GUNS IN THE NEWS - July 7, 2004

[CO Liberal]

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[MrBenchley]

1. Mother, son accused of firing gun, beating teens on bus (MS)

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SHAW, Miss. — Bolivar County authorities have filed charges against a girl's mother and brother, accusing them of boarding a bus on which the girl had been involved a fight, firing a gun and striking several teenagers with a heavy object.
The girl's mother allegedly fired a handgun once, and the girl's brother allegedly struck several kids in the back and head with a crowbar or piece of pipe and busted windows that cut several more, Thompson said.
The privately operated bus was carrying about 20-30 Greenville-area teenagers home from a Greenville skating rink when two girls began fighting, Thompson said.
"One of the girls apparently contacted her mother or brother by cell phone, and they met the bus when the driver stopped at Johnson's Grocery in Shaw," Thompson said."

http://www.ajc.com/news/content/news/0704/07busfight.html

Another noble celebration of freedom...

[MrBenchley]

2. Gun advocates seek to stop enforcement of firearm ban (CA)

"SAN FRANCISCO -- Gun-rights supporters filed legal papers in federal court Tuesday seeking to block Contra Costa County from enforcing its controversial ban on the sale of .50-caliber rifles.
Attorneys representing a coalition of gun enthusiasts, manufacturers, publishers and retailers will appear in U.S. District Court in San Francisco Aug. 12 requesting a preliminary injunction.
A month ago, the groups sued the county in federal court, charging that the ordinance violates First Amendment free speech rights and is pre-empted by state law.
On April 6, the Board of Supervisors approved the law prohibiting the sale of .50-caliber rifles in the unincorporated county. The motion seeks to stop the county from enforcing its new law until the merits of the lawsuit can be heard in court.
The lawsuit argues that the county ordinance infringes on free speech by effectively barring magazines and newsletters that happen to contain advertisements for .50-caliber rifles. "

http://www.trivalleyherald.com/Stories/0,1413,86~10671~2257292,00.html

Free speech?!? Gee, he said, I wonder why the crooked gun industry and their loony-tunes supporters didn't sue under the Second Amendment, seeing as how they ALL claim loud and long it gives them an individual right to these guns?

You don't suppose this rancid bunch all forgot there was a Second Amendment, do you? Don't you think one of our "pro-gun democrats" ought to remind them?

[MrBenchley]

3. Girl, 17, is hurt in gun accident (MD)

Another family made safer by guns...

"An 18-year-old playing with a handgun he grabbed out of his father's safe accidentally shot a teenage girl yesterday afternoon in his Woodbine home, Howard County police said.
The girl, 17, was standing in a first-floor bathroom when she was hit in the chest by a single bullet from the small-caliber gun fired accidentally by Benjamin M. Allen, said Pfc. Richard Malcolm, a Howard police spokesman.
Allen had taken out the gun to show the girl and three 18-year-old friends who had entered the house after swimming in a pool on the property, Malcolm said. "

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/howard/bal-ho.shooting07jul07,0,4722373.story?coll=bal-local-howard

[MrBenchley]

4. Russian roulette gun had been stolen (ID)

"Boise police have determined the .38-caliber revolver Timothy Ray Smith used to fatally shoot himself during a game of Russian roulette Saturday morning was stolen during a car burglary in late June.
Detectives think Smith brought the gun to the party but were still investigating how he was connected to that burglary, police spokeswoman Lynn Hightower said. Detectives continued to interview witnesses Tuesday, she said.
Smith, 18, reportedly shot himself in the head about 1:40 a.m. Saturday during an underage drinking party in the 1100 block of Belmont Street, just south of the Boise State University campus. He was taken to a local hospital, where he died a short time later, according to police reports.
Witnesses told police the shooting occurred after Smith and another man got into a verbal dispute on the patio about who was tougher, which led to a game of Russian roulette."

http://www.idahostatesman.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20040707/NEWS01/407070329/1002/NEWS03

Guess he showed those people how tough he was....

[MrBenchley]

5. 2 plead guilty in scheme to sell guns to gang (IL)

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"Two men pleaded guilty to federal firearms offenses Tuesday in connection with a scheme to purchase semiautomatic pistols and other guns in Indiana and sell them to Chicago street gang members.
Craig Hughes, 32, of Indianapolis admitted in U.S. District Court in Chicago that he acted as a "straw purchaser" for the New Breeds street gang by falsely claiming to be the buyer when he purchased the weapons at an Indianapolis gun shop.
Between 1998 and 2001, Hughes bought 16 guns that he sold to co-defendant Cory Miles, 27, of Chicago, an admitted New Breeds gang member, and other members of the Chicago gang, said Assistant U.S. Atty. Virginia Kendall.
At least seven of those weapons were recovered in Chicago during investigations of various criminal activities, according to court records.
Among those was a .357 caliber revolver bought by Hughes just 14 days before Chicago police seized the handgun from a 17-year-old in 2000 after a shooting, the records show."

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chicago/chi-0407070391jul07,1,160907.story?coll=chi-newslocalchicago-hed

I'm sure he seemed like just anotehr honest "collector"... in a pig's eye.

[MrBenchley]

6. Gunshot victim dies in hospital; girlfriend charged with murder (AL)

"LACEY'S SPRING — A man who was shot early Sunday morning died at Huntsville Hospital on Monday, and Morgan County Sheriff's Department charged his girlfriend with murder.
Investigators said the gunshot stemmed from an argument between the two. During the 1:30 a.m. argument, the victim's 25-year-old brother, Victor Alcazar-Miranda, tried to intercede and was attacked by his brother, according to the Sheriff's Department. Marquez then retrieved a .25-caliber pistol and shot her boyfriend once. "

http://www.decaturdaily.com/decaturdaily/news/040706/shot.shtml

[MrBenchley]

7. Dayton Police Find Gunshot Victim (OH)

"Dayton police found the man in his car at the Shell gas station at the intersection of East Third and Drury streets around 2:30 a.m., but officers said the shooting happened somewhere else.
Investigators said the victim was missing his pants and shoes, so they are investigating this as a robbery-related shooting."

http://www.whiotv.com/news/3501419/detail.html

[MrBenchley]

8. Comal Sheriff's deputy forced to shoot a man (TX)

" It happened before 8 a.m. at the Tom Creek Boat Storage Facility near Startzville in Comal County.
The Comal Sheriff's Office said the owner of the storage facility called them and told them about a suspicious person in the area.
"One of our officers arrived on scene, saw a subject walking, a male subject, walking away. He asked him to come back, when he came back he asked him if he would retrieve some sort of ID or identification and when the officer went to his truck to retrieve the identification, he produced a 12 gage shot gun, pointed it in the direction of the officer and the officer fired some rounds at the suspect,"

http://news9sanantonio.com/content/top_stories/default.asp?ArID=13427

[MrBenchley]

9. Man Found Fatally Shot On Loading Dock (TX)

"HOUSTON -- Gunfire erupted at a southeast Houston business Tuesday, killing one man and leaving police searching for his killer.
Officers said an argument between two men led to the deadly shooting at a body shop in the 2600 block of Lidstone at Carrolton around 5 p.m. Tuesday."

http://www.click2houston.com/news/3501537/detail.html

[MrBenchley]

10. Boy shot teen, own mom, police say (LA)

"A 13-year-old boy is accused of shooting a 14-year-old boy in the chest and shooting his own mother in the hand after a fistfight escalated Monday night at the Reynes Street scattered-site public housing complex on Old Gentilly Road.
The injured boy is in stable condition at Charity Hospital's intensive care unit, said his mother, June Butler, who Tuesday described the incident as a "fight over nonsense."
Butler said a bullet entered her son's chest, pierced his lung and exited his body. "

http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/metro/index.ssf?/base/news-3/1089189056303050.xml

[MrBenchley]

11. Police identify shooting victim (MO)

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"Independence police on Tuesday identified Michael Chaney as the resident who shot at his family three times before killing himself outside a McDonald's restaurant.
Detective George Parks said Chaney, 37, had been arrested three times on city charges of domestic violence. Court records on two incidents from 2002 and 2003 are closed. Records are closed when charges are dismissed or when the defendant is acquitted or has passed probation after a plea. The latest arrest occurred June 18, 2004. That case had been pending.Police said Chaney shot himself about 9:45 p.m. Monday at Missouri 291 and Gudgell Road. Chaney's mother accompanied her son's estranged wife and the children — a 2-year-old girl and a 6-week-old boy — to McDonald's."

http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/9093661.htm

[MrBenchley]

12. Shooting suspect surrenders (PA)

" A Brackenridge man who police said has a history of being involved in shootings turned himself over to authorities Tuesday afternoon on charges connecting him to a shooting Sunday in New Kensington.
Jared Allen, 23, of Morgan Street, is charged with allegedly firing shots into a house at 1025 Kenneth Ave. at about 3 p.m. Sunday.
According to an affidavit of probable cause, two unnamed individuals inside the house heard a car drive by, a green Chevrolet Malibu. When the individuals looked outside, they said they saw Allen pointing a gun -- one said it was possibly a rifle -- at the house, the report said. Moments later, according to the report, they said that Allen began shooting at the house. "

http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/valleynewsdispatch/news/s_202283.html

[MrBenchley]

13. One Charged in Girl's Shooting (PA)

"PHILADELPHIA-July 7, 2004 — A 20-year-old man has been arrested in the shooting of an eight-year-old Philadelphia girl.
Police say Israel Williams of Philadelphia was arrested early Tuesday after highway patrol officers stopped the car he was driving. Williams is charged with attempted murder and related offenses.
Officials say 8-year-old Danievia Rolona was hit by the gunfire as Williams apparently shot at her neighbor in the city's Port Richmond section of the city Monday evening. "

http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/news/07072004_nw_girlshot.html

[MrBenchley]

14. Police Say Man Used Shotgun To Commit Murder, Suicide (KY)

"(JONANCY, Ky., July 7th, 2004) -- Kentucky State police say two Pike County residents are dead after an apparent squabble involving multiple weapons and foul play.
Troopers were called to a house Tuesday morning where they found 74-year-old Emma Holbrook and 31-year-old Chad Holbrook dead in the hallway of their one-story home.
Chad Holbrook's uncle, Curtis Holbrook, says it looks like Emma Holbrook was murdered and Chad Holbrook committed suicide using a shotgun. "

http://www.wave3.com/Global/story.asp?S=2006056&nav=0RZFOWLq

[MrBenchley]

15. Burlington Officer Shoots, Kills Man During Traffic Stop (NC)

"BURLINGTON, N.C. -- A Burlington police sergeant killed a Greensboro man during a traffic stop when the man pointed a handgun at the officer.
Police said David Keith Baker was pronounced dead by doctors at Alamance Regional Medical Center less than an hour after the shooting Monday night.
Police said Baker pulled a .380-caliber automatic handgun from his pants and aimed at Sgt. Todd Saunders during the stop before Saunders drew his own weapon and fired."

http://www.wxii12.com/news/3502990/detail.html

[MrBenchley]

16. Man Suspected Of Shooting Wife, Himself, Dies At Hospital (KY)

"(LOUISVILLE, July 7th, 2004, 12:30 p.m.) -- The man who police say shot his wife before turning the gun on himself early Tuesday morning died Wednesday at University Hospital from a gunshot wound to the head.
Police say 41-year old John David Rice shot his wife, Michelle, in the neck before shooting himself in the head.
Michelle remains in critical condition at University Hospital. "

http://www.wave3.com/Global/story.asp?S=2008240&nav=0RZFOXMH

[MrBenchley]

17. Texas teenagers burned after powder from shotgun shells explodes

The next generation of RKBA intellectuals on deck...

"Two teenagers were injured in an explosion when they used a sledgehammer to extract gunpowder from shotgun shells and bullets, police said.
Authorities were investigating whether the 16-year-old boys were trying to make homemade fireworks the night of July 4.
Police said the teens were grinding powder from the shells and bullets with a hammer, setting off the blast in a Harris County home.
Investigators seized bullets, a homemade discharging device and a videotape the youths made to document their efforts, police said. "

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2004/07/06/national1100EDT0556.DTL

[FeebMaster]

18. Where is the gun in this news? (nt)