sábado, 6 de febrero de 2021

Newsvine - firearms

Source: The New York Times

The orchestrator of the most important gun control lawsuit of recent time (District of Columbia v. Heller) is a wealthy libertarian lawyer with little interest in guns. He has independently financed the case which he sees as a matter of constitutionality and personal freedom.

Source: The Baltimore Sun

On Thanksgiving day, an ex-wife and her 3 children were fatally shot by a 22 rifle by father and ex-husband, before he turned the gun on himself. Court records reveal she asked to have the firearm removed, but the law does not require long-barreled weapons to be removed.

Source: BBC News

Well we don't want to end up like America, do we?

Source: The New York Times

A letter criticizing congress for thier inability to pass any of the legislation proposed in response to Virginia Tech

Source: The New York Times

New York continues collecting illegal weapons with the numbers growing by the year. Additonaly nearly 85% of weapons that could be traced came from out of state.

Source: YLE uutiset

Under the proposed new EU directive, children under the age of 18 would not be allowed to possess firearms at all.

Source: The New York Times

Seven children and a principal were killed Wednesday when an 18-year-old student opened fire at a school, hours after he posted a video on YouTube foreshadowing the massacre.

Source: The Des Moines Register

The Iowa Board of Regents approved 6-to-2 a campus security plan that would require sworn police officers at Iowa's public universities to carry firearms...This decision reverses a 40-year-old policy prohibiting campus police from carrying guns.

Source: Raw Story

Burglars in the United States could once sue homeowners if they were shot, but now a growing number of states have made it legal to shoot to kill when somebody breaks into a house.

Source: The New York Times

A detective turned himself in on Monday, saying he shot and killed another driver after a traffic argument.

Source: The New York Times

A detective turned himself in to colleagues Monday, saying he shot and killed another driver after a traffic argument.

Source: Gizmodo

A robot cannon began wildly and autonomously firing its huge gun in South Africa last Friday, killing 9 soldiers and wounding 14.

Source: eurweb.com

....CLIFFORD HARRIS, 27, an entertainer also known as "T.I.," of College Park, Georgia, was arrested in Atlanta at approximately 2:30 p.m.

Source: sohh.com

...... rapper T.I was arrested and jailed just hours before he was to receive the award for Album of the Year and perform at the BET Awards today.

Source: Madkane.com

How to turn girls into killers? It's simple. Just sell their parents girlish pink guns.

Source: The New York Times

The 22-year-old freshman was walking through the campus carrying a plastic bag with the gun's barrel protruding.

Source: WorldNetDaily

In another move to destroy our rights, rabid anti-2nd amendment senators are pushing for a bill to deny ownership of firearms to a wide scope of people, including but not limited to, ex-military vets, those diagnosed as a kid with adhd, and many more ridiculous identifiers.

Source: The New York Times

Rudolph W. Giuliani appeared today before the National Rifle Association — a group he once likened to extremists — and defended his very vocal past advocacy of tougher gun laws while affirming the right of law-abiding citizens to bear arms.

Source: On The Hill

On the same day that Republican presidential candidate Rudolph Giuliani was to address gun-owners and Second Amendment advocates in Washington, senior officials from the firearms industry will be in Giuliani's hometown fighting a lawsuit the candidate filed -- and has refused to  …

Source: Reuters

The United States has 90 guns for every 100 citizens, making it the most heavily armed society in the world, a report released on Tuesday said.

I make no bones about the fact that I'll take any excuse to see my daughter, and an excuse the other day to not only see her, but to go to a big hunting/fishing/outdoor outfitting store, oh happy day! One of the things that they have that really interests me is a pedal boat.

Source: Yahoo! News

Maricopa County Sheriff's deputies removed 12 distressed pit bulls from the Phoenix area home of rapper-turned-actor DMX in a raid that also found a number of firearms, police said on Friday.

Like many Americans, my father in law is a single issue voter. While he holds considered and thoughtful opinions on topics ranging from a woman's right to choose to the occupation of Iraq, when the issue of gun control arises, all else fades to irrelevancy.

Source: The New York Times

The panel refused to allow police departments broader access to data that tracks gun sales.

Source: The New York Times

Leadership of Congress has shifted to the Democrats, but the National Rifle Association's power to block sensible steps to curb gun violence endures.