As February winds to a close, the shootings continue. And we document them every day in our America’s Shooting Gallery. VA: Pregnant woman charged with shooting herself to induce abortion CA: Another shooting in the Gaslamp District in San Diego, this time there will be charges OH: Man found guilty of killing officer during bank [...]
The “Shoot First” debate (or “License to Murder,” as it’s also called) is really picking up in Michigan, and more and more voices are coming out against this dangerous legislation. The NRA wants to pass a bill that would remove all responsibility from anyone who pulls a gun, and they’re doing it under the guise [...]
An interesting tidbit in the New York Post yesterday: NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg has taken his fight against illegal guns to U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. Taking aim against illegal guns, Mayor Bloomberg met yesterday with U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales behind closed doors at City Hall. Talking privately for about 45 minutes, the mayor [...]
The NRA has lost in one of its former strongholds, Florida, and the ripples after the splash are just starting to show up. The NRA wanted to pass a bill that would have made it illegal for employers to ban guns from their workplace, but they got laughed out of the legislature down there. The [...]
There’s word going around the Illinois legislature that Governor Blagojevich may not have time to get his assault weapons ban through before the end of the legislative session in April. Blagojevich, along with Chicago Mayor Daley and other politicians around the state, are fighting to get an assault weapons ban passed in Illinois, but some [...]
America’s Shooting Gallery is your daily look at all the gun violence going on in the country. Here’s today’s. MI: Man walks into church in Detroit and shoots girlfriend’s mother. Outside, he jacks a car and shoots the driver. Later, he shoots himself before police can arrest him MN: Teen pleads guilty to shooting parents [...]
The ATF has shut down a gun store in Baltimore County, Maryland for refusing to account for hundreds of guns since 1997. But this isn’t just any old gun store– it’s owned by an NRA board member. “We don’t want firearms getting into the hands of criminals,” said David McCain, assistant special agent in charge [...]
Yet another sad story proves why guns are dangerous, no matter who’s holding them. Brooke Kirkpatrick sat on the floor with her head buried against her mother’s shoulder and held back tears while photographs of her late boyfriend were spread across the family’s coffee table Thursday. Alan Brandon Bell, 19, died Monday when a gun [...]
FloridaToday.com has posted postgame analysis on last week’s NRA defeat in the Florida legislature. The NRA was trying to kick off their “Guns at Work” national initiative with a sweet victory in one of their strongholds, when suddenly the lawmakers down there decided it would be better to protect their constituents than go for the [...]
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia spent his weekend with the National Wild Turkey Federation in Tennessee pushing both hunting tradition, and, unfortunately, guns. Scalia, an enthusiastic hunter, delivered the keynote address at a banquet last night at Gaylord Opryland Hotel & Convention Center. “The attitude of people associating guns with nothing but crime, that is [...]
The Wisconsin Concealed Carry Movement must be pretty bummed, we figure. After their defeat last month, we’d imagine they’re not real happy that the citizens of Wisconsin were kept safe from the threat of concealed weapons. In fact, they’re so angry at Governor Doyle for vetoing their chance to carry guns around in public that [...]
We have a lot of crazy stuff happen in America’s Shooting Gallery, but we’ve never heard of what happens in today’s last article: a shooting of goats. You heard us right. FL: Police seek man in connection with early morning shooting TN: Teen may be charged as adult in accidental shooting after pointing what he [...]
Well the NRA has given up on quietly subverting the American people’s safety with legislation, and has instead decided to openly attack the vote of the people. In San Francisco late last year, the people voted in a landmark ordinance that would ban the sale and possession of handguns from their city. With a majority [...]
Law enforcement officials in Connecticut are raising concerns over funding (or lack thereof) of programs designed to fight illegal and crime guns. They recently met with the Governor there to discuss getting money to end gun violence back on the books. Connecticut and federal law enforcement officials met with Gov. M. Jodi Rell Wednesday to [...]
The Christian Science Montior has posted an overview of the NRA’s “License to Murder” virus– whoops we mean law. They’ve already proposed it in 21 states, and they’re hoping to have it in all 50 by the end of the year. But just like the law that got them laughed out of the legislature in [...]
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 [...]
America’s Shooting Gallery is your daily look at all the gun violence going down around this country. Another school shooting today, this time in Oregon. OR: 16 year old critically injured in latest school shooting. Suspect arrested after threatening sucide with gun OH: Teen brothers charged in death of 14-year-old WA: 18-year-old shot in drive-by [...]
Now, here at Gun Guys, we’re not a political site. We don’t care what party you’re a member of, as long as you’re against the violence that guns make possible. Republican or Democrat or Independent, we’ll vote for you as long as you work for the safety of Americans instead of the selfish agenda of [...]
The AP has posted a story about a report profiling terrorists who might attack a nuclear plant, and guess what weapons guards at the plants were recommended to defend against (emphasis ours). The NRC “should require defenses against attacks … by groups at least as large as that involved in the 9/11 attacks,” attorneys general [...]
Yet another gun-related threat has hit our country’s streets. Police in Boston are reporting they’re starting to see a new, high-powered handgun that can fire through even plate armor. The Boston Police Department is sounding the alarm that a new type of high-powered handgun is on the streets that fires rounds police say can pierce [...]
Friend of Gun Guys Bryan Miller of Ceasefire NJ has written a terrific editorial for the Star Ledger in Newark detailing exactly how criminals in states like New Jersey and New York get their hands on weapons. Gun laws are strict in those states, so criminals (and the illegal gun dealers who sell them their [...]
The end to the NRA’s tyranny has come. In Florida, a place where NRA hotshot Marion Hammer spouts off her opinions without a care in the world, and Rep. Dennis Baxley proposes and passes crazy laws that endanger the populace (“Shoot First,” for one), the NRA has lost what it promised would be a top [...]
We talk a lot about human deaths from gun violence here in America’s Shooting Gallery, but today’s edition mentions another set of victims: the majestic buffalo. CA: Two suspects identified in shooting that critically wounded 10-year-old girl TN: Man charged with shooting cousin in the face NE: Police seek man last seen near scene of [...]
The Utah House of Representatives has voted to lower the hunting age out there from fourteen to… wait for it… twelve years old. A seperate bill actually offers to eliminate the hunting age for small game completely. Trix is for kids, and shooting rabbits could be, too. The House voted to eliminate the age requirement [...]
In the late 1800s, Dodge City, Kansas was the center of the Old Wild West. Things were crazy, and shootings were as common as barfights. The lawmen back then figured something had to be done. And so they did something– they banned guns from Dodge City. It was the late 1870s, the height of the [...]
The gun lobby always says, famously, that “guns don’t kill people, people do.” But rarely are they interested in making sure the responsbility for gun safety falls on the people holding the gun– they’re usually interested in passing bills like “License to Murder,” which makes sure anyone who kills with a gun faces minimum charges. [...]
Two members of the Santa Barbara County, CA Coalition Against Gun Violence have had their opinion piece posted by the Santa Barbara Independent. They take a look at that postal shooting rampage in Goleta, and why the woman who did it never should have had a gun in the first place. Much has been said [...]
The Lansing State Journal takes a look at the appearance of the NRA’s “License to Murder” bill in Michigan. We’ve already determined this bill is just plain dangerous for citizens who don’t want bloodshed to fill their daily lives, but that hasn’t stopped the NRA from pushing it as hard as they can. If your [...]
Another day, another sad death toll in America’s Shooting Gallery. Here’s our daily roundup of gun violence from all over the country, a clear reminder why we need to get a handle on our growing gun problem. MI: 12-year-old boy killed, 20-year-old critically injured in shooting on Detroit’s northwest side GA: Manhunt underway for victim [...]
More outcry against the NRA’s legislation that would grant a “License to Murder” to almost anyone holding a gun (the bill is also called “Shoot First,” “Stand Your Ground,” or “Deadly Force”). This time, it’s in Oklahoma, and lots of people are worried it could turn “OK” into the “OK Corral.” In the Old West, [...]
We told you a little while ago about Jamaican criminals who had to come to the United States to get their weapons, but at that point, we weren’t sure exactly where they had come from. Now, a few criminals are going to trial down there, and the ATF has traced the weapons back to… well, [...]
Interesting results in Missouri, two years after a concealed weapons bill passed there. Turns out the place didn’t turn into the Wild West, as some predicted. But two other things happened that were even more interesting: crime didn’t drop, as the gun lobby always claims, and almost nobody wanted concealed weapons after all. Nearly two [...]
Chris Christoff has written up a piece for the Detroit Free Press about the “Shoot First” law being proposed in Michigan. The law’s written by the NRA, which should tell you all you need to know. Instead of helping keep people safe, the law will help them shoot anyone they please– and get away with [...]
Hoo boy. In the Virginia legislature, the NRA has run wild yet again. You’ll remember that the Capitol there is the same building where Rep. Jack Reid had that little incident with his own handgun, but now legislators are planning to pass bills that endanger all citizens in Virginia, not just those visiting the Capitol [...]
Another day in America, another day full of gun violence. Thanks to the policies of the NRA, our country is flooded with guns. The time to do something about it? Right now. IL: Cops probe fatal shooting of man outside nightclub PA: One dead in Rhawnhurst shooting. What a great name for a town! IN: [...]
Well, to go right along with that bust in Boston, New York has a gunrunner bust of its own. Six men were arrested this weekend, and even though they were caught in New York, where they were from says a lot about how illegal gunrunning works. Law enforcement officials announced the arrest yesterday of six [...]
The Kansas House of Representatives has decided to keep their own constituents in the dark regarding who’s allowed to hold a concealed weapon there and who isn’t. The names of people who have permits to carry concealed weapons would no longer be public record under a bill the House passed yesterday. House Bill 290 passed [...]
Mayor Tom Barrett of Milwaukee, Wisconsin gave his state of the city address this past week, and he had some interesting things to say about guns, crime, and just who his state’s lawmakers are working for. Our effort to reduce violence in Milwaukee starts with guns. Last week, within a twenty-four period, thugs with guns [...]
Authorities in Boston are announcing that they’ve indicted ten men involved in an illegal gun running scheme. Ten Hub men were indicted yesterday on federal gun offenses, the result of one of several sweeping new initiatives to root out firearms and lower crime across the city. Rampant gun violence pushed last year’s Boston murder tally [...]
America’s Shooting Gallery is published every day here at Gun Guys. Here’s your daily look at what all our guns are doing to our country. TX: Lawyer hit by Cheney says shooting was an accident, says he’s sorry for what Cheney had to go through. Sorry? Did we miss seeing Cheney get shot? NJ: Son [...]
Today in mailbag, we get some more opinions from our dear readership about this whole Cheney deal. The majority conclusion? If Cheney’s friend didn’t want to come home with buckshot, he shouldn’t have left the house with a gun in the first place. This week’s mailbag starts right after the jump. And make sure to [...]
The Cinncinnati Enquirer has an in-depth report about straw-purchasing women, who buy weapons for their illegal gun dealer boyfriends. Some women will do anything for their man – even illegally buy guns, despite the 10-year prison sentence that looms over such a crime. Three women, including one who was pregnant, have been convicted in the [...]
The first reports of the Congressional hearings about the ATF’s actions at gun shows are out, and we’re not quite sure what laws the gun guys think they broke. A crackdown on illegal firearm sales at Richmond-area gun shows led to a congressional inquiry yesterday into whether federal agents trampled the rights of gun buyers. [...]
Here’s how things work around here. We say one thing. The gun guys disagree. And then Life proves them wrong. A 3-year-old has been released from the hospital after a bullet accidentally fired from a gun in a man’s pocket. The accidental shooting happened Thursday on Mattoon Street at Beatties Ford Road in west Charlotte. [...]
A month ago, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg came out swinging in the fight to rid the country of illegal guns. He promised to lead the battle in making sure our country got strong, national gun laws, so that policemen and women of cities like his didn’t have to worry about the weapons they currently [...]
All of our America’s Shooting Galleries are grisly, but today’s is particularly so. It’s a sobering reminder that we’re not just debating an issue of rights– we’re talking about the lives of Americans. MA: Entwistle pleads Not Guilty to murders WA: Police arrest man accused of shooting woman and daughter, also suspected in drive-by that [...]
The gun lobby is trying to pass a bill in Kentucky (and Ohio) that would remove from public record the list of those who choose to hold concealed weapons permits. Currently, newspapers and the public have access to the list, but the bill, if passed, would make it sealed from public view. Gun owners argue [...]
Last week, officers in Chicago, Illinois recieved a tip that a man on the South Side was selling guns out of his house, located across from an elementary school. They watched for a few days, and then raided the place, and guess what they found. Guns. Lots of them. Big ones and small ones. Pump [...]
Didn’t we just tell you a little while ago that hunting accidents like Cheney’s happen every day? From Richmond, VA: “Boy dies after hunting accident.” A 7-year-old Stafford County boy who was shot in the head in a hunting accident over the weekend died yesterday, authorities disclosed today. Luke H. Wyatt and his father were [...]
Dick Cheney isn’t the only public official with a little gun shenanigans going on– apparently, Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert has a cousin who had a gun where he wasn’t supposed to. A Florida cousin of U.S. Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert pleaded guilty Wednesday to driving in Naperville with an unloaded gun [...]
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