A day after a shooting massacre at the Washington, D.C. Navy Yard that left 13 people dead, including the shooter, the gun control debate was suddenly a hot topic again among pundits. Even so, passage of new gun laws seems unlikely. A major effort to expand background checks on gun buyers, crafted in the wake of the December elementary school massacre in Newtown, Conn., crumbled in the Senate earlier this year.

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    The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) said two people were arrested and charged after attacking a person with a bottle in Navy Yard on New Year’s Eve. Police said that on Dec. 31, at about 10 p.m., ...
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    After 66 years of being displayed outdoors at the Minnesota State Capitol, a 50-caliber gun that arguably fired the second American shot of World War II at Pearl Harbor is on the verge of finding a ...
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