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Among nearly 800 M-16s to Arizona agencies, 13 to agriculture officers

Stephen Hamway, Cronkite News//September 19, 2014//

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Among nearly 800 M-16s to Arizona agencies, 13 to agriculture officers

Among nearly 800 M-16s to Arizona agencies, 13 to agriculture officers

Stephen Hamway, Cronkite News//September 19, 2014//

Of the nearly 800 fully automatic M-16s Arizona law enforcement organizations have received under a Department of Defense program that gives away surplus military hardware, 13 have gone to a...

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