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Instead, applicants just have to meet the department’s qualification standards. If they’re struggling, instructors at the academy will work with them until they pass.

Supporters of reciprocity say that’s a system in desperate need of common sense.

First, I was downright giddy. Then, with a sigh, I thought, “It’s about time.”

The new department will carry a $100 million annual budget and move existing violence reduction programs under one umbrella. Mayor Johnson said the idea would “ensure” those efforts are aligned.

Is this really a story about trigger-happy cops? Or is it also a story about irresponsible dog owners?

Heather Mac Donald’s “radioactive” take on the Ferguson Effect, media narratives, and the victims nobody talks about

Yet here we are. Brady wants it anyway.

There’s a striking image coming out of western North Carolina right now: firearms laid out on tables, cut apart with saws, then hammered into garden tools, crosses, and jewelry.

I’ll be honest, this isn’t exactly the kind of topic that usually comes up around the range, in group chats, or over a couple beers after a long day.