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Article: CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS, HENNEPIN COUNTY LEADERS LAUNCH COORDINATED YOUTH GUN EFFORT

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May 20, 2008
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Hennepin County issued the following press release:

City of Minneapolis and Hennepin County leaders representing several public agencies today joined together to send a strong, clear, united message to area youth: don't carry a gun - if you do, there will be consequences.

Working through the Hennepin County Criminal Justice Coordinating Committee (CJCC), city and county officials unveiled a sweeping and aggressive Juvenile Gun Offender Initiative focused on reducing the number of youth carrying guns, through a series of coordinated activities in place for this summer, including:

* New court-sanctioned penalties for youth caught carrying BB, replica, or real guns. These new, stronger, ...

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