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NJ Man Believed To Be Part Of Anti-Government Group Arrested For Possession Of Illegal Firearms
A Haddon Township man and known member of an anti-government extremist group has been arrested for the illegal possession of numerous firearms.
Reading Woman Accused Of Leaving Kids Home Alone With Loaded Gun, Drugs
Reading police found the children on Tuesday when they raided a suspected drug house after getting complaints from neighbors.
Dealers: Gun Sales Driven Up In Pennsylvania Amid Fears Of Crackdown
Pennsylvanians are lining up to buy firearms in the aftermath of the Connecticut school shootings, but dealers say gun owners’ anxiety over a potential gun-control crackdown was driving up sales before the Sandy Hook massacre.
Dick’s Sporting Goods Store To Suspend Sales Of Certain Guns After Newtown Massacre
A statement posted on Dick’s website expresses sympathy for the victims’ families. It says sales of modern sporting rifles will be suspended during “this time of national mourning.”
Camden Buyback Program Nets Record Number Of Guns
Authorities say a gun buyback program in Camden this month brought in a record number of weapons.
Black Friday Gun Sales Set New Record
The FBI says firearms dealers nationwide swamped call centers with nearly 155,000 required buyer background check requests, a roughly 20-percent increase from last year’s previous one-day record.
2 People Arrested For Making Straw Purchases In Philadelphia
Philadelphia police have arrested two people in connection with the straw purchases of six different handguns.
Traffic Violation Leads Police To Heroin, Firearms Hidden In Car
Delaware State Police have arrested a 28-year-old Wilmington man on gun and heroin charges.
3 Men Arrested After Stray Bullets Hit Car With Children Inside
A stray bullet hit a woman’s car while she drove on Route 73 near New Hanover Township.
Judge Makes An Example Of Confessed Straw Purchaser
Authorities say a first time offender who admitted buying guns for criminal acquaintances has been sentenced and the judge sends a strong message to him and other potential straw purchasers.
Exhibit ‘Lost Dreams On Canvas’ No Longer At PAFA
An anti-violence art project, long housed at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, has been kicked out and left in limbo.
Upper Darby Sends Hundreds of Seized Guns To The Furnace
Nearly 250 guns confiscated from the streets of Upper Darby (Delaware County) are being destroyed in an effort to keep the community safer.
Philadelphia Police Identify Suspects In Temple Robberies
The suspects, 26-year-old Kevin Wilson and 31-year-old Timothy Ballard, were armed and four out of the five victims were Temple students.
Bryan Lentz Takes Over Regional Gun Violence Task Force
After a failed bid for Congress, a former Delaware County State Representative has landed on his feet as the new head of a unit designed to reduce gun violence on the streets of the Philadelphia region.
