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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Police are investigating a reported shooting at the victory rally for the Kansas City Chiefs at Union Station. The Kansas City Fire Department confirmed a shooting happened and is calling it a "fluid situation." Kansas City poliec say shots were fired west of Union Station and "several people" were struck. Two armed people have been detained. There's a heavy police presence in the area. NewsChopper 9 footage spotted an emergency crew heading into Union Station. Crews were working on at least two people outside of the station. KMBC's Len Jennings said police were running towards Union...

Tucson residents living in crime-ridden areas could soon receive free shotguns. Operating on the premise an armed neighborhood is a safer neighborhood, a group led by former mayoral candidate Shaun McClusky is raising money to purchase shotguns and provide training for anyone who lives in a mid- to high-crime neighborhood and can pass a background check. The project is part of a developing nationwide movement to see if more guns really do translate into less crime. McClusky said he's bringing the program to Tucson because the City Council has failed to properly fund the Police Department, leaving many residents easy...

May 6, 2002 THE NATION Free Guns Tweak City's Ban Protest: A conservative activist gives away firearms to circumvent Chicago's concealed weapon law. Low costs mean 'I can keep doing this forever,' he says. By ERIC SLATER, TIMES STAFF WRITER CHICAGO -- As anti-gun groups across the nation offer everything from cash to free pizzas to people willing to turn in their firearms, a joyfully antagonistic pro-gun rights group is giving away handguns to residents in Chicago, where merely possessing one is a felony. The first winner is expected to pick up his Kel-Tec .32-caliber semiautomatic this week. A Hasidic...