GUNS IN THE NEWS--September 22, 2004

[MrBenchley]

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[MrBenchley]

1. Principal's firing follows pupil-gun response delay (PA)

"LEBANON - A middle school principal may have lost his job because of a delay in reacting to reports of a student bringing a gun to school.
Superintendent Marianne Bartley yesterday confirmed there was a delay in calling police and locking down the school, but rebutted a report that administrators waited two to three hours to initiate the crisis plan. Bartley would not elaborate on the delay.
She confirmed Monday night that Flickinger was not one of the administrators who contacted police about reports of a gun being in the school.
Other administrators initiated the school's crisis plan after learning from students that an unidentified 14-year-old boy had brought to school a gun, a knife and a bullet that didn't fit the gun, Bartley said. "

http://pennlive.com/news/patriotnews/index.ssf?/base/news/1095844852197860.xml

[Endangered Specie]

2. Good riddance to bad rubbish!

[MrBenchley]

3. Mandan School Board deciding fate of student in BB gun incident (ND)

"The Mandan School Board expects to decide the fate of a 17-year-old student accused of bringing a BB gun to school and shooting another student with it.
Authorities say the incident happened September Ninth, and they say the boy told them he did not intentionally shoot the other student.
Principal Mark Andreson says the Board will meet tonight with school officials and decide whether he can return to school. "

http://www.kxma.com/news/local.asp?ID=4300

[Endangered Specie]

4. Man Shoots Wife (dead), Mistakes Her for Monkey (Malasia)

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - A Malaysian man shot and killed his wife after he mistook her for a monkey picking fruit in a tree behind their house, the New Straits Times said on Wednesday.

The man, 70, is being held by police for causing death through recklessness after he fired a shotgun at what he thought was a monkey in a mangosteen tree on Monday, the newspaper said.

His wife, 68, had used a ladder to climb into the tree and was picking the tropical fruit when she was shot. She was pronounced dead on arrival at a hospital, the paper said. The couple lived in central Malaysia and had raised 13 children.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=573&ncid=757&e=4&u=/nm/20040922/od_nm/people_malaysia_dc

Another family protected by gun ownership.

[MrBenchley]

5. Guns from Millbrae theft turn up in S.F.

"Police discovered the guns along with more than 20 others while executing a search warrant Thursday on Staples Avenue in the city's Sunnyside neighborhood, according to Lt. Rick Parry with the San Francisco Police Department's narcotics division.
Officers arrested a man living at the house, Robert Guay, 55, on weapons and drug charges, after the search turned up more than a pound of "crystal ice," a type of methamphetamine, police said.
Authorities have remained tight-lipped about Thursday's arrest and declined to say whether Guay is considered a suspect in the theft of 130 guns, reported stolen last month from Annie's Attic Self Storage.
A combination of pistols, rifles, shotguns and revolvers, valued at $100,000, the guns were taken from the federally licensed facility sometime in the last three years. "

http://www.sanmateocountytimes.com/Stories/0,1413,87~11268~2418418,00.html

Between the bobo who lost track of these guns for THREE YEARS, and the other fuckwit caught with the 388 guns, there's two very good reasons to have Congressional hearings into the corrupt gun industry.

[MrBenchley]

6. Editorial: Praying for guns to stay off the streets (PA)

"In the span of just over two weeks, five young men were killed in the city of Chester. The motive for the shootout on Sept. 4 is believed to be a domestic dispute over childcare.
The motives for the Sept. 15 and Sept. 19 shootings aren’t clear, although robbery is suspected in one of them.
The one common factor among the victims is the way they died. They were all victims of guns."

http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=12976058&BRD=1675&PAG=461&dept_id=18168&rfi=6

[MrBenchley]

7. Keep guns out of the wrong hands (IN)

"Our position is: The state should give police the tools they need to keep guns away from the mentally ill.
The need to change the law became clear in the wake of the Aug. 18 shooting death of Indianapolis Police Officer Timothy "Jake" Laird. He was killed during Kenneth Anderson's rampage through a Southside neighborhood. Anderson also shot to death his mother and wounded four other officers.
One of the sadder elements of the story is that police had actually confiscated Anderson's guns in January when his mother complained about his threatening behavior. Even though Anderson was diagnosed with schizophrenia, police returned his guns two months later, citing the lack of authority to keep the weapons. A review by the city's legal staff has since determined that IPD followed proper procedures in deciding to return Anderson's guns.
Now the legislature also needs to act by giving police the legal tools they need to stop another deadly assault before it begins."

http://www.indystar.com/articles/7/180566-7107-021.html

Kreskin predicts: any change like this will be proposed by a liberal Democrat, and opposed bitterly by the gun lobby....

[MrBenchley]

8. Lawyer: Man Bought Guns To Protect Cavs Player

Another innocent collector <snicker>

"CAMDEN, N.J. -- Lawyers for the stepfather of Cleveland Cavaliers guard Dajuan Wagner said he was buying guns to protect the player and his mother two years ago.
Prosecutors are alleging Wagner's stepfather, Leonard Paulk, bought some 20 weapons in 2002 as they try to prove he was involved in a drug conspiracy.
While Paulk is not charged with any gun crimes, the 34-year-old faces allegations he helped launder more than $1.6 million in drug revenues at casinos in Atlantic City and Mississippi."

http://www.newsnet5.com/news/3750952/detail.html

[MrBenchley]

9. Random gunshot sends man to hospital (LA)

Praise jeebus! The spirit of the wilderness descends again...and evidently some fuckwit took a blind shot at it....

"VICK - A dove hunting trip turned almost deadly for a Sulphur man when he was hit by a random bullet.
Gary Juneau, 34, continues to recover after a high-powered rifle bullet pierced his leg Labor Day weekend.
Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries agents said Monday that they still have no leads in the case."

http://www.thetowntalk.com/html/B8269E45-1B71-4FD4-AFFB-FD0888026907.shtml

[MrBenchley]

10. Gunshot victim recovers, man in custody (GA)

"GAINESVILLE - A Gainesville woman, an apparent innocent victim, was listed in stable condition at Northeast Georgia Medical Center Wednesday morning, recovering from a gunshot to her lower left leg.
Police Lt. Gary Entrekin said Mary Thompson, 33, responded to a knock at her door at 604 West Avenue at about 1:10 a.m. Wednesday. She told police a man outside fired a gunshot through the wall as he backed away from the door, according to Entrekin.
Witnesses told police they saw two men leaving the scene after the gunshot. Police found the men on Washington Street near West Avenue. Witnesses identified Diego Flores, 20, of 765 West Avenue as the alleged shooter. He's charged with one count of aggravated assault."

http://www.accessnorthga.com/news/hall/newfullstory.asp?ID=84626

[MrBenchley]

11. Man Held In Cousin's Shooting (AR)

"A Fort Smith man was arrested Tuesday in the shooting of his cousin, police said.
Officers arrested Emmanuel “Tweety” Davis, 20, in the shooting of Robert Jordan, 19, of Fort Smith, Fort Smith police detective Ron Lockhart said. Jordan was shot in the right leg and was being treated Tuesday evening at St. Edward Mercy Medical Center, he said.
The incident occurred about 4 p.m. Tuesday, outside Davis’ home in the 4500 block of North Avenue. Lockhart said the men argued about a girlfriend, and Davis, who was standing in the front yard, shot Jordan, who was in the street in front of the house.
At least three people witnessed the shooting, Lockhart said. The witnesses reported that Davis tried to fire several shots, but the gun jammed and he was able to fire only one shot."

http://www.swtimes.com/archive/2004/September/22/news/shooting.html

[MrBenchley]

12. Shootings at shelter work of especially cruel people (AR)

"For the second time in recent weeks, intruders entered the Animal Orphanage in Bauxite after closing hours. When they left, two dogs were dead, two were injured and many were wandering loose on the property.
Employees arriving to open the facility Monday morning found the two dead animals right away. Many of the other dogs were visibly traumatized by what had transpired in the preceding hours. In the previous incident, one dead dog was found and others were apparently frightened by what they had seen.
The animals' deaths appeared to have been caused by multiple gunshots.
What kind of individual could perpetrate such an act? It takes an especially cruel person to inflict harm on defenseless animals, just as it would on an innocent child or a frail, elderly person."

http://www.bentoncourier.com/articles/2004/09/22/opinions/74boped.txt

[MrBenchley]

13. Metro Sees 2 Shootings In 6 Hours (IA)

"At about 12:30 a.m. Wednesday, officers were called to 1549 Des Moines St. and found a man shot in the leg.
Witnesses told police they thought this shooting was in response to one at Club Cancun on Sunday morning.
About six hours earlier, Des Moines police were called to a shooting at the Oakridge Apartment complex, located at Oakridge and Keo Way.
Ricky Johnson, 17, of Des Moines, suffered a gunshot wound to the groin. He was listed in serious condition at a local hospital."

http://www.theiowachannel.com/news/3750597/detail.html

[MrBenchley]

14. Virginia Beach, Portsmouth Investigate Separate Shootings

"Police in Virginia Beach and Portsmouth are investigating separate shooting incidents early Wednesday morning.
In Virginia Beach, police say a robbery suspect was shot in the chest at Cape Henry Drive and Great Neck around 1:30am.
The suspect is recovering at an area hospital. Virginia Beach officials have not released any information on who shot the suspect.
In Portsmouth, police say a man in his 50's was shot in the back around midnight on the corner of Dale Drive and Columbus Avenue. "

http://www.wavy.com/Global/story.asp?S=2333127&nav=23iiRBGp