Headline Archives for April 20, 2005

Gun Guys News

• Molly Ivins Thinks You Can Tell Alot About a Person From the Company They Keep.  Tom Delay, the NRA, and One BIG FRIGGIN' Rifle.  (4.20)
• As NRA Convention Comes to an End, One Columnist Asks "How For That .50 Caliber Sniper Rifle In the Window?"  (4.20)
• Meet New NRA President Sandy Froman.  Man...Don't Tell the Republicans She's One of Them Godless Trial Lawyers. (4.20)
• Meet New NRA 1st Vice President John C. Sigler...Oh Crap!  He's One of Them Godless Trial Lawyers Too! (4.20)
• Meet New NRA 2nd Vice President Ronald Schmeits.  Thank God He's Banker...That's Much More Republican of Him.  (4.20)
• John Lott Gets His Butt Whipped By Someone Who Actually Knows About Producing Credible Peer-Reviewed Research.  (4.20)
• IL: Longtime Gun Lobby Shill Announces Retirement.  Plans to Concentrate Energy On Continuing to Be a Giant Prick.  (4.20)
• OK: Old and Busted--Bring Your Child to Work Day.  New Hotness--Bring Your Shotgun to Work Day.  (4.20)
• AZ:  Combine One Part Loaded Gun, One Part Loaded Bar Patron, Mix Vigorously.  Presto!  Loads of Violence.  (4.20)
• VA: Editorial Harkens Back to Joseph Welch's Historical Rebuke "Have You No Decency, Sir?"  Bemoans NRA Riding Bullet-Riddled Corpses for Political Gains.(4.20)

America's Shooting Gallery

• TX: It's Been a Bad Decade for Some of America's Most Vocal Defenders of 2nd Amendment Rights.  (4.20)
• TX: Disgruntled Customer Opens Fire to Express Dismay Over Presumably Sub-par Lap Dance.  (4.20)
• MI:  NBC Affiliate Finds Gun Used to Shoot At Their Station.  No Word On Whether Recently Fired "Today" Producer a Suspect.  (4.20)
• OH: We Live in a Day and Age When Partaking in a Seven Hour Armed Standoff With Police Is Qualified as Sane Behavior.  Ain't it Grand?  (4.20)
• NC: Murder-Suicide: It Isn't Just For Grown-ups Anymore.  (4.20)
• FL: Waiter Arrested for Ricin Threats, Found to Have Cache of Weapons.  Claims He Was Just Gearing Up For New Florida Right to Murder.  (4.20)
• WA: Teenager Shot in the Head at Red Light.  NRA Proposes Arming Traffic Signals.  (4.20)
• OH: College Students Face Constant Threat of Gun Violence.  Residents Say "This is Life."  (4.20)
• KS:  Police Announce That Shooting Victim is Named.  Victims Pipes Up "I've Already Got One, Thank You Very Much."  (4.20)
• AL:  Pawn Shop Owners Plagued By Gun Violence.  Guess That Blows a Hole in the "Guns=Safety" Theory.  Who Has More Guns on Hand Than a Pawn Shop? (4.20)