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WEB EXTRA: What Gun Owners Need to Know About Gun Registration

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By Caroline Bleakley, Online Managing Editor - email

LAS VEGAS -- Clark County residents must register a gun within 72 hours of buying it. That can be done at any Metro Police substation.

The locations of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Substations and other law enforcement agencies within the incorporated cities of Clark County are listed below:

  • Bolden Area Command, 1851 Stella Lake Street (Martin Luther King & Lake Mead)
  • Convention Center Area Command, 750 Sierra Vista (Sierra Vista/Swenson)
  • Northeast Area Command, 3750 Cecile Ave. (between Pecos and Walnut)
  • Northwest Area Command, 9850 W. Cheyenne(West of Grand Canyon)
  • Southeast Area Command, 3675 E. Harmon Ave. (between Sandhill and Pecos)
  • South Central Area Command, 4850 Las Vegas Blvd. South (between Tropicana and Sunset)
  • Enterprise, 6975 W. Windmill Lane, Las Vegas, NV 89113
  • Henderson Police Dept., 223 Lead Street, Henderson, NV
  • Laughlin Substation, 101 Civic Center Way, Laughlin, NV
  • Mesquite Police Dept, 500 Hillside Dr., Mesquite, NV
  • North Las Vegas Police, 1301 E. Lake Mead Blvd., North Las Vegas, NV
  • Overton Police Dept., 320 N. Moapa Valley, Overton, NV

  • Guns of Nevada

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    The national discussion about gun violence is prompting Nevada lawmakers to consider new legislation.

  • Friday, May 3 2013 8:48 PM EDT2013-05-04 00:48:15 GMT
    LAS VEGAS -- Logan Smith's backyard is in the hills bordering southwest Las Vegas where he likes to do target practice. His prized possession: an AK-47 assault rifle he recently bought on armslist.com. Armslist.com
    Logan Smith's backyard is in the hills bordering southwest Las Vegas where he likes to do target practice. His prized possession: an AK-47 assault rifle he recently bought on armslist.com.

  • Friday, May 3 2013 4:16 PM EDT2013-05-03 20:16:25 GMT
    LAS VEGAS -- An effort to require universal background checks for all guns sales failed in the Senate last month by six votes. Opponents of the bill insist it will not keep guns from criminals or the
    An effort to require universal background checks for all guns sales failed in the Senate last month by six votes.
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  • Guns of Nevada: The Mental Health Debate

  • Wednesday, March 27 2013 8:02 PM EDT2013-03-28 00:02:59 GMT
    Gun rights advocates say mental illness is the real reason behind mass murder incidents. There are strong indications that most, if not all, of the killers in recent mass murders had severe mental or emotional issues.
    Nevada is notoriously stingy when it comes to support for mental health services. It already ranked among the worst in the nation for mental health programs, and then another $80 million was chopped during the past few years.

  • Thursday, May 2 2013 2:00 AM EDT2013-05-02 06:00:07 GMT
    By Steve Kanigher The Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre in December rekindled a national debate over the extent, if any, to which violent video games set off individuals who go on deadly shooting
    By Steve Kanigher The Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre in December rekindled a national debate over the extent, if any, to which violent video games set off individuals who go on deadly shooting

  • Wednesday, April 10 2013 7:25 PM EDT2013-04-10 23:25:17 GMT
    LAS VEGAS -- Caregivers of the mentally ill say the debate in Congress cannot end with background checks. Gun control is one of many hot topics Wednesday at a national mental health conference in Las
    Caregivers of the mentally ill say the debate in Congress cannot end with background checks.

  • Monday, April 1 2013 4:10 PM EDT2013-04-01 20:10:39 GMT
    LAS VEGAS -- Much is being aired and written in the national media about whether an increased investment in mental health care would have any impact on reducing gun violence. Here are examples of those
    Much is being aired and written in the national media about whether an increased investment in mental health care would have any impact on reducing gun violence.

  • Monday, April 1 2013 2:57 PM EDT2013-04-01 18:57:30 GMT
    LAS VEGAS -- One highlight of Nevada's proposed mental health budget for the two-year period beginning in July is that it will belong to a newly reorganized agency called the Division of Public and Behavioral
    One highlight of Nevada's proposed mental health budget for the two-year period beginning in July is that it will belong to a newly reorganized agency called the Division of Public and Behavioral Health.

  • Monday, April 1 2013 2:55 PM EDT2013-04-01 18:55:22 GMT
    LAS VEGAS -- A plan that outlined ways to improve mental health services for Nevada's children through 2020 recommended a radical shift in funding priorities from intense intervention for those with severe
    A plan that outlined ways to improve mental health services for Nevada's children through 2020 recommended a radical shift in funding priorities from intense intervention for those with severe problems to early prevention and intervention efforts.

  • Monday, April 1 2013 2:52 PM EDT2013-04-01 18:52:21 GMT
    LAS VEGAS -- The Federal Bureau of Investigation defines a mass murder as generally involving at least four victims in a single location with no cooling-off period between the fatalities. But not all
    The Federal Bureau of Investigation defines a mass murder as generally involving at least four victims in a single location with no cooling-off period between the fatalities. But not all mass murderers or alleged perpetrators are alike.

  • Monday, April 1 2013 2:51 PM EDT2013-04-01 18:51:44 GMT
    LAS VEGAS -- As the economic recession took its toll on Nevada, the pain of state budget cuts deeply impacted mental health services. A "Needs Assessment" issued last year by the Nevada Division of Mental
    As the economic recession took its toll on Nevada, the pain of state budget cuts deeply impacted mental health services.
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