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  Cops arrest 12-year-old boy with loaded military-style rifle

  Philadelphia police say a 12-year-old boy toting a loaded military-style rifle and his 19-year-old brother with a handgun have been arrested after brandishing the weapons in a dispute with another boy.

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  Man charged in shooting of girl, 3, outside Detroit gas station

  A 24-year-old man has been charged in connection with the shooting of a 3-year-old girl outside a Detroit gas station.

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  Police issue month-long provincewide gun amnesty in Saskatchewan

  Police across Saskatchewan are calling on people to turn in unwanted guns as part of a month-long gun amnesty.

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  Loaded gun falls out of Florida kindergartner's backpack in class

  A loaded handgun fell out of a kindergartner's backpack in a Florida charter school classroom, but it didn't fire and it is unclear how it got there.

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  Teen accused of firing semi-automatic handgun at Toronto housing complex

  Toronto police say a teen is facing seven charges after allegedly opening fire with a semi-automatic handgun in a housing complex.

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  Family friend: Son of parents slain in dorm a 'good kid'

  Administrative and other offices will be open Monday at Central Michigan University, days after a 19-year-old student allegedly killed his parents in his campus dormitory.

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  Australian amnesty nets 57,000 firearms and rocket launcher

  An Australian government report says more than 57,000 illegal firearms including a rocket launcher and machine-guns were handed in during a recent amnesty in which gun owners could surrender such weapons without penalty.

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  Ohio boy, 8, brings gun to school out of fear

  An 8-year-old Ohio boy who had an unloaded gun in his backpack has told police he brought the weapon to his elementary school because he thought another student was going to hurt him.

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  Detroit standoff ends; gunman, 3 women dead, officers hurt

  A gunman involved in a domestic dispute killed his girlfriend and two women who came to her aid at a Detroit house, and wounded three officers during a 14-hour standoff that ended Monday when police found the suspect dead of a self-inflicted gunshot, authorities said Monday.

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  Man pointing gun at his own head killed by officers

  The head of the Vermont State Police says a distraught man pointing a gun at his own head was shot by police on the side of Interstate 89 while traffic drove by.