GUNS IN THE NEWS--August 6, 2004

[MrBenchley]

As CO Liberal sez:
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[MrBenchley]

1. Money dispute turns deadly (SC)

"NORWAY - A Block Road woman was shot and killed early Thursday in what police say may have been a domestic dispute over money.
After a 911 call about a shooting incident, police found Patricia Ann Clemens, 42, dead of a gunshot wound at her Norway residence. Her common-law husband has been charged with murder.
"Apparently, this was a domestic-related issue," Orangeburg County Sheriff Larry Williams said. "The man discharged a shotgun at her, striking her in the upper torso."
A warrant for murder has been served against Lawrence Stroman, 67, of 249 Block Road. Stroman is being housed at the Orangeburg-Calhoun Regional Detention Center awaiting arraignment."

http://www.timesanddemocrat.com/articles/2004/08/06/news/news3.txt

[MrBenchley]

2. Man, grandson shot in parking lot of police station (WA)

"MONROE, Wash. -- A man fatally shot his young grandson in the head, then shot and killed himself Thursday evening in front of the Monroe police station.
The man, in his late 50s, drove a car in front of the police station and parked about 6:35 p.m. He and the boy, between 5 and 7 years old, got out of the vehicle.
Monroe Police Chief Tim Quenzer said he used an automatic handgun. The man shot the young boy twice, then shot himself."

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/aplocal_story.asp?category=6420&slug=WA%20Double%20Shooting

[MrBenchley]

3. Okla. Man Accidentally Shoots Self in Rear

"BRISTOW, Okla. - Drew Patterson wanted to protect himself after hearing reports of an fugitive in this northeastern Oklahoma community. He didn't think he would be nursing a sore rear end.
Patterson's .22-caliber pistol, hooked into the waistband of his denim shorts with the hammer pulled back, apparently fired, hitting Patterson in the left buttock Wednesday afternoon.
"At first, I didn't feel anything at all," said Patterson, who talked readily about the incident Thursday at his parents' Bristow home.
Patterson said he walked into his parents' home and said, "Mom, I did something bad." "

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040806/ap_on_fe_st/shot_in_rear&e=1

[NorthernSpy]

5. poor gun handling really CAN cost you your ass

If it hadn't been just a .22, he'd be going through life one-bunned.

Why in blazes would anyone want to walk around with a cocked pistol in his shorts? Couldn't he afford a holster?


"I had good intentions, but I screwed the whole thing up," Patterson said.

Patterson said he was told to keep walking to avoid complications as the wound healed.

"It hurts fiercely now," he said while walking slowly and gingerly.


No, I'm not going to laugh at the man who shot his own bottom.


Mary

[iverglas]

9. Heh. C'mon

Why in blazes would anyone want to walk around with a cocked pistol in his shorts?

Don't we all know the answer to that one??

hahahaha.

[Endangered Specie]

11. Evolution in action (almost).

I think this might be an Honorable Mention.

[RamboLiberal]

4. Cop charged with shooting up S.I. strip club (NYC)

http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/219578p-188827c.html

On of New York's Finest was busted yesterday after peeling off 12 rounds from his service gun at a Staten Island strip club, cops said yesterday.

No one was hurt when the veteran transit cop fired his Glock at Curve's lobby entrance after he got into a late-night argument as he left the club on July 28, sources said.

Jonathan Lugo, 36, barely missed at least 50 customers and workers inside the Arthur Kill Road club, the sources told the Daily News.

Cops arrested Lugo at his Staten Island home about 5:30 p.m. yesterday and charged him with reckless endangerment, but more counts could follow. "Pretty much, this is probably the dumbest thing that he could have done," a law enforcement source said.

[MrBenchley]

6. God bless those Illinois Republicans

From a liberal pundit (are those folks allowed as sources down here?)

"I couldn't believe my good fortune when I came home last night after a long evening to see that the Illinois GOP had chosen Alan Keyes for its senate standard bearer against Barack Obama.
In an era of political drama often tilting toward tragedy, comedy isn't always an easy thing to summon from the news. But I'm confident that Keyes will be helping to rectify that problem.
Keyes is something else to watch on the hustings or in a debate. But calling him a master debater is rather like saying Dolly Parton has a dynamite bod or Lou Ferrigno is toned -- or, perhaps mostly aptly, that the Tasmanian Devil from the Bugs Bunny cartoons is quick on his feet. In other words, impressive in his own way, but also a bit cartoonish and rather less than subtle.
If and when these two guys debate what we're going to hear are rants from Keyes -- both spellbinding and inane -- about how tort reform is necessary to bring America back into compliance with natural law, how drug reimportation is incompatible with the principles outlined in the Declaration of Independence and how gun control has been outlawed by God. "

http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/week_2004_08_01.php#003249

By the way, scroll down further to find Katherine Harris pulling a ficitonal terrorist plot in Indiana out of her ass.

[NorthernSpy]

7. blech

:eyes:


Alan Keyes is a twit, his stance on rkba notwithstanding. He threw a pretty amusing tantrum when his party limited the number of nomination seekers at some big campaign thing in New Hampshire.

BTW, how does he pronounce his name? Is it Keyes, rhymes with fleas, or Keyes, rhymes with flies? I automatically read it as the second, but I think that most of country pronounces it the first way.


Mary

[MrBenchley]

8. Man Complains About Party, Brandishes Shotgun (MD)

"The incident in Baltimore's Federal Hill neighborhood has led to criminal charges and a separate investigation at Baltimore's Veteran's Administration Hospital, WBAL-TV 11 News I-Team lead investigative reporter Jayne Miller reported.
On Saturday night, Paul Shabaz called the front desk attendant of the Harbor Hill Apartment building to complain about music that was too loud at a birthday party in a neighboring apartment, Miller reported.
At some point afterward, Shabaz allegedly brandished a shotgun and took it to the building's front lobby.
Joe Fonte, the apartment building's owner, told the 11 News I-Team that the attendant called him, saying "Mr. Shabaz is at he bottom of the steps with a shotgun, and he wants you." "

http://www.thewbalchannel.com/news/3621396/detail.html

[MrBenchley]

10. Suspect in gun episode caught (NJ)

"PHILLIPSBURG -- A Phillipsburg man who eluded police after allegedly pointing a handgun at another man Monday night is now behind bars, town police report.
Michael Cook, 24, of the 500 block of South Main Street is charged with aggravated assault, unlawful possession of a weapon and possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, police report.
Police went to Shultz Avenue on Monday night after receiving a report of a suspect pointing a gun at another man.
Police found the suspects' vehicle with two occupants. The two suspects fled in the vehicle and police tracked them down in a municipal parking lot off Stockton Street. "

http://www.nj.com/news/expresstimes/nj/index.ssf?/base/news-5/1091698479100840.xml

[MrBenchley]

12. Huntington Jolly Pirate store robbed by man with handgun

Arrrrrgh!

"A man robbed Jolly Pirate Donuts, 110 5th Ave., about 4:15 a.m. Wednesday.
Two store employees said they were in the kitchen when the man, wearing all black clothing and a blue bandana that covered his face, appeared in the kitchen doorway with a handgun and demanded money. The man took an unknown amount of money from the register and fled east on 5th Avenue in a white, two-door vehicle."

http://www.herald-dispatch.com/2004/August/05/LNblott.htm

[MrBenchley]

13. 4 dead in South Texas shooting

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"POTEET, Texas — A mother, father, and their two children died Friday in what could be a murder-suicide, according to the Atascosa County Sheriff's Department.
The shootings occurred just before 11 a.m. at the family's residence in Poteet, 20 miles south of San Antonio.
One of the children survived the shooting but later died at University Hospital in San Antonio, hospital officials said. "

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/080604dntex4dead.4ed9b4d2.html

[MrBenchley]

14. Man allegedly confesses to Monday shooting (IN)

"SOUTH BEND -- A man who drove up while his girlfriend was having an argument has been charged with attempted murder in connection with Monday night's shooting of a man near Elmer and Humboldt streets.
Davee Bailey, 29, was shot in the chest and critically injured. Doctors told police that Bailey was lucky to survive and that they believe he will be paralyzed from the waist down. Documents list addresses in Country Club Hills, Ill., and Chicago for Bailey.
Jessie James Warren, 25, of South Bend, admitted to police he fired his gun at the man, according to court documents. Warren told investigators he wasn't sure whether Bailey had a gun, but he pulled out his own firearm and shot Bailey in the chest."

http://www.southbendtribune.com/stories/2004/08/06/local.20040806-sbt-LOCL-D3-Man_allegedly_confes.sto

[Ecowarrior22]

15. Woman kills four gunmen attacking her house in Chechnya

Gun control - Hitting your target!!!

Woman kills four gunmen attacking her house in Chechnya
06.08.2004, 16.10

GROZNY, August 6 (Itar-Tass) - The wife of a Justice Ministry official killed four gunmen who attacked her home in the settlement of Shali in Chechnya and who killed her husband, the press centre of the regional operational headquarters controlling the counter-terrorism operation in the North Caucasus told Itar-Tass on Friday.

Four bandits wearing masks and camouflage uniform attacked the house of the family of Justice Ministry official Ramzan Asukhanov at night. The bandits killed Asukhanov and attempted to drive away the VAZ car that was near the house.

Asukhanov's wife took her husband's submachine gun he had as an official and opened fire on the bandits.

One of the gunmen attempted to throw a grenade at the woman, but it exploded in his hands.

Three of the attackers died on the spot. The fourth, Islam Dakayev, a student of the Shali religious school, was wounded and died in a local hospital.

Other two attackers are identified as local resident Temirlan Israilov, 23, and Said Magomed Dzhabrailov, 31, from Grozny. The identity of the fourth has yet to be established.

The bandits' two submachine guns, two pistols and a radio set were found on the scene.

A document will be submitted to grant a state award to Asukhanova, headquarters sources said.

Earlier sources in the Chechen Interior Ministry said that gunmen had planned to kidnap Asukhanov and that he was killed in his relative's house.

[MrBenchley]

16. Boy o boy, it seeems like our "pro gun democrats" can hardly wait

until this country becomes another Chechnya or Somalia...