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  2. Gun laws in Puerto Rico - Wikipedia

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    In Puerto Rico, the law regulates the sale, possession, and use of firearms and ammunition. As an unincorporated territory of the United States, Puerto Rico is an "appurtenant jurisdiction" to which the Insular cases apply. Except for provisions of the U.S. Constitution that apply by their own force, only those constitutional provisions ...

  3. Crime in Puerto Rico - Wikipedia

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    Antonio Correa Cotto was a notorious 1950s Puerto Rican criminal. On January 25, 1950, he murdered two people in Machuelo Abajo, Ponce, Puerto Rico. After being caught, prosecuted and sentenced to prison, he managed to escape and returned to Ponce where he killed 10 more people. [5] Correa Coto was killed shortly after in a shootout with police ...

  4. Law of Puerto Rico - Wikipedia

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    Many of the Laws of Puerto Rico (Leyes de Puerto Rico) are modeled after the Spanish Civil Code, which is part of the Law of Spain. [2]After the U.S. government assumed control of Puerto Rico in 1901, it initiated legal reforms resulting in the adoption of codes of criminal law, criminal procedure, and civil procedure modeled after those then in effect in California.

  5. Estimated number of civilian guns per capita by country

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    The number displayed in this table is very likely a significant underestimation. The actual number of guns per 100 persons may vary to more, with an unestimated number of illegal firearms held by civilians, around to 9 to 15 million.[14] ^ Poland.The number of registered firearms in 2017 survey (380k) is taken from official data for the year ...

  6. Overview of gun laws by nation - Wikipedia

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    Gun laws and policies, collectively referred to as firearms regulation or gun control, regulate the manufacture, sale, transfer, possession, modification, and use of small arms by civilians. [1] Laws of some countries may afford civilians a right to keep and bear arms , and have more liberal gun laws than neighboring jurisdictions.

  7. Ponce massacre - Wikipedia

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    Notable nationalists. v. t. e. The Ponce massacre was an event that took place on Palm Sunday, March 21, 1937, in Ponce, Puerto Rico, when a peaceful civilian march turned into a police shooting in which 17 civilians and two policemen were killed, [6] and more than 200 civilians wounded. None of the civilians were armed and most of the dead ...

  8. Law enforcement in Puerto Rico - Wikipedia

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    Law enforcement in Puerto Rico is one of three major components of the criminal justice system of Puerto Rico, along with courts and corrections.Although there exists an inherent interrelatedness between the different groups that make up the criminal justice system based on their crime deterrence purpose, each component operates independently from one another.

  9. Puerto Rico v. Sanchez Valle - Wikipedia

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    V; Puerto Rico Arms Act of 2000. Puerto Rico v. Sanchez Valle, 579 U.S. 59 (2016), is a criminal case that came before the Supreme Court of the United States, which considered whether Puerto Rico and the federal government of the United States are separate sovereigns for purposes of the Double Jeopardy Clause of the United States Constitution.