Where guns used to kill police officers come from
In the second part of The Hidden Life of Guns series, The Washington Post investigates guns used to kill police in the past decade.
A review of 511 deaths analyzes how guns got into the hands of police officers' killers and takes an in-depth look at two guns that were used in police killings.
Interactive map: National trends in police killings
Document: Federal Firearms Tracing report
Video: A police killer's remorse
Video: A father recounts the murder of his son
By Jennifer Jenkins |
November 23, 2010; 11:16 AM ET
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Unfortunately I believe that we are limited in what we can focus on. I think that if we proceed with the partisan sideshow of prosecuting Bush admin. officials, healthcare will get lost in the brouhaha.
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