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This Feb. 25, 2015, photo shows Sybrina Fulton, mother of Trayvon Martin, in Miami. Fulton is against a line of insurance offered by the NRA for gun owners to cover not only civil liability but costs associated with any criminal charges whenever a gun owner uses their firearm in what they call a self-defense or stand-your-ground case.

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’Murder insurance’ or protection in self-defense cases?

by Lisa Marie Pane Associated PressOctober 19, 2017

Shooting instructor Frankie McRae aims an AR-15 rifle fitted with a "bump stock" at his 37 PSR Gun Club in Bunnlevel, N.C., on Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2017. The stock uses the recoil of the semiautomatic rifle to let the finger "bump" the trigger, making it different from a fully automatic machine gun, which are illegal for most civilians to own. (AP Photo/Allen G. Breed)

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Is NRA move to regulate ‘bump stocks’ real or a ruse?

by Lisa Marie Pane Associated PressOctober 6, 2017

FILE - In this Dec. 12, 2013, file photo, state and local police officers line up outside an auditorium prior to an awards ceremony at the Connecticut State Police Training Academy in Meriden, Conn. Some police departments are relaxing age-old standards for accepting recruits. The changes are designed to deal with decreased interest in a job that offers low pay, rigorous physical demands and the possibility of death, all while under public scrutiny. There’s also the need to lure more minorities. The Connecticut State Police is among the agencies wrestling with diversity. (AP Photo/Dave Collins, File)

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Police departments relax hiring standards

by Dave Collins Associated Press, and Lisa Marie Pane Associated PressNovember 14, 2016

Wintana Melekin speaks to a line of St. Paul police as police and protesters face off on Summit Avenue, near the governor's residence, in St. Paul, Minn., Tuesday.

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How do police handle protesters when the protest is about police?

by Lisa Marie Pane Associated PressJuly 29, 2016

In this photo taken March 24, 2016, Sharon Johnson poses in her apartment in Lynn, Mass. Johnson calls herself an addict, although she’s been sober for three years now. She started by smoking pot and eventually moved to crack cocaine. Her daughter has tried heroin and “I believe I’m going to pull her out of the gutter someday,” she laments. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

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AP-NORC Poll: Most Americans see drugs as a big problem

by Lisa Marie Pane Associated Press, and Emily Swanson Associated PressMarch 26, 2016