Guns

PIERRE - A South Dakota Senate committee is looking at a bill that would allow school districts to arm teachers and other personnel with guns.

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PIERRE - The South Dakota Senate has approved a plan to make concealed weapons permits valid for five years, up from the current four years.

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In case you missed it, earlier this week gun advocate Ted Nugent appeared CNN's Piers Morgan Tonight to defend gun ownership in the U.S...and he made some really good points.

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WASHINGTON - The number of federal background checks for firearm sales declined unexpectedly last month following a surge toward the end of the year as Washington considered new gun control measures.

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SIOUX FALLS - South Dakotans are getting permits to carry concealed weapons at a brisk pace as President Barack Obama and Congress debate gun control in the wake of the recent school shooting in Newtown, Conn.

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PIERRE - A South Dakota Senate committee has rejected a measure that sought to prevent newspapers, broadcast stations and others from publishing the names of people who have guns.

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Lone Star College campus shooting in Houston

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PIERRE - The House Education Committee is weighing a bill that would allow individual school boards to designate teachers, administrators or others to be armed with guns in hopes of protecting against an attack such as the Dec. 14 elementary school shooting in Newtown, Conn., that left 20 children and six adults dead.

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PIERRE - About 80 people gathered at South Dakota's state Capitol in Pierre on Saturday to show their support for gun rights.

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AUSTIN, Texas - Gun advocates - some with rifles slung across shoulders or pistols holstered at the hip - have rallied peacefully in state capitals nationwide against President Barack Obama's sweeping federal gun-control proposals.

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