United States
Guns and Domestic Violence: US Supreme Court Takes New Firearm Case
Associated Press
24 Mar 2008
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to consider the case of a man who successfully challenged firearms possession charges that were linked to alleged domestic violence. The federal government had asked the justices to step into the case. In 1994, Randy Edward Hayes pleaded guilty in Marion County, W.Va., to the minor crime of battery following an incident in which his wife was the victim. In 2004, police summoned to Hayes's home in response to a domestic violence 911 call found a Winchester rifle belonging to Hayes. They later discovered that he had possessed at least four other rifles following the 1994 case. Hayes was indicted... ( gunpolicy.org )
Liberia, Sierra Leone
Liberia: 30,000 Rounds of Illegal Ammo Seized Near Sierra Leone Border
News (Monrovia)
24 Mar 2008
MONROVIA -- Liberian Police have seized 30,000 rounds of ammunition for AK-47 assault rifles in the western region of the country, close to the border with Sierra Leone, a report by the French News Agency (AFP) said. The AFP, quoting a senior Liberian police officer who spoke on condition of anonymity, said some of the ammunition were initially found last Wednesday by local people at Sinje -- a Liberian town bordering Sierra Leone -- who intercepted three canoes with alleged arm traffickers crossing the Marfee river. Liberian police backed by their UN counterparts went on to find other stashes on Thursday after they received a tip-off from people of... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Pilot's Handgun Went Off on US Airways Flight Carrying 124 Passengers
Associated Press
24 Mar 2008
DENVER -- A gun belonging to the pilot of a US Airways plane went off as the aircraft was on approach to land in North Carolina over the weekend, the first time a weapon issued under a federal program to arm pilots was fired, authorities said Monday. The "accidental discharge" Saturday aboard Flight 1536 from Denver to Charlotte did not endanger the aircraft or the 124 passengers, two pilots and three flight attendants aboard, said Greg Alter of the Federal Air Marshal Service. "We know that there was never any danger to the aircraft or to the occupants on board," Alter said. It is the first time a pilot's weapon has been fired on a plane under... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Stray Bullet Fired from Street Kills 70yr-old Woman in Her Chicago Home
Chicago Tribune
24 Mar 2008
A 70-year-old woman was killed Monday morning by a bullet that came through a window of her Far South Side house, Chicago police said. The circumstances of the shooting were under investigation, but police initially said it appeared that a stray bullet fired from outside struck Maggie Browder inside her home in the 12200 block of South Morgan Street around 6:20 a.m. But police don't know whether it was a stray bullet, whether the home was targeted or whether the shooter mistook the woman's address for someone else's, said Monique Bond, spokeswoman for the department. "We haven't talked to enough people yet to know yet," Bond said.Investigators... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
US Gun Dealer Armed 2 School Shooters, Now Lobbies for Guns on Campus
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Wisconsin)
24 Mar 2008
MILWAUKEE -- If gun dealer Eric Thompson had his way, college students would carry more than just books. In his vision, the next college shooter is thwarted by a student armed with one of Thompson's guns -- averting a massacre, saving lives. Thompson's Internet-based business TGSCOM Inc. sold weapons to the shooters at both Northern Illinois and Virginia Tech universities. First, he said, he felt grief for the victims. Then, a sense of resolve. Not to stop selling guns, but to advocate for guns on campus. "The perfect situation is that nothing ever happens like that again," Thompson said. "... But in a last-ditch scenario, you are able to protect... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
US Police Departments Buy Assault Weapons to Keep Up with Criminals
Associated Press
24 Mar 2008
BOISE, Idaho -- The 30-year-old mother of three jumped from her disabled SUV after a chase last fall, holding a gun to her head to keep police back. Officers fired a stun gun but the nonlethal weapon was foiled by her heavy coat. When she pointed her handgun at the two nearest deputies, officers switched to assault rifles, hitting Sarah Marie Stanfield of Boise eight times with bullets designed to break apart on impact to increase internal damage. She died of multiple gunshot wounds. Some jurisdictions across the United States have been arming rank-and-file officers with high-powered assault rifles for a decade or more. But law enforcement officials... ( gunpolicy.org )
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