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Don't Blame Politics, Blame Easy Access to Handguns
Don't Blame Politics, Blame Easy Access to Handguns
richard cohen
Jan 11, 2011 1:55 PM CST

Don't Blame Politics, Blame Easy Access to Handguns

Richard Cohen: We can't get rid of the Second Amendment, but we can fix it

(Newser) - Everyone's casting about for blame in the Arizona shooting, but Richard Cohen thinks this one's easy: It's not Sarah Palin or other right-wing commentators at fault, but the "American gun culture." In what universe does it make sense to allow a clearly unbalanced young man to buy a...

Giffords Boasted of Her Prowess With a Glock

Startling comment highlights Arizona passion for weapons

(Newser) - Assassination target Rep. Gabrielle Giffords boasted in an interview last year: "I have a Glock 9 millimeter and I'm a pretty good shot." The startling comment coming from a woman who would soon be a shooting victim of the same gun model reveals perhaps the one thing she...

China Thugs Kill 3 Cops in Rare Gun Violence

Cars hijacked after bloodbath

(Newser) - Three police officers and an assistant were killed in a rare incident of gun violence in China. They were cut down by a pair of gunmen at a home in Shandong province in northeastern China. The men then hijacked 4 vehicles before being cornered by police. One was captured and...

Texas Top Seller of US Guns Traced to Mexico
Texas Top Seller of US Guns
Traced to Mexico
investigation
Dec 13, 2010 9:09 AM CST

Texas Top Seller of US Guns Traced to Mexico

Washington Post probe reveals leading dealers

(Newser) - More US guns seized in Mexican drug violence come from Texas than any other state—and more come from Houston than any other Texas city, the Washington Post finds after a year-long investigation. The probe isolated the top 12 US dealers of guns traced to Mexico, and uncovered the biggest:...

Aussie Twins Shot in Head at Colo. Firing Range

Investigators trying to determine which sister died

(Newser) - Australian twins have been shot in the head in a mysterious Colorado firing range shooting. One was killed and the other seriously injured. The 29-year-old women are in the country on cultural exchange visas. Investigators are trying to determine which twin died; her sister isn't yet able to talk. Detectives...

6-Year-Old Suspended for Bringing Nerf Gun to School

Anthony Saenz just wanted to play cops and robbers

(Newser) - There was no mistaking Anthony Saenz's neon orange and yellow Nerf gun for a real one, but the 6-year-old found himself under fire all the same. After whipping it out on Denver's McGlone Elementary playground in an attempt to play cops and robbers, the kindergarten student was suspended for a...

More States Shoot for Guns in Bars

Move triggers heated debate

(Newser) - Mixing guns and alcohol may seem like a bad idea, but more American states are now allowing people to carry registered guns in bars and restaurants, finds the New York Times . Four states—Tennessee, Arizona, Virginia and Georgia—have recently made it legal to carry a loaded weapon in a...

Photog Killed as Wedding Couple Poses With Guns

One of them turned out to be loaded

(Newser) - A wedding photographer in Italy who convinced the couple to pose with guns got shot to death when one went off. The bride's parents, who provided the weapons, face charges of negligence for not making sure they were unloaded, reports the Daily Mirror . The 45-year-old victim was filling in for...

American Airlines Loses Netanyahu Guards' Guns

Glocks accidentally sent to LA, vanish

(Newser) - American Airlines shipped guns belonging to the bodyguards of the Israeli prime minister to the wrong airport. In what might be the world's most awkward example of airline incompetence, 4 Glock 9mm weapons were mistakenly sent to LA, not Washington, where Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was set to meet...

Praise the Lord and Pass the Pistols
 Praise the Lord 
 and Pass the Pistols 
LOUISIANA OKS GUNS IN CHURCHES
Jul 8, 2010 2:00 AM CDT

Praise the Lord and Pass the Pistols

But pastor must tell others about 'security force'

(Newser) - Now you can go to church packing heat—as long as you do in Louisiana. GOP Gov. Bobby Jindal has signed into law the controversial "Gun-in-Church" bill that authorizes people after 8 hours of safety training to carry concealed weapons into any house of worship (including mosques) as part...

5 Movie Myths About Guns
 5 Movie Myths 
 About Guns 
Jun 19, 2010 5:00 PM CDT

5 Movie Myths About Guns

For starters, it's hard to blow up a car with one

(Newser) - Hollywood just loves its guns, but it doesn't always get the facts straight. Robert Evans of Cracked.com busts 5 common gun myths:
  • Bullets blow up cars and stuff (Jaws, Casino Royale, Matrix Reloaded): If it were that easy to make flammable things go boom, every car accident "would
...

Lilo, Photographer Defend Gun Photos as 'Art'

Plus, she and Sam feud on Twitter

(Newser) - They don't call her 'Linsanity' for nothing: Lindsay Lohan tweeted a picture of herself yesterday clad in black lingerie with a gun pressed against her lips. But don't worry: "It's not softcore porn, hunny, it's called ART," she explained. The photographer agrees, telling E! Online that she's "...

Daily Show Links Pistol-Packers to Gays

'Displays of public protection' rile 'hate groups'

(Newser) - In a particularly deft political comic routine, the Daily Show compares the gun-lovers of the "open carry" movement to those they're not likely to embrace—gays fighting for their rights. "We want gun lovers to come out of the closet," says pistol-packing John Pierce, playing right into...

Guns at Starbucks? Time for a New Coffee Shop

If chain wants to be 'cowardly bartender,' this columnist is out

(Newser) - Is Starbucks trying to become the NRA's favorite company, or has the coffee titan just lost its nerve? For a company that's nearly conquered the world, Starbucks put up no resistance to "open-carry" advocates who want to treat their Virginia, California, and Washington stores like Wild West saloons, writes...

Californians Packing Guns at Starbucks

'Open Carry' backers grab coffee, tea and a .43.

(Newser) - A growing number of gun rights supporters in Northern California are making a frightening point by packing guns in places like Starbucks. The members of the Bay Area Open Carry Movement sport guns in holsters reminiscent of the Old West. Luckily, they're not loaded, so the guns are in full...

Students Fight University for Right to Pack Guns

Gun groups back Colorado activists battling firearm ban

(Newser) - A Colorado State University campus determined to stop shooting rampages by banning guns is meeting angry opposition from students who are determined to protect their right to pack firearms. Many claim that armed citizens are the best hope of stopping violence, according to T-shirts sprouting on the Fort Collins campus....

Homeland Security Agents Keep Losing Their Guns

Nearly 300 went missing from 2005 to 2008

(Newser) - Homeland Security agents lose a surprising number of firearms every year, mostly in negligent, preventable incidents, an internal report says. DHS agents lost 289 guns between 2005 and 2008. Common examples include agents leaving weapons in bowling alleys and the restrooms of fast-food restaurants, on car bumpers, truck beds, or...

Husband: Ala. Prof Went to Range Before Shooting

... but doesn't know where she got gun

(Newser) - The husband of an Alabama professor accused of fatally shooting three colleagues said today that the couple went to a shooting range near the Huntsville campus recently, but that he didn't know where she got the gun she used for practice. James Anderson's description of Amy Bishop's "normal" demeanor...

Hunting Dog Steps on Gun, Shoots Master

Calif. man sustains minor injury when shot hits him in the back

(Newser) - A man out hunting with his dog got a small taste of how ducks must feel when the dog accidentally shot him. The hunter left his shotgun with his Labrador retriever and went to collect some decoy ducks he’d left about 15 yards away. The dog stepped on the...

Rip Torn Arrested for Breaking Into Conn. Bank

Actor was drunk, armed with revolver: cops

(Newser) - Rip Torn is due in court tomorrow after allegedly breaking into a bank while "highly intoxicated" and carrying a loaded gun, Connecticut state police say. The 78-year-old actor broke a window to gain entry to a Salisbury bank Friday evening and is being held on $100,000 cash bond,...

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