Headline Archives for August 16, 2005

Gun Guys News

• If Someone Makes or Sells Something That Injures You, You Have the Legal Ability To Sue Them.  Unless, Of Course, They're a Gun Manufacturer or Dealer  (8.15)
• NJ: Newark Buys Back $100,000 Worth of Weapons With Money Seized From Wrongdoers (8.16)
• Gun Fingerprint Database Works Great, But They Need People To Run It.  They Should Just Check the Local Comic Book Shop, There's Always a Few Nerds Hanging Around There. (8.16)
• Contra Costa Times Gets It Right: What Larry Mattlage Did To Cindy Sheehan's Camp Was (Just Barely) Legal, But That Doesn't Make It a Good Idea (8.16)
• The Sound of Music I: British Teens Make Music and Dance To Combat Gun Violence (8.16)
• The Sound of Music II: FL Teens Rap About Gun Violence.  "Yo, We're the Gun Guys, and We're Here To Say... That Gun Violence Is Not OK."  They're Probably Much Better At It Than We Are. Sorry About That.  (8.16)j
• The Pink Pistols is a Group of Gay Gun Owners Who Say They're Packing For Protection Against Hate Crimes.  The Only Problem Is, Just Like North Carolina's Domestic Violence Law, Guns Don't Prevent Crime, They Usually Cause It.  (8.16)
• NY: Man Applies For Permit To Sell Assault Weapons Out of His Home.  If I Was His Neighbor, I Would Move.  (8.16)
• NC: State Rep Casually Mentions He Doesn't See a Problem With Mentally Ill People Obtaining Handguns To Commit Suicide.  Later Decides "It Wasn't the Thing To Say."  (8.16)
• MI: Discovering That No Such Law Exists, Town Wastes No Time In Banning Firearm Discharge From City Limits (8.16)

America's Shooting Gallery

• TX: Baby, Teenage Mom Caught in Crossfire During Driveby (8.16)
• TX: Man Guns Down Wife, Mother-In-Law In Front of Children.  Not a Healthy Family.  (8.16)
• MA: Gun That Accidentally Killed 20 Year Old Earlier This Month Was Stolen From Inside a Safe, Had Trigger Lock On It.  (8.16)
• MA: Marine of the Year Who Shot On Nightclub Crowd Pleads Not Guilty, Argues Shooting a Shotgun at Someone Doesn't Mean You're Trying To Kill Them.  Good Luck.  (8.16)
• CA: Finally, Two Guns Don't Get Stolen, Despite Man's Biting (8.16)
• CT: Five Men Arrested After Shots Fired Outside a Social Club (8.16)
• IL: Three Men Walk Into a Bar, One of Them Has a Gun.  A Few Minutes Later, They Walk Back Out Again, And Get Arrested.  (8.16)
• KS: Officers Use Tasers, Baton, and Chemical Spray To Subdue Suspect.  But It Was All Worth It, Because, Unlike Most of the Stories Here, NO ONE DIED.  (8.16)
• IA: Felon Shoots Gun With Kids Around, Hides When Police Show Up (8.16)
• NH: Another Felon Hides Gun With Kids Around, Freaks When Police Show Up.  Wow, I Just Got Deja Vu.  (8.16)