According to an article in the Savannah Morning News on January 31, 2008, “Hunting accidents spiked in Georgia during the 2007-08 season, and four of the five fatal incidents involved children or teenagers.†“This has been an unusual year,” said Wildlife Resources Division Capt. James Bell, who is the coordinator of the state’s Hunter Safety [...]
Yes, West Virginia is considering offering gun training, particularly for hunting, in classrooms. Why? Because the number of hunters is falling in the Mountaineer State. According to a January 31st Associated Press article: Although it still ranks in the top six nationally for sales of hunting permits to nonresidents, West Virginia sold 154,763 permits to [...]
PA: Pregnant Woman Killed In Frankford Double Shooting MA: Police on the hunt for gunman in fatal strip club shooting LA: – A man has been captured in Houston after the shooting of a Shreveport police officer prompted a Louisiana manhunt. IN: A man wanted for shooting a romantic rival in the groin more than [...]
Gun violence victims, survivors and gun violence prevention advocates gathered in Richmond, Virginia on Jan. 21st to stage a “Lie-In” and push for a bill to require a background check on gun sales to keep firearms out of the wrong hands. But during the event gun proponents caught wind and converged on the state capitol [...]
(We are pleased to post this press release from the Violence Police Center). FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 STATE’S BLACK HOMICIDE RATE OF 32.79 PER 100,000 IS SIX TIMES NATIONAL OVERALL HOMICIDE RATE OF 5.10 PER 100,000 Washington, DC–Missouri leads the nation in the rate of black homicide victimization according to a new [...]
IN: A 13-month-old boy was shot to death in what his mother described as a carjacking, police said they have arrested a person of interest. LA: 22-year-old Derrick Fland shot and murdered his girlfriend, 22-year-old Keosha Spikes then took his own life. AL: Police believe 36-year old Scott Coshatt shot and killed his mother 55-year [...]
The Bush administration, through its Solicitor General, is asking the Supreme Court to send the D.C. handgun case back to the D.C. Appellate Court. For a bit of history and context, a three-judge panel of the D.C. Appellate Court, led by arch-conservative Judge Laurence Silberman, overturned a D.C. ban on handguns. The District of Columbia [...]
A local TV station in Omaha reported that: A Von Maur shooting victim told lawmakers on Friday that a measure to promote gun control is worthwhile. State Sen. Brad Ashford of Omaha developed a bill after the shootings at Von Maur on Dec. 5. His proposal, in part, would require all stolen guns be reported [...]
IN: Police are searching for a man involved in the shooting death of a 15-month-old boy Monday night during an apparent carjacking in Gary. PA: A 12-year-old girl is dead after more than 40 rounds of ammunition were fired at a house on the North Side. LA: Baton Rouge Police are investigating an overnight shooting [...]
AZ: 14-year-old shoots himself in head playing Russian roulette KY: Janice Cole, 56, was shot and killed by Freddy Groce, 54, who then shot himself in the chest. VT: 53-year-old Katherine King was hospitalized with a gunshot wound to the chest in what is being called an attempted murder-suicide that was the result of a [...]
An article from Bloomberg News on January 25 reported that the neoconservative architect of the failed Iraq war and occupation, and shamed former World Bank president Paul Wolfowitz “has been named chairman of a panel that advises the State Department on arms-control issues“. Could the world get anymore surreal? Is there no accountability anymore? At [...]
NY: Despite a protection order Linda Murphy was stabbed dozens of times by her estranged husband, Sean Murphy; he sexually assaulted a teen babysitter then killed himself with a shotgun. IN: Bruce Andrews, 50, shot and killed his wife Debria Andrews, 46, then killed himself. FL: Jeffrey Allan Woodworth, 46, who had been arrested several [...]
When you are part of a lobbying group that opposes laws that would keep criminals and people with mental illnesses from buying firearms at gun shows, maybe it’s because you’ve got some personal issues of your own: an overabundance of greediness (to profit from gun sales no matter what the human toll) and a serious [...]
At the time that the Constitution was written, firearms consisted pretty much of the likes of flintlocks and muskets. But the gun lobby has bamboozled most lawmakers into accepting the notion that any thing they want to call a gun, no matter how lethal and technologically advanced, is somehow akin to a flintlock or muzzle [...]
TX: One Dead, One Hurt After Shooting In Atascosa County PA: Teen charged in shooting death at city rec center IL: Arraignment scheduled for suspect in student’s shooting death FL: Shooting results in attempted murder charge PA: Homestead shooting death under investigation SC: Suspect charged in fatal shooting D.C.: Security Tight Near Ballou High Following [...]
An article from the Philadelphia The Bulletin on Jan. 23rd released positive results from the Gun Violence Task Force: Philadelphia – District Attorney Lynne Abraham, flanked by Attorney General Tom Corbett and State Sen. Vincent Fumo (D-Philadelphia), announced the arrests of 112 straw purchasers of illegal weapons yesterday. Ms. Abraham touted the work of the [...]
An op-ed in the Indianapolis Star by Marilyn Bull, medical director with the Indiana Partnership to Prevent Violent Injury and Death, takes aim at Indiana’s high rate of gun ownership and urges families to reconsider keeping a gun in the home. The recent tragic shootings of three helpless and innocent children — two of them [...]
NY: After couple had history of domestic troubles, a man in Selden killed his estranged wife then used a shotgun to kill himself. PA: A custody trial is under way in Lycoming County over a 4-year-old girl whose parents died in a murder-suicide last year – Benjamin Barone, shot his estranged wife, Jodi Barone. CA: [...]
It’s been on the NRA “bucket list†to mandate that colleges and universities should be forced to permit students, professors and employees to carry hidden and loaded handguns on campus. Despite the protest of institutions of higher education, the NRA has succeeded for example in Utah, and continues to push for allowing concealed handguns in [...]
It’s the responsible thing to do; in fact it is legally required, to check an ID before serving alcohol to someone who appears to be underage. Right? But when it comes to guns, the emotionally-triggered gun advocates don’t cotton to common sense or responsibility. In Virginia, where even Governor Tim Kaine has saddled up to [...]
LA: New Orleans police are investigating a double shooting in Algiers that left one man in critical condition. LA: Shreveport Police Confirm Teen Was Killed In Weekend Shooting CA: Deputy’s Traffic Stop Leads to Fatal Shooting IN: One injured in shooting at South Bend apartments KS: Man turns himself in in south Wichita shooting MA: [...]
“Guns Don’t Kill People — Chuck Norris Kills People” read the t-shirts and paraphernalia on eBay. Yes, we know former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee says he “supports the Second Amendment” — clearly the pro-gun individual rights interpretation. But how far can a presidential candidate and Baptist minister go in embracing the “tough guy” persona and [...]
An article in the New York Times on Jan. 19th wrote that a former gang member turned gun violence prevention advocate was convicted of selling semi-automatic assault rifles. LOS ANGELES — The director of an antigang organization here that sought to reduce gun violence and received $1.5 million from the City of Los Angeles pleaded [...]
FL: 37-year-old man walked into the restaurant’s kitchen and shot his 40-year-old girlfriend then shot himself shortly after. PA: An ailing Robert Killian, 84, shot and killed his blind daughter, Barbara, 53, and their dog, then killed himself. IN: Pending divorce sparked murder-suicide: 50-year old Bruce Andrews shot and killed his wife, 46-year old Debria [...]
UPDATE: 4 Men Arrested in Killing of 2 Moms and 2 Children – 2 Face Murder Charges, 2 Held on Other Charges in Indiana Home Shootings. According to AP: INDIANAPOLIS – Four men have been arrested in connection with the fatal shootings of a baby, a toddler and their mothers while the women held their [...]
We received an e-mail today about a pro-gun book co-written by someone once convicted on a felony charge for income tax evasion, relating to his gun advocacy business operations: Alan Gottlieb. Gottlieb is always looking for publicity, because publicity helps sell his books and increases his profile with the fringe pro-gun groups. Recently, he so [...]
GunGuys.com is a big supporter of law enforcement – and the men and women in blue who put their lives on the line for American citizens. Of course, that includes the FBI. But a January 17th article in the Chicago Tribune points out that even the best intentions of training FBI agents to practice their [...]
GA: Police: Suspect arrested in cop slayings, more to follow FL: Sheriff’s deputies looking for suspects in shooting OH: One killed, another wounded in University District shooting PA: Patient charged with shooting psychiatrist’s wife TN: Deadly shooting in Frayser MD: Police Probe South Baltimore Shooting MI: Shooting in Ann Arbor has U-M cautioning students IN: [...]
At the MSNBC debate last night on Jan. 16th in Las Vegas, Tim Russert asked the three leading democratic presidential candidates whether they still supported licensing and registering handguns. All three, Sen. Obama (IL), Sen. Clinton (NY), and former Sen. Edwards (NC) said that under the current political environment licensing and registering handguns was not [...]
A grisly shooting that left 2 moms and their babies dead last night shocked the Marion County Sheriff’s Office and law enforcement officials. According to the Indy Star: Gina Hunt, 24, and Andrea Yarrell, 24, were holding their babies when the suspects fired multiple shots into the four victims at a Near Northside home, police [...]
WA: Mom says son didn’t leave friend to die after shooting. CA: Five officers on administrative leave after casino shooting in Palm Springs. CT: Warrant sought for 28-year-old Matthew Boutilier for shooting his girlfriend, who survived, but killed another woman. UT: Man critically wounded in road rage shooting IL: Joliet man is charged with attempted [...]
Ever since losing his presidential primary bid to George W. Bush in 2000, Sen. John McCain (AZ) has oscillated between embracing the partisan politics of President Bush versus maintaining his independent and “maverick” status. On one hand, Sen. McCain has stood with Bush on escalating the Iraq war, courted right-wing ideologues by speaking at Jerry [...]
In 2004, Congress let a partial ban on assault weapons lapse after a 10-year period. The law was enacted during the Clinton administration, passing by just a hair in the House of Representatives in 1994. Many gun control advocates thought the law was not strong enough, but perhaps better than nothing. Gun manufacturers were clever [...]
VA: Virginia Tech will not hold classes on April 16, the university announced Monday. The day will be set aside for remembrance of the victims of shootings on campus that day last year. LA: Two people, including a teenager, were killed and another person injured in separate shootings Saturday night and Sunday morning in New [...]
An article from the Boston Globe on January 8th wrote that allowing hunting next to Boston’s Logan Airport poses a serious risk to airline safety and potentially national security. Holiday and business travelers know that airline authorities are serious about confiscating bottled water and tubes of toothpaste at security checkpoints. But wearing camouflage and brandishing [...]
FL: Alexander Tomas, 37, shot his estranged wife Sidney Gift then murdered her 4-year-old son Julian Thomas before killing himself. CA: 82-year-old woman fighting cancer shot and killed her daughter and herself after leaving a goodbye message on answering machine. CA: S.F. police are investigating a shooting that left one person dead near the Civic [...]
You might say that the United Kingdom is far ahead of the U.S. in protecting its citizens from gun violence. Make that far, far ahead. In fact, they are starting the New Year with plans to ban – get this – all deactivated guns in 2008. Yes, these are guns that have been rendered inoperable, [...]
The National Shooting Sports Foundation is elated because they can keep making a profit off of guns used in crimes. That’s why they sent out a January 10th news release boasting of a D.C. Court of Appeals ruling the other day: Earlier today, a unanimous (3-0) District of Columbia Court of Appeals upheld the May [...]
CA: Detectives find no connections among 5 shootings over 5 days CA: SF Police Make Arrests In Two Separate Fatal Shootings NY: Three victims of separate shootings released from hospital MO: 2-year-old in Jackson shootings remains in St. Louis hospital OH: Local authorities have scheduled a meeting to discuss a recent series of shootings, the [...]
A story from Reuters from Jan. 9th asked: “Is America, land of shooting massacres in schools and public places, slowly falling out of love with guns?” The answer is yes, and it runs counter to popular perceptions of the United States as a country where most citizens are armed to the teeth and believe it [...]
We came across this extraordinary op-ed in the Atlanta Journal Constitution by Michael Bishop, whose son Jamie was murdered during the VA Tech massacre. It’s worth quoting at length. At 9:40 a.m. on Monday, April 16, 2007, my wife’s cousin, Lee Ellis, telephoned. Check the news, he advised. Something was happening at Virginia Tech, where [...]
OH: 4-year-old child was hospitalized after being shot in the head from a drive-by shooting. IL: A 19-year-old man was found shot multiple times inside his car in the outbound lanes of the Kennedy Expressway. IL: 15-year-old Leonardo Otero, was honored with a makeshift memorial contains candles, a solemn reminder of the violence that seems [...]
TX: 38-year-old Adam Bowen shot at a neighbor’s children while they played to scare them — a sheriff’s sergeant found a hole consistent with a pellet strike in one of the children’s vests. MA: 47-year-old man was fatally gunned down in front of his home as neighborhood children and their parents left for school. CA: [...]
A strong editorial from the New York Times today, Jan. 7th, stated: Keeping Guns Out of the Parks Forty-seven United States senators recently wrote to the secretary of the interior, Dirk Kempthorne, asking him to lift the ban on carrying ready-to-fire weapons in national parks and wildlife refuges. Under current law, guns carried into or [...]
We’ve talked about this before on GunGuys.com, but it’s recently surfaced again in Georgia. The NRA’s extremist leader Wayne LaPierre (technically the Executive Vice-President ) showed up in the Peach State to support a bill that would take away property rights from business owners. In particular, the NRA has been battling for sometime to forbid [...]
It’s a familiar refrain by now. A horrible gun tragedy occurs and the gun lobby adopts a “just say no†strategy to any efforts undertaken to curb gun violence. So it’s no surprise that pro-gun lobby legislators in Virginia are already ruling out any tightening of gun laws to help protect the citizens and students [...]
FL: Miami Detective James Walker was shot multiple times and killed early today while off duty and sitting in an unmarked police car. One witness reported hearing four volleys of fire and a total of 17 shots. CA: Curtis “Keno” Harris, facing prison for kidnapping his estranged wife ,Monica Thomas-Harris, apparently abducted her again and [...]
(As we have stated before, GunGuys.com does not endorse or support any candidate for elected office). As an easy resource, we decided to list information and links to the various candidates’ views on gun control. The following information is taken from the web site “On the Issues: Every Political Leader on Every Issue.” We randomly [...]
TX: A Rice University graduate student was found shot to death at a shooting range, KPRC Local 2 reported. TX: Driver Dies in Possible Road Rage Shooting CA: 1 dead, 2 injured in shooting in market IN: Indianapolis officer arrested in fatal pub shooting CO: Third suspect arrested in fatal shooting SC: An altercation between [...]
In perhaps the most well argued op-ed we’ve read in some time about the debate over the Second Amendment, Lee Gaillard writes a brilliant essay in the Seattle Times. We strongly encourage you to read it — and the title nails the issue on the head too. Public Safety Trumps Outdated, Irrelevant Second Amendment Having [...]
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