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Governor Samuel Ortom, after the State Executive Council meeting, said Ghana embraced the amnesty programme declared by his administration for residents of the state to surrender illegal weapons in their possession.

Kaduna State Commissioner of Police, Austin Iwar, has cautioned hunters and other people in possession of illegal weapons in the state to surrender same to the...

Osun State governor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, has warned the people of the state to submit all illegal weapons in their possession.

«This elimination of what I consider a massive loophole, that if you have an illegal weapon in your home or place of business, it's a misdemeanor,» said the district attorney.

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Additionally, it argues that the US should end its legal troop deployments to Japan and South Korea in hopes that North Korea would end its illegal development of nuclear weapons, which sounds a lot like blackmail.

«Possessing firearm parts that are used exclusively in converting a weapon into a machine gun is illegal, except for certain limited circumstances,» Sessions said in a press release regarding the review at the time.

The paramount crime issue in the source zone is the production of illicit narcotics, followed by money laundering, alien smuggling, illegal weapons trafficking, and human trafficking.

Congress might ban «bump stocks»: Since the Las Vegas shooting in October, there's been bipartisan support to ban a device the shooter used that can make a legal semiautomatic weapon fire more like an illegal fully automatic gun.

They deal wholesale in narcotic drugs, illegal weapons and violence,» the affidavit charges.

Analysts believe the latest case may be another effort to engage American leadership in talks about lifting sanctions that resulted from illegal nuclear weapons tests...

Contrary to popular belief, most Republicans want to make assault - style weapons illegal, while many Democrats are in favor of a 20 - week abortion ban.

During the 1997 North Hollywood Bank Shootout in California, a time when Assault Weapons were (and still are) illegal in California, two bank robbers armed with illegal assault weapons and illegal 100 round magazines held off 200 policemen armed with only shotguns and handguns for 20 minutes, injuring 17 people before they were taken down.

The bill updates the state's assault weapons ban, reduces the number of bullets in a magazine from 10 to seven and strengthens criminal penalties for illegal guns.

A state law on what constitutes illegal folding knives, or so - called «gravity» knives, targets blacks and Hispanics with razor - sharp precision — though the «weapons» are rarely used in violent crimes, new statistics show.

The governments of Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, and Spain support Britain in its opposition to making nuclear weapons illegal, as do Australia, Canada, and the United States.

The package, which included measures aimed at illegal weapons as well as expanding penalties for those who kill first responders, was approved in the wake of the Newtown, Conn., elementary school shooting that left 19 people dead.

Americans for Responsible Solutions advocates for barring people with domestic abuse convictions from buying firearms, for hardening penalties for illegal gun trafficking, federally funding gun violence research and for expanding and improving the national background check system, in order to cover weapons bought on the internet or at gun shows.

Among the weapons found was an assault - style weapon equipped with an illegal bump stock like the one used in the Las Vegas shooting.

He said the security heads also called for closer cooperation from the media to prevent terrorists and radical ideologies directed from abroad from undermining the ongoing efforts to restore security in parts of Nigeria, facing the challenges of terrorism, economic sabotage, criminality, farmers - herdsmen clashes and the spread of illegal weapons.

«This investigation has shut down a major network of gang members responsible for the sale of illegal drugs and possession of dangerous weapons in our neighborhoods.

A Long Island man faces weapons charges after police found nine illegal assault weapons in his home following a threatening phone call to a Rockland County school he once attended.

A Lindenhurst man who left a «threatening» phone message for an official at a Rockland County school he attended in 2002 was arrested Saturday night after police found nine illegal assault weapons — including a gun modified to be fully automatic — at his home, Suffolk police said.

The incident re-ignited Cuomo's push for new gun control measures nationally in order to tighten the flow of illegal weapons into New York.

Reagan Stevens, a deputy director in de Blasio's Office of Criminal Justice, and two young men were arrested for illegal weapons possession while sitting in a double - parked car near the scene of a Saturday night shooting in Queens, cops said.

«Such modalities shall include a reward system for informants whose information shall lead to the location and recovery of such weapons and arrest of the person in whose custody such illegal firearms are recovered,» the statement further read.

So unless your terrorists are on the territory of a signatory nuclear state (US, Russia, China, the UK, France), a non-signatory state (India, South Sudan, Pakistan, Israel) or a state that has acquired nuclear weapons in contravention of the Treaty (North Korea), it's probably illegal to nuke them.

Westchester County is no different from other municipalities that are plagued with unregistered and illegal weapons that many end up in the hands of our youth.

A $ 100 - per - firearm federal sales tax would help stem the flow of illegal weapons into New York, reducing the number of gun - related deaths such as those of the four NYPD officers killed in the past year, Rep. Nydia Velázquez said Monday.

«Our communities must join forces with the New York Police Department to crack down on gun possession, get illegal weapons off the streets and spread the message that this kind of criminal activity has no place in our city,» Stringer said.

He says in addition to the tightening of the assault weapons ban, which Democrats sought, Republicans fought for enhanced criminal penalties for the use of illegal guns.

The letter comes as gun control advocacy groups and some Republican lawmakers who voted no blast the law, which tightens the state's assault weapons ban, limits the number of rounds in a high capacity magazine and tightens criminal penalties for illegal weapons.

«Together we were able to surmount the enormous challenges of confronting armed robbers, kidnappers, cultist, drug dealers and mop up arms and illegal weapons from the possession of unauthorized individuals in the State.

Dicker has made clear his view that banning assault weapons will do little to reduce gun violence in New York, which is most often carried out with illegal handguns.

Ghana was quoted as saying he became a militant leader to secure his community, adding that he had decided to genuinely embrace the calls by Ortom for people in the state, holding illegal weapons, to surrender them and embrace peace.

The Chenango County Sheriff's Office, State Police & Norwich Police arrested 53 year old Allan Sheppard on Friday for criminal nuisance, and criminal possession of a weapon, following a drug investigation into illegal drug activity in Afton.

In New York, Orange County officials say more than 300 unwanted or illegal weapons were turned in during a recent gun buyback prograIn New York, Orange County officials say more than 300 unwanted or illegal weapons were turned in during a recent gun buyback prograin during a recent gun buyback program.

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives announced in December that it was reviewing whether weapons using bump stocks should be considered illegal machine guns under federal law.

Banning 10 round magazines was designed to make all semi automatic weapons illegal in NYS.

Vil Mirzayanov, a Russian chemist, was imprisoned in 1993 after publishing articles that revealed illegal chemical weapons experimentation in Russia.

«Our hypothesis in the earlier published work was that transforming vacant lots from being overrun with weeds and filled with trash to a clean and green space may make it difficult for people to hide weapons and conduct illegal activities such as drug use in or near the space.

For more than 100 years, a law called the Lacey Act has served as America's premier weapon in the fight against the illegal trade of plants and animals.

In June 1996, the LAPD arrested the actor (who had already spent time in three rehabilitation facilities between 1987 and 1996) on counts including drug use, driving under the influence, possession of a concealed weapon, and possession of illegal substances, a development which struck many as ironic, given his star - making performance years prior in Less than ZerIn June 1996, the LAPD arrested the actor (who had already spent time in three rehabilitation facilities between 1987 and 1996) on counts including drug use, driving under the influence, possession of a concealed weapon, and possession of illegal substances, a development which struck many as ironic, given his star - making performance years prior in Less than Zerin three rehabilitation facilities between 1987 and 1996) on counts including drug use, driving under the influence, possession of a concealed weapon, and possession of illegal substances, a development which struck many as ironic, given his star - making performance years prior in Less than Zerin Less than Zero.

And when he is separated from his unit during a riot provoked by a search for illegal weapons, Hook finds himself lost and alone deep in IRA territory with no idea of where to go or to whom he can turn...

Alas, it's never satisfactorily explained in the film why Yousef (aka the Green Prince), apprehended in the mid -»90s for buying illegal weapons, then interrogated and imprisoned, would accept Ben Yitzhak's offer to work for the Shin Bet, particularly given his father's own lengthier imprisonment by the Israeli government and the younger man's description of how cooperating with Israel is the «most shameful thing you can do in my country.»

Jackson plays Rich, the leader of a growing illegal weapons business who asserts his authority in a film - opening nightclub massacre.

In addition, investors have made efforts to uphold their moral values by for example, rejecting companies involved in the tobacco, illegal weapon industry or investing in undemocratic regimeIn addition, investors have made efforts to uphold their moral values by for example, rejecting companies involved in the tobacco, illegal weapon industry or investing in undemocratic regimein the tobacco, illegal weapon industry or investing in undemocratic regimein undemocratic regimes.

disciplinary measures to be taken in incidents on school property or at school functions involving the possession or use of illegal substances or weapons, the use of physical force, vandalism, violation of another student's civil rights and threats of violence;

According to the US State Department, slavery is now the third largest type of illegal trade in the world (after drugs and weapons); every year between 600,000 and 800,000 people are trafficked across national borders with about 17,500 entering the USA.

«What's troubling is how often in these stories the police officer's first reaction is to fire his weapon at the animal... Something's clearly amiss when a police officer can stroll onto the private property of someone who's doing nothing illegal, be confronted by a dog who's merely doing what dogs do — defending his territory — shoot the dog dead, and get nothing but full support from his superiors.

Once the indictments were issued, authorities launched raids in Matagorda, Tyler, Jasper, Montgomery and Harris counties, arresting 8 of the miscreants and seizing 187 dogs along with dog fighting paraphernalia, videos of dog fighting, weapons, illegal drugs and stolen property.