GUNS IN THE NEWS--July 30, 2004

[MrBenchley]

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[MrBenchley]

1. Teenager shot police officer with BB gun, officials say (NC)

"OAK ISLAND, N.C. - The Oak Island teenager who shot a police officer Tuesday fired from his home using a BB gun, officials said.
"It appears he just for whatever reason decided he wanted to take out some of his frustration on the police department," said Maj. Van Eddinger of the Oak Island Police Department.
James Calvin West, 16, is accused of shooting Sgt. Charlie Blalock, who was not injured seriously in the incident.
West is charged with discharging a weapon on occupied property, assault on a government employee and discharging a firearm within city limits."

http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/mld/myrtlebeachonline/news/local/9279218.htm

Maybe he didn't know all the running down of cops RKBAers do daily is just empty rhetoric....

[LibLabUK]

2. Umm..

If he didn't have a gun he would have used a cricket bat or a beirwurst or drowned the cop in a swimming pool or something!

[saigon68]

3. HE COULD HAVE USED A PING PONG PADDLE

TO attack the police. They could have used their M-16s to answer back and killed his sorry ass for offending their dignity.

LOL

[MrBenchley]

4. Ban beerwursts now!!!

And remember, Kerry didn't mention cricket bats last night....and he spoke for almost an hour.

[MrBenchley]

5. Man shot at S.F. strip club

"SAN FRANCISCO A man was shot in the neck early this morning outside a San Francisco strip club where witnesses say several members of the Hells Angels motorcycle club were present.
Police are still trying to determine if any members of the notorious club had anything to do with the shooting.
Police are investigating three possible motives for the shootings. The victim may have gotten involved in an altercation involving prostitution, admission to the New Century strip club -- or he might have touched a motorcycle belonging to one of the Hells Angels."

http://www.kesq.com/Global/story.asp?S=2105393

Well, as long as there was a GOOD reason....

[LibLabUK]

6. Hmm...

If they didn't have a gun they would have just fashioned a crude protectile weapon out of a dancer's thong, some baking soda and the internal components from an 8-track player.

Those Hell's Angels are quite resourceful in that way.

[Bowline]

7. Ok, no more McGyver for you.

Put down the remote and step away from the La-Z-Boy!

[MrBenchley]

8. Man found in trash bin dies from gunshot wounds (VA)

"NEWPORT NEWS -- A man found bleeding from a gunshot wound in a trash bin earlier this week died the next day, and Newport News police are seeking his killer.
Anthony Lee Hawkins, 22, of Norfolk was identified from fingerprints, said police spokesman Harold Eley. Hawkins died Tuesday. Police answered several calls about gunfire at Riverwalk Apartments about 11:55 p.m. Monday. When officers arrived, they found a trail of shell casings but no victim, Eley said."

http://www.dailypress.com/news/local/dp-52615sy0jul30,0,7674413.story?coll=dp-news-local-final

[Bowline]

10. Pretty common in that part of the city, unfortunately.

Newport News is notorious for it's crime, drugs, and violence. This is so common up there that it's almost a non-event anymore. Sad, actually, that people have to live like that.

[MrBenchley]

9. Shooting death in Hartford (CT)

"HARTFORD (AP) - Two shooting in different parts of the city Thursday night have Hartford police busy on Friday.
They are investigating the city's 12th homicide of the year, a 20-year-old man.
Police say the shooting victim had been taken by car to Saint Francis Hospital for multiple gunshot wounds. The man, identified as Marlon Aktkinson of Hartford, died about 3 a.m. He was shot five times
The second shooting occurred juts(sic) after midnight on the city's west side. A 31-year-old man was shot in chest. He was also taken to St. Francis Hospital."

http://www.wfsb.com/Global/story.asp?S=2110518

[Bowline]

11. Locked and loaded kids ready to shoot. (Brillion, Wisconsin)

Some of the kids will be firing shotguns taller than they are.

About 100 boys and girls from tiny tykes to high school seniors will be competing here Saturday in the 2004 Wisconsin Scholastic Clay Target Program State Clays Championships.

“They will be competing for trophies and bragging rights,” said Greg VanDenPlas, manager of Hunter’s Park.

Complete article.

[LibLabUK]

12. Ahh training...

Child soldiers in Sudan.

[MrBenchley]

14. A child with a gun as big as he is....

There's a picture to conjure with....

[Bowline]

15. Imagine that...

Teaching kids early about the dangers and responsibility associated with firearms. Teaching them that they are serious tools, not toys. What a horrible thing to teach a kid. Better to let 'em grow up ignorant, believing what they see on TV and in the movies. Believing the lies and disinformation from anti-gun biased sources in the media who know even less about firearms than the kids reading the story.

[MrBenchley]

16. Ask me next

what kind of hands a little kid a loaded gun as big as himself....

"Believing the lies and disinformation from anti-gun biased sources in the media"
Cue the weeping violins...oh those poor guns, slandered by heartless liberals.....

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[MrBenchley]

24. Gee, and the downside of that is.....

[MrBenchley]

19. And look! They have assault weapons!

It must be heaven on earth, there in the Sudan...kids who are not only trained with guns, but assault weapons everywhere....

[LibLabUK]

21. Heaven on earth indeed!

"It must be heaven on earth, there in the Sudan..."

I hear it's really safe in the Sudan, rape and murder are unheard of.

[MrBenchley]

22. So many assault weapons, even kids have them...

Praise Koresh, it's the promised land!

[FeebMaster]

29. I doubt those are assault weapons.

More likely they're machine guns.

[Bowline]

13. Apples & Oranges, but you already knew that, didn't you?

Teaching kids responsible shooting is 180 degrees out from forcing them to fight wars against other kids.

[MrBenchley]

18. Father arrested for shooting son (IN)

Another family made safer with guns...

"FRANKFORT, Ind. -- A father has been arrested for shooting his teenage son in the groin, which he said was accidental.
Kevin Dean Gregory, 44, of Moran, was charged Wednesday with contributing to the delinquency of a minor, criminal recklessness, neglect of a dependent resulting in serious bodily injury and pointing a firearm.
He was being held in Clinton County Jail late Thursday on a $5,000 cash-only bond.
Gregory told police that on July 12 at his home in Moran, about 20 miles east of Lafayette, he jokingly pointed a .22-caliber rifle at the genitals of his son, Devin Gregory, 17, and the gun went off."

http://www.indystar.com/articles/6/166475-2966-093.html

If only they'd each had assault weapons...it could have been twice the laughs!

[LibLabUK]

20. Blimey!

Imagine what Freud would have said about this!

[MrBenchley]

23. And of course the name of the town

adds to the general merriment....Wish I could find that photo of the right wing fuckwit holding up the sign "Get a job morans!" at a pro-Iraq war rally here. It was all over the Lounge for months.

[MrBenchley]

25. Autopsy: fatal shooting victim hit four times (WI)

"WISCONSIN RAPIDS - A 25-year-old town of Sherry man shot in Arpin early Sunday was hit four times by gunfire, including once in the head, according to preliminary autopsy results released Thursday.
The autopsy shows Forrest G. Vruwink was shot once in the head, once in the left groin, once in the right chest and once in the right shoulder. The official cause of death is multiple gunshot wounds, most notably a wound to the head, Wood County Coroner Garry Kronstedt said.
Robert M. Schueller, 54, of 7912 Highway E, Arpin, was arrested Sunday in Vruwink's shooting. He appeared in Wood County Circuit Court on Thursday for a second bond hearing, where Judge Greg Potter maintained a $250,000 cash bond.
When Potter first set the bond on Monday, Vruwink was in a coma at Saint Joseph's Hospital in Marshfield, where he was flown after the shooting. At that time, the anticipated charge was attempted first-degree homicide. Vruwink died at 3:17 p.m. Tuesday."

http://www.wisinfo.com/newsherald/mnhlocal/281094345456111.shtml

[MrBenchley]

26. Police release sketch in shooting (OR)

"Portland police on Thursday released a sketch of a suspect in a recent shooting in which three men were wounded.
Investigators think the suspect fired at the three men in an unprovoked attack about 2:15 a.m. July 17 near Aura, a club at 1022 W. Burnside St.
According to police, the man intentionally bumped one of the victims and yelled at them. He then pulled a gun and fired at them, then ran away. "

http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/1091188983189580.xml

[MrBenchley]

27. Man sentenced to 18-to-20 years for store shooting (MA)

"WORCESTER, Mass. An Auburn, Massachusetts man pursued through New Hampshire and other states has been sentenced to 18-to-20 years in state prison.
Mark A. LeBreton pleaded guilty to shooting two men in a Lowe's home improvement store last year and was sentenced yesterday in Worcester Superior Court.
He pleaded guilty in May to four counts of armed assault with intent to murder and two counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon.
LeBreton was a contractor. He shot a former friend and neighbor on December 15th. He also shot a Lowe's employee who was standing nearby."

http://www.wstm.com/Global/story.asp?S=2110500

[MrBenchley]

28. Third Person Arrested In Dublin Teen's Shooting (OH)

"DUBLIN, Ohio -- Police said Friday that they have made a third arrest in connection with the shooting of a 14-year-old boy earlier this month.
Aaron Applin, 21, of Parker Hill Lane in Dublin, was arrested and charged with complicity to commit robbery, police said.
Conrad Gardner was shot on July 19. Police said that the shooting took place inside a vehicle traveling along Earlington Parkway in Dublin. The shooting originally was believed to have taken place along a bicycle path, but police later said he was shot in a car."

http://www.nbc4columbus.com/news/3596767/detail.html

[MrBenchley]

30. Former Bucknell football player gets prison for campus shootings

"LEWISBURG, Pa. - A former Bucknell University quarterback was sentenced to at least one year in prison for shooting two university students with a pellet gun from a dorm room window.
Joshua B. Carr, 19, of McLean, Va., on Tuesday was ordered to spend between one year and 2 1/2 years in state prison on two counts of aggravated assault. He also was sentenced to two years on probation for reckless endangerment.
The victims, Kaivan Irani and John Schneider, both required treatment at Evangelical Community Hospital after the Oct. 21, 2003, shootings and still have pellets lodged in their wounds."

http://www.centredaily.com/mld/centredaily/news/politics/9283118.htm

[MrBenchley]

31. Woman Sentenced For Shooting At Officers (FL)

Wonder how much this little escapade cost taxpayers?

"KEYSTONE HEIGHTS, Fla. -- A woman was sentenced to three years in prison Thursday for firing at Clay County sheriff's deputies during a domestic dispute.
On July 10, police were called to the home of 27-year-old LaRae Huff, who was threatening to harm her husband or anyone who came onto their property. When police arrived at the Lovebird Court home shortly before 6 p.m., Huff began firing a gun.
More officers were called, and negotiators tried to work with Huff, but she continued to shoot at them. A SWAT team arrived around 8 p.m., and Huff attempted to escape in her pickup truck, with a 12-gauge shotgun aimed out the window."

http://www.news4jax.com/news/3593449/detail.html

[Wonk]

32. Deputies say Keys woman shot at lobster hunters snorkeling in canal (FL)

STOCK ISLAND – An elderly resident was arrested yesterday afternoon for firing her gun at two boatloads of lobster hunters who were snorkeling in the canal behind her house, the Monroe Sheriff's Office said of Friday.

MSO spokeswoman Becky Herrin said deputies were dispatched to a house on 12th Avenue around 2:30 p.m. Thursday. When Deputy Paul Shultz arrived with a number of other officers, they found 69-year-old Mary Workman on the back deck of her house yelling and waving her arms. After officers handcuffed her, they asked about the gun. She told them her gun was under the pillow on her bed. The pistol, a .38 caliber revolver, was found there and seized. Deputies said it appeared to have been recently fired.

(snip)

The incident occurred just hours before the state's two-day minilobster season was to end at midnight. Thousands of divers, netters and snorkelers hunted the lobsters this year.

more...
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sfl-730lobsterhunter,0,952513.story?coll=sfla-home-headlines