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Murders across the United States dropped by almost half between 1992 and 2011.

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Monday that his administration has successfully carried out the largest gun seizure in the city’s history, according to RT. 

Police are searching for more than 100 rifles, some of the assault rifles, stolen from a boxcar outside Atlanta. 

The report calls for more background checks and stronger controls over certain high-risk groups such as convicted criminals and younger age groups.

A flight attendant headed for Dallas, Texas, allegedly forgot the gun was in her carry-on bag while going through airport security in Philadelphia. 

Two stores in the suburbs of Chicago alone sold 10 percent of the weapons confiscated by Chicago police over a three-year period. 

Seventy-two officers were feloniously killed in the line of duty during 2011, according to preliminary statistics from an FBI report.

Tennesee lawmakers and NRA lobbyists face off over a bill that would allow firearms to be stored in vehicles in public and private parking lots.