A 5-year-old boy was recovering Sunday after accidentally shooting himself with a gun he that belonged to his uncle, who is also a San Bernardino County Sheriff's deputy, police said.Just "the deputy" or "the uncle"?
Police said the teenagers forced their way into Bob Martin's apartment on Adriel Lane on Sunday and pointed a gun at him. But when the retired Air Force sergeant noticed it was a BB or pellet gun, he got his own real gun out and the teenagers took off.Yet another violent gun owner exercised his license to murder...
The Justice Resource Center bought 18 more guns Saturday in its effort to decrease violence and crime, the Rev. Louis Coleman said yesterday.Hey, it's not like the Louisville Courier-Journal isn't doing it's part with free advertising...
With a big-city summit set for Tuesday, Mayor Bloomberg's war on traffickers is bringing results, but weapons keep flowing into his city as fast as police can seize them...In the bitter pre-dawn cold of a Sunday morning in February in the borough of Queens, members of New York's Operation Tripod pounced as gun traffickers from Ohio sought to close the type of big-money deal that keeps the so-called Iron Pipeline humming.Maybe if they can't stop the flow of guns they ought to see what they're doing over in India...?
Thomas King, president of the New York State Rifle and Pistol Association, the National Rifle Association affiliate in the state, says legal gun owners are being harassed because of the actions of criminals.Really, Mr. King?
Although he says he backs Bloomberg's plans to clean New York's streets of illegal weapons, he insists the key to accomplishing that is better enforcement of existing laws, not new regulations on the books.
"These officers were talking and joking when Capt. McLaughlin for no apparent reason took out his weapon (made sure the magazine was full and seated properly) and put his handgun to the back of officer Fryslin's head. All present were upset and visibly shaken."Haha. Funny prank. And this after one of their own killed another in an "accident" seven months earlier.
"Delhi has a total of around 60,000 licensed revolvers, but the number of people keeping illegal revolvers would be at least 10 times more," says former CBI chief Joginder Singh.You sound like you're speaking from personal experience, Joggy old sport. So what you're saying is, if enough people disobey your stupid laws, you're essentially helpless to stop it?
He says, "weapon gives a sense of power to a person, much more than his physical power."
The two men, whose names were not known, and a third man, broke into a house on Cleveland Street around 10 a.m. Saturday and used force on an occupant, Danbury Det. Capt. Mitch Weston said.Why couldn't the homeowner just dial 911 or run away instead of exercising a license to murder?
The home's occupant managed to grab a hand gun and fired several shots.
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.
