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Stafford panel reviews in-home gun transfers
Over the past four years, the number of Stafford County residents permitted to conduct some type of firearm-related activity has steadily increased, according to data from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. The number of Stafford residents with...
Hamblen pawn shop owner arrested for fraud
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) -- A Hamblen County pawn shop owner has been arrested for fraud after authorities say he was illegally reselling cars brought in for pawn while owners continued to make payments on them. James Floyd Drinnon, 61, owned Money Man Pawn on Buffalo...
Pawnshop owner claims charges leveled are ‘absurd’ Says he keeps all record required by law
ROCHESTER — The owner of Rochester Pawn is disputing the 11 charges against the manager of the pawnshop, which claim he failed to properly document tools that were sold to the shop in October — tools that later turned out to be stolen.While police claim the store's...
7 Tips To Prevent Your DVR Security Failure
Having a front row seat in the call center of a closed-circuit television (CCTV) technical support center, I can tell you that having a fully functional CCTV system consistently recording is a top priority. While few things are as burdensome as staring at a video...
Lab tests show 3D printed guns can be useless — and dangerous
Tests conducted by ballistic labs and a university in England showed that guns made with thermoplastics on 3D printers are far more dangerous to the shooter than the intended target. A video released by the BBC showed in every case the 3D-printed guns broke or...
Linux Foundation and major tech cos finally committing money to stop next Heartbleed
Attempts to prevent another Heartbleed, the bug that left two-thirds of the Internet insecure for two years, received a significant boost today. The Linux Foundation has announced that it has allocated funds from many supporters — including Google, Facebook, and...
Facebook Wants To Listen In On What You’re Doing
Facebook had two big announcements this week that show the company’s wildly divergent takes on the nature of privacy. One announcement is that the company is encouraging new users to initially share only with their “friends” rather than with the general public, the...
Botched pawnshop burglary led to probation violation
Attempting to pawn items to the same local pawn store chain they were stolen from landed a Frederick man back in prison Thursday for violating probation. On Aug. 21, 2009, Brian Davis Parker was released from prison after serving two years for cocaine distribution. He...
5 arrested in theft of ‘pretty high value’ guns in Moss Point, more arrests expected
MOSS POINT, Mississippi -- Five suspects arrested in connection to the theft of "pretty high value" guns are expected to be in federal court in Gulfport this morning and more arrests are expected today, according to ATF agent Joel Lee. The guns were taken from the...
Biloxi woman accused of passing fake checks at pawn shop
BILOXI -- Police arrested 21-year-old Brittanica Latis Fairley, of Biloxi, Thursday on a charge of uttering forgery, Det. Steve Schlicht said. Fairley was arrested after she was identified as passing three fraudulent checks on three different occasions at the BIloxi...
Three Tiruttani doctors booked for abetting pawnbroker’s suicide
CHENNAI: Police registered a case against three doctors for allegedly abetting the suicide of a jeweller-cum-pawnbroker in Tiruttani. The pawnbroker, Rajesh Kumar, committed suicide at his house in Tirutani on Thursday, a month after his wife, Dimple, died during a...
A glimpse inside top-secret ATF gun vaults
(WXYZ) - Keeping guns away from violent criminals is a top priority for hundreds of federal agents here in Detroit. 7 Action News Investigator Heather Catallo had an exclusive look inside the top-secret gun vaults at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and...
Serious questions surround ATF stings
Widely used sting operations facing new scrutiny from judges; two have declared them unconstitutional. Two federal judges have ruled that widely used sting operations designed to ensnare suspects with the promise of a huge payday for robbing an imaginary drug stash...
US House moves to bolster gun background checks
Washington (AFP) - US lawmakers moved to boost funding of the national background check system for firearm sales, a small but symbolic step toward broader gun law reform following recent mass shootings. The measure would provide $19.5 million to help states submit...
Rumblings in Precious Metals Markets A Sign of Coming Monetary System Collapse
Precious metals headlines have spiced up in recent weeks as continuing evidence of the reverberations of The End Of The Monetary System As We Know It (TEOTMSAWKI). The closing of the London Silver Fix, gold manipulation lawsuits in New York, Austria wanting to audit...
An important court victory for Dallas payday lending rules
The coalition of cities standing firm against abuse payday lending practices continues to grow. As important, the courts are backing local regulations to control payday lending. On Friday, an appeals court upheld the authority of Dallas’ landmark rules restricting...
Naperville mulling regulations to help find stolen jewelry
Greg Holloway and Thomas Brunzelle, co-owners of Naperville Jewelry & Loan say an ordinance update the city is considering that would require pawnbrokers and cash-for-gold stores to record information about jewelry they buy and sell should apply to all stores that...
The Top 3 Social Networks for Business and How to Use Them
Have you ever wondered, “What’s the best social network for my business?” Thanks to a study by Shareaholic, we have hard data telling us the most engaging social networks in 2014 and beyond. According to the study, YouTube, Google+, and LinkedIn consistently yield the...