, carjackings and the killing of police officers, a decision reached after prison officials were told about the content.
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US lawmakers pass a bill that could tighten controls on gun ownership, in response to the Virginia Tech shootings.
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Restrictions over foot-and-mouth are to be eased in some areas from Thursday, Defra says.
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By Kevin Howe, The Monterey County Herald, Calif.  Mar. 7--A possible ban on lead bullets for hunting will be on the state Fish and Game Commission agenda when it meets next month in Bodega Bay.   The commission voted unanimously at its Feb.
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With the federal ban on assault weapons set to expire next Monday, gun manufacturers are marketing military-style firearms and are ready to sell them as soon as Sept. 14, a consumer group said Tuesday.
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The changes were recommended by a panel formed after an unarmed man was fatally shot in Queens by the police.
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By CHET BROKAW  PIERRE, S.D. - A game warden accused of intimidating hunters can continue supervisory work, but will no longer enforce hunting and fishing laws, officials said Wednesday.  The deal ends a dispute between Gov. Mike Rounds and the U.S.