At a May 2006 banquet, the NRA lavished its highest honor on Senator Larry Craig of Idaho. You can see Senator Craig receiving the award at the annual NRA banquet here. “You allowed me the maneuvering room to accomplish what we have been able to accomplish,†said the “freedom fighter†with a “wide stance†in [...]
Freedom States Alliance is proud that one of its recipients, the Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence, — which has been promoting gun violence prevention for more than 30 years – has kept the gun lobby in Illinois from passing a CCW law and from passing a state preemption law on guns. Illinois is the only [...]
IL: 6 shot in 2 separate shootings NY: One Dead and Two Wounded in Bronx Shooting IN: 1 Killed, 1 Other Injured In Indy Shooting FL: 2 Arrested, 1 Sought In Teen’s Shooting Death TX: Carjacking, shooting end with 1 man dead NM: Shooting leaves one man dead: Officers still searching for suspect in Butler [...]
An alert and update from Freedom States Alliance recipient group, the Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence. ICHV is pleased to report that the Circuit Court of Cook County recently rejected a legal challenge to the ban on assault weapons in Cook County. The lawsuit, brought by the Illinois State Rifle Association (ISRA) against the Cook [...]
A New York Times editorial lambastes Senator Coburn: As the Army’s suicide rate hits record levels in the Iraq war, there’s small wonder practically everyone in Congress wants to deal with the parallel emerging crisis of depressed veterans tempted to take their own lives. Everyone, that is, except Senator Tom Coburn, Republican of Oklahoma. He [...]
Yes, for some gun proponents, the over-the-top National Rifle Association is just too timid. We are not making this up. According to an Idaho weekly article about a gun dealer under investigation by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, some of his supporters believe the NRA isn’t “hardcore†enough. They expressed that sentiment at [...]
A state panel released its report criticizing university officials for actions taken before and after the April 16th gun massacre on the campus of Virginia Tech, where Seung-Hui Cho used two handguns and multiple high-capacity gun magazines to murder 32 students and professors before killing himself. The report faulted university officials for misunderstanding and mismanaging [...]
(In light of the release of the Virginia state panel’s report on the Virginia Tech massacre, we are re-posting our Freedom States Alliance editorial about the April 16th tragedy). In the wake of the deadliest shooting in American history that killed 33 people and wounded dozens of others on the campus of Virginia Tech, it [...]
NY: A Brooklyn man was charged yesterday with fatally shooting another man near Prospect Park last week, the police said. NH: Police and other agencies are looking into events surrounding a drive-by shooting at a local union president’s Rye home. WI: Teen Charged In Shooting Of 9-Year-Old Brother. Milwaukee police said Nelson was playing with [...]
It would be great to have bragging rights that America had the lowest percentage of poor people in the world, or the least number of infants who die, but, alas, our latest claim to fame relates to a record-setting level of gun ownership. According to the Small Arms Survey 2007 by the Geneva-based Graduate Institute [...]
A troubling AP brief posted on the Chicago Tribune revealed: PONTIAC, IL: A tip brought police to six handguns in a high school locker and led to the arrest of three students early Tuesday, said police, who were investigating why the weapons were brought into the building. Police said they aren’t sure what the teenagers [...]
During a day of national protest against gun violence, Rev. Jesse Jackson, who initiated the August 28 activist call to prevent gun violence, led about 200 activists to the site of an assault weapons gun manufacturer in the Chicago suburb of Lake Barrington. According to the Chicago Tribune the village president attended the rally. “Everyone [...]
FL: A shooting in Arlington left one man dead early Wednesday morning in Arlington. MA: A 17-year-old high school student was arrested in connection with the July Fourth shooting death of a Randolph man. CA: A bullet struck a woman in the leg and shattered glass injured a second woman in a drive-by shooting at [...]
Idaho Statesman In-Depth Article on Senator Larry Craig Sen. Larry Craig, who in May told the Idaho Statesman he had never engaged in homosexual acts, was arrested less than a month later by an undercover police officer who said Craig made a sexual advance toward him in an airport men’s room. The arrest at a [...]
A columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times recently wrote an eloquent column in support of reducing gun violence. What was the response? According to journalist Laura Washington, the pro-gun enthusiasts outnumbered the gun violence prevention advocates by 4-1. This despite all polling that shows that a landslide majority of Americans support gun violence prevention. Why then [...]
FL: Triple Shooting Leaves 1 Dead At NW Jax Apartment MI: Man Accused Of Shooting Girlfriend OR: 2 men wounded in Tigard apartment shooting TX: A man wanted in the shooting deaths of four people at a home near Austin has been arrested in New York on a murder charge in the case and may [...]
When it rains NRA Board Member perverts, it pours. We posted a commentary about the obscene, death-threatening rant of NRA Board member and troubled rock star Ted Nugent on Friday. After just a guitar lick of time, word comes that NRA Board Member and United States Senator Larry Craig (a Republican from Idaho and NRA [...]
The following media advisory was issued today by the Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence: Local Events and Protests Take On Greater Significance as Two Illinois Girls, Both Honors Students, Were Shot Over Weekend and Fighting for Their Lives When: August 28th 10:30 a.m. Where: First Church of God Christian Life Center 1524 Simpson St. Evanston, [...]
How many times is our nation condemned to read a headline like this? The Chicago Tribune reports: Patrice Brown’s heart was still beating Saturday in an Oak Lawn hospital, but it was small comfort to her loved ones. The 17-year-old high school student was brain-dead after a bullet pierced her neck and shattered her spine, [...]
Apparently, according to an August 24th Chicago Sun-Times article, America’s greatest pastime is now a lifesaver from being accidentally killed by gunfire. That’s a testimonial by a resident of the Chicago suburb of Arlington Heights. But we’ll let the Sun-Times tell the beginning of the real-life story: On any other night, this Cubs fan would [...]
FL: Ralph Gonzalez, a former executive director of the Georgia GOP while Ralph Reed was its chair, was found shot to death yesterday with two other men in a home he with shared with one of them in Orlando. IL: Chicago police are investigating the fatal shooting of a 24-year-old man Saturday night, in which [...]
GunGuys.com is urgently demanding that the National Rifle Association immediately remove Ted Nugent from his position as a board member of the NRA after Nugent threatened United States Senators and Presidential candidates Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. This is the latest in a series of unacceptable extremist rhetoric — and in this case a threat [...]
The gun industry is laughing all the way to bank, and poor saps, America’s gun owners, are getting stuck with the bill. Memo to gun owners: You’re getting played for fools and the gun industry is stealing your money. Let us explain. To protest Rev. Jesse Jackson’s Rainbow PUSH rallies against illegal guns on August [...]
Excuse us for harping on the “Virginia is for Illegal Gun Sellers” issue, but an August 22nd New York Times editorial cut to the chase: The “Iron Pipeline†of Interstate 95 remains alive and deadly, as a new federal study grimly confirms. Saddest of all is the evidence that some of the most far-reaching shady [...]
FL: Detectives were called to the scene a fatal shooting on the Southside Thursday afternoon, when an apparent drive-by shooting left one man dead and sent another person to an area hospital. LA: New Orleans investigators have identified a 27-year-old man as the suspect in a triple shooting in New Orleans East. TX: A teenager [...]
Freedom States Alliance is proud of the work of its affiliate organizations, including members of the New England Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence. Cathie Whittenburg, Executive Director of the New England Coalition, continues to make the case that preventing gun violence should be a governmental mandate. In an op-ed in the Portland Herald last month, [...]
As we assembled the August 23 American Shooting Gallery for GunGuys.com, we were struck by one article about a man who committed suicide at a shooting range in Michigan. “Police responded to reports of a shooting at Target Sports on Woodward Avenue in Royal Oak Wednesday,†a Michigan news report notes. “When officers arrived at [...]
IL: Cable worker shot in apparent road-rage incident IL: The death of husband and wife in their 70s, found shot to death in their Northwest Side garage Tuesday night, has been ruled a murder-suicide after autopsy results were released Wednesday. PA: Police couldn’t force their way into a barricaded Amish schoolhouse until 2 1/2 minutes [...]
As Freedom States Alliance advances its mission of working to prevent gun violence, it has been working more and more with college students. Two of our interns at the New England Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence recently submitted a You Tube question to the Democratic presidential debate. In it, they directly ask the candidates what [...]
GunGuys.com doesn’t discuss hunting a lot, because except for the numerous accidental deaths and injuries that occur during the season (just ask Dick Cheney), hunting doesn’t contribute a large part to the gun violence problem in the United States. On the other hand, in an increasingly urbanized society, it is now common for the “hunting [...]
AZ: Two suspects face murder charges in shooting of Mexican citizen WA: Landlord-tenant dispute ends with fatal shooting FL: A young man and his teenage girlfriend were found shot to death in a home near Flagler Beach early Tuesday morning, and police said they were questioning a person of interest. NC: Police are investigating a [...]
Yes indeed, Elvis Presley’s stolen gun was recovered today. We can all breathe a sigh of relief. (Read our original post about Presley’s stolen gun here, which allowed us to talk the problem of stolen guns in America). The AP reported today: Travis Brookins turned the gun over to police Monday after the theft was [...]
Yes, although the state officials in Virginia, including its attorney general, have gone to great lengths to prevent Mayor Bloomberg of New York from exposing illegal gun sales and trafficking from the southern state, newly released figures from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, confirm that the Commonwealth of Virginia is for gunners! An [...]
Elvis Presley’s handgun got stolen? Well that’s a story worth writing about! Anything to do with a celebrity and a gun always makes good copy. According to the Associated Press: A handgun owned by Elvis Presley was stolen from a museum as fans converged on Memphis to mark the 30th anniversary of the singer’s death, [...]
IL: A 12-year-old boy on a Little Village neighborhood sidewalk didn’t realize he had been shot when he initially felt sharp pain in his lower abdomen Monday night, Chicago police said. MA: An Everett man was accused Monday of gunning down his ex-wife in front of the home they shared after their divorce. NewsCenter 5′s [...]
Shootings, large scale and individual, happen with such numbing frequency in the United States that they are quickly washed away, like writing in the sand as a wave sweeps over it. Columbine stuck with us for awhile, but then our media became adjusted to school shootings as part of our gun culture’s way of life [...]
Gun enthusiasts love to raffle or auction off high-powered, military style guns. It’s their way of showing their affection for their firearms that shouldn’t be in the hands of civilians in the first place. It’s also a means of gaining publicity for their gun stores or gun advocacy organizations. We won’t question why a gun [...]
Since guns are in the news a lot these days, we thought we would include a “news roundup” for our readers, in addition to our regular features such as articles, editorials, the mailbag and the shooting gallery. Star-Telegram: Number of licensed gun dealers falls by 79 percent: The firearms licenses that once cost $10 a [...]
TX: An 18-year-old woman and her husband who is 24, were visiting her parents when the couple got into a very minor argument. The man then pulled out a gun, shot their daughter and then turned the gun on himself. OH: Charles Braun, 37, was shot and killed by David Watson, 29, who then killed [...]
VA: A man wanted in last weekend’s double shooting that left one man dead was captured Saturday in North Carolina. PA: A woman in North Philadelphia was critically injured in a drive-by shooting Sunday afternoon. NC: Raleigh police remained tight-lipped today about a shooting death during an armed robbery Friday night. OR: Two people are [...]
OH: A teenager accused of shooting and killing another teen near a peace event will appear in court this morning. CA: Man killed in Pomona shooting. IA: The investigation continues into a deadly shooting involving police in Perry. Officials say Mark Holcomb killed himself in a confrontation with police in which an officer fired at [...]
“The battle over gun control is back, and it’s reaching into city halls, state legislatures and the halls of Congress. Presidential candidates are talking about it, Jesse Jackson is talking about it, and Congress is on track to possibly pass the first federal gun control legislation since 1994. “Part of the push is for tougher [...]
In a sad story in the Chicago Tribune: [Chauncey] Bailey was the first American journalist killed on U.S. soil for doing his job in more than three decades. He was gunned down at a time when he was working on a story critical of a bakery operation run by a local black nationalist organization…. At [...]
MSNBC / Newsweek recently posted a photo gallery called “One Nation Under Gun” by photographer Kyle Cassidy. Cassidy claims that he was simply curious about why Americans own guns, and went in search of gun owners to interview and photograph in their own homes. It seems his objective was fairly straightforward with a certain naive [...]
MD: Prince George’s County police are investigating the fatal shooting of a man in the District Heights area early this morning. FL: A man accused of shooting another man in the face in St. Johns County was arrested Wednesday. CA: An investigation into the fatal shooting of a woman who interrupted a graffiti vandal led [...]
A new report from the Violence Policy Center shows a dramatic drop in the number of American gun dealers. As you’ll see below, this is very good news, and certainly a small “victory” by reducing the sources of weapons that are bleeding America. California Leads Nation in Decrease (-89%), Followed by Hawaii, (-88%) Massachusetts (-88%), [...]
Sometimes we get e-mails from gun enthusiasts that play “gotcha†with the Constitution. These emotionally-charged gun advocates demand to know why we defend the First Amendment but not the Second Amendment? The answer to that is easy. We have no problem with the Second Amendment, but it has nothing to do with the regulation of [...]
TX: A bullet hole in a window, an odd-caliber shell casing found in the street and the shadowy sighting of a slow-moving white car — that was all KPFT-FM staffers had to go on Monday as they searched for clues that might explain the early-morning drive-by shooting at their Montrose studio. MI: Detroit police are [...]
In a remarkable column in today’s Chicago Sun-Times, Laura Washington writes: A few know the clock is ticking and they are doing what they can….but [Mayor Daley] is doing more than just about anyone to get guns off the streets. He has made gun control a signature issue and has vainly pushed to get anti-gun [...]
CA: A 22-year-old man was critically wounded Sunday night in a shooting in Oceanside’s Mid-Valley neighborhood by the San Luis Rey River. MI: Detroit police are searching for a father and son in connection with a fatal shooting Monday night — two people were fatally shot and a 16-year-old is in critical condition at a [...]
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