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Home invasion robbery reported in Gladstone, KANSAS CITY STAR, July 28, 2008) Detroit, MI 7/27/2008 Three people died, including a 17 year old girl, after being shot with an assault rifle while leaving a bar. (Candice Williams, Girl, 17, two men fatally shot outside Detriot bar, DETROIT NEWS, July 27, 2008) Salt Lake City, UT 7/26/2008 A 19 year old airman shot a 22 year old with an assault rifle after the two argued at a nightclub. The airman shot another person several months earlier. (Airman's arrest for shooting not his first, OGDEN STANDARDEXAMINER, July 29, 2008) Chattanooga, TN 7/24/2008 Two men armed with a SKS assault rifle shot a 28 year old man in the head and back. (Jaqueline Koch, Police Investigate assault-rifle shooting, CHATTANOOGA TIMES FREE PRESS, July 25, 2008) Oakland, CA 7/23/2008 A 23 year old woman died after accidentally shooting herself in the head with her boyfriend’s assault rifle. The gun discharged when she dropped it. (Oakland woman killed when assault rifle accidently fires, OAKLAND TRIBUNE, July 24, 2008) New Orleans, LA 7/15/2008 A man died after being shot repeatedly with an AK-47 while asleep in his trailer. (Ramon Antonio Vargas, AK-47 fire kills sleeping former rapper, NEW ORLEANS TIMES PICAYUNE, July 16, 2008) Daytona Beach, FL 7/13/2008 A distraught man fired 30 rounds into the side of an occupied building with an AK-47 assault rifle. (Julie Murphy, Outlaws clubhouse shot up. Police: 1225 Eye Street, NW, Suite 1100, Washington, DC 20005 i(202) 898-0792 iFAX (202) 371-9615 www.bradycampaign.org

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