GREENPORT—Due to an increase in Columbia County pistol permit sales and information received from NRA safety instructors reporting a large influx of students taking the course in recent months, the Sheriff’s Office will process pistol permits on three Saturdays in January.
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January 10, 2016
Dates added for pistol permit processing
January 10, 2016 by DIANE VALDEN
GREENPORT—Due to an increase in Columbia County pistol permit sales and information received from NRA safety instructors reporting a large influx of students taking the course in recent months, the Sheriff’s Office will process pistol permits on three Saturdays in January.
GREENPORT—Due to an increase in Columbia County pistol permit sales and information received from NRA safety instructors reporting a large influx of students taking the course in recent months, the Sheriff’s Office will process pistol permits on three Saturdays in January.
October 1, 2015
10 Killed in Shooting at Oregon's Umpqua Community College
Column: Shooting coverage is routine, and that's the story
Thursday was the 274th day of the year.
That sounds cold, heartless. But can you name the shooter in any of the more-recent tragedies? Or even where they took place? We aren’t numb to it, exactly. We’re numb to tragedies in the Middle East or Africa.
In the United States, at least, we still bother to become outraged enough to tweet a thought or two before going back to whatever else is trending.That’s become literally true; according to the Washington Post, the tragedy today in Roseburg, Ore., brings the total of mass shootings, in which four or more people are killed or injured, to 294.
Thursday was the 274th day of the year.
December 23, 2014
DA: Guns smuggled on planes in Atlanta an 'egregious' security breach
Brooklyn District Attorney Kenneth Thompson said Tuesday that the investigation was "deeply troubling" -- not only for the havoc the gun running unleashed on the streets but because of the vulnerability to acts of terrorism on air travel that it revealed.
We have an egregious breach of security" at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport because airport employees "are not required to go through screening," said Thompson.In total, 153 guns were recovered as part of a complex investigation that Thompson outlined by using charts and surveillance video during a press conference in New York.
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
- NEW: "This is an important wake-up call," analyst says of employee screening
- 153 guns were recovered as part of a complex undercover investigation, DA says
- Delta employees entering their parking lot and the secure area of the airport aren't screened
- Agent: After clearing security, the employee met an accomplice in a restroom with a backpack
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