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Video store strips Frankfort shelves of adult movies. \nFRANKFORT, Ind. -- The city's Family Video store is no longer renting adult movies after residents complained the tapes and DVDs violate a state law that prohibits displaying harmful material within 500 feet of a church.\nThe company plans to challenge the constitutionality of the law, said Tim Reynolds, general counsel for Family Video, which is based in Glenview, Ill., and operates 340 stores nationwide.\n"It was more of a business decision," Reynolds said.\nThe store, which kept the adult videos in a separate section, is located near First Christian, First Baptist and First Presbyterian churches.\nLocal leaders contend that state law prohibits the store from selling or displaying any matter that is harmful to children within 500 feet of a church or school.\n"I'm confused by the word 'Family' in their title," said John Morris, First Christian Church senior minister. "The code is on our side, and the code ought to be enforced."\nMayor Don Stock sent a letter to the company after residents complained. The company returned it because wording in the code was "fuzzy," Morris said. So, Stock sent out a second letter informing Family Video that it had 30 days to comply or face prosecution.\nMorris said church leaders have compassion for people "trapped" in the harmful effects of pornography.\n"We're not challenging people's right to access whatever they access," he said. "Pornography is not something they need to gravitate toward." Police: Dream leads to real-life violence\nMIDDLEBURY, Ind. -- A 24-year-old man who had a bad dream about his father later shot him as they argued about the dream, police said.\nRoss A. Howell was being held on $250,000 bond in Elkhart County Jail on a charge of attempted murder following Sunday's shooting.\nRicky D. Howell, 52, was listed in stable condition Monday night following surgery at Elkhart General Hospital.\nThe elder Howell called 911 around 9:30 p.m. Sunday after his son shot him in the abdomen with a .22 caliber pistol, said Capt. Jeff Siegel, a county police detective. He said Ross Howell told officers at the scene that he had shot his father.