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As mass shootings are again drawing public attention, states across the U.S. seem to be deepening their political divide on gun policies. A series of recent mass shootings in California come after a third straight year in which U.S. states recorded more than 600 mass shootings involving at least four deaths or injuries. Democratic-led states that already have restrictive gun laws have responded to home-state tragedies by enacting or proposing even more limits on guns. Many states with Republican-led legislatures appear unlikely to adopt any new gun policies after last year's local mass shootings. They're pinning the problem on violent individuals, not their weapons.
As mass shootings are again drawing public attention, states across the U.S. seem to be deepening their political divide on gun policies. A series of recent mass shootings in California come after a third straight year in which U.S. states recorded more than 600 mass shootings involving at least four deaths or injuries. Democratic-led states that already have restrictive gun laws have responded to home-state tragedies by enacting or proposing even more limits on guns. Many states with Republican-led legislatures appear unlikely to adopt any new gun policies after last year’s local mass shootings. They're pinning the problem on violent individuals, not their weapons.
For 17 seasons the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra has been under the musical direction of Carlos Miguel Prieto. That changes this summer when the LPO begins to take its cues from conductor Matthew Kraemer. The orchestra’s Board of Trustees recently announced that Kramer will take over in July and have his official introduction in mid-September. Kraemer, a native of Indiana, was appointed music director and principal conductor of the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra in 2015. He also served as music director of the Butler County Symphony in Pennsylvania and artistic director of Orchestra Indiana. Kraemer has called the new appointment an “opportunity of a lifetime.”
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The man told the officer, "you're just mad I outran you," in reference to a pursuit around 9:30 a.m. in which the man was going approximately 20 miles over the posted speed limit eastbound on Tremont Road, just south of U.S. Route 20, according to the Chesterton Police Department.
Court documents allege Virgil King, 22, and Micah Sanders, 23, fired multiple shots at Daqwuan Walker, 23, of Gary, early Wednesday morning on the 500 block of Chase Street.
"There are times when it is simply too dangerous to release a defendant before trial," said state Sen. Eric Koch, R-Bedford.
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It is similar to a lawsuit filed this week in U.S. District Court in Hammond, challenging the redistricting of the Gary Common Council.
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"There are times when it is simply too dangerous to release a defendant before trial," said state Sen. Eric Koch, R-Bedford.