The Washington Post posted an in-depth profile of Mary “McFate”, aka, Mary Lou Sapone, who was on the NRA payroll for almost a decade as a paid spy to infiltrate the gun violence prevention movement. McFate was a former board member to the Freedom States Alliance — which oversees our GunGuys blog — before she [...]
The Philadelphia Daily News reported a major setback for the residents of Philadelphia who vainly appealed for the right to strengthen local gun laws to reduce gun violence, lower crime and save lives. But the Pennsylvania State Commonwealth Court ruled that state pre-emption of gun laws took precedence over local control. According to the New [...]
(We are pleased to post the following press release from the Violence Policy Center). WASHINGTON, DC–For the second year in a row, Nevada, with a rate of 3.27 per 100,000, ranked first in the nation in the rate of women killed by men according to the Violence Policy Center (VPC) report When Men Murder Women: [...]
Mother Jones reported that two former NRA lobbyists are neck deep in McCain’s campaign and may have violated the McCain campaign’s own conflict of interest policy. Have two lobbyists who work for John McCain’s campaign—one as national finance co-chairman, the other as co-chairman of the campaign’s Sportsmen for McCain committee—violated the campaign’s conflict of interest [...]
In the Yale Daily News, Jacob O. Iversen, a graduate student at Yale, wrote a strongly worded response to a recent column by Andrew Clark who called for allowing students to carry concealed handguns on college campuses and in dorms. Mr. Iversen’s remarkably persuasive column, supported with facts and sound arguments, is worth quoting at [...]
NY: An 8-year-old boy was shot in the upper body by random gunfire on Parsells Avenue tonight in Rochester. The child was on the porch when a fight broke out between two people in front of the house. OR: In Maple Heights, the fatal shooting of a 15-year-old girl was first thought to have happened [...]
We strongly encourage you to watch this remarkable Bill Moyers Journal program about right-wing and hate radio and how it inspired a disgruntled man to take his shotgun and attack a “liberal” church in Knoxville, Tennessee. We’ve pasted the beginning of the transcript below. Click this link to watch the video now. Transcript RICK KARR: [...]
The NRA released an ad against Sen. Obama that is rife with lies, half-truths and gross distortions about Obama’s record and position on guns. It is clear from the NRA’s ridiculous ad that the gun lobby is willing to say and do anything to see if any of their attacks stick. The NRA’s ad is [...]
BBC News posted the following report today, Sept. 23rd, about a school massacre in Finland: The U.K. Scotsman reported today that the 22-year-old shooter obtained his firearms license only one month ago. It is believed chilling videos posted online of a man firing a gun are linked to today’s shooting in Finland. The short clips, [...]
According to the Chicago Tribune on Sept. 23rd: The sister of Bears quarterback Rex Grossman was robbed at gunpoint Friday in her Lincoln Park garage, a source said Monday. The woman was backing her sport-utility vehicle into her garage in the 2000 block of North Racine Avenue about 11:30 a.m. when the robber followed her [...]
As surprising as it might be, firearms are virtually the only consumer product not regulated for health and safety by a federal agency. Additionally, gun laws across the country are being rolled back to seemingly “prehistoric” levels thanks to the well-financed and powerful gun lobby. After the financial meltdown that this country has just witnessed, [...]
WA: A U.S. Forest Service officer, Kristine Fairbanks, 51, a canine officer with 15 years in the forest service, was fatally shot while making a traffic stop of Shawn M. Roe, 36. Investigators suspect Roe had also killed the owner of the pickup truck he was driving when captured. Roe died later in a shootout [...]
The New York Times wrote a scathing editorial on Sept. 19th, against the gun lobby and the gutless members of Congress who voted to make D.C., our nation’s capital, less safe from gun violence and potential assassinations by stripping the District’s ability to pass reasonable gun restrictions. The Times wrote: “In all, 85 Democrats joined [...]
Gun Pusher: noun. 1. Someone who pushes guns on others whether they need, want or should have them. 2. A person who cares more about profit generated from the sale of firearms and their own power than they do about their fellow-citizens. 3. A person who can pretend that 30,000 deaths from guns in the [...]
The Chicago Tribune reported today, Sept. 15th a horrific murder-suicide involving a Chicago police officer who shot and killed his 7-year-old daughter while his 9-year-old son fights for his life. An off-duty Chicago police officer shot his young son and daughter, then committed suicide inside his home on the Southwest Side Monday morning, officials said. [...]
CT: Moments before a toddler fatally shot himself, his mother warned him not to touch his father’s gun because of the “bad boo boos” it could cause. On Aug. 28, 3-year-old Wyatt Matteau found a .40 caliber handgun that his father, Jason Matteau, 27, kept on the nightstand and shot himself in the eye, and [...]
(We are pleased to post the following press release from the Violence Policy Center). Washington, DC–The U.S. House of Representatives today passed a National Rifle Association-backed bill sponsored by Representative Travis Childers (D-MS) that would virtually wipe out any regulation of guns by the District of Columbia, endangering citizens, visitors, and public officials while adversely [...]
WA: Robert L. Nelson, 55, apparently shot Kenneth L. Brooks, 38, while the men were drinking at a campsite about 20 miles east of Walla Walla. Nelson arrived home covered in blood and didn’t remember exactly what happened but the two had been drinking and firing Nelson’s pistol. Brooks’ body was found in a camp [...]
We are pleased to post this special commentary from Cathie Whittenburg, Director of the New England Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence, also an affiliate group of the Freedom States Alliance. In Washington D.C., H.R. 6691 Strips Local Control From the District of Columbia To Enact Its Own Measures To Reduce Gun Violence I’ve always admired [...]
LA: A five-year-old boy died after accidentally shot himself in the stomach. The boy found a loaded Taurus 9 mm handgun in an unlocked CD case on the floor in the bedroom closet. They said they believe the gun belonged to the child’s mother, who wasn’t home at the time of the incident. PA: The [...]
The good citizens of our nation’s capitol are held hostage by the gun lobby that continues to abuse its power — with the help of a patsy Congress — to dictate the public safety policies of the District of Columbia. Currently, the gun lobby is frantically trying to eviscerate the sensible gun regulations that D.C. [...]
TN: A Memphis Baptist pastor was gunned down by her son 22-year-old before taking his own life. The son was arguing with his mother about his job status when he pulled a gun and shot her in the leg and chest then killed himself. CA: On Aug. 31st in Inglewood, cops shot a homeless man, [...]
“Security Management” magazine — a respected trade journal for security and anti-terrorism professionals — wrote on Sept. 8th that carrying concealed weapons policies increase the risks of gun violence at workplaces. The story by Matthew Harwood was prompted by a major report from the ASIS Foundation, “Preventing Gun Violence in the Workplace.” The rising trend [...]
On the New Jersey Star-Ledger’s “Voices blog,” John Piserchia wrote on Sept. 9th that America’s cities are “bleeding” from gun violence at an alarming rate. Early last week I gazed at the local section of the paper and was revolted by the “Rough Day” in Irvington involving 4 shooting deaths. A smaller listing noted a [...]
OR: The father of a 4-year-old Cottage Grove boy says his child loaded a bullet into a borrowed gun and accidentally shot himself in the skull. The father, Travis Davis, said his son, Bryce, is doing remarkably well. Doctors believe there will be no permanent effects from the wound, even though it was serious. IL: [...]
(We are pleased to post the following action alert from the Coalition To Stop Gun Violence). Recently, the gun lobby achieved a long-sought goal when the Supreme Court repealed the District of Columbia’s popular handgun ban in the case of D.C. v. Heller. Apparently not satisfied with this success, the National Rifle Association (NRA) is [...]
The San Francisco Chronicle reported a tragic story on Sept. 8th about a heroic police officer who was killed trying to save the lives of six hostages. Martinez police officer, Paul Starzyk, who was killed in the line of duty, was the father of three children. Trying to save three women and three screaming children [...]
NE: Travis Bobenmoyer, 26, shot and killed his cousin, Jason Heedum, 30, then killed himself. It came after a disagreement that involved a 21-year-old woman who says Bobenmoyer tried to sexually assault her. CA: Domestic violence was likely the cause of a murder-suicide in Eureka. Leon William Taylor, 82, shot his wife, Beatrice Mary Taylor, [...]
(We are pleased to post the following press release from the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence). WASHINGTON, Sept. 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The designation by Senator John McCain of Governor Sarah Jane Palin as his Vice Presidential running mate and her relatively thin or unknown record on many issues, including gun violence prevention, makes her [...]
NJ: Luis Cruz, 54, shot himself in the head after killing four members of his own family. The victims are identified as Anna Paulino, 57, the shooter’s wife; Marisol Cruz, 33, the shooter’s daughter; Felix Cruz, 30, the shooter’s son; and Mary Paulino, 81, the shooter’s mother-in-law and mother to Anna Paulino. FL: Jacksonville Jaguars [...]
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