Headline Archives for August 17, 2005

Gun Guys News

• NC: Who's Behind the Bill in North Carolina That Will Put Concealed Weapons in Domestic Violence Victims' Hands?  Not Victims' Advocates.  It's the Gun Lobby.  (8.17)
• Videogamer Gets a Little Too Into Making Virtual Guns Realistic.  Weird.  (8.17)
• Mayor of Toronto, Canada Still Fretting About Gun Issues, Suggests Gun Depot to Centrally Store Firearms (8.17)
• WI: Anonymous Donor in Milwaukee Comes Through With More Money for Buyback Program (8.17)
• TX: Fort Worth City Hall Shooter Blames Bush, Mel Gibson, Microchips.  (8.17)
• NJ: High Range Acoustic Detectors Will "Hear" and Track Gunshots (8.17)
• VA: Democratic Attorney General Candidate Launches Vanity Gun Rights Group, Claims Guns Are His "Background."  NRA/Policitian Love Fest Ensues.  (8.17)
• NC: Workplace Shooter Can't Remember Shooting His Wife, But Does Remember Buying the Gun Only Hours Earlier (8.17)
• ME: Ex-boyfriend's Lawyer Claims He Shot Girlfriend Because She Attacked Him With a Gun.  Family Says She Was Nonviolent, "Afraid of Handguns." (8.17)
• WV: Off Duty And Retired Officers Can Carry Firearms.  America, Say Hi To "Hundreds of Thousands" More Weapons On Our Streets (8.17)

America's Shooting Gallery

• CA: Employee Shot During Robbery At Computer Store.  Robber Must Not Have Been Able to Get An iBook at the Mac Stampede Yesterday (8.16)
• OH: Cargo Pilot Caught Trying to Bring Gun on Plane (8.17)
• IA: Friends Shoot Friends Who Try To Stop Friends From Driving Drunk (8.17)
• TX: First Day of School!  Backpack: Check.  Trapper Keeper: Check.  Nine Millimeter: Check.  (8.17)
• AR: Mental Patient Grabs Sheriff's Gun In Courthouse (8.17)
• IL: "Laid Back Kid" Probably Just In Wrong Place at Wrong Time (8.17)
• IN: Police Chief Finds Officer Justified In Shooting Suspect Who Shot First (8.17)
• IL: Argument at Chicago Shrimp House Leads to Freeway Shooting (8.17)
• IN: Third Shooting in 24 Hours Leaves Two Injured, 18 Year Old Arrested.  Jack Bauer Unavailable for Comment. (8.17)
• CA: North Hollywood Teen Tried To Stop Gang From Beating On His Disabled Friend, Shot For His Trouble (8.17)