Headline Archives for April 4, 2005

Gun Guys News

• Gun Industry Immunity Bill Gains Momentum.  Now is the Time to Act.  If the Industry Wins, the Victims of Gun Violence Lose.  (4.4)
• Flashback: This is the NRA's Second Attempt to Give Gun Makers Blanket Protection from Any Kind of Liability.  The First Failed When "Liberals" Like John McCain Added Amendments Requiring Draconian Measures Like Gun Locks, Background Checks. (4.4)
• FL:  Legislator Touts "Culture of Life" by Pushing for Florida's Proposed Open-Fire Law.  The Punch line?  He's a Mortician.  Remember When You Wanted a Definition of Ambivalence? (4.4)
• PA: Rendell's Commission Looks to Curb Gun Trafficking.  NRA Tool Says That Would Infringe on the Second Amendment Right to Keep and Arm Criminals.  (4.4)
• FL: Pending Legislation Would Oblige You to Get Out of an Aggressive Driver's Way.  On the Bright Side, Pending Legislation Would Allow You to Shoot Aggressive Driver.  (4.4)
• DC:  Columnist Says "Keeping Terror Suspects from Buying Guns Seems Like an Issue the Entire Nation Can Rally Around."  NRA Asks "Who's Looking Out for the Terrorists?"  (4.4)
• IL:  How Criminals Get Their Hands on Legally Purchased Firearms...One Gun's Story. (4.4)
• Nazis Discuss Election of a Woman to Head Their Favorite Lobby, the NRA.  (4.4)
• AZ:  As Armed Vigilantes Patrol the Arizona Border, Even Immigration Opponents Cry "Enough Already" (4.4)
• If the Majority of American's Support Gun Control, Why Are the NRA and Its Soulless Cronies Doing so Well?   (4.4)

America's Shooting Gallery

• NJ:  Fifteen Year Old Shot in the Head After Refusing to Kiss Would-be Suitor.  Proving You Don't Even Have to Be Dating to Die in a Domestic Dispute. (4.4)
• CO:  Move Over "Super Size Me."  There's a New Way in Which McDonalds is Bad for You.  (4.4)
• MA:  Rapper Held on Club Shooting.  In Unrelated News, P. Diddy Announces He'll Sign Said Rapper.  (4.4)
• NC:  Police Seek Man Who Shot Another in the Buttocks.  In Related News, North Carolinians Still Refer to Ass as "Buttocks."  (4.4)
• IN:  Indiana Man Shocked to Discover His Neighbors Don't Want Him Around After He Shoots a Neighbor's Kitten.  Mail Order Poo Ensues.  (4.4)
• IL:  Passenger Shoots Driver, Hops Out of Car.  Leaves the Gun Used, Fingerprints.  Jailarity Ensures.  (4.4)
• LA:  Two Men Arrested for Shooting Wild Turkey.  Police Say "This is Jack Daniel's Country, Boy." (4.4)
• UT:  Two Avalanche Workers Receive No Reprimand for Firing Howitzer Into a Nearby Backyard While On the Job.  Your Tax Dollars at Work.  (4.4)
• MN: As Many as 20 Teenagers May Have Known In Advance About the Red Lakes Shooting.  (4.4)
• NY:  From Our News of the Obvious Department, Man Shot To Death Outside Biker Club.  (4.4)