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Friday, May 17, 2013  Training took place Friday morning on the Indian Hills Campus in Ottumwa.

Tuesday, April 09, 2013  President Obama's gun control proposals have run into resistance on Capitol Hill, leaving their fate in doubt.

Wednesday, April 03, 2013  In Colorado, Obama will press Congress to pass gun measures, place focus on background checks

Tuesday, April 02, 2013  Connecticut lawmakers tout bipartisanship, unveil response to Newtown shooting; vote planned Wednesday

Tuesday, March 19, 2013  Updated with photos from sentencing: Teen who shot to death 3 students at Ohio high school gets 3 life sentences without parole

Tuesday, March 19, 2013  Updated with video: A Florida college student's plan to launch a massive murder spree was thrown off by campus police offiers' fast response

Thursday, March 14, 2013  In the new school building in the neighboring town of Monroe, police remain a presence. Signs ask people to close doors softly and not to drag objects across the floor.

Wednesday, February 27, 2013  Northeast Ohio school community remembers 3 students killed by teen gunman 1 year ago

Monday, February 11, 2013  What treatment helps traumatized kids heal? Analysis says research offers no solid answers

Thursday, February 07, 2013  In safety measure, police officers do paperwork in their cars outside suburban Denver schools

Thursday, January 31, 2013  New story: Police swarmed Price Middle School just south of downtown Atlanta after reports of the shooting at 1:50 p.m., while a crowd of anxious parents gathered in the streets, awaiting word on their children.

Thursday, January 31, 2013  Some came to the hearing to defend their Second Amendment rights, but the vast majority appeared to support stricter gun control.

Thursday, January 24, 2013  Fontana Unified School District police purchased 14 of the Colt LE6940 rifles last fall, and they were delivered the first week of December — a week before the Connecticut school shooting.

Wednesday, January 23, 2013  A volley of gunshots about noon Tuesday at Lone Star College prompted a lockdown and eventual evacuation of the campus in north Houston.

Tuesday, January 22, 2013  Harris County Sheriff's Maj. Armando Tello said authorities had detained a person of interest.