The violence continues every single day in America. We’ve got to continue working to stop it. MI: 17-year-old going to trial for shooting at roller rink CO: Former porn actor appears in court for slaying of wealthy businessman NY: Two men shot– one critically– outside of bar NY: Shot hunter still in critical condition OK: [...]
Finally, more info today about the bill defeated Senator George Allen is trying to push through the legislature. He (and the rest of the NRA’s cronies on Congress) are out since the election went against them, and yet they’re trying to eke through a measure that would allow concealed weapons in our nation’s national parks. [...]
Our friend Daniel Webster, of the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Policy and Research, has gotten a letter printed in the Philadelphia Daily News about John Baer’s latest column (which we covered earlier this week). In his column, Baer rejoiced that Philadelphia was finally putting a task force in place to stop gun violence, and [...]
In Ohio, a new gun bill is coming down to the wire: state legislators, spurred on by the NRA, are trying to hurry through a bill that would eradicate the ability of local government to set their own gun laws. Local governments are furious (and rightfully so), but despite what their constituents thing, legislators are [...]
When we say we need stronger gun laws, here’s why. LV: Close friend arrested in teen’s shooting death NY: Witnesses sought in controversial shooting of groom on wedding day in New York MO: Suspect charged with killing two adults, wounding child MO: Man shoots 9-year-old for Playstation, doesn’t regret it KS: Shooting sends three to [...]
Finally today, clear proof that firearms simply don’t protect anything. They don’t prevent crime, and even with training and experience, when it happens, they don’t stop it. Authorities are searching for three of four men who pistol-whipped a 59-year-old man who was leaving the Orange County Gun Show and then stole more than 12 of [...]
On this point, we agree with the gun guys: we need to enforce the few gun laws we have in place. And unfortunately, when, as happened this past weekend, the FBI experiences technical difficulties, that is pretty hard to do. An FBI computer system that quickly screens gun buyers’ backgrounds for criminal activity crashed several [...]
Burt Constable from the Daily Herald in Illinois talks to an author who appreciates a good firearm– but also knows why America’s relationship with them is so deadly. It’s our friend Joan Burbick, and she speaks to Constable about how the NRA has turned a small gun culture into a dangerously political juggernaut. A handgun [...]
From coast to coast, we continue to incur the high cost of gun violence with our public policy, legislated and put forth by the NRA. To stop this, we have to stop them. MN: Country star pleads guilty in shooting of captive bear CA: Shooter in Thanksgiving homicides claims self-defense TX: Student killed in drive-by [...]
In Indianapolis, the gun industry is frantically trying to hide the truth they feared might come to light when they passed the gun lawsuit bill last year. The gun lawsuit bill basically makes it illegal to sue the gun industry, period. If you think something like that sounds unconstitutional, you’d be right. Gun makers are [...]
The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel has laid out a landmark series of coverage in the way gun violence affects a community like theirs. They started with a main three-part series on how gunshot injuries happen in the city, what happens to young victims of gun violence, and the toll this violence is taking on hospitals all over [...]
In a Pittsburgh suburb, one city legislator is making a move his colleagues call “silly,” unnecessary, and just plain dumb: he wants to make gun ownership mandatory in his small jurisdiction. Well, not really mandatory. Or required. Just kind of suggested, maybe. Henry Statkowski is proposing a “civil protection ordinance” that would ask all heads [...]
As thankful as we were for the copius amounts of turkey and stuffing last Thursday, we wish we could be thankful for more: the violence on America’s streets is taking no holiday at all. MI: Wounded motorist dies after police officer returns his fire SC: Football bet turns deadly– $20 bet is cause of shooting, [...]
This is wild. The gun lobby is declaring victory in New York– because they’ve finally forced authorities there to give up the names of gun permit holders. The state’s biggest gun group has scored a bull’s-eye with a court victory that requires the NYPD to hand over the names and addresses of 45,000 gun permit [...]
Senator George Allen, after losing his seat in the election earlier this month, is having a bad case of sour grapes– before he gets kicked out of Congress by an electorate sick and tired of gun violence, he’s going to try to shove one more pro-gun bill in everyone’s faces: a measure to allow concealed [...]
The Washington Post has published a comprehensive history of one of the cheapest, and therefore most deadly, firearms in the world: the AK-47. The AK-47 has become the world’s most prolific and effective combat weapon, a device so cheap and simple that it can be bought in many countries for less than the cost of [...]
Gun Guys is heading out for the weekend to partake of the turkey, gravy, and all that comes with it (a little football, anyone?). Have a safe and happy Thanksgiving– we’ll see you on Monday. GA: 92-year-old woman shot by police when they serve a warrant at her home and she opens fire MD: Police [...]
Everybody makes mistakes, and it looks like legislators in New York have made a pretty dire one. A bill that was supposed to strengthen penalties against illegal firearms possession went a little light on incidents that happen in homes– which is where the majority of domestic violence events happen. Monroe County District Attorney Mike Green [...]
Our friend Jeri Bonavia from the Wisconsin Anti-Violence Effort has a terrific letter in the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel today, in which she lays out clearly the reasons why it’s to important to take a stand against gun violence in America. Given the tremendous costs – both human and financial – caused by gun violence and borne [...]
John Baer in Philadelphia sounds exasperated– finally, something is being done about gun violence there. The problem? It’s not exactly the right thing. But at least, as he says, it’s something. THERE IS, at long last, some good news about efforts to reduce Philly’s gun violence. It’s overdue and just starting, but it’s something: a [...]
Every single day in America, gunshots ring out all across the country. Here’s what’s happened in just the last 24 hours. GA: Macon police seek shooting suspect NY: Shooting of Clinton neighbors in Chappaqua being treated as a homicide NJ: Cop charged with murdering his wife with police issued handgun– even in the hands of [...]
Massachusetts is already a state with some pretty strong gun laws, but the mayor of New Bedford, a town just outside of Boston, wants more done, and he’s ready to fight for it. New Bedford Mayor Scott W. Lang told state lawmakers yesterday that if they want to get serious about gun violence, they need [...]
And in Virginia, they’re having their own problems with firearms in buildings where they don’t belong. After tragedy strikes a police station, authorities are looking for limits on where guns can and can’t go. Stung by the shooting deaths of two officers outside a western Fairfax County police station in May, county officials want to [...]
Kansas isn’t the only state with an unwanted concealed carry law causing “inconvenience” for law-abiding businesspeople. Now Nebraska, too, is forcing all business owners in the state to put up signs declaring their shops weapons-free. Because the NRA pushed a law through the legislature that no one wants, their selfish agenda is costing business owners [...]
The gunfire continues, all around the country. FL: During argument, woman shoots and kills pharmacy worker MI: Hunter found shot to death, authorities say it could be murder TX: 18-year-old accidentally shoots girlfriend’s sister, says he was shooting at her abusive father NC: Delivery driver shoots at teen he says was trying to rob him, [...]
Here’s a scary thought: while teenagers shoot Secret Service agents and get gunned down in the street, one Alaska school is doing the almost unthinkable: putting firearms in students’ hands. Tom Milliron figures Juneau school children are going to encounter guns one way or another, whether venturing armed into nearby wilderness or visiting the home [...]
The New York Post reports on New York’s “secret weapon” against arms dealers (though we’re not sure how much of a secret it is, and what they’re advocating is really the opposite of a weapon, but you have to sell papers, right?). It’s moms, mothers of children killed by gun violence. Gunfire robbed them of [...]
A tragic mall shooting in Maryland offers even more proof that firearms don’t solve problems– they make them even worse. The crowded food court of the Westfield Annapolis mall turned into a scene of panic last night as a gunfight broke out and wounded three people – including an off-duty Secret Service agent who tried [...]
Every day in America, the gun culture the NRA has created and supported claims a few more lives. Here’s today’s. CA: Cops ask for public’s help in LA driveby GA: Shots fired at apartment complex worry community NM: Cops lockdown middle school after shooting confirmed in vicinity NM: Early morning shooting in bar parking lot [...]
Finally today, directly from Thom Mannard of the Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence, we get the inside word on the passage of the tweaks to the assault weapons ban in Cook County, Illinois. Last Tuesday’s vote had a big influence, to be sure– the American people made their voices heard, against gun violence and against [...]
If you’re not a videogame player, you probably haven’t heard, but the new Playstation 3 videogame console was released today, and supply for the new system is so small that people are waiting in lines all over the country to be the first to buy it. Of course, with the way our country is flooded [...]
We’ve reported on the town of Greenleaf, Idaho before– a few people there are trying to suggest, against all manner of common sense– that gun ownership be mandatory by law. But now, they’re giving a new reason for required arming: they’re saying they might see a visit from those scary Hurricane Katrina refugees. After seeing [...]
While the NRA whines about “gun rights,” Americans keep dying, every day of the week. MI: Takes two men 10 minutes to shoot five people in Detroit TN: Man arrested after shooting at family of three during drug dispute PA: Marine reservist found guilty in accidental shooting death of his roommate in Iraq CA: Drive-by [...]
A judge has finally ruled for churches in Minnesota who were trying to keep firearms out of their places of worship– he said they didn’t have to follow the NRA sponsored concealed weapons law and put up signs about banning firearms. Minnesota churches aren’t bound by a state law requiring private property owners to either [...]
The Indianapolis Star has a nice overview of the gun situation in America right now. On the local city level, Mayors and police officers can’t work hard enough to get rid of all the guns threatening their citizens. But on the state level, the gun lobby is bullying lawmakers into keeping even the local legislatures [...]
A break in the Regola case, as court documents were released earlier this week. Senator Robert Regola from Pennsylvania, you’ll remember, had his gun go missing while he was out of town. The next day, it was found in the woods behind his home– near a neighbor boy, Louis Farrell, who’d been shot in the [...]
The violence continues, all across America. Our legislators need to take a stand, against the gun lobby and for American citizens. WI: Man saved after police scanner deflects bullet AZ: Help sought in shooting of crossing guard FL: Stray bullet hits Miami-Dade schoolbus KS: Botched kidnapping ends when alledged kidnapper shoots himself in groin. Ouchy. [...]
Great news from Cook County, Illinois today– after voters there overwhelmingly approved a “non-binding” referendum on an assault weapons ban, the Board approved changes to the ban that make sure firearms that don’t belong in citizens’ hands don’t get there. The gun bill, which has languished in committee for more than a year, makes the [...]
The signs are going up in Topeka, Kansas, and not because of pre-holiday sales. After a concealed weapons law got passed there earlier this year (despite the fact that most Americans don’t want concealed weapons anyway), businesses are being forced to put up signs to keep guns off of their property. Officials today released regulations [...]
All over the country, citizens are dealing with gun violence brought on by a government choosing the gun lobby’s policies over their own, and Milwaukee, it seems, is no exception. The Milwaukee Police Department is studying whether to stop sending officers to certain low-priority calls as the department contends with a spike in violent crime, [...]
When violence like this happens every day on American streets, we simply can’t afford to take any chances. We’ve got to get stronger gun laws in place ASAP. PA: Man shot over Allen Iverson jersey removed from life support last night NY: Case of mistaken identity leads to death of Manhattan busboy NC: One shot [...]
Interesting case going down in Mississippi’s Hinds County, especially considering the judge we talked about yesterday. Mayor Frank Melton of Jackson is in court after three gun charges, centered on an incident where he reportedly carried a firearm onto a campus talk with college students. Jackson Mayor Frank Melton begins the fight for his political [...]
Carmen Caldwell of the Citizens’ Crime Watch in Miami, Florida lays it out flat in an editorial today: keeping a gun in the home doesn’t make your family safer– it puts them in danger. Congratulations to those who participated in last week’s Safe Schools Gun Buy-Back/Gunlock Giveaway sponsored by the Miami-Dade police department. You helped [...]
A sickening set of statistics coming out of Washington today– the United States is the largest exporter of firearms in the world by more than three times over. A full half of the guns in the world, including all the weapons used in countries in conflict, came directly from the gun industry’s playground: the United [...]
American lives are ended needlessly every day by gun violence. Here’s what happened just over the weekend. IL: Man kills in-laws, officer, self FL: Men argue on CB radio for six years without meeting– first time they get together, one of them brings a gun WV: Depressed gunman takes six hostage at pharmacy, hostages are [...]
In St. Augustine, Florida, a first-year judge didn’t quite grasp the concept of “leave your gun at home” when coming into the courtroom one day earlier this year. A first-year Bay County judge was ordered to accept mentoring after bringing a loaded gun into his courtroom and announcing he was “locked and loaded.” County Judge [...]
Paul Helmke of the Brady Campaign has posted over on Huffington about the “unbelievable” spin the gun lobby is trying to put on last week’s election. The gun lobby’s spin operation in the wake of its sizable defeats last Tuesday is literally unbelievable. How, for example, can George Will say during the Sunday morning roundtable [...]
With all the election action, we have to admit we’ve been pretty lax in following one of the NRA’s bigger attacks on American safety: the odious License to Murder law they’ve fought for in Florida and everywhere else. The License to Murder law (also known as “Shoot First” or “Deadly Force”) isn’t (as the NRA [...]
The violence continues in America. Every single day of the week, police blotters across the country are filled to the brim with gun violence. TX: One injured in shooting after road rage incident LA: Woman charged in mall shooting has a history of gun violence FL: Fifth suspect arrested in birthday party shooting of young [...]
Finally today, we’d like to remind you about Freedom States Alliance’s 2nd Annual Come Together Online Auction. The bidding starts this Sunday, and continues all the way until December 10th, 2006. If you browse through the available items, you can see there’s all kinds of great stuff to bid on in there– tickets, trips, DVDs [...]
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