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Thanks to a last-minute push by a pro-police lobbyist, it is now legal for law enforcement in North Dakota to fly drones armed with ‘less lethal’ weapons such as rubber bullets, tear gas, tasers, sound cannons and pepper spray.

Less lethal weapons can kill. At least 39 people have been killed by police Tasers in 2015 so far, according to The Guardian. Bean bags, rubber bullets, and flying tear gas canisters have also killed and maimed people in the U.S. and abroad.

When State Rep. Rick Becker introduced H.B. 1328, the law both banned weaponized drones and established a procedure for law enforcement to seek a warrant before using drones in searches. Only the warrant requirement survived.

After the state officially signed Becker’s original bill into law back in April, the state house committee then allowed North Dakota Peace Officer’s Association lobbyist Bruce Burkett to amend HB 1328…

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Alleged Gun Ring Leader Sentenced To 18 Years In GA-to-NY Operation

Via– WSBTV

A man described as the ringleader of an illegal Georgia-to-New York gun ring that sold 151 weapons to an undercover officer has been sentenced to 18 years in prison.

Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Danny Chun handed down Michael Quick’s term Thursday.

The LaGrange, Georgia, man pleaded guilty earlier this month to weapons charges. His attorney hasn’t responded to messages seeking comment.

Brooklyn District Attorney Kenneth Thompson says the harsh sentence is meant to deter the illegal sale of guns in New York from lax gun-law states in the South.

Authorities say in seven months Quick sold $126,000 worth of handguns and rifles to an undercover New York Police Department officer.

That included a $20,000 sale of 25 firearms in a suitcase, the biggest single illegal buy in NYPD history.