University Daily Kansan Aug 27, 2010
Restrictions Could Cut Gun Violence
Violence occurs everywhere but guns make it much worse- temporary moments of rage become permanent acts, as individuals wield an object that can instantly destroy life. Unfortunately for Americans, there are plenty of guns to go around. In 2007, 29,645 Americans died from gunshot wounds according to a study in Newsweek, a staggering number in comparison to other industrialized countries like Britain, which had only 176. With a disparity of this size, one wonders if Americans are simply more violent than, say, the British, Spanish, French, and Japanese combined, as the statistics suggest. That is until you compare our gun policies. With nearly ...read the full article


Bloomberg Aug 27, 2010
Beck-Palin Rally in Washington Drawing Supporters of `Babies, Guns, Jesus'
Fox News commentator Glenn Beck has a dream about the rally he and Tea Party heroine Sarah Palin plan in front of the Lincoln Memorial tomorrow in Washington: A crowd that organizers say could reach 300,000. Beck insists that the assembly -- on the same steps where Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech exactly 47 years earlier -- is not a political rally. Instead, it's billed as a celebration of the military, patriotism and American heritage. Organizers got a permit from the National Park Service that says they expect 300,000 people to attend, the Washington Post reported ...read the full article


Salt Lake Tribune Aug 27, 2010
Deputy Shot: Small Arizona Town Amid Tragedy
Fredonia, Ariz. • A Kane County sheriff's deputy's family, friends and colleagues grieved Friday, even as a determined contingent of Utah and Arizona law officers looked for his alleged killer near the Utah-Arizona state line. Law enforcement from Arizona and Utah converged on this small Arizona town, about 10 miles south of Kanab, to scour the desert foothills for 23-year-old Scott Curley. Police say he shot and killed deputy Brian Harris, 41, with a high-powered rifle. The shooting occurred at 2:23 p.m. during a foot pursuit, said Valerie Ausband, a spokeswoman for the Coconino County Sheriff's Office. Friends and family members of ...read the full article


Delaware County Daily Times Aug 26, 2010
Chester Council Passes New Gun Ordinance
CHESTER -- Chester City Council passed an ordinance requiring firearm owners to report lost or stolen handguns or face possible fines and/or imprisonment Wednesday. Handgun owners will have 72 hours to report any lost or stolen handgun after discovering it missing. If they fail to do so, they are subject to a maximum fine of $1,000 and/or a maximum prison sentence of 90 days. Chester officials have touted the legislation as another means of combating the violence the city has suffered throughout the summer. The city has incurred 12 homicides since May 1 and spent more than a month under a state ...read the full article


KDVR - TV (FOX - 31 Denver) Aug 26, 2010
Gun Found at Lakewood School in Kindergartner's Backpack
LAKEWOOD, Colo. - Lakewood Police were called to an elementary school Wednesday after a teacher found a gun in a student's backpack. The backpack belonged to a kindergartner at Molholm Elementary School at 6000 West 9th Avenue. The teacher found it while cleaning up the classroom. Authorities were immediately contacted, and school personnel secured the handgun until police arrived. "The handgun belonged to a parent of the student (who) inadvertently left it in the child's backpack prior to taking the child to school in the morning," a Lakewood police statement said. The parent says there certainly was no intention for the child to ...read the full article


WSMV - TV (NBC - 4 Nashville) Aug 25, 2010
Server: Guns In Restaurants A Workplace Hazard
Owners of Jackson's Bar and Restaurant in Hillsboro Village said they don't mind if permit holders bring guns inside. Unlike some places, there's no sign posted banning weapons. But a server at Jackson's said he thinks there should be. He has filed a complaint with Tennessee's Occupational Safety and Health Administration, or TOSHA, saying his bosses allowing guns on the job means he's in an unsafe work environment. "If an owner of a bar fails to post (a sign) and is allowing loaded weapons to be brought into a bar that serves alcohol, that creates a recognized hazard to the employees," said ...read the full article


Atlanta Journal-Constitution Aug 24, 2010
Guns in Churches? Not Yet. Case Moves Forward
Gun rights advocates have gained ground for Georgians to carry guns in more and more public places in Georgia, and a federal judge on Monday kept alive their effort to allow people to carry firearms into churches. If successful, the lawsuit to allow licensed gun owners to carry firearms into churches would be another victory for Georgia gun rights advocates. They have succeeded in recent years in securing rights to carry guns on MARTA, in certain bars, and in school parking lots. U.S. District Judge C. Ashley Royal declined Monday to grant a preliminary injunction to allow guns in houses of worship, ...read the full article


Minneapolis Star-Tribune Aug 23, 2010
'Straw' Gun Buyers Leave a Bloody Trail
Give Mark Koscielski the slightest indication that the gun you want to buy from him may not be for you, and the sale's over. "Say a couple comes in, and the male is looking at guns while the female doesn't do anything, and finally he says, 'I will take this gun,'" said the owner of Koscielski's Guns and Ammo in south Minneapolis. "We hand him the federal form, and he will hand it to his girlfriend or wife. Can't do that." That's how federal authorities want gun sellers to respond to "straw buyers" -- people with no criminal record who buy a ...read the full article


Associated Press Aug 23, 2010
Stray Bullet Prompts Call for More Border Security
EL PASO, Texas -- Texas Gov. Rick Perry is again calling for the federal government to step up border security after officials said at least one stray bullet from a weekend shootout in Mexico hit a University of Texas-El Paso building. A 30-minute fire fight between gunmen and police broke out Saturday along the border in Ciudad Juarez. That's just across the Rio Grande from El Paso and is ground zero in the Mexican drug cartel war. The next day, university officials found a bullet lodged in an office door frame inside a campus building. Police believe it flew across the border ...read the full article


Illinois Radio Network Aug 23, 2010
Closing the Gun Show Loophole
An Illinois congressman says he supports legislation that would close what he calls a loophole in regulations regarding gun sales at gun shows. U.S. Representative Mike Quigley says the "gun show loophole" is a gap in federal law that allows person-to-person sales at gun shows without a background check. Quigley says those weapons can end up in the hands of anyone, including terrorists, felons and the mentally disabled. Quigley says the Gun Show Loophole Closing Act of 2009 would require background checks at gun shows in all 50 states, assuring guns don't end up in the wrong hands. The law would affect neighboring ...read the full article