GUNS IN THE NEWS--August 17, 2004

[MrBenchley]

As CO Liberal sez:
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[MrBenchley]

1. Meth, marijuana, guns seized in drug bust (ND)

"WAHPETON, N.D. - Authorities seized guns and about $10,000 worth of methamphetamine during a drug bust in southeastern North Dakota. Richland County Sheriff Kim Murphy says.
Three people were arrested, and authorities say they also found a meth lab and what is believed to be a marijuana-growing operation."

http://www.grandforks.com/mld/grandforks/news/state/9417130.htm

[MrBenchley]

2. Keeping Guns Out of Children's Hands

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"From 1993 through 2000, the study revealed, 22,661 children in that age group were treated in hospital emergency rooms in the United States for nonfatal injuries caused by a firearm. In four out of five cases, the injuries were inflicted by the child, a friend, a relative or another person known to the child. More than 43 percent of those injuries were accidents, and 41.5 percent were deliberate assaults.
During that same period, 5,542 children died of gunshot wounds. More than half of these deaths were homicides, 22 percent of them were suicides and the rest were accidents.
A second study published the month before in Pediatrics revealed that each year about 3,200 children who survive gunshot wounds are permanently disabled as a result.
So despite the recent decline, firearm injuries to children remain a serious public health concern, and the sooner American families and communities recognize this and do something truly constructive to counter it, the better."

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/17/health/17brod.html

By the way, which idiotic bunch of right wing extremists and bigots publish a gun magazine for kids?

[MrBenchley]

3. Nine Year Old Boy Dies from Gun Shot (IA)

"A nine-year-old boy in Clayton County died in a gun accident over the weekend. Josh Heine was enjoying the last days of summer vacation at his home in rural Elkader near Mederville. The Clayton County Sheriff says Josh and his 14-year-old half-brother Donald were playing the yard Saturday night. The sheriff says it appears Donald took an unloaded shotgun from the home. He says it appears that the gun went off while Donald was loading and unloading it. Josh was killed when the blast hit him in the head.
Their father David Maker was home sleeping at the time when the shooting occurred. Officers say the father's guns did not have locks on them."

http://www.kcrg.com/article.aspx?art_id=87381&cat_id=123

[MrBenchley]

4. Police say Jackson man dies from shooting in attempted carjacking (MS)

"JACKSON, Miss. - A Jackson man has died of a gunshot wound suffered during an attempted carjacking, according to police.
Jabari Crockett, 18, died Monday at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, Hinds County Coroner Sharon Grisham-Stewart said.
Crockett was standing in front of his white truck in a parking lot in north Jackson on Sunday talking to friends when he was shot, said police spokesman Lee Vance."

http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/news/politics/9423137.htm

[MrBenchley]

5. Suspect In Country Music Slaying Faces Court Hearing (MI)

Another idiotic celebration of the Second Amendment....

"A Lincoln Park man is charged with fatally shooting his neighbor during an argument over loud country music.
Anthony Randall told police after the shooting that he had complained several times to management about Steven Gorham's loud music, drinking and verbal abuse.
Randall told police he became upset and kicked a hole in the wall of Gorham's apartment. He says Gorham then knocked on his door several times, threatening to kill him.
Police records show that Gorham swore at his neighbor before Randall fired his rifle into his chest."

http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/3657242/detail.html

[library_max]

11. That'll teach Gorham the advantages of civil discourse.

I mean, dirty words, people being shot to death - pretty much equal problems, or at least they're popularly presented as such in this forum.

[MrBenchley]

12. Actually, we seem to have a bunch of folks

who are gleefully looking forward to plugging their fellow citizens but have a whiny, childish public conniption over harsh language...go figure.

[MrBenchley]

6. Woman Found Fatally Shot Along Dayton Bridge (OH)

"DAYTON, Ohio -- A woman is dead after she was found by an off-duty police officer stumbling early Tuesday morning on the Ridge Avenue bridge bleeding from the neck.
According to police, 26-year-old April Haywood was rushed to a local hospital where she later died. Investigators believe Haywood may have been shot while walking along the road from a passing vehicle. Or, she may have been shot inside a vehicle and then dumped on the bridge."

http://www.whiotv.com/news/3659146/detail.html

[MrBenchley]

7. Authorities investigate shooting near Shelby County school (MO)

"SHELBINA, Mo. - Schools in the Shelby County R-IV School district were locked down Tuesday as police pursued a gunman in the rural northeast Missouri county.
One person was shot at around 7:30 a.m. in an area about 1 1/2 miles north of South Shelby High School, Missouri State Highway Patrol Lt. Tim Hull said. The shooter, a white male, remained at large. The victim, also a man, was taken to a hospital. His condition was not immediately known.
Schools Superintendent Tim Hadfield said schools are not yet in session but some students were at the high school for sports practices.
"We had football and softball practice going on and we brought the kids in just to be safe," Hadfield said. "So we're in lockdown." "

http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/local/9423208.htm

[MrBenchley]

8. Five men arrested in 2 Lorain fatal shootings (OH)

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Lorain police have made arrests in two separate fatal shootings this weekend.
Two Lorain men were charged Monday with aggravated murder in the death Saturday of Samuel Fred Walls, 48. Police said they found Manuel Nieves, 19, and Jose Rosado, 22, in a motel in Sandusky. The two lived around the corner from Walls.
Police arrested three men in the fatal shooting Friday of Manuel Garcia, 48. Three men entered his Colorado Avenue home at about 9 p.m., shot Garcia several times and fled, according to police reports. "

http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/lorain/1092735245301121.xml

[MrBenchley]

9. Police probe Homewood shootings (PA)

"Pittsburgh police are investigating a triple shooting early yesterday morning.
A man opened fire from between two houses in the 1500 block of Lang Avenue and shot three Homewood teenagers who were walking down the street at 1:13 a.m., Lt. Michael Scott said.
The most seriously wounded was a 16-year-old boy, who was hit in the chest. He was hospitalized in critical condition yesterday, but his injuries were not believed to be life-threatening."

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/04230/363027.stm

[MrBenchley]

10. Police say shootings no accident (MI)

"Flushing — (08/16/04)-- Police don't believe it was an accident when a Flushing man fatally shot two family members Sunday evening.
The 67-year-old will be charged Tuesday morning with two counts of open murder. The man is accused of shooting and killing his 70-year-old sister and 42-year-old niece inside his Hazelton Street home.
It wasn't a secret that the suspect suffered from Parkinson's disease or that he and his sister, the executor of his estate, had conflicting opinions about where he should move.
It's believed the man was so frustrated when Ruth Ann Krebs and her daughter, Jill, visited him yesterday, he just 'snapped.' "

http://abclocal.go.com/wjrt/news/081604_NW_r2_flushing_double_shooting.html