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Capitol Hill (CNSNews.com) - A Second Amendment rights group said Thursday that information publicized by a gun control group proves the pro-gun argument that regulating the behavior of law-abiding citizens does little or nothing to prevent crimes committed by outlaws using firearms. Americans for Gun Safety (AGS), a pro-gun control group that promotes itself as the voice of moderation in the Second Amendment debate, issued several press releases in mid-August decrying the "Nation's Leading Gun Trafficking States" and listing the 10 worst offenders. "Illegal gun traffickers have figured out that the feds simply don't enforce the gun laws on the...

NY Woman On Trial for Killing Her Boyfriend Over Abortion Brooklyn, NY -- A Brooklyn woman, who admitted she shot her boyfriend dead during a fight in their car over whether she should have an abortion, will get her day in court next week. Lesa White, 38, the mother of the couple's two kids, is expected to take the witness stand in her defense Monday in Brooklyn Supreme Court. She pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in a deal that could have sent her to prison for 20 years. But she convinced a judge to allow her to withdraw the plea...

<! --------- Body of the press release is inserted below----------------------------------> The NRA, the gun industry, the gun press, and other pro-gun "experts" today claim that there is no such thing as a civilian assault weapon. But before the guns came under fire, these same experts enthusiastically described these civilian versions of military weapons as "assault rifles," "assault pistols," and "military assault" weapons. For example: In 1982, Guns & Ammo published a book titled Assault Rifles, advertising "Complete Data On The Best Semi-Automatics."[1] In 1988 Guns & Ammo handgun expert Jan Libourel defined an "assault pistol" simply as, "A high-capacity semi-automatic...