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Mom of gun-toting Quiverfull family: 14-year-old Josh Duggar was 'playing doctor,' so leave him alone

Responding to criticism of the Christian "Quiverfull" movement, the wife of a Texas pastor who promotes the "be fruitful, and multiply" philosophy, took to Facebook to explain that admitted child-molester Josh Duggar was "playing doctor" as a teen and should be "left alone to live a good life."

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Florida man puts shotgun in disabled woman's mouth, gives her daily beatings with 'Stupid Stick': police

A Florida man was arrested and charged with aggravated battery this week after he was accused of beating two disabled people with his bare hands, and with something he called a "Stupid Stick."

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Washington woman says she was 'well within her rights' to shoot at husband for not doing chores

Police have charged a Marysville, Washington woman with attempted second degree murder after she admitted shooting at her husband because she was frustrated that he had not helped around the house.

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Kentucky woman shot by 2-year-old son over Mother's Day weekend

According to police in Louisville, a Kentucky woman was recovering on Monday after being shot by her 2-year-old son over Mother's Day weekend.

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Creator of 3D-printable gun sues for free speech right to share 'Liberator' firearm blueprints online

In a battle that encompasses both the 1st and 2nd Amendments of the Constitution, the creator of the world's first 3D-printable gun has filed suit against the U.S. government for the right to post blueprints for the weapon online where it can be shared.

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Civil rights expert on Texas shooting: Pam Geller's hate group got 'the response they were seeking'

Mark Potok, a senior fellow at the Southern Poverty Law Center SPLC, said on Monday that he was not surprised that Pam Geller's anti-Muslim group had been targeted by gunmen in Texas because she seemed to be trying to provoke that response.

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Veteran Canadian reporter: I'm white and 'America's police now frighten me'

CBC Senior Washington Correspondent Neil Macdonald, who has 27 year with the network and 12 years in newspapers, reacted to the violence in Baltimore this week by revealing that "American's police now frighten me."

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Historian on Freddie Gray: Baltimore policing grew from 'slave patrols' used to enforce social order

Historian Dr. Gerald Horne asserted recently that the police tactics that led to the deaths of Freddie Gray in Baltimore and other black men around the country are the legacy of "slave patrols" that were used to impose economic, political and social order.

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Fox host to cops: ‘Fire a shotgun in the air’ because Freddie Gray protest is ‘the end of civilization’

Fox News host Tucker Carlson on Sunday warned that protests in Baltimore over police involvement in the death of Freddie Gray were a "threat to civilization itself."

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Fake Georgia cop yells 'f*cking n****rs,' pulls shotgun on skateboarders for being in the street

A Georgia man was arrested this week for assault and impersonating an officer after he allegedly shouted racial slurs and threatened a group of people with a shotgun.

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Chilling 911 audio: Pregnant woman uses last moments of life to save baby after boyfriend shoots her

A pregnant North Carolina woman died over the weekend after being shot by her boyfriend -- but she managed to save her child in the final moments of her life.

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Irate Tennessee cop pulls gun on homeowners for sheltering his runaway wife and children

A Tennessee police officer was relieved of duty and charged with assault after authorities said that he threatened to shoot his wife's car, and assault the owners of a home where she was staying.

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Feds launch probe of Chicago cop after video reveals teen shot 16 times as he walked away

The U.S. Attorneys Office said this week that it had launched an investigation into a Chicago police officer who shot a 17 year old 16 times while the teen was walking away.

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