United States
Millionaire Chicago 'Collector' Had 80 Firearms, Machine Guns, No Licence
Chicago Sun-Times
10 May 2008
Benjamin Stevens kept a .50-caliber machine gun -- along with more than 80 other firearms and 50,000 rounds of ammunition -- in his Lake Forest mansion because he collects historic weaponry, his attorney said Friday. The millionaire businessman, who was arrested a day earlier when police raided his north suburban home, had acquired all the firearms legally and kept most in his basement, defense attorney Douglas Zeit said as Stevens made his first court appearance. "He's a collector. He's had them for years," Zeit told Lake County Judge Daniel Shanes. "Most of them were in crates." Stevens, 49, was released after the court hearing because he... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
US Moms Campaign to Close Gun Show Loophole, Reduce Child Shootings
Houston Chronicle (Texas), Opinion
10 May 2008
On this Mother's Day, millions of American moms are receiving flowers, gifts and the special attention of loved ones. But approximately eight moms will receive something else today -- the news that one of their children has been killed by a gun. Another 48 moms will learn that a child has been shot, but has survived. On an average day in America, 56 children and teens are the victims of gun violence -- and eight of those die of their injuries. That's every day of the year, Mother's Day included. And those figures don't include the 76 adults who will be killed by a gun, or the 148 other adults who will be shot and wounded on Mother's... ( gunpolicy.org )
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