GUNS IN THE NEWS - June 2, 2004

[CO Liberal]

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[CO Liberal]

1. Gray Court (SC) man charged with murder in Memorial Day shooting

What a wonderful way to honor the war dead - blow someone else away.... - Wayne

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Gray Court man charged with murder in Memorial Day shooting

(Laurens-AP) June 2, 2004 - A Gray Court man has been shot to death, and another man has been arrested.

Johnny Rufus Belcher of Gray Court has been charged with murder in the Memorial Day shooting.

Sheriff's deputies say Sammie Suber was shot twice.

Sheriff Randy Chastain says a fight broke out about 8:30 Monday night.

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http://www.wistv.com/Global/story.asp?S=1911523&nav=0RaPNadZ

[CO Liberal]

2. Arrest Made In Deadly Joyride Shooting (PA)

More lives terminated or changed forever, thanks to the easy availableity of guns in this country. - Wayne

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Arrest Made In Deadly Joyride Shooting

Adams Died From Gunshot Wound To Head

POSTED: 9:04 am EDT June 2, 2004

PITTSBURGH -- Overnight, police arrested a teen in connection with the murder of a 14-year-old girl.

Police make an arrest for the shooting death of a 14-year-old Penn Hills girl.

Brandon Robinson, 16, was arraigned overnight on murder charges in the shooting death of Karis Adams in Lincoln-Lemington Monday.

Police said Robinson opened fire on a car of teens. A bullet hit Adams in the head.

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http://www.wpxi.com/news/3372186/detail.html

[CO Liberal]

3. Brother To Be Sentenced For Sister's Shooting Death (OH)

Yet another family destroyed by guns. - Wayne

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Brother To Be Sentenced For Sister's Shooting Death

The mother of a murder victim is praying her daughter's killer gets the minimum sentence.

That's because the man responsible for her daughter's death is her own son.

Nicole Wright was just 17-years-old when she was shot and killed by her 19-year-old brother Sean.

Investigators said Wright was visiting her brother at his Northside home when she was shot last November.

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http://www.wcpo.com/news/2004/local/06/02/wright.html

[CO Liberal]

4. Businessmen charged in gun-running ring (GA)

The corrupt gun industry strikes again. - Wayne

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Businessmen charged in gun-running ring

By Lori Glenn

MOULTRIE -- Police investigators arrested two Moultrie store owners on federal charges Tuesday in connection with a gun-running operation.

The arrests are the culmination of 25 months of investigation by the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Moultrie Police Department (MPD) Chief Investigator Sgt. Roger Lindsay said. On Thursday, a federal grand jury indicted the two on charges of conspiracy and making false statements on federal firearms records.

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http://www.moultrieobserver.com/articles/2004/06/02/news/news01.txt

[CO Liberal]

5. Man charged with pointing gun at group (AR)

And yet the pro-gunners want to make it EASIER for assholes like this to get permits to darry concealed weapons? - Wayne

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Man charged with pointing gun at group

By SHARON MILLER
Bulletin Staff Writer

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An Oklahoma man was arrested for terroristic threatening during the weekend after he allegedly pointed a gun at others in a group floating the Buffalo River with him, according to information from Marion County Sheriff Carl McBee.

McBee said Timothy Micheal Thompson, 32, was arrested by investigators from the Sheriff's Department and National Park Service rangers.

The arrest and subsequent charges were based on complaints made by campers and floaters at the Buffalo River Bridge Sunday night.

According to McBee's information, Thompson got into a dispute with others in the floating party. He said Thompson went to his vehicle, got a 9 mm pistol and pointed the gun at others in his group.

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http://www.baxterbulletin.com/news/stories/20040602/localnews/552603.html

[Romulus]

18. not "easier," just a fair-play due process system (eom).

[CO Liberal]

20. Which, as a Consequence....

...makes it easier for assholes to get their grubby hands on guns.

[MrBenchley]

6. Lynn bar owner's gun permit yanked

"LYNN -- A city bar owner's license to carry a concealed weapon has been suspended as a result of a March 31 gun-related incident at his Western Avenue establishment, which has been ordered closed.
     Revere Police Chief Terry Reardon, the issuing authority for gun permits in that city, said he suspended Revere resident Martin Dolan's license to carry a firearm after receiving information from Lynn police and city licensing officials.
     Dolan, owner of the T-Bone Rigatoni restaurant, at 939 Western Ave., appeared before the License Commission last week to explain why he was intoxicated in the establishment's parking lot after closing and why his shoulder holster was empty. Lynn police found the loaded handgun on a shelf in Dolan's unlocked office in the basement of the restaurant. "

http://www.thedailyitemoflynn.com/news/view.bg?articleid=6311

[MrBenchley]

7. Suspect dead, police officer wounded in Golden Valley shooting (MN)

"GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn. - A domestic dispute turned deadly early Wednesday in the suburbs west of Minneapolis, where a man was shot, a police chase ensued and the suspect in the earlier shooting was shot and killed by police.
A St. Louis Park police officer also was shot in the leg after the suspect rammed a police car in Golden Valley, authorities said.
McGowan said the series of events began around 1:30 a.m. Wednesday with a domestic dispute involving a suspect and his estranged wife in St. Louis Park.
Authorities said a man somehow got involved in that dispute and was shot and critically wounded.
Police then pursued the suspect for about two miles into Golden Valley, where the suspect rammed his vehicle into a police car and was killed in an exchange of gunfire."

http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/8818493.htm

[MrBenchley]

8. APD Investigates Triple Shooting At Adult Dance Club

"Albuquerque police are trying to piece together a triple shooting that happened early Tuesday at a northeast adult dance club.
Police said officers were called out just before 2 a.m. to a shooting at the Eclipse Cabaret on the 1600 block of University Northeast. When they arrived, police found a teen boy, about 16 or 17 years old, who had been shot in the upper body.
Investigators said the teen was in very serious condition when paramedics took him to a local hospital. "

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ibsys/20040601/lo_koat/2228948

[MrBenchley]

9. Slaying victim shot repeatedly by biker gang member, court told

DON KOHLBAUER / Union-Tribune
"EL CAJON – A motorcycle gang member with a long history of violence pulled a .45-caliber pistol from his waistband outside a bar and fatally shot an unarmed man who had ties to a rival gang, prosecutors said yesterday.
Ray Nolan Waldron, 29, is being tried in El Cajon Superior Court in the Sept. 27 shooting death of David "L.J." Florentine, 56, shortly after midnight outside an East Bradley Avenue bar just outside El Cajon.
Waldron, a member of the Mongols motorcycle gang, "shot repeatedly at L.J. Florentine in the parking lot of Kelly's Pub" after a brief verbal confrontation, prosecutor Gordon Paul Davis said in his opening statement.
Waldron also shot a second man, who was hit in a leg, Davis said. Florentine was hit with five bullets and died at the scene. "

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20040602-9999-2m2biker.html

[MrBenchley]

10. Model/Actress shot in subway

"An up-and-coming actress was shot and wounded aboard a midtown subway Tuesday afternoon by a mystery gunman, police said.
Monica Meadows, 23, was sitting on a northbound W train when the gunman, described by witnesses as scruffy-looking with a medium build, stood up and opened fire, a single small-caliber bullet striking Meadows in the shoulder and exiting.
Her ex-boyfriend, who joined her current boyfriend and a female friend at her bedside late Tuesday, said Meadows told him there was an argument on the train in which she was not involved.
Police said the witnesses they interviewed did not report seeing or hearing an argument, but they did not rule out the possibility that Meadows, seated between two men when she was shot, was not the intended target."

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/entertainment/news/celebrity/nyc-shot0602,0,6888527.story?coll=sfla-entertainment-headlines

[Hrumph]

11. Gun trumps knife

http://www.spokesmanreview.com/allstories-news-story.asp?date=060104&ID=s1525429



"As Cooper, 33, and the California man argued over the quality of the work, Cooper pulled what officers described as a “Crocodile Dundee” knife, which was 1 1/2 feet long. He struck the California man in the head with the knife, police said. Uncowed by the Spokane man's bold but somewhat primitive technique, the California man retrieved the .357 from his car, police said. Cooper then opted to leave, police said."

[MrBenchley]

16. Yeah, THOSE are the voters we ought to pander to....(snicker)

Funny, you missed THIS in the same round-up...

"Two men in black masks and military green jumpsuits robbed a Valley tavern Monday morning, herding the bartender and two customers into a restroom, then pillaging the business for several minutes.
The pair, one of who brandished a stainless steel-colored pistol, entered The Bayou Bar and Grill, 4511 N. Barker Road, through a back door about 9:20 a.m. Monday, Spokane Valley Police said. The two suspects took an undisclosed amount of cash from the till, the safe, the pull tab machines and the bartender's purse before leaving, police said. "

http://www.spokesmanreview.com/allstories-news-story.asp?date=060104&ID=s1525429

[Hrumph]

12. Courier Clobbers Would-be Robber

http://tv.ksl.com/index.php?nid=5&sid=96522

LOGAN, Utah (AP) -- A would-be robber pepper-sprayed a money courier, who then clobbered him with his gun and held him at gunpoint until officers arrived, police said.

The Loomis Fargo and Co. courier, Tyler Kerby, 23, "is more of a hero than anything," Logan Police Capt. Eric Collins said.

[CO Liberal]

14. Old Story - Dated May 26th.

It should have been posted last week.

[Hrumph]

13. Would-Be Burglars Hit Wrong House

http://www.woai.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=9AFDBFC6-137E-4F4D-B040-A4D2A80F02E5


"He heard them bust a window from the back. It piqued his interest and he was waiting in the bedroom," said Sergeant Pat Michalec.

He was waiting with a large handgun. When police arrived, they found the homeowner had the suspect right where he wanted him.

[CO Liberal]

15. Another Old Story

Dated 5/27/04.

Here's an excerpt from guideline #1 that we poste very day at the top of these GITN threads:

In order to be considered current, stories should have been originally posted on the Internet within the previous 24 hours, or provide follow-up to a story that was previously posted on the J/PS board.

[MrBenchley]

17. 16-year-old arrested in Mountain View shooting

"A 16-year-old Anchorage boy has been arrested and charged with manslaughter in the shooting death of another teenager over the weekend, according to court papers filed in the case.
Raymond Watson also has been charged with tampering with physical evidence, the document says. The charging documents were filed in Anchorage District Court.
Terrance Price, 17, died early Saturday after being shot in the chest in an apartment in south Mountain View, Anchorage police said.
The court papers, filed Sunday, say witnesses told police that Watson and Price were alone in a bedroom in the apartment when a shot was fired and Price came out screaming. Price lived for at least four more hours and was able to talk to police and paramedics, the court document says."

http://www.adn.com/alaska/story/5145638p-5076083c.html

Quick...what right wing lobbying group that has odious nutcase Grover Norquist on its board publishes a gun magazine for kids?

[MrBenchley]

19. Child Survives Gunshot Wound To Head

"A bullet was lodged in the boy's brain, said Los Angeles Media Relations Officer Jason Lee.
The 7-year-old named Danny was said to have been playing with friends in the 15100 block of Nurmi Street when the shooting occurred, police said.
NBC4's Nerissa Witherspoon reported that Danny was jumping on a trampoline when he was shot in the head.
Neighbors were shaken by the incident."

http://www.nbc4.tv/news/3371441/detail.html

[MrBenchley]

21. Son, 5, May Have Seen Apparent Murder-Suicide (OH)

"Police said when they answered a domestic disturbance call Tuesday, they found 27-year-old David Bolyard outside his home, dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Rebecca Bolyard, 23, was found dead inside the home on Myers Road in Summit County.
NewsChannel5's partner, The Akron Beacon Journal, reported that the couple's 5-year-old son and the caller who initially notified police were present for part of the incident. The child is now in the care of relatives."

http://www.newsnet5.com/news/3372025/detail.html

[CO Liberal]

22. A Young Child Possibly Scarred Emotionally For Life...

...because someone just HAD to have a gun.

:-(

[TexasMexican]

25. would it have been better...

if he used a knife?

[CO Liberal]

26. No...

...it would have been better if he hadn't committed the murder-suicide. Guns just make it too easy to do things like that.

[MrBenchley]

23. Search For Shooter Continues (NB)

"OMAHA, Neb. -- Omaha police continued a citywide search for a gunman Wednesday at midday.
Police say a man was shot at the Razzle Dazzle Club in Council Bluffs. It was originally believed he was shot as he drove down Interstate 480 near Interstate 29. Now police think he was shot at the club, then crashed his vehicle as he drove.
Wednesday morning, Omaha police searched in the Dundee neighborhood, where they thought the shooter was spotted. They surrounded a house near 49th and Chicago streets, where they were told the gunman may be hiding. A woman was being questioned, but she is apparently not the suspect."

http://www.theomahachannel.com/news/3372415/detail.html

[MrBenchley]

24. Shootout Shuts Down Neighborhood (MO)

"KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A shootout shut down a Kansas City neighborhood, leaving a driver in critical condition and the shooter on the run.
Police first thought the still unidentified driver was the victim of road rage, but then it became clear that the shots were coming from up the block, and the wounded driver had raced from there so fast that he was nearly airborne.
Neighbors said after some 15 shots, the gunman vanished."

http://www.kctv5.com/Global/story.asp?S=1912436&nav=1PubNb4f