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Las Vegas courthouse shooting, the Glossary

The Las Vegas courthouse shooting was an attack on January 4, 2010, in which a gunman opened fire in the lobby of the Lloyd D. George Federal District Courthouse in Las Vegas, Nevada.^[1]

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Associated Press

The Associated Press (AP) is an American not-for-profit news agency headquartered in New York City.

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California

California is a state in the Western United States, lying on the American Pacific Coast.

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Center for American Progress

The Center for American Progress (CAP) is a public policy research and advocacy organization which presents a liberal viewpoint on economic and social issues.

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Federal Bureau of Investigation

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is the domestic intelligence and security service of the United States and its principal federal law enforcement agency.

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Gauge (firearms)

The gauge (in American English or more commonly referred to as bore in British English) of a firearm is a unit of measurement used to express the inner diameter (bore diameter) of the barrel.

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Gun control

Gun control, or firearms regulation, is the set of laws or policies that regulate the manufacture, sale, transfer, possession, modification, or use of firearms by civilians.

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Hank Johnson

Henry Calvin Johnson Jr. (born October 2, 1954) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the U.S. representative for since 2007.

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Harry Reid

Harry Mason Reid Jr. (December 2, 1939 – December 28, 2021) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States senator from Nevada from 1987 to 2017.

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John Eric Ensign (born March 25, 1958) is an American veterinarian and former politician who served as a United States Senator from Nevada from 2001 until his resignation in 2011 amid a Senate Ethics Committee investigation into his attempts to hide an extramarital affair.

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Las Vegas

Las Vegas, often known as Sin City or simply Vegas, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and the seat of Clark County.

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Las Vegas Grammar School (Las Vegas Boulevard, Las Vegas, Nevada)

The Las Vegas Grammar School on Las Vegas Boulevard, also known as the Historic Fifth Street School, is a school listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Nevada and is located in the city of Las Vegas.

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Las Vegas Review-Journal

The Las Vegas Review-Journal is a daily subscription newspaper published in Las Vegas, Nevada, since 1909.

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Las Vegas Sun

The Las Vegas Sun is one of the Las Vegas Valley's two daily subscription newspapers.

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List of homicides in Nevada

This is a list of homicides in Nevada. Las Vegas courthouse shooting and list of homicides in Nevada are Murder in Nevada.

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Los Angeles Times

The Los Angeles Times is a regional American daily newspaper that began publishing in Los Angeles, California in 1881.

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Mossberg 500

The Mossberg 500 (M500) is a series of pump-action shotguns manufactured by O.F. Mossberg & Sons.

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Nevada

Nevada is a landlocked state in the Western region of the United States.

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NPR

National Public Radio (NPR, stylized as npr) is an American public broadcasting organization headquartered in Washington, D.C., with its NPR West headquarters in Culver City, California.

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Party leaders of the United States Senate

The positions of majority leader and minority leader are held by two United States senators and people of the party leadership of the United States Senate.

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Sheriff

A sheriff is a government official, with varying duties, existing in some countries with historical ties to England where the office originated.

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Shotgun

A shotgun (also known as a scattergun, peppergun, or historically as a fowling piece) is a long-barreled firearm designed to shoot a straight-walled cartridge known as a shotshell, which discharges numerous small spherical projectiles called shot, or a single solid projectile called a slug.

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In the United States, Social Security is the commonly used term for the federal Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI) program and is administered by the Social Security Administration (SSA).

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The United States Social Security Administration (SSA) is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government that administers Social Security, a social insurance program consisting of retirement, disability and survivor benefits.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Las_Vegas_courthouse_shooting

Also known as 2010 Las Vegas Courthouse Shooting, Johnny L. Wicks, Johnny Wicks, Stanley Cooper, Stanley W. Cooper.

Las Vegas courthouse shooting, the Glossary

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2010 in Nevada

2010 murders in the United States

21st century in Las Vegas

Attacks in the United States in 2010

Attacks on buildings and structures in 2010

Attacks on buildings and structures in Nevada

Crimes in Nevada

Deaths by firearm in Nevada

January 2010 crimes in the United States

Law enforcement in Nevada

Murder in Nevada

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