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Attorney General Eric Holder is using the drug violence in Mexico to "confuse and mislead" Americans in an attempt to reinstate the expired federal assault weapons ban, gun advocates say. Get ready for a gunfight. Holder revealed his intention to reinstate the ban last month while announcing more than 700 arrests in connection with a crackdown on Mexican drug cartels operating in the United States. "As President Obama indicated during the campaign, there are just a few gun-related changes that we would like to make, and among them would be to re-institute the ban on the sale of assault weapons,"...

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger decided there’s a weapon that’s too dangerous to be in the hands of private citizens. This past week, a new law went into effect in California banning that weapon. It’s the .50-caliber rifle, the Rolls Royce of sniper rifles. It’s a big gun, a favorite of armies around the world, and it’s still available in 49 states in this country to anyone over 18 with a clean record. It is, without a doubt, the most powerful weapon you can buy. And, as Correspondent Ed Bradley reports, it's powerful enough to kill a man or pierce armor...

50 Caliber Handgun Threatens Police Lives, VPC Study Warns 6/3/2004 Press Release Violence Policy Center 1140 19th Street, NW Washington, DC 20036 www.vpc.org Violence Policy Center Warns Nation's Law Enforcement Officers of New Handgun Threat to Police Body Armor New VPC Study, Vest Buster: The .500 Smith & Wesson Magnum -- The Gun Industry's Latest Challenge to Law Enforcement Body Armor, Documents That the 'Most Powerful Handgun in the World' Has Armor-Penetrating Power That Can Pierce the Highest Level of Bullet-Resistant Patrol Vests Washington, DC - The Violence Policy Center (VPC) today released a new study, Vest Buster: The .500...

Had Enough Yet? 5/10/2004 Commentary by Tom Diaz It's an All-American story. Nebraska University soccer star Jenna Cooper throws a barbecue in her home to celebrate the season's end. Two men argue over stolen shot glasses. One whips out a handgun. Jenna Cooper, 21-years old, on the cusp of life -- talented and loved by her team, her family, and her friends -- is gone, taken by a stray bullet fired in anger. The Lincoln, Nebraska chief of police remarked that Jenna Cooper happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. With all due respect, chief, sir,...