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Italians Killed, Injured as Celebratory Gunfire, Stray Bullets Rattle New Year
3 January 2008
United Press International
Wild West-style gun play during New Year's celebrations is symptomatic of a growing gun culture in Italy, authorities said.
Gunshots rang in the new year in several cities, the Italian news agency ANSA reported Wednesday.
A 30-year-old father in Naples was killed when a stray bullet went through a window and struck him in the chest as he played cards with his family. A 10-year-old Naples boy clung to life after a bullet ricocheted and lodged in his brain, while a... (GunPolicy.org)
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