While gun guys vehemently argue all the reasons they think they have the right to own any weapons they want, Americans continue to die. AZ: Two suspected by police in murder after childhood friends turn on each other FL: Drive-by shooting leaves one injured KS: Woman shot several times in January has died MI: Four [...]
Finally today, WTOL in Toledo has put together a look at one of the worst symptoms of our loose gun laws: in Ohio, even teenagers are able to obtain illegal firearms easily. Kids and guns can be a deadly combination — especially when you consider the availability of weapons. The one question we keep hearing [...]
Here’s a tragedy in Pennsylvania that illustrates in harsh reality why a law like the NRA’s License to Murder is so extremely dangerous. A homeowner awakened early Tuesday morning by a burglar confronted the intruder and shot him, according to East Pennsboro Township police in Cumberland County. The homeowner learned later that the intruder was [...]
Stephen Colbert jumped on the Zumbo issue last night on his satirical news show. One of the craziest things about Jim Zumbo being lynched by the gun guys for arguing against assault rifles is that this is an old, decided issue. We’ve already had an assault weapons ban in the United States, and it’s only [...]
We don’t have to wait for a tragedy to happen– we see them happen in America every day of the week. SC: Police arrest man wanted in shooting death at nightclub NY: Man charged in slaying of 16-year-old outside party MO: Prosecutors announce charges against woman for shooting that left a 16-year-old dead and another [...]
More gun insanity in Utah, where the gun lobby is desperately trying to push their loser guns in parking lots bill. They tried to pass this same thing in Florida, and the legislation there laughed them out of the Capitol. This bill would actually keep employers from protecting themselves and their employees, by requiring them [...]
We don’t have much to say about this one, but we thought it was so funny, we just had to share it with you. This is from a gun store in Indiana named Don’s Guns. He doesn’t want to make any money, he just loves to rent guns! *cue crazy face of death laughing* Cracks [...]
More fallout for the gun guys from the Zumbo affair– after a longtime firearms advocate simply suggested one reasonable piece of gun legislation earlier this month, the NRA’s rabid gun minions tore him apart (he’s since lost his jobs writing for an outdoors magazine and television show) while the head honchos at the NRA sat [...]
As the NRA continues to propose looser and looser gun laws, more and more bloodshed finds its way to our streets. CT: Man kills himself, his wife, and mentally disabled children because he doesn’t want to “be a burden” PA: 7-year-old shooting victim recovering at home after being shot by a gang member CA: Sacramento [...]
Jim Zumbo is (now, however, it’s was) famous as an outdoors writer– an avid hunter and fisher, he was one of the few who’d made a career revolving around writing about hunting. He was, as writers say, a “bankable” name– Outdoors Life, the magazine he mainly wrote for, published his columns and a blog of [...]
Apparently common sense isn’t completely dead in America yet– legislators in Montana, after hearing concerns from police officers there, have rejected the NRA’s License to Murder law. The House, under pressure from law enforcement groups, reversed itself on a proposed law that would let residents brandish a firearm if they felt threatened. The House rejected [...]
Here’s a story that’s basically a confluence of everything that’s wrong with the NRA’s gun policies, and the implementation of them in America. In Michigan, a woman was arrested for shooting out the tires of a pickup she said was driving too close. A woman who told authorities she was fed up with tailgaters pulled [...]
The violence continues on America’s streets. NV: Shooting at Reno Circuit City leaves 3 people injured MI: Woman allegedly shoots at tailgater during morning rush hour CA: Police arrest man for shooting Home Depot manager earlier this month NC: 17-year police veteran shot outside nightclub NE: 1 critically injured in midtown Omaha shooting MI: Police [...]
Finally this week, the Philadelphia Inquirer offers a challenge to Pennsylvania’s government that’s been a long time coming: Pennsylvania needs stronger gun laws, and it’s up to the state government to put them in place. NOW IS THE time to take steps to fix the laws that are allowing far too many guns to end [...]
This Letter to the Editor by a former student in the Georgetown University Hoya completely blows apart one of the gun lobby’s more insane claims: that concealed weapons actually prevent firearms crime, and that there is a huge body of evidence that shows it. In truth, there is exactly zero concrete evidence that shows concealed [...]
New evidence has come to light in the case of the gun of Pennsylvania Senator Bob Regola. You’ll remember that last Fall, Senator Regola was out of town when a boy was found dead in the woods near his house– it was a next door neighbor who’d been housekeeping while Regola was away, and Regola’s [...]
Loose gun laws means more guns. And more guns always means more violence. CA: Police identify suspect in drive-by shooting ME: Man killed during armed robbery is ruled fourth homicide of the year for Allen County WI: Police say 18-year-old wanted in shooting has gang ties LA: Argument between two men escalates into gunfire, one [...]
Earlier this week, we wrote about Steven Bixby, who killed two police officers when they came to his house on the business of widening the highway in front of it. The media has obtained hundreds of pages of letters written by Bixby, giving us an insight into why he did what he did, and as [...]
We sure thought this would never have to be said, but in a country with 250 million guns, it seems gun owners have to be told something like this: If you’re drinking, leave your gun at home. More Kansans are carrying concealed guns, but those with permits should leave the gun at home when going [...]
After a series of suicides at Boston Gun Range in Worchester, MA (which we reported on here), authorities had said they were going to give the range an ultimatum: keep unlicensed gun owners out of the range or close up shop. Now, it looks like the gun range would rather not cooperate: they’re going to [...]
With tons of guns and loose gun laws, it’s no surprise we see bloodshed on America’s streets every day of the week. IL: Man critically wounded in Chicago’s North Suburb WI: Teen and vehicle struck by gunfire in two seperate incidents CA: Police shoot gunman after he opens fire on officers following Mardi Gras event [...]
Here’s an interesting idea: the NRA seems hellbent on passing a preemption law in every state they’ve passed a concealed weapons law in (so that they can keep smaller towns and cities from passing their own gun laws), but in Maryland, the state legislature is now trying the opposite tactic: they want to pass an [...]
The NRA’s License to Murder law has experienced a resurgence recently– the NRA is currently pushing efforts to get it passed in Minnesota, Texas, and other states around the country. They claim the law (which you can read more about on Freedom States Alliance’s License to Murder website) is just a clarification on self defense [...]
The latest state to suffer from the threat of an NRA concealed weapons preemption bill is Kansas. Even though concealed guns have been outlawed there since the 1800s, the legislature, under the influence of the gun lobby, recently passed a concealed weapons bill there, above the protests of the citizens. And now, because small towns [...]
Every day, this country sees more bloodshed. It’s time for us to put the laws in place we need to stop the violence. NV: Five people shot during NBA All-Star Weekend in Las Vegas NY: Man arrested for shooting outside club CA: 19-year-old shoots restaurant worker he believes made advances toward his girlfriend CA: Shooting [...]
A new study is out about exactly the kind of massacres we’ve been seeing in the press the last few weeks. First, a businessman in Philadelphia shot up an office, then a teen in Utah killed five at a mall, and a gunman in Arizona killed two college students and himself. A study published by [...]
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 [...]
A series of letters written by a gunman who killed two police officers shows a scary insight into how the mind of a crazy gun guy works. The most extreme gun guys out there actually believe the any reasonable gun law is an attack on them directly, an attempt by the government to take away [...]
Britain sees 50 gun deaths a year, and their Prime Minister is calling for stronger gun laws. We’re lucky to see only that in a weekend, and our legislators refuse to move on the firearms legislation we so desperately need. IL: Police arrest two in shooting at car wash, apparently brought on “ongoing disagreement” NV: [...]
Last week we heard about where the gunman in Utah got his weapons, and now police have revealed where the Pennsylvania gunman got his. Vincent Julius Dortch was an investor in a Philadelphia marketing firm, but when his investment looked to go bottom up, he allegedly invaded their office and killed three and wounded more. [...]
Indiana is the latest state to experience a drive to close the heinous gun show loophole. While most Americans agree that all firearms purchases should have a background check (and at least a little bit of paperwork) involved, there is one way that anyone can still purchase a firearm completely legally without a background check: [...]
We’re a site about gun laws in America, so we don’t often in detail discuss firearms legislation in other countries– we’ve got enough gun problems here without worrying about what’s happening overseas. But considering how much press British Prime Minister Tony Blair has recently earned with his decision to strengthen gun laws in England after [...]
The violence continues every day in America. This is what we need to work together to stop. GA: Teen charged in accidental shooting of toddler CA: One dead, another wounded during drive-by shooting in van CO: Cops seek female suspect in shooting of man KY: Man arrested and accused of shooting two solid waste workers [...]
After that groundbreaking (and scary) Sun Sentinel report a few weeks ago that found thousands of criminals who had legally applied for and gained concealed carry licenses, the largest police groups in Florida are demanding a change. They want to tighten the requirements for getting these permits, in the hopes that people who shouldn’t have [...]
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer has a long piece up with a closeup look at the shooting at a rave party that happened a year ago next month. We reported on it when it first happened (and how Kyle Huff, the gunman who later killed himself, had his firearms seized by police, but then given back to [...]
In Los Angeles, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and police there have come out in support of stronger gun laws, both in that state and elsewhere around the country. There are simply too many firearms in America, and because we have all those firearms, we have the gun violence that comes along with them. “These bills will [...]
The two tragedies that happened earlier this week were far from unique. When you live in a country with 250 million firearms, you can see tragedies happen every day. CA: Man and his grandson find themselves under siege when their home is pelted with bullets AZ: Man shot at apartment complex, police ask for help [...]
Milwaukee’s TMJ4 has done an investigative report on firearms used in crimes in their city. Where do they come from and how do criminals obtain guns there that they shouldn’t have. They traced one firearm purchase in depth, and what they found is more than a little frightening. Arthur Chavarria is with Alcohol, Tobacco and [...]
One of the first questions after any tragedy like the two that happened earlier this week (in Pennsylvania and Utah) is “How can we prevent this from happening again?” And in this article from the Associated Press, we’re getting our first answers. In Utah, 18-year-old Sulejman Talovic opened fire with a long shotgun and a [...]
A writer at the Deseret News lays into the recent “compromise” on concealed weapons at universities in Utah. Universities there have been trying for a long time to keep firearms off of their campus, but legislators haven’t allowed them to do so. Recently, a new agreement does allow the universities to keep firearms out of [...]
Every day, our country experiences incident after incident of gun violence. It’s time for the bloodshed to end. TX: Shots fired into home UT: “Troubled individual” threatens school shooting TX: Man wanted for questioning about shooting in parking lot last night CA: Roommate accidentally shot by man cleaning firearm WI: Second man arrested in double [...]
The latest state to see an NRA push for its heinous License to Murder law is Texas. You’d think that “self defense” would already be on the lawbooks in Texas, and it is– all Texans already have the legal right to attack someone who’s attacking them, with deadly force if necessary. But the NRA is [...]
Finally, there’s some movement on the one-gun-a-month issue in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. The bill was released by a committee in the Assembly there, and the full Assembly could vote on it soon. Criminals will often use straw purchasers to buy more than one gun at a time at dealers in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, [...]
Haunting news coming out of the scene in Salt Lake City, Utah, where an 18-year-old gunman opened fire in a crowded mall, killing five people and wounding four more. Police are saying the shootings are completely random– the gunman, Sulejmen Talovic, showed up at the mall with a shotgun and started shooting. Four people were [...]
The more guns that hit the streets, the more gun violence we see. Right now, we’re seeing a list like this one every single day of the week. SC: Woman arrested, believed to be shooter in murder just before Christmas WI: Man charged with illegal possession of a firearm after shooting himself in the foot [...]
Finally, one more incident that happened in Florida this weekend. Gun guys like to claim that when there are firearms around, criminals are scared to go. But an incident like this one confirms what we already know to be true: more guns means more gun violence. Criminals don’t stay away from firearms– sometimes, they even [...]
Any police officer will tell you that one of the most harrowing parts of the job is pulling someone over on the side of the road. As police officers walk up to the car, they don’t have any idea whether the person inside could want to hurt them, or have the means to do so. [...]
Two tragic incidents rocked the country last night. Both serve as simply more tragic evidence that we’ve got to do something fast about our firearms problem. -In Philadelphia, police found four dead in a conference room after what looked to be a murder-suicide that took place during a business meeting. Police found a scene of [...]
Lots of violence over the weekend. But then again, when you have 250 million guns in one country, there’ll be bloodshed every day of the week. CA: Bicyclist shot in the head last month passes away ID: Police still looking for man who shot two in Wal-Mart parking lot NE: Teen who was in room [...]
The NRA has a new enemy, and a new tactic in their embattled fight to put more and more firearms in yet another place where they don’t belong: workplace employee parking lots. The American Bar Association is going to make known next week that they agree with what most commonsense business owners have said so [...]
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