(We are pleased to post the following press release from the Violence Policy Center). FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, June 2, 2010 CONTACT: VPC Press Office, 202-822-8200 x110, press@vpc.org Washington, DC–States with higher gun ownership rates and weak gun laws have the highest rates of overall gun death according to a new analysis by the Violence [...]
According to TPMMuckaker on March 3rd: A Louisiana sheriff plans to arm volunteers with shotguns, riot shields, batons, and a .50-caliber machine gun mounted on a “war wagon,” as part of “Operation Exodus,” a program to provide security in the event of a terrorist attack or civic unrest. “It’s a calling,” he says. The office [...]
(We are pleased to post the following statement from the Campaign to Keep Guns Off Campus). For Immediate Release Contact: Andy Pelosi, andy@gunfreekids.org CROTON FALLS, NY, May 21st – Seven Louisiana state universities have signed resolutions opposing legislation to permit the carrying of loaded guns on college campuses: Grambling State University, Louisiana Tech University, NcNeese [...]
Politico reported on Feb. 10th: The man, identified as Alfred Brock, 64, of Winnfield, La., did not make an explicit threat against Obama, said Capitol Police spokeswoman Kimberly Schneider. Brock was charged possession of an unregistered firearm and possession of unregistered ammunition. About 4 p.m. Tuesday, the man drove his truck to the north barricade [...]
Talk about luck — the random kind that saves your life. According to the Associated Press on Nov. 21st: COVINGTON, La. – A man says his cell phone saved his life. A stray .45-caliber bullet hit R.J. Richard’s chest while he was mowing the lawn — hitting so hard he thought it was a stone [...]
Yes, the NRA usually moves their unnecessary, extremist efforts to pass legislation in waves. As we’ve reported, one of their key objectives is to pass laws in each state that require employers to allow workers to bring guns onto company property, in particular parking lots. In Florida, where they passed such a law, the Disney [...]
The carnage from guns comes at us so quickly in the news, it is easy to become numbed by it. The past few days, we have seen a boy kill his parents and two siblings with his father’s gun, several women shot and killed in a clothing store in suburban Chicago, a man with a [...]
We never thought that we would be posting a story with this quotation from a police chief that a Louisiana couple “were engaged in consensual sexual behavior involving a firearm, and the firearm was discharged†resulting in the death of the male partner, Robert White. (You can also watch video by clicking link: Louisiana man [...]
Good news from Louisiana, where a gun store known for selling firearms used in crimes has been shut down by the ATF. They claim it’s for good, but thanks to all the loopholes the NRA has built into the laws, gun stores are like pests– just when you think you’ve gotten rid of them, they [...]
Two terrible shootings happened over Halloween last night, continuing the gun violence that plagues our country. -In the French Quarter of New Orleans, five were hurt when a clubgoer opened fire. In the spirit of French Quarter laissez faire, the drinks were flowing again at a bar and pizza parlor where five people were wounded [...]
The NRA talks a lot about “law-abiding” gun owners. They’re the reason, says the NRA, that we need to sell things like machine guns and assault weapons to the public. The gun lobby thinks that the best solution to gun violence would be to arm everyone. After all, no one will shoot if everyone can, [...]
In Atascadero, California, a three word change in the law could make it possible for a second local shooting range. The three words, in case you’re wondering, are “indoor,” “recreation,” and “use.” A proposed three-word addition to Atascadero’s municipal code could pave the way for the North County’s first indoor shooting range. The City Council [...]
News has come from New Orleans that over 600 firearms were looted in Louisiana in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Authorities are now offering rewards for anyone who can provide info that can find the stolen firearms. “This is an opportunity for citizens to step forward . . . and help us take the firearms [...]
It’s Friday afternoon, so we’re not really even interested in beginning to speculate on this, but for some reason, gun seizures are up at the airport in New Orleans. Check out this neat method of making sure the screeners are paying attention! When an airport security officer saw an image of a gun on an [...]
The L.A. Times has an in-depth report of the conflicting stories coming out of the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Numerous news organizations ran stories during the chaos in New Orleans that snipers who were shooting on rescue operations were eventually killed by police, but as the dust settles, new details are emerging that say that [...]
This is just bizarre– police in Louisiana are letting “hunters” (anyone carrying hunter gear, a.k.a. a weapon) break the dusk-to-dawn curfew in effect, so they can get an early start on duck season. Duck hunters who feared they wouldn’t be able to reach the marshes of St. Bernard and Plaquemines parishes because of dusk-to-dawn curfews [...]
We sure thought this selling guns to the blind idea was a joke, but maybe this idea’s got some legs. Apparently the National Wild Turkey Federation is doing something with blind people they never thought they’d be able to do: go hunting. The six hunters got their first chance Friday to practice shooting at the [...]
One of the NRA’s own members told FEMA they shouldn’t have guns in a camp they set up for evacuees of Hurricane Katrina. The local Baton Rouge, LA press told the NRA to butt out of trying to get guns in there. Everyone involved knew that guns were an unnecessary and dangerous addition to a [...]
The AP is reporting that the Federal Emergency Management Agency has suspended the Pheonix, Arizona’s Urban Search and Rescue Team because they brought armed escorts with them when they went into New Orleans to find victims of Hurricane Katrina and Rita. Phoenix’s team included four police officers who were deputized as U.S. marshals when they [...]
The temporary restraining order that the NRA pushed into court last week has been approved by a judge in the U.S. District Court of the Eastern District of Louisiana. The judge didn’t approve it on the grounds that having a weapon is a God-given right (because, y’know, it isn’t), but that the seizures of weapons [...]
Well, the NRA’s “investigations” have decided that the gun seizures reported weeks ago in the wake of Katrina did actually happen. By investigations, we mean they called their brother Cletus just outside of Baton Rouge to see if he still had his gun. Apparently he didn’t because now, finally, after what seems like an eternity, [...]
Firearm sales are still going up, up, and up in Baton Rouge, LA in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. (emphasis ours) Evacuees who had lost guns, law enforcement officials needing additional firepower and locals fearing riots helped fuel a surge in gun sales in Katrina’s aftermath, local gun sellers said. And one day in particular [...]
While police are trying to get weapons out of New Orleans, gun dealers keep trying to get more and more back in. And the NRA is doing their part to make sure we as many bullets as possible in the flood-ravaged waters of New Orleans. Apparently some of the gun dealers down there are having [...]
News is coming down the wires that Wal-Mart has pulled guns from its shelves in 40 stores along the Louisiana coast. A Wal-mart rep says it’s because of “fluid circumstances and changing situations.” She did not elaborate far beyond that. ”We’re trying to take care of our customers and community and be a responsible retailer [...]
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