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+ | * [[MAIG]] had a pretty crappy year: | ||
+ | ** Former Mayor David Della Donna, of Guttenberg, New Jersey was convicted of Federal extortion and mail fraud charges and sentenced to four years and three months in federal prison. | ||
+ | ** Another MAIG Mayor, Larry Langford had a lawsuit filed against him for illegally accepting $156,000 in cash and benefits. | ||
+ | ** Former Mayor Will Wynn was convicted of Class C misdemeanor, for a choking assault on a man who had crashed a party. | ||
+ | ** (And there's more below...) | ||
+ | * The RCMP amalgamated their firearms-related sections, the [[Canada Firearms Centre]] and the [[Firearms Support Services Directorate]], into one integrated group, the [[Canadian Firearms Program]] (CFP),and celebrated the 10th anniversary of the opening of its Central Processing Site in Miramichi, New Brunswick. As if that were something to celebrate. | ||
+ | * A variant of the [[FN SCAR]] was one of four finalist rifles for the Infantry Automatic Rifle (IAR) competition, and [[Fabrique Nationale]] introduced a semi-automatic version of the SCAR modular rifle system, the 16S (Light) and 17S (Heavy), at the end of the year. | ||
+ | * FN Herstal announced plans to produce [[Winchester Model 70]] rifles at its plant in Columbia, SC. | ||
== January == | == January == | ||
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* The [[Canadian Firearms Program]] recorded a total of 1,859,501 valid [[firearm licenses]], which was roughly 5.6% of the [[Canadian]] population. | * The [[Canadian Firearms Program]] recorded a total of 1,859,501 valid [[firearm licenses]], which was roughly 5.6% of the [[Canadian]] population. | ||
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File:Dick Heller.jpg|[[June 26]]: [[Dick Heller]] outside the U.S. Supreme Court | File:Dick Heller.jpg|[[June 26]]: [[Dick Heller]] outside the U.S. Supreme Court |