Headline Archives for August 12, 2005

Gun Guys News

• The NRA Keeps Claiming ConocoPhillips Is Anti-Second Amendment, And That's Just Wrong.  ConocoPhillips Supports The Second Amendment, And Supports The Safety Of Their Workers.  (8.12)
• Even Iraqi Insurgents Know That .50 Caliber Rifles Are More Deadly Than Military Grade Mortars (middle of page) (8.12)
• AK: Jonesboro Shooter Released From Prison at 21 With Criminal Record Erased, Which Means He Can Legally Purchase Guns.  Mother Says He Plans To Be a Minister.  (8.12)
• U.S. Ambassador Says Illegal American Gun Trade In Canada Is a "Shared Responsibility" (8.12)
• Wisconsin Lawmakers Aren't Listening to Their Police Chiefs: Concealed Weapons Bill They're Offering Still Takes Permit Process Out of Police Hands, and Allows Guns In Malls and Hospitals.  "A Safer Wisconsin" Is All Police Chief Doug Pettit Wants. (8.12)
• Friends of NRA Fundraiser Pairs Corporate Sponsors With Legislators.  Watch the Gun Lobby Buy Lawmakers In Real Time!  Surprise Guest Appearance By a ConocoPhillips Exec! (8.12)
• CA: Kern County Schools Considering Bringing NRA's Eddie Eagle Into Kindergarten Classrooms (8.12)
• Linda Flowers, Like Many Gun Owners, Thought the Gun Wasn't Loaded, and That It Was Hidden Well Enough.  She Was Wrong.  (8.12)
• OR: Portland Steps Up Police Presence After Series of Shootings (8.12)
• MI: Tip Line Works To Stop Illegal Guns.  Catches Crack/Gun Dealer Who Warns Undercover Agents That Buying Illegal Guns Can Send You To Federal Prison.  Good Tip.  (8.12)

America's Shooting Gallery

• NY: Armed Man Arrested Inside UN Parking Garage.  NRA To Boycott UN Gift Shop Across Street.  (8.12)
• GA: Two Students Find Out That Bringing Guns To School In the Summer Is a Bad Idea.  They Get Expelled And Felony Charges For Their Trouble (8.12)
• CT: Police Are Trying To Find Robbery Suspect By Looking For "Unique T-Shirt." They Don't Say What's On It, But Considering They Were Caught On Video, I'll Be Looking For "I'm With Stupid" (8.12)
• IL: Grocery Store Robbery Kills Two (8.12)
• TN: HUGE Stash of Firearms Found In Felon's Home.  If Gun Dealers Are As Innocent As The Gun Immunity Bill Lets Them Be, Where Did All These Guns Come From? (8.12)
• MN: Five Children Injured In Minneapolis In the Last Two Weeks By Stray Gunfire.  The CCKRBA Thinks Putting More Guns On the Street Lowers Crime, So Maybe We Should Just Arm Kids.  Where's Eddie Eagle When You Need Him? (8.12)
• NH: Man Sentenced To Prison For Accidentally Killing His Wife While Cleaning His Gun.  "Gun Safety?"  No Such Thing. (8.12)
• SC: Four Kids, 16-20, Somehow Get Rifles And Try To Steal $18,000.  Instead, All Four End Up In Jail, Three Facing Murder Charge.  Take The Guns Out of the Equation-- Would Any Of This Have Happened?  (8.12)
• FL: Shooting At Road Construction Site Leaves One Dead, One Injured.  Should Have Given 'Em A Brake.  (8.12)
• SC: 911 Transcript of Boy Who Shot Father At Campground (Parts Are Deleted, Because At Time of Posting, Boy's Identity Wasn't Released) (8.12)