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Hawaii eyes closing gun loopholes, bolstering mental health

by Associated Press
| January 22, 2020 2:05 PM

HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii already has some of the nation's strictest gun laws, but the fatal shooting of two Honolulu police officers by a man his lawyer and neighbors believe had psychiatric problems has added new urgency to efforts to close gun control loopholes and bolster mental health care treatment.

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