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Supporters of the Firearms Safety Act wave their signs protesting against gun violence at the Prevent Gun Violence Rally on Lawyer's Mall in front of the State House in Annapolis on March 1, 2013. The bill would ban assault weapons and require people who buy handguns to get a license and submit fingerprints. It also would limit magazine capacity to 10 rounds and prohibit anyone who has been involuntarily committed due to mental illness from possessing a firearm. (Associated Press/Capital Gazette)
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**FILE** Demonstrators carry signs during a rally on Capitol Hill in Washington on Sept. 5, 2006, in support of a bill to ban horse slaughter for human consumption. (Associated Press)
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In the garden courtyard of David’s palace, two servants help wash Bathsheba, a role played by Melia Kreiling. Her privacy is protected by other maids holding a sheet.
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** FILE ** House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, California Democrat, holds a Jan. 23, 2013, news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington to discuss the reintroduction of the Violence Against Women Act. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** U.S. soldiers stand guard at the scene of a suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)
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the washington times The District’s Consolidated Forensic Laboratory is a 351,000-square-foot building in Southwest that consolidates the public safety forensic science and public health efforts into a single facility.
