Notes from the Resistance...
A gun-toting grandma in Mayes County is the reason two suspected burglars are behind bars. When she interrupted the crime at her son's house, she didn't turn and run, but picked up a rifle.You mean she exercised her "License to Murder"?
How a `cute' 9mm pistol purchased by a frightened woman in Florida ended up in Lawrence Heights in the hands of a killer: First in a series on gun cultureI can't wait. I'm sure they'll have plenty of "good" gun stories to balance ones like this, right?
A heckler from the Falun Gong spiritual movement who disrupted a White House appearance by Chinese President Hu Jintao was charged in federal court on Friday with harassing, intimidating or threatening a foreign official.Boy, I guess I'd better cover my tracks. I didn't realize free political speech didn't apply if the ones being criticized are foreign tyrants.
A spokesman for the U.S. Attorney's office in Washington said the misdemeanor charge carries a penalty of up to six months in jail.
Mayor Bloomberg is fast becoming one of the nation's most strident foes of illegal guns - so it might come as a surprise that he once owned a rifle.
"Believe this or not, I am a defender of the Second Amendment. I see nothing wrong with people having guns," said Bloomberg on his weekly WABC radio show.
"There are no questions asked," said Mary Haynes, the program's spokesperson. "It's simply how many free gunlocks would you like."I'd like 8,000 free gun locks, please.
...Nearly 8000 cable-style gunlocks will be available for Cook County residents.
The Cherokee County Sheriff's Office will host a firearms safety course for women Saturday.I can't think of a better way for police to build trust with the communities they serve.
Two hours of classroom instruction in the safe handling of handguns will be taught...
Participants will then go to a firing range. Guns and equipment will be provided with a $10 fee to cover costs of the ammunition.
Security in the Lansing School District is getting tougher. Public safety officers will soon be able to make arrests...The criteria for an arrest by the Lansing School District Public Safety officers is very strict, and officers are not allowed to carry a gun.Maybe if something heinous goes down, they can help the kids hide under desks. And, of course, issue citations if any of them pray.
Victims reach the emergency room soaked in blood and dazed _ wheeled in on stretchers, carried in people´s arms, some still walking with the last of their strength. An elderly man shot in a robbery, a young man sprayed with gunfire, a woman who took a stray bullet in the head while on her way to church.So, naturally, aside from fanning the flames of class hatred, madman Hugo Chavez "put up $4.6 million for a gun buyback program that will offer people money to hand in revolvers and pistols."
Wal-Mart's policy regarding guns varies, but it has stopped selling them at about 1,000 stores, and that's good news for folks who believe guns are too readily available...Liberal establishment editorialists. Is there anything they don't know?
While this was a marketing decision by the world's largest retailer, there is comfort in the knowledge that guns are a little tougher to come by, that cruising off the highway into just any Wal-Mart does not assure that a gun purchase is just moments away...
That's OK, because there are 1,000 fewer outlets nationwide where guns are sold.
Police issued an all-points bulletin yesterday after someone broke into a police officer's car in 'Ewa and stole the officer's service handgun, badge and other items.STOP! POLICE!
A RISDON Prison guard appeared in court last night after allegedly being caught taking a gun and drugs to work.The "tip-off" may be the tip-off as to what went down here...
The 28-year-old Brighton man was apprehended on his way to the prison early yesterday morning by police acting on a tip-off.
A .25-calibre semi-automatic pistol and ammunition were allegedly found wrapped in a cloth under his car's passenger seat.
Also allegedly located was a quantity of cannabis wrapped in a balloon and a sachet containing a morphine-based prescription drug, namely MS Contrin.
Melton, a former head of the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics, has often been seen carrying weapons, presumably for the same political effects. Since Melton was elected on a crime-fighting platform, looking and talking tough is part of the package...I can't figure out from this if Melton is a victim of all-too-typical media hysteria, or if he's a bully abusing his authority. Guess we'll just have to keep our eyes and ears open and see if anything more transpires down in Jackson...
Wearing police garb, and brandishing shotguns during stops and even showing up on a citizen's front porch to confront someone he said threatened him puts him in danger and is a recipe for volatility.
A Hermosa Beach police officer named in two excessive force lawsuits was arrested in Redondo Beach last week after he got into a scuffle with someone who reportedly was heckling him during a karaoke performance.You like me. You really like me!
POLICE chiefs were today facing demands for an inquiry into how a technical fault left hundreds of non-emergency police calls unanswered...But the most recent April call figures show the centre receives around 80 non-emergency calls an hour from all over Edinburgh and the Lothians meaning that around 360 calls may have gone unanswered...It is ust another hiccup for the £10.4 million call centre, which ran into controversy soon after opening in February 2004, when 300 calls went unanswered in the first three weeks."You don't need to have a gun; the police will protect you."
Boston Mayor Thomas Menino and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg will host a summit next week for about a dozen of their colleagues to discuss gun violence, a problem that has long frustrated big-city mayors.And they'll meet under the finest armed security taxpayer money can buy!
Mayors from Dallas, Philadelphia, Milwaukee, Washington, D.C., and Seattle are among those scheduled to attend the meeting at Gracie Mansion, the historic Upper East Side house where Bloomberg holds official events.
Siretha Woods, whose daughter was killed last month by stray gunfire, also called on guns to be relinquished. Siretha White, 10, was struck by a stray bullet at her surprise birthday party in an Englewood home. Police have said the intended target was someone standing on the porch.12 kids in all? Different last names from you? Grammar indicating lack of education? An intended target was on your porch, an invited guest to one of your parties?
"I got 11 more kids," Woods said. "Let's let the rest of them grow up."
