(We are pleased to post the following op-ed from Josh Sugaramann, Executive Director of the Violence Policy Center. Mr. Sugarmann’s commentary was originally published in the Gazette Extra on June 12th). By Josh Sugarmann WASHINGTON — EDITOR’S NOTE: The writer is addressing the question, Does the open display of firearms at protest rallies threaten to [...]
(We are pleased to post the following press release from the Campaign to Keep Guns off Campus). Contact: Andy Pelosi, 914-629-6726,andy@gunfreekids.org, Scott Vogel, 773-329-5589, scott@supgv.org 154 Individual Colleges and Universities In 33 States Now Part of Effort to Keep Guns Off College Campuses (June 10, 2010, New York) – The Maricopa Community Colleges in Arizona, [...]
Proponents for “openly carrying” loaded guns in public revealed their true colors in Arizona on May 30th. Neo-Nazi members and racists showed up at a peaceful immigration rally carrying loaded handguns and rifles and said their weapons were not for show and would use them if necessary. Such threatening hate speech is beyond the pale [...]
(We are pleased to post the following press release from the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence). FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 28, 2010 MEDIA CONTACTS: CSGV: Ladd Everitt, (202) 701-7171, leveritt@csgv.org ROOT: Kenny Barnes, (202) 431-6646, kennysr@rootinc.org NRA Has Deliberately Misled Congress About Substance of D.C.’s Current Gun Laws Washington, D.C.—Yesterday, U.S. Senators John McCain (R-AZ) [...]
Spotlight: Keep Guns Off College Campuses Visit the Campaign To Keep Guns Off Campus Web Site. In Response To Glenn Beck, Watch ABC News 20/20 Report “If I Only Had a Gun” That Demolishes the Myth That Armed Students Can Stop an Attack. AZ: Gun Lobby Wants To Force Loaded Handguns On College Campuses – [...]
“Law-abiding” gun owners huh? Gun owners know “gun safety? Oh really? Then how is it that a gun vendor unintentionally shot a woman at a gun show when his weapon discharged? According to the East Valley Tribune on Sept. 26th: Witnesses reported that an accidental shooting occurred Saturday at the Crossroads Gun Show at Mesa’s [...]
(We are pleased to post the following essay from Josh Horwitz, Executive Director of the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence, and was originally published in the Huffington Post). On Monday, it was national news when a man (identified only as “Chris”) appeared at a health care rally in Phoenix, Arizona, openly and legally carrying an [...]
(Pastor Steven Anderson and Chris Broughton.) According to TPM Muckraker on Aug. 28th: Chris Broughton, the man who brought an assault rifle and a handgun to the Obama event in Arizona last week, attended a fiery anti-Obama sermon the day before the event, in which Pastor Steven Anderson said he was going to “pray for [...]
Arthur Frommer, founder of Frommer’s Travel Guides, said that he would not travel to Arizona after protesters to President Obama’s town hall meeting in Phoenix last week openly carried military-style assault weapons and loaded handguns. What a refreshing statement from Mr. Frommer who is no doubt being bombarded on his blog from gun extremists because [...]
David Sirota, a progressive populist who advised and helped Brian Schweitzer — one of the most pro-gun lobby politicians in America — get elected as Montana’s Governor, says that it’s time to ban all guns at political events. Especially after several incidents over the last two weeks exposed the risk of permitting well-armed individuals carrying [...]
Washington Post columnist E.J. Dionne Jr. wrote a brilliant and must-read piece today on Aug. 20th: Try a thought experiment: What would conservatives have said if a group of loud, scruffy leftists had brought guns to the public events of Ronald Reagan or George W. Bush? How would our friends on the right have reacted [...]
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart posted a disturbing and yet a hilarious story mocking gun nuts who showed up to President Obama’s town hall meetings carrying assault weapons and loaded guns. We strongly recommend this video. The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c
Talking Points Memo Muckraker posted a must-read entry on Aug. 19th: Ernest Hancock, the online radio host who staged an interview with an assault rifle-wielding associate at the Obama event in Arizona yesterday — and was himself armed with a 9 millimeter pistol — was a vocal supporter and friend of right-wing anti-government militia members [...]
(We are pleased to post the following commentary from Bryan Miller, Executive Director of Ceasefire NJ, an affiliate of the Freedom States Alliance. His entry was originally posted on NJ Voices blog on Aug. 19th). I imagine most have seen some news coverage of two incidents in the last week of men carrying guns openly [...]
Gun zealots, yet again, openly carried guns – including an assault weapon — outside of an event by President Obama this time in Phoenix, Arizona to try and intimidate him and the crowd. “Law-abiding” gun owners, huh? Why won’t the NRA distance themselves from this kind of irresponsible and potentially violent behavior that is clearly [...]
The Seattle Times reported on June 15th that Shawna Forde of Everett, WA was kicked out of the Minuteman — a group that organizes armed Americans to “protect” the southern border from immigrants — is now being held in custody for an armed attack that killed a father and a 9-year-old girl. Shawna Forde was [...]
According to the Arizona Republic on Feb. 24, 2009 Arizona’s public universities are warning students about the increased violence in Mexico. The University of Arizona in Tucson has issued a travel advisory urging students not to go to Mexico, and officials at Arizona State University in Tempe and Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff said they [...]
Last Friday morning, 11-year-old Jordan Brown allegedly shot his father’s pregnant girlfriend in the head and then hopped on the bus and went to school as if nothing had happened. Because Pennsylvania law allows children as young as 10 to be charged with homicide, Jordan will be tried as an adult. State police early yesterday [...]
The Associated Press reported on Jan. 4th, a very disturbing story about a child, who was allegedly abused, retrieved a .22 caliber handgun from his mom’s closet, waited for her to come home, and shot and killed her. A 12-year-old boy who fatally shot his mother after an argument over his chores was found guilty [...]
A truly horrific story was reported on Nov. 8th by the Associated Press where an 8-year-old boy used a .22 caliber rifle to allegedly murder his own father and another man. Unfortunately, the AP story did not give any details about the rifle itself, who owned it, what make and model, and more importantly, how [...]
Guns on campus for protection? Well, this story today in Phoenix demonstrates that armed individuals on college campuses are, in fact, the worst possible idea for protecting students or improving public safety. A simmering fight between two men resulted in two innocent people being wounded by stray gunfire. The fact that innocent people get hurt [...]
Three cheers to Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano for supporting law enforcement officials, fighting crime and plain old common sense! Napolitano vetoed a bill passed by the Arizona legislature that would have made it simply a “petty offense†for carrying a concealed handgun without a state permit. In short, it would have become a slap on [...]
Due to America’s weak gun laws and the sheer availability of weapons at gun shows and other “secondary market” channels, .50 caliber sniper rifles, assault weapons, handguns and other deadly arms are being trafficked into Mexico. These American weapons are being used against Mexican law enforcement officials and fueling a spiraling drug war among Mexico’s [...]
According to a local Phoenix TV station’s report posted on Feb. 7th, a rampage shooting using a military-style assault rifle was barely averted. Kurt William Havelock, 35, of Tempe, Ariz., turned himself into police on Sunday night at the urging of his family. According to authorities, Havelock was just less than a mile from the [...]
In perhaps one of the most bizarre stories of late, Kumari Fulbright, 25, a law school student and former beauty queen who competed for the Miss Arizona title in 2005 and 2006, who posed as a “calendar girl” while holding an assault rifle, kidnapped her ex-boyfriend at gun point and tortured him. There is no [...]
Every weekday for the past few years, we have posted 10 shootings that have been reported from across the United States. Unfortunately, we don’t have to take a lot of time to find a random sampling for our GunGuys “American Shooting Gallery.†That’s because there is always an ample supply of gun shooting victims, 24/7 [...]
Here’s the story of a crazy bill in Arizona that would actually require city buildings to provide special weapons storage for gun owners who bring their firearms into government buildings. That’s right– they’re actually asking for special favors simply because they choose to endanger the rest of us. The state House voted Tuesday to further [...]
A report from an Arizona television station shows just how weak our gun laws in the United States. Criminals from other countries are getting guns from ours– and they’re getting them directly from currently legal outlets. “There’s an iron river of guns flowing to Mexico,” said special agent Thomas Mangan, spokesman for the Phoenix office [...]
Another week, another gun violence tragedy. This time in Arizona, where a man killed two women, one of whom was displeased with his relationship with her girlfriend. Family members of a 2004 St. Charles East graduate questioned Monday how he could shoot to death two young women and then take his own life. Joshua Mendel’s [...]
Reader Robert sent us this story from Arizona– yet another police officer has been convicted of selling confiscated firearms and ammunition. Two former Pima County Sheriff’s Department employees suspected of involvement in selling firearms and ammunition stolen from the department may face criminal charges, an official said Friday. Three other employees have resigned or been [...]
A case in San Francisco illustrates perfectly what laws like “one-gun-a-month” and the sharing of police crime gun info are trying to fight. Two men have been indicted for conspiring to purchase dozens of guns that have been turning up, one by one, at crime scenes in San Francisco and beyond. Philip Fonsworth-McCorvey, a former [...]
Apparently it’s a bad week to be a sniper in the United States (as if any week was a good one). The Indiana sniper was caught earlier this week, and now authorities in Pheonix, Arizona are saying they’ve caught two gunmen who have been threatening them more than a year. Police arrested two men Friday [...]
Harold Fish shot an unarmed homeless man in Arizona. Now he’s facing trial for second-degree murder, and the NRA is bankrolling his defense. Funding for the defense of a retired school teacher who shot and killed a man on a remote county trail comes, at least in part, from the National Rifle Association. The prosecution [...]
Another .50 caliber sighting, this time in the hands of criminals in Pheonix (the bold is ours). A Phoenix police officer’s discovery of illegal firearms for sale sparked a 14-month investigation that ended this week with indictments against 43 people, many of whom are white supremacists. “When you’re able to take a bite out of [...]
Murder moves one more step closer to becoming legal in Arizona– the NRA’s License to Murder law there has been sent to the Governor’s desk for passage. With only one dissenting vote, the Senate gave final approval Wednesday to letting people shoot to kill those who unlawfully or forcibly enter a home or occupied vehicle. [...]
In Arizona, they’re close to passing a bill that– get this– makes it illegal for the Governor of that state to keep citizens safe in times of emergency. State lawmakers are one step away from limiting the right of the governor to take anyone’s guns in case of emergency. Legislation given preliminary House approval Tuesday [...]
Two big events over the past two days illustrate exactly why we need to get a handle on our gun problem but quick. -In yesterday’s America’s Shooting Gallery, we reported about this school shooting in Oregon. A teen shot a student over an argument, and then fled to a restaurant where he threatened suicide. The [...]
The Arizona House of Representatives yesterday passed a bill that would eliminate refresher training for concealed weapons permit holders. A year after cutting in half the refresher training required for renewing a permit to carry a concealed weapon, the Arizona Legislature may eliminate the requirement altogether. The House on Tuesday voted to delete the rule [...]
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