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Former New York Police Commissioner Ray Kelly (Photo: Brown.edu)

The Gibeon meteor that will be used to mold a pistol. In the past, the company used the materials to form grips. (Photo: Cabot)

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is using its regulatory authority to clamp down on lion trophies brought back into the states. (Photo: AFP)

Stag’s founder and CEO, Mark Malkowski, was named business person of the year by the industry’s lobby group in 2014 for his positive engagement with the media. (Photo: CS Monitor)

Everyone’s favorite Sith Lord clocks in this holiday season moonlighting as Jolly Old Saint Nick, complete with updated light saber and a team of 8 miniature Tie Fighters.

There’s the obligatory force slams, a Jar Jar reference, storm troopers as elves and some milk soaked stockings but in the end Vader cannot be swayed.

Maybe he went looking for love in Alderaan places.

Too soon?

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Adam Painchaud with the Sig Sauer Academy walks you through the basics of keeping your gun in the fight when in a close-quarters situation.

As statistics show, most gunfights occur at ranges well inside the 15 yard mark, often at bad breath range, and Painchaud, a master class competitive shooter with military and police experience, details the shortfalls of a using a semi-auto in a “contact-close” fight.

Food for thought.

Of course you can always tote a wheelgun, but that’s its own set of problems there.

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After Congress passed the spending bill for 2016 on Monday, a review of the bill shows a slight increase in the budget of the agency tasked with enforcing federal gun laws and a host of provisions for other agencies that limits their involvement in the issue.

A recent article on Guns.com has drawn the irate attention of commenters on the Facebook page.  A news story, reporting on the efforts of some families in Dallas to give gifts to refugees from the Middle East and Afghanistan drew comments ranging from suggestions to help homeless veterans instead to attacks on Muslims for not being Christian and therefore not really being participants in the giving of gifts at this time of the year.  But one comment accused the magazine of treason for promoting fraternization with the enemy.  In case we missed his point, he identified the enemy as Muslims, advising us that since we’re at war, we ought to act accordingly.

One California family’s dreams of taking a trip to Disneyland for Christmas were destroyed in an instant when they found themselves the victims of a burglary, the thieves making off with the $2,000 they had saved for the trip.

But the investigating officers – Officer Bledsoe and Officer Aiello – decided to take action and solicited donations throughout the department to replace the stolen money. Then, on Saturday, officers called in the mother and her children for a “photo lineup,” but when they arrived, they found out they would be going to Disneyland after all.

[ Antioch Police Department ]

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Officials in Providence hold a press conference after 35 people were arrested in February on charges stemming from drug and gun trafficking. (Photo: Steve Szydlowski / The Providence Journal)

A U.S. District Court is set to sentence a man Tuesday for his hand in the Boston Marathon bombing more than two years ago.

Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring just told half the country their concealed carry permits aren’t good enough. (Photo: Cliff Owen/AP)

Residents say the Linthicum Heights neighborhood is typically very quiet. (Photo: CBS Baltimore)