GUNS IN THE NEWS--September 17, 2004

[MrBenchley]

As CO Liberal sez:
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[MrBenchley]

1. Student fires gun at Gary school (IN)

"GARY, Ind. -- A student who police say fired a handgun inside a high school during a lunch period fight remained at large today even though he returned to the school with his mother.
A surveillance tape showed that a fight broke out Wednesday in the Wirt High School commons area, with the student who shot three bullets into the ceiling then fleeing the school, police said. No injuries were reported.
Investigators identified the student who shot the gun, but he could not be found Wednesday.
The student returned to Wirt today with his mother, and school officials showed the mother the videotape, police Lt. Roger Smith said. The mother then took her son from the school, evading police officers."

http://www.indystar.com/articles/3/179162-7783-103.html

Who can guess what scummy right wing extremist group publishes a gun magazine for kids?

[MrBenchley]

2. D.C. Gun Bill May Be Linked to Budget

registration required...and then Dianne Feinstein will know where you are! Bwahahahaha!
"A move to repeal virtually all the District's gun restrictions has received a boost in the Senate, where gun rights supporters led by Idaho Republican Sen. Larry E. Craig are seeking to get the measure passed as an amendment to the city's 2005 budget.
If the effort were to succeed, it would markedly increase the chances of the repeal passing Congress this fall. A similar measure in the House has more than enough co-sponsors to pass that chamber and has been promised a floor vote this fall by GOP House leaders.
Craig and pro-gun lobbyists are canvassing members of Mayor Anthony A. Williams (D) assailed the Republican-led push to undo the District's gun laws, which date to the early years of home rule in the city in the 1970s, saying that such a move would lead to more violence and bloodshed in the city.
Williams used his weekly news conference Wednesday to issue a rare challenge to lawmakers, reading the names of 14 District children who have been shot to death this year and asking whether Congress remembered them. "

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27105-2004Sep16.html

Bin Laden and Al Qaeda may hate our freedoms...but they're school kids next to the gun lobby which REALLY hates them.

[MrBenchley]

3. Authorities find ammo, guns in wake of standoff (GA)

Another one of those "law abiding responsible gun owners" we never have to worry about (ri-i-i-i-i-i-ight). Wonder how much this little celebration of the second amendment set back taxpayers?

"After a 14-hour standoff, Simms was convinced by a federal negotiator to come down from a gravel hopper on his family's land late Monday night, and he and his son were arrested and jailed on contempt-of-court charges.
According to the Athens County Sheriff's Office, a search of the hopper where Simms had made his stand turned up a high-powered rifle, a handgun and 1,000 rounds of ammunition.
Athens County Sheriff Vern Castle said Tuesday that Simms had told him prior to the standoff that he would not put up a fight when officers came to arrest him and his son Danny Simms II, on contempt-of-court charges.
"Danny Simms (Sr.) told me on the phone that he would offer 'token resistance,' were his words," Castle said. "His definition of 'token resistance' and mine must be different.""

http://www.athensnews.com/issue/article.php3?story_id=18107

[MrBenchley]

4. Officials: Fight Among Students Escalates To Gunfire (TX)

"HOUSTON -- A gunfight in the middle of a northwest Harris County neighborhood injured two people but sent three to a hospital Wednesday, Local 2 reported.
Sheriff's deputies said it started with a fight between three Klein Forest High School students and led to a shooting on Harper Forest near West Mount Houston Road.
Investigators said several people drove up to a home, jumped out and started shooting."

http://www.click2houston.com/news/3735621/detail.html

[MrBenchley]

5. Slain woman's family takes grief, questions to the street (MN)

"Grief poured onto a dark St. Paul street Wednesday night as the family of an 18-year-old woman who was fatally shot begged for information about her killer. A woman standing at the center of a cluster of women on the sidewalk in front of 939 Carroll Av. yelled, "Didn't someone know who he was?" as others wept.
The victim was dead of a gunshot wound when officers were called to the house at 10:19 p.m., said St. Paul Police Department spokesman Paul Schnell. Police did not release the victim's name.
A man wearing a black T-shirt was seen running from the back of the house, but so far no suspect has been identified, Schnell said."

http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/4983953.html

[MrBenchley]

6. 3 Students Shot After School (OH)

"CLEVELAND -- Three Cleveland high school students have been shot after school this week in two separate incidents.
A 14-year-old at John Marshall High School was grazed in the leg by a bullet on Monday while headed home from school. Police have no suspects.
Across town, two students were wounded by gunfire Wednesday after a fight broke out near East High School."

http://www.newsnet5.com/news/3739019/detail.html

[MrBenchley]

7. Teenager shot in Missouri City home (TX)

"HOUSTON -- A Missouri City teenager remains in the hospital Friday morning after being shot in the neck Thursday evening. The home where the shooting took place was in the 4200 block of Woodlake.
Life Flight was called to pick up a 16-year-old boy who was shot in the neck. Investigators say two young friends were in the house when the gun they were handling accidentally went off. The young man who was shot was taken to the hospital in critical condition. Doctors say the bullet entered his neck but lodged near his spine. "

http://www.khou.com/news/local/stories/khou040917_nh_teenagershot.12665dbfa.html

[MrBenchley]

8. Man found shot to death on Dallas freeway (TX)

"DALLAS -- A man was found fatally shot this morning in the driver's seat of a car parked on the median of a busy North Texas freeway, police said.
The victim, who was not immediately identified, was found dead inside a two-door Cadillac sedan along Interstate 35E, police said. He had been shot multiple times.
Police temporarily closed all northbound lanes of the highway for their investigation, causing major traffic jams during the morning rush hour. "

http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/metropolitan/2800669

[MrBenchley]

9. O'Hara gets 16 years in shooting death of teenage boyfriend (NV)

"A Sparks woman has been sentenced to 16 years in prison for the shooting death of her 17-year-old boyfriend.
Thirty-one year old Shawna O'Hara will be eligible for parole in a little over three years under the sentence handed down Thursday by Washoe District Judge Steven Elliott.   
O'Hara pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter for the March 16th killing of Jeremy Dinkens. "

http://www.krnv.com/Global/story.asp?S=2313679&nav=8faOR1QK

[Endangered Specie]

12. Guns are so romantic arent they?

ugh

[MrBenchley]

10. Man Shot, Wounded In Front Of Hamtramck Home

"A Hamtramck man was shot and wounded after answering a knock on his front door early Tuesday, Local 4 reported.
Police say a gunman fired shots at the man when he stepped out onto the porch of his home on Dorothy Street.
"I heard a gunshot and then I heard two more after that," said Floyd Surman, a neighbor.
Residents in the area reported hearing someone screaming for help."

http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/3730743/detail.html

[MrBenchley]

11. Middletown shootings thought to be related (OH)

"MIDDLETOWN - A large fight at a bar here early today ended with one man shot early Friday and led to two other shootings, police said.
Gabriel Tyron Smith, 25, of Middletown, was in stable condition at Middletown Regional Hospital. He was shot in the back around 2 a.m. in the parking lot of Atlantis Night Club, 1200 Elliott Dr.
As police were investigating that shooting, they were called to a report of shots being fired at the Edward Brothers Hall, 1402 First Ave.They found two vehicles damaged by gunfire. Officers were also called to the 2200 block of Hill Avenue on a shots fired call, as well. "

http://www.enquirer.com/midday/09/09182004_News_mday_mtownshooting18.html

[MrBenchley]

13. Two charged in fatal shootings (WI)

"According to the criminal complaint filed in Milwaukee County Circuit Court:
Aldo Flores-Lopez fired the shot that killed Fermin Hernandez-Gutierrez, 22, outside the Mi Ranchito bar, 2366 S. 9th Place, just after 2 a.m. on July 17. Flores-Lopez also shot Victor Vega, 23, as he fled with two other men.
Hernandez-Gutierrez died outside the bar. Vega died several hours later at Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital in Wauwatosa.
Flores-Lopez's cousin, Ismael Baltazar-Flores, waited in a nearby car to drive Flores-Lopez from the scene. The shootings were gang-related, the complaint states."

http://www.jsonline.com/news/metro/sep04/259580.asp

[MrBenchley]

14. Police Arrest Teen Shooting Suspect (MD)

"Baltimore, MD (WJZ) Police say a 14-year-old is under arrest in the shooting and robbery of a 15-year-old earlier this week.
Fifteen-year-old Christopher Richardson was shot in the head several times Monday night along West North Avenue."

http://wjz.com/localstories/local_story_261125723.html