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Data
Researchers found FBI and CDC databases drastically undercounted the number of fatal police shootings.
Background Checks
A pair of 2013 cases highlights how the vagaries of being "engaged in the business" of selling firearms have hampered law enforcement.
Law Enforcement
One police officer killed. Six injured. In a state that bans the sale or transfer of gun magazines holding more than 15 rounds. For investigators, it all adds up to a few big questions.
The public safety (and economic) calculus that determines where law enforcement sidearms go when they retire.
Portions really are bigger on this side of the pond.
The symbolism also might matter. Lessons from a misunderstood post-Ferguson reform bid.
Arrowhead Pawn Shop was once named a top exporter of crime guns.
