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Police Union Calls For Open-Carry Ban Ahead Of RNC

“I don’t care if it’s constitutional or not at this point. They can fight about it after the RNC, or they can lift it after the RNC, but I want him to absolutely outlaw open-carry in Cuyahoga County until this RNC is over.”

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By Peter Holley for WaPo
A Colt M4 gun and a button that reads "I Vote - Proud Washington Gun Owner."

With fears of impending violence mounting on the eve of the Republican National Convention, the head of Cleveland’s largest police union called for Ohio Gov. John Kasich to temporarily ban the open carrying of guns as crowds of protesters and politicians arrived in town before the Republican National Convention. Stephen Loomis, president of

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Kansas Wants To Ban Welfare Recipients From Seeing Movies, Going Swimming On Government’s Dime

“Now what we want to do is take the same mean-spirited policies that we’ve implemented over the years and we want to codify them, … “I can only assume that the motive behind this is truly malice of intent.”

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By Peter Holley for WaPo
Children play basketball at a park near blighted row houses in Baltimore, Monday, April 1, 2013. Americans are experiencing poverty at levels not seen since the mid-1960. (AP Photo)

Children play basketball at a park near blighted row houses in Baltimore, Monday, April 1, 2013. Americans are experiencing poverty at levels not seen since the mid-1960. (AP Photo) There’s nothing fun about being on welfare, and a new Kansas bill aims to keep it that way. If House Bill 2258 is signed into law by Gov. Sam Brownback (R)

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