Police, Gun Control Advocates Express Concern Over Lack of US ...
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Monday at midnight, a decade-long federal ban against the sale of certain semi-automatic assault weapons will expire. That is, if Congress doesn&#39;t present a bill for President Bush to sign authorizing an extension of the law.
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With officers like these on the beat, we might feel safe. But they're not targeting the dangerous criminals now terrorising our streets. The simulated shoot-out was part of training to deal with biological or chemical terrorist threats.  (c) 2006 Daily Mirror.
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A citizen patrol group in New Haven, Conn., says it's doing what police won't, but critics question its tactics.
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Experts believe the weapons are secure for now, but they worry about what will happen when new officers take over
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The Red Cross says not enough is done to locate those missing as a result of conflicts and other violence.
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Americans are always good at touting an issue as a state of emergency in order to bring to establish a sense of urgency. And there are any number that we could highlight -- HIV/AIDS, gun violence, drug addiction -- but one that should be added to the list is that of the divorce rate in this nation.
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The police delay in attending a fatal shooting "can not be justified", a review into the force's response says.
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While I am not against gun ownership, Richard LaFontaine's letter (Readers' Forum, Feb. 20) displays the same kind of wishful, naive thinking he criticizes. Proponents of gun rights generally take a very optimistic view of people who face stressful, traumatic situations.
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National security officials worry about a possible attack against the United States in the months ahead even though the government's leading terrorism experts have not found concrete information about an imminent strike.
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As targets of resistors in Iraq, Iraqi security forces are preempting possible attacks by shooting at civilian cars. Yesterday, in Havsa, a town 40 km away from Baghdad, Iraqi policemen arrived at the scene
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Whites from Wisconsin and Asians from Minnesota share a concern for the shootings that left six white hunters dead and a Hmong immigrant in jail.
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As the nation honors its veterans Thursday, some advocates say too many are't getting the help they need.
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Some of them should be more worried than you are.
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Some question whether it will be enough to quell the violence and worry about the impact of prolonged tours.
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A campaign by more than 200 U.S. mayors to repeal an amendment they say makes it harder for police to trace illegal firearms between states was dealt a setback in Congress on Thursday.
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A State Department briefing chart dated Sept. 22 indicates the Iraqi border guard force being trained and equipped by the United States still lacks needed weapons, vehicles, body armor and communications equipment.
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The Department of Homeland Security and the FBI agree that the homemade explosive devices that have wreaked havoc in Iraq pose a rising threat to the United States. But lawmakers and first responders say the Bush administration has been slow to devise a strategy for countering the weapons and has...