United States
Iowa Attorney General Pleads for Law to Take Guns from Domestic Abusers
Des Moines Register (Iowa), Opinion
10 March 2010
The Iowa House of Representatives has an opportunity this week to make Iowa a safer place - by passing a law that will help keep firearms and offensive weapons out of the hands of persons who are subject to a domestic abuse protective order, or who have been convicted of abusing their partners. This bill will save lives. It will help prevent women, men and children from being terrorized, maimed and killed by violent abusers. More... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Estranged Husband Stalked, Shot Ex-wife, Killed by Police in California
Associated Press
9 March 2010
GARDENA, California - Police near Los Angeles say officers have fatally shot a man who chased his estranged wife down the street and fired a gun at her multiple times, riddling her with bullets. Gardena police Lt. Steve Prendergast says the incident may have been preceded by a domestic dispute early Tuesday morning. Police say the suspect went to the apartment where his wife was staying with a relative. Neighbors reported... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Maine Lawmakers Consider Removing Guns in Cases of Domestic Abuse
Bangor Daily News (Maine) / Capital News Service
4 March 2010
AUGUSTA, Maine -- Members of the Legislature's Criminal Justice Committee have voted to allow a bill to be considered this session that would require police to seize all guns in the possession of a person charged with a domestic violence offense. Rep. Anne Haskell, D-Portland, co-chairwoman of the committee, said the bill is based on language from a working group created by law last year to examines issues concerning domestic violence... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Anti-abortion Activist, Ex-boss Killed by 'Passionate' Michigan Gun Owner
Associated Press
1 March 2010
CORUNNA, Michigan - A man who has his mother's name tattooed on his chest was out to avenge her when he killed an anti-abortion activist in a drive-by shooting and then gunned down her former boss in a small Michigan community, a prosecutor said Monday. Jurors heard opening statements in the first-degree murder trial of Harlan Drake, 33, who has admitted shooting the men but claims he was insane last September and should not be... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Las Vegas Police Officer, Mother Charged After 2yr-old Son Shot Himself
Fox News (USA)
1 March 2010
LAS VEGAS - A Las Vegas police officer and his wife will be charged with child abuse and neglect with substantial bodily harm after their 2-year-old shot himself with the officer's gun in February. Las Vegas Metro police officer Jared Bledsoe and his wife, Shawnee Bledsoe, both 27, face one count of the felony charge after their son discovered a loaded gun in their night stand after he was put to bed. The complaint, made in Moapa... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
US Hidden Handgun Permit Holder Loses Son to Careless Firearm Storage
NBC News (Miami )
28 February 2010
An 11-year-old boy was pronounced dead in Deerfield Beach last night after being accidentally shot in the face by his little brother. The boys' mother said the pair had been asked to go to the parking lot outside their home to their father's truck to retrieve a hat. While searching for it, 10-year-old Terrence Reddick found a gun inside the vehicle and shot and killed Randy Reddick. "[Terrence] just said, 'It was a mistake.... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Eerie Echoes in Tale of Alabama Professor's Family, School Shootings
Associated Press
26 February 2010
CANTON, Massachusetts - Investigators have discovered that a newspaper on triple murder suspect Amy Bishop's bedroom floor when she killed her brother more than 20 years ago described an incident strikingly similar to what she did that day, raising questions about her claim it was an accident. Norfolk District Attorney William Keating said investigators found the date of the newspaper after enlarging a police photo of the scene.... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
'No Question' Alabama Professor Killed Brother by Accident, Says Lawyer
Associated Press
26 February 2010
BOSTON - The attorney for the parents of a woman accused of a triple murder at an Alabama college said Friday there's "no question" it was an accident when she fatally shot her brother in Massachusetts in 1986, despite doubts now being raised by the district attorney there. "The DA has not gotten his facts right, but that's characteristic of the whole proceeding," said attorney Bryan Stevens. He made the comments a day... ( gunpolicy.org )
Ireland
Handgun Assassin Kills One, Misses Others in Limerick Vengeance Killing
Independent (Dublin)
24 February 2010
The gunman suspected of murdering a breadman attempted to target two other innocent figures, including a relative of the dead man, in the immediate aftermath of the shooting, gardai believe. In a brazen bid to claim another life, it is understood that the murderer approached a city council employee he mistook for victim Daniel Treacy's uncle, Pa Keane, while he was suspected to have been armed with a handgun. Gardai in... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Files Show Alabama School Shooting Suspect's Husband Sought Revenge
Associated Press
23 February 2010
BOSTON - The husband of the Alabama professor accused of fatally shooting three colleagues once said he wanted violent revenge on a doctor who gave his wife a bad job review, according to documents that feed growing evidence the woman showed signs of violence long before the latest episode. Amy Bishop is charged with killing three colleagues at the University of Alabama-Huntsville on Feb. 12. Investigative files released Tuesday... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
California Olympian Hero Shot Dead by Wife After 'Years of Abuse'
Associated Press
22 February 2010
OXNARD, California - Dave Laut was the idolized local boy who did his hometown and nation proud. A stellar shot-putter who scored a bronze medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics, Laut married his high school sweetheart, Jane, settled down in the coastal community where he was raised and trained others to follow in his footsteps on the athletic field. So when Laut, 52, was gunned down in his backyard in August by a possible prowler,... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Missouri Woman Felt 'More Than Justified' Shooting Husband Over Money
Associated Press
22 February 2010
PINE LAWN, Missouri - A suburban St. Louis woman has been arrested after police said she shot at her husband when he refused to give her some of their tax return money. Pine Lawn police said the unidentified woman was being held on a $75,000 cash-only bond on suspicion of first-degree assault and armed criminal action. It was not immediately known whether she had an attorney. Police said she followed her husband to work... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Queens Assault Weapon Owner Kills Wife, Two Teenage Daughters, Self
New York Times
22 February 2010
Back in November, Dionne Coy-Bailey, an assistant principal, moved out of her Queens home for a few weeks because she found her husband's gun under their bed and feared for her safety, a law enforcement official said. Her fear, it seems, was well-founded. On Monday, the police found Ms. Coy-Bailey and her two teenage daughters dead in their beds. A gun was found on the living room floor at the feet of Ms. Coy-Bailey's husband,... ( gunpolicy.org )
Uganda
Soldier Shoots, Kills Wife, Then Himself in Kampala Domestic Dispute
New Vision (Kampala)
22 February 2010
KAMPALA -- A UPDF soldier has shot his wife dead and later shot himself dead. The tragic incident occurred at around 6am this morning at Mbuya a Kampala suburb. Private James Agaba attached to Mbuya military headquarters shot his wife only identified as Deborah 6 times before turning the gun to himself. Neighbours heard several bullets in the morning shortly after the soldier returned from his night duty. ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Alabama Professor, Multiple Shooting Suspect Brilliant, But 'Social Misfit'
Associated Press
20 February 2010
BOSTON - Amy Bishop's intelligence was never debatable. Even as a child, she didn't hesitate to tell people when they were wrong. As she grew older, earned a Harvard Ph.D and claimed a genius IQ of 180, her brilliance could come with a bluntness, condescension and volatile self-righteousness. It was all on display in 2002 when she yelled, "I am Dr. Amy Bishop!" as she belted a woman at a Massachusetts restaurant in a fight over... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Police Officer Killed with His Own Gun in Minnesota Domestic Abuse Call
Pioneer Press (Minnesota)
17 February 2010
His police call for backup. His last words over the airwaves. A fellow officer fired upon, shouting "officer down!" These are the newest details released Tuesday in the fatal shooting of North St. Paul police officer Richard "Rick" Crittenden, killed with his own gun during a violent struggle with a suspect in September. The investigation was closed recently after the Ramsey County attorney's office concluded last month... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Students Complained About Alabama Professor Charged in Shooting
Associated Press
17 February 2010
HUNTSVILLE, Alabama - Students banded together to let administrators know something wasn't quite right about Professor Amy Bishop. She taught by reading straight out of the textbook, never made eye contact and liked to remind people constantly that she went to Harvard. "We could tell something was off, that she was not like other teachers," said nursing student Caitlin Phillips, who was among those who complained to administrators... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
US Professor's Shooting Spree Began With Killing Her Brother in 1986
Associated Press
16 February 2010
HUNTSVILLE, Alabama - When a young woman in Massachusetts killed her brother with a shotgun blast in 1986, authorities waited more than a week to question family members and the death was ultimately ruled an accident. Now, a quarter-century later, Amy Bishop is accused in another shooting -- an attack that killed three fellow biology professors at the University of Alabama in Huntsville. In the days since Friday's shooting,... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Alabama Professor Practiced at Gun Range Before She Shot 6, Killed 3
Associated Press
15 February 2010
HUNTSVILLE, Alabama - The husband of an Alabama professor accused of fatally shooting three colleagues said Monday that the couple went to a shooting range recently, but that he didn't know where she got the gun she used for practice. His description of Amy Bishop's "normal" demeanor leading up to Friday's shooting at a faculty meeting matched an account by a witness, who said the gathering was unremarkable until the gunfire broke... ( gunpolicy.org )
Uganda
Uganda Army Commander Kills Wife, Self in 'Domestic Violence' Shooting
Monitor (Kampala)
15 February 2010
St. Valentine's Day, observed to celebrate love, ironically turned tragic in Kisoro District after a UPDF commander shot his wife dead before turning the gun on himself. Lt. David Okumu, 45, the Busanza detach commander, allegedly became furious after his wife, Teddy Akuru, reportedly received a romantic short text message (SMS) on her mobile phone which he suspected was from another lover. But the police and army remained... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Alabama Professor's Family Say 'No Hint Of Violence' Before She Shot 6
Associated Press
14 February 2010
HUNTSVILLE, Alabama - An Alabama professor accused of shooting six colleagues was vocal in her resentment over being denied tenure and the looming loss of her teaching post, though relatives and students said she had never suggested she might become violent. Not even Amy Bishop's husband knew she might turn violent, according to the man's father. Everyone from family and friends to her students at the University of Alabama in Huntsville... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Jaw-Dropping Twists Multiply After Alabama Professor Shot Her Colleagues
New York Times
14 February 2010
HUNTSVILLE, Alabama -- On Friday, this city of rocket scientists and brainy inventors was stunned when a neuroscientist with a Harvard Ph.D. was arrested in the shooting deaths of three of her colleagues after she was denied tenure. But that was only the first surprise in the tale of the neuroscientist, Amy Bishop, who was regarded as fiercely intelligent and had seemed to have a promising career in biotechnology. Every day since... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
US Professor, Multiple Shooting Suspect Shot, Killed Her Brother in 1986
Associated Press
14 February 2010
BRAINTREE, Massachusetts - An Alabama university professor accused of shooting three colleagues to death at a faculty meeting this week shot her younger brother dead at their home in the Boston suburbs more than 20 years ago, but records of it are missing, police said Saturday. Amy Bishop shot her teenage brother in the chest in 1986, Braintree police Chief Paul Frazier said at a news conference. Bishop, who was 19 at the time,... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Alabama Prof, Multiple Shooting Suspect Shot, Killed Her Brother in 1986
Associated Press
13 February 2010
HUNTSVILLE, Alabama - The professor accused of killing three colleagues during a faculty meeting is a Harvard-educated neurobiologist, inventor and mother whose life had been marred by a violent episode in her distant past. More than two decades ago, police said Amy Bishop killed her teenage brother with a shotgun at their Massachusetts home in a shooting that investigators concluded was an accident. Bishop had just months... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Wife of Slain Olympian Arrested in California 'Domestic Abuse' Shooting
Associated Press
13 February 2010
OXNARD, California - The wife of an Olympic shot put medalist gunned down in his Southern California back yard last summer was arrested Saturday in the homicide case, authorities said. Jane Laut, 52, was detained during a traffic stop Saturday morning on a warrant issued earlier in the week, Oxnard police said in a written statement. Her husband David Laut, who won a bronze medal in the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles, was... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Iowa 12yr-old Charged with Murder in Shooting Death of Stepfather
Associated Press
12 February 2010
DES MOINES, Iowa - A 12-year-old boy was charged Friday with murder and other counts in a shooting that killed his stepfather and wounded a young girl in Iowa. Authorities responded to a shooting Wednesday afternoon in Chariton, about 40 miles south of Des Moines. When they arrived at the white farmhouse south of town, they found the body of Todd Peek, 37, who authorities say was shot in his upper body. Authorities said... ( gunpolicy.org )
Guatemala
Climate of Insecurity Prompts More Guatemalan Women to Carry Guns
Tico Times (Costa Rica)
11 February 2010
The climate of insecurity in Guatemala is forcing women to arm themselves to protect themselves and their families, the Central American nation's state newspaper, Diario de Centroamerica, reported Monday. The official newspaper said an increasing number of women of different professions are acquiring weapons and registering them with Guatemala's Arms and Munitions Control Office. Some 9,200 weapons have been registered... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
US Hunting, Gun Industries Predict Dire Times, Too Few Kids With Guns
Wall Street Journal
10 February 2010
HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania - The Eastern Sports & Outdoor Show is a sportsman's paradise, but one where trouble is brewing. There were lots of kids here with their families, walking the nearly 300,000 square feet of the State Farm Show Complex. They were checking out the newest fishing lures, gun blinds and camouflage clothing. But many of the outfitters who set up booths at the show and sell mountain-lion stalks in New Mexico, bear... ( gunpolicy.org )
Switzerland
Army-issue Guns at the Heart of Family Violence in Switzerland [Francais]
24 Heures (Switzerland)
9 February 2010
[Translated summary: 76% of the homicide-suicide cases in Switzerland involve firearms, very often a gun kept at home by Swiss army reservists, according to a new university study.] Une étude criminologique le démontre: en Suisse, les auteurs de drames familiaux recourent trois fois sur quatre aux armes à feu et, très souvent, il s'agit d'une arme de service. Voilà qui apporte de l'eau au moulin des adversaires de l'arme détenue... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Drunk Texan Gun Owner Fires Revolver Five Times at His Daughter, Misses
El Paso Times (Texas)
9 February 2010
CARLSBAD, Texas -- A local man faces multiple charges after allegedly firing a gun at his daughter when she attempted to leave his residence with her son. Tamie Carlson told Eddy County Sheriff's deputies she was moving furniture and drinking with her father, 75-year-old George H. Carlson, on Saturday night. She said she was attempting to leave with her 12-year-old son when her father locked himself in the bedroom with the boy,... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Murder Trial Hears Former Chicago Cop Threatened Wives with Guns
Associated Press
9 February 2010
JOLIET, Illinois - The second wife of a former suburban Chicago police sergeant testified at a pretrial hearing Tuesday that he had threatened to kill her and said he could make it look like an accident. Victoria Connolly said her ex-husband, Drew Peterson, pulled a gun on her three or four times when they were married, once putting it to her head and telling her he would kill her then kill himself. Peterson has pleaded... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
New Hampshire Gun Owner Defies Wife-abuse Firearm Ban, Loses Licence
Union Leader (New Hampshire)
9 February 2010
GOFFSTOWN - A New Boston man at the center of a gun battle between a Manchester firing range and the New Boston Police escaped contempt charges in Goffstown District Court on Monday, but was ordered to relinquish his hunting and concealed weapons permits. Michael Murphy, 37, was supposed to give up the licenses on Jan. 27, when his wife, Paula Murphy, won a domestic violence temporary protection order against him. That... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Ohio Gun Owner Gets 44yrs for Gun Threat at Ex Wife's Retirement Home
Associated Press
8 February 2010
TOLEDO, Ohio -- An Ohio man has been sentenced to 44 years in prison on charges that he held his estranged wife at gunpoint at a retirement home where she worked. Police said Michael Swiergosz was distraught over his pending divorce when he went to the assisted-living center, pointed a gun at an employee and told her to call his wife. The April 28 standoff at the Sunset House in Toledo went on for five hours. Swiergosz... ( gunpolicy.org )
Switzerland
Swiss Army Service Firearms Often Used in Murder/Suicide [Francais]
Journal (Geneva)
8 February 2010
Translated summary: Swiss army military guns are often used in family violence, particularly in murder-suicide cases where a male shooter kills a female partner.] Les auteurs de drames familiaux ont le plus fréquemment recours à une arme à feu. Quant aux armes de service, elles tuent dans un quart des cas, selon une étude de l'hôpital universitaire de Lausanne (CHUV) publiée en janvier. L'étude publiée en janvier... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Licensed Boston Hidden Handgun Owner Shoots His Daughter, Wife, Self
Boston Herald
2 February 2010
A Westford cheerleader told a 911 dispatcher "there isn't a problem," and moments later was shot dead by her dad last night in a tragic triple shooting, authorities said today Brian Marchand, 59, took his own life but not before killing his girl, Olivia, 17, and severely wounding his wife, Jody, 50, in their Westford home, authorities announced. "It's unspeakable. Unimaginable domestic violence tragedy," said Middlesex... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Despite Mass Shootings, Pro-gun Bills Continue to Sprout in Virginia
Associated Press
30 January 2010
APPOMATTOX, Virginia - It wasn't unusual for security guard Christopher Speight to build a shooting range on his sprawling property in this rural part of Virginia. And it wasn't out of the ordinary for him to amass a small arsenal of weapons -- from a 9 mm pistol to military-style assault rifles. His daily target practice sessions, which sometimes spilled into the night, didn't concern his neighbors. This is gun country,... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Hidden Handgun Permit Holder Shoots, Kills her Son's Ex in Utah Carpark
Associated Press
30 January 2010
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah - A 70-year-old woman shot and killed her former daughter-in-law in the parking lot of the preschool where the young teacher worked, Utah police said Saturday. Mary Nance Hanson is accused of firing multiple shots into the car of Tetyana Nikitina, 34, as she prepared to leave Friday from the Salt Lake Community Action Program Head Start school. Police said the suspect called 911 and was waiting at the... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Domestic Violence, Family Gun Homicide Continues to Increase in Iowa
Des Moines Register (Iowa)
28 January 2010
DES MOINES, Iowa - A new report released Thursday by the Iowa Department of Public Health shows that domestic violence cases are continuing to increase across Iowa. Officials said the number of people who are killed in domestic incidents is also rising. The IDPH's Domestic Abuse Death Review Team's report for 2007-2008 shows about 15 deaths per year between 2005 and 2009 from domestic violence, compared to about 12 per... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
California Gun Owner Kills His Sister, Ex-wife, Self in Domestic Dispute
Associated Press
25 January 2010
LANCASTER, California - A man killed his sister and ex-wife, who was shot to death in front of the couple's child, then fatally turned the gun on himself, sheriff's officials said Monday. The bodies were found in the northeastern Los Angeles County cities of Palmdale and Lancaster, Los Angeles County sheriff's Deputy Lillian Peck said. Peck said the man phoned his father saying he killed his sister and intended to kill... ( gunpolicy.org )
United Kingdom
Gun Owner Shot 4yr-old Daughter, Estranged Partner, Self in Hampshire
BBC News
25 January 2010
Family and friends remembered a mother who loved her daughter "like a lion" at their funeral in Hampshire. It is believed Andy Copland, 56, shot his daughter Maisie, four, and his ex-partner Julie Harrison before turning the gun on himself on 29 December. Maisie and her mother, 40, were found with serious head injuries when police arrived at Church Hill in Aldershot. Mourners paid tribute during a service at Holy... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Pennsylvania Judge Returned Gun to Abuser Who Used it to Kill Trooper
Tribune-Review (Pittsburgh)
24 January 2010
When a Venango County judge returned a rifle to a man who completed probation on a stalking charge more than a decade ago, state law contained no restrictions to prevent it. Pennsylvania State Police officials last week said they intended to investigate why then-President Judge H. William White ordered a .30-.30 rifle returned to Michael Smith in November 2000. Smith used that rifle to fatally shoot Trooper Paul Richey,... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Mentally Ill Hidden Handgun Permit Holder Killed 8 Family in Virginia
Associated Press
22 January 2010
APPOMATTOX, Virginia - There was no school the next day, so 15-year-old Emily Quarles had a friend sleep over. As she and her mother took the friend home the next morning, they became targets for a rampaging gunman. When Emily's father and boyfriend went looking for them, they were slain too. Police say Emily and her parents, Jonathan and Karen Quarles, and her boyfriend, 16-year-old Ronnie "Bo" Scruggs, were among eight people... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Gun Enthusiast Charged with Murdering 8 Family Members in Virginia
Associated Press
21 January 2010
APPOMATTOX, Virginia - The victims of a gunman's violent rampage in central Virginia included the suspect's sister and brother-in-law, as well as two other adults, three teenagers and a 4-year-old boy, according to authorities who charged the alleged shooter with first-degree murder on Wednesday. Christopher Bryan Speight, a 39-year-old security guard, surrendered to police at daybreak after leading investigators on an 18-hour manhunt... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Domestic Dispute Blamed as Shooter Kills 8, Downs Helicopter in Virginia
Washington Post
20 January 2010
APPOMATTOX, Virginia -- Eight people were fatally shot by a lone gunman Tuesday, according to Virginia State Police, in what a spokesman for Gov. Robert F. McDonnell called "a horrific tragedy." Authorities said they had a "possible suspect" surrounded late Tuesday night in woods near where the shootings occurred. Early in the search, at least four shots apparently fired by the suspect disabled a State Police helicopter as it flew... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Gun Enthusiast Killed Sister, 7 Family, Friends in Virginia Domestic Dispute
New York Times
20 January 2010
Just days before Christopher B. Speight surrendered to the police in connection with the killings of eight people in Appomattox County, Va., on Tuesday, co-workers said they had noticed that he had seemed sullen and on edge when he showed up for his job as a security guard at a small grocery store. Mr. Speight, 39, had been distant since his mother died of cancer in 2006, they said, but in recent months he was increasingly angry... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Gunman Kills Wife, Son, 6 Others, Shoots Down Helicopter in Virginia
BBC News
20 January 2010
Police have surrounded a lone gunman who shot and killed eight people in the US state of Virginia. At one point, a police helicopter was fired on by the man and forced to land with a ruptured fuel tank. All the dead were adults - men and women. Seven bodies were discovered at one home, while an eighth victim found on a road died on the way to hospital. Officers say they have surrounded a suspect in woodland just... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Michigan Militia Parents, Children Live with Guns, Train to Repel Terrorists
Sun (UK)
18 January 2010
Morgana, six, the youngest of the eight children, is as comfortable with a lethal .22 calibre rifle as she is with a Barbie doll. Her sister Raven, nine, has her own .22 as well, bought for her when she was seven. It is in baby pink. She explains proudly: "My dad says I'm becoming quite a good shot." Dad is Lee Miracle, of Sterling Heights, Michigan. After the events of 9/11 Lee, his wife Katerina, 43, and their... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Son Charged After Mass Shooting of 5 Family Members in Texas Home
Associated Press
18 January 2010
BELLVILLE, Texas - Authorities working to determine what spurred a flurry of gunshots that left five people dead in southeast Texas are questioning a 20-year-old relative who lived with the victims in the isolated house surrounded by pasture land. Police said Monday the victims of the weekend bloodshed all lived in the single-story brick home in Bellville, a town of about 4,000 people located 55 miles northwest of Houston. They... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Pennsylvania Gun Owner, Wife Abuser Killed Trooper in 'Planned Ambush'
Associated Press
14 January 2010
FRANKLIN,Pennsylvania - A suicidal man made an improvised sniper's "perch" in an upstairs bedroom so he could fatally shoot a state trooper who volunteered to investigate a domestic-abuse report because he had previous contact with the gunman, the state police commissioner said Thursday. Michael J. Smith, 44, arranged folded towels and blankets on a corner table to steady a scope-equipped .30-30 hunting rifle that police believe... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Arizona Woman Traded Own Daughter For Gun
Associated Press
13 January 2010
PHOENIX - Authorities say they have arrested an Arizona woman who traded her 2-year-old daughter for a gun. Maricopa County sheriff's deputies arrested 33-year-old Tanya Nareau of Mesa on Tuesday after receiving a tip. Deputies say they spoke with a family friend who had the child and confirmed Nareau gave the girl to him for gun. Deputies say Nareau felt the friend would do a better job raising the child than... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
'Brazen' Celebratory Shootings Targeted by Baltimore Police
Baltimore Sun
13 January 2010
Here's the tally from the Baltimore police commissioner's war on bad guys with guns during the opening minute of 2010: - A blue .38-caliber Smith & Wesson with four rounds in the chamber. - A 9 mm PA-63 semiautomatic handgun. - A .38-caliber Rossi revolver. - A Mossburg 12-gauge shotgun. - A chrome two-shot, .38-caliber Derringer pistol. Five guns, four suspects, two houses. These... ( gunpolicy.org )
Philippines
Maguindanao Massacre Suspect Ignored Victims' Pleas
Associated Press
13 January 2010
MANILA, Philippines - The first witness to testify against a powerful clan member accused of leading a pre-election massacre of 57 people in the southern Philippines said Wednesday he saw the defendant and his family firing guns as victims knelt and begged for their lives. The testimony came on the second day of the murder trial of Andal Ampatuan Jr., the top suspect in the Nov. 23 killings of journalists, relatives and supporters... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Orange County Buyback Hopes to Get Guns Off the Streets
MidHudsonNews.com
13 January 2010
NEWBURGH -- City officials say Newburgh will participate in Orange County's latest gun buyback program on January 16 from 10 a.m. -- 2 p.m. The buyback program is part of a countywide effort to get guns off the streets and keep them out of dangerous hands. In exchange for the weapons being turned in, no questions asked, the person turning the gun in will receive Shoprite gift cards. They range from $25 to $150 depending upon the... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
State Trooper Ambushed During Domestic Violence Shoot-out, 3 Dead
Associated Press
13 January 2010
CRANBERRY, Pennsylvania - Pennsylvania state police believe a man fatally ambushed a state trooper responding to a domestic dispute, and also killed his wife before turning the gun on himself, investigators said Wednesday. Lt. Col. Lenny Bandy said a man police couldn't see yelled from a window as two troopers responded to a dispute at the home of Michael J. Smith, 44, shortly after 11:30 a.m. Wednesday. When the troopers... ( gunpolicy.org )
Japan
Man Kills 2, Himself, in Rare Japanese Bar Shooting
Associated Press
12 January 2010
TOKYO,Japan - A man opened fire at a bar in western Japan on Tuesday, killing two people and wounding one seriously before taking his own life. Guns are strictly controlled in Japan, and shootings are rare. When such attacks do occur, they are often linked to gangsters known as yakuza. Police in Habikino City in Osaka prefecture were investigating the gunman's motive, police official Mitsuyuki Oda said. The Kyodo News agency... ( gunpolicy.org )
Botswana
Botswanan Soldier Shoots Wife and Step-Mother, Captured
AllAfrica.com
11 January 2010
Francistown -- A Botswana Defence Force (BDF) soldier, who allegedly shot and wounded his girlfriend and her mother, appeared briefly before Chief Magistrate Mokwadi Gabanagae on two counts of attempted murder on Friday afternoon. He was charged with the attempted murder of Nametsegang Stewart and her mother, Cecilia Mphathiwa last Tuesday. Tonota police station said that Batsile Kesupile, 35, a lance corporal based at... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Gun Incidents Hurt NBA's Image
Detroit News
11 January 2010
Auburn Hills -- Marvin "Bad News" Barnes played for Pistons teams in the early 1970s nicknamed the "Detroit Hoodlums" because at least four players routinely brought guns into the dressing room for protection. They weren't afraid of teammates, but wanted to protect themselves from the streets of downtown Detroit, which had a bad reputation for crime. Barnes told aol.com he carried an unregistered .45-caliber pistol and... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Kentucky Bill to Seize Domestic Violence Guns
Lexington Herald (Kentucky)
9 January 2010
FRANKFORT -- Kentucky sheriffs would have to collect the guns of people with domestic violence orders against them under a bill filed this week in the General Assembly. The measure, which faces opposition from gun-ownership proponents, is another in a growing number of proposals to strengthen Kentucky's domestic violence laws after the shooting death of state worker Amanda Ross last year, allegedly by former state Rep. Steve Nunn.... ( gunpolicy.org )
United Kingdom
Convicted Gun Criminal Caught with Handgun
Daily Mail (UK)
8 January 2010
A teenager jailed for shooting dead his 12-year-old sister was back behind bars tonight after police caught him with a loaded handgun. Kasha Peniston, 19, was sentenced to two years for killing his sister Kamilah when he was 17 after expressing 'devastation' over her death and claiming it was an accident. He claimed he would 'live with the knowledge for the rest of his life that he was responsible for the death of his young... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
Cousins Playing With 'Toy' .303 Pipe Gun, Put in Mouth, 12 year-old Shot
The Telegraph (Calcutta)
7 January 2010
Malda, Jan. 7: The left jaw of a 12-year-old was blown off today when a pipe gun with which a cousin of his was playing went off in a Kaliachak village this morning. Police said the injured boy, Harun Sheikh, was admitted to the district hospital here and later referred to North Bengal Medical College and Hospital in Siliguri. Doctors attending to him said the boy's left jaw and two teeth were blown off and the face suffered a ghastly... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Wife Avoids Prison for Shooting Extremely Abusive Nazi Husband
Associated Press
7 January 2010
Belfast, Maine - A woman who shot her white supremacist husband while he slept -- leading to the discovery of Nazi memorabilia, an arsenal of weapons and bomb-making materials in their home -- won't have to go to prison for killing the man she said subjected her and their daughter to years of extreme abuse. Amber Cummings, 32, was allowed to go free Thursday after being handed a suspended sentence in the death of James Cummings... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Boy Killed in Georgia Church by NYE Celebratory AK-47 Bullet
Sydney Morning Herald
5 January 2010
A four-year-old boy has been killed by a falling bullet that was fired into the air during New Year's Eve celebrations in the US. Marquel Peters was playing a video game inside a church in the state of Georgia when the bullet pierced the roof and hit him in the head, local media reported. He collapsed on the floor alongside his parents, bleeding, and was taken to hospital where he died. "I saw his Nintendo game... ( gunpolicy.org )
Finland
'Jealous' Finland Gunman Stalked, Killed Ex-girlfiend, 4 Others, Self
Sydney Morning Herald
3 January 2010
A man who killed his former girlfriend then shot dead four of her work colleagues at a shopping mall in Finland appears to have deliberately pinpointed his victims. Ibrahim Shkupolli, a father of three originally from Kosovo, ended his New Year's Eve killing spree by turning his weapon on himself, bringing the overall toll from the tragedy in the Helsinki suburb of Espoo to six. As relatives tried to come to terms with... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Indiana Boy, 13, Shoots 14yr-old Girl with Grandma's Unsecured Handgun
Associated Press
1 January 2010
FRANKLIN, Indiana - Indiana authorities say two cousins were playing with a gun at their grandmother's house when the 13-year-old boy accidentally shot the 14-year-old girl in the forehead. Franklin police Chief Stan Linn says the girl was critically hurt Thursday. She was conscious when she was taken to Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis. Police say the children found the grandmother's .38-caliber handgun while the girl's... ( gunpolicy.org )
Finland
Police Say Finland Shopping Mall Gunman Stalked, Chose His Victims
Associated Press
1 January 2010
ESPOO,Finland - The gunman who killed five people during a shooting rampage in Finland apparently chose his victims, police said Friday. Chief investigator Esa Gronlund of the National Bureau of Investigation told reporters that a preliminary investigation has indicated that Ibrahim Shkupolli's method of shooting the five Finns, most of them at a shopping mall in the town of Espoo, suggest that he had planned Thursday's slayings,... ( gunpolicy.org )
United Kingdom
UK Family Killer had History of Gun 'Infatuation,' Domestic Violence
Times (UK)
31 December 2009
An investigation is under way into how a man with a history of violence against women obtained a gun to shoot dead his four-year-old daughter and her mother. As the extent of Andy Copland's criminal past and violent behaviour emerged, the family of Julie Harrison and her daughter, Maisie, said they were "innocents in an awful tragedy". Ms Harrison, 40, died yesterday morning in hospital from head injuries, the day after... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
21 Face Gun-trafficking Charges in Philadelphia Crackdown
Philadelphia Daily News
30 December 2009
A 61-year-old man who shot his 16-year-old autistic son to death last month, then shot himself, got his gun from a straw purchaser, authorities said yesterday. Segundo Duque shot his son, Fabian, once in the head after pulling over in his minivan at Wyoming Avenue and H Street, in Juniata Park, on the morning of Nov. 9, police have said. He then drove nearly two miles to Sanger Street and Loretto Avenue, in Summerdale,... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Intoxicated Convicted Child Abuser Fatally Shoots Daughter with Handgun
Associated Press
30 December 2009
DENTON, Texas - A Texas man is accused of fatally shooting his 10-year-old daughter on Christmas Eve while recklessly handling a revolver. Court record show the man has been investigated repeatedly by Child Protective Services. A state investigator said he believed 36-year-old Duke Lawrence Watrous of Oak Point in Denton County had been drinking when he fired the shot that hit Ashley Watrous in the face. Texas Ranger Tracy Murphree... ( gunpolicy.org )
United Kingdom
Estranged Husband Shoots 4yr-old Daughter, Wife, Self in UK Custody Fight
Guardian (UK)
29 December 2009
A four year-old girl was shot dead and her mother critically wounded in an incident in Aldershot yesterday in which a man, believed to be the child's father, was also found shot dead. Hampshire police were called to the terrace house near the town centre at 10am after neighbours reported hearing a violent dispute. It is thought the woman, named in reports as Julie Harrison, had dropped her daughter Maisie off at the house... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Former Texas Cop, Cleaning Gun, Shoots, Injures His 2yr-old Daughter
Associated Press
29 December 2009
SAN ANTONIO, Texas - A 2-year-old Bandera County girl continues to recover after she was shot in the back of the head on Christmas Day as her father was cleaning his gun. Kalia Wallace is out of University Hospital's intensive care unit and has been moved to the pediatric ward. Her father was cleaning his gun when a bullet went through a kitchen cabinet and hit Kalia, who was on the other side. Her father, a former law... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Wife Charged With Murder, Shot Husband in Michigan Domestic Dispute
ABC News (USA)
29 December 2009
BAY COUNTY, Michigan - A Bay City woman accused of shooting and killing her husband now faces murder charges. Bay City police were called to a home in the 200 block of North Sheridan Monday afternoon. Inside they found the body of 48-year-old Rodney Shimel. Today, his wife was formally charged with killing him. Police believe 45-year-old Rebecca Shimel shot Rodney Shimel in the head. The shooting, they... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Family Dispute Leads Gun Owner Pastor to Shoot Son Dead at Christmas
Associated Press
26 December 2009
DARBY, Philadelphia -- A pastor fatally shot one of his eight children on Christmas Day during a dispute at the family home, where more than a dozen relatives had gathered to celebrate the holiday, police said. Kirk Caldwell killed 21-year-old Jordan Caldwell after intervening in a violent confrontation between the son and a woman at around 2 p.m. at their home in suburban Philadelphia, Darby Borough police said Friday. Kirk... ( gunpolicy.org )
Ghana
Ghanaian Boy, 8, Shoots, Kills Brother, 18, with Father's Illegal Rifle
All Africa
24 December 2009
KUMASI, Ghana -- An eight-year-old boy, Kwame Kusasi who lives at Anoroso, a farming village at Apetreinsa in the Asante Akim District of the Ashanti Region has been remanded in police custody for allegedly killing his eighteen year old brother. The deceased, Apabila Kusasi was shot in the chin and died instantly. Narrating the unfortunate incident to The Chronicle last Tuesday, Lance Corporal Godwin Ahianyo of the Public Relations... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Child Shot Dead with Illegal Handgun, How Many Children Must We Lose?
Record (New Jersey), Editorial
23 December 2009
SENSELESS. TRAGIC. This is where we begin in considering the terrible death of 5-year-old Daron Mayes of Paterson. He was playing with a 6-year-old relative at home on Sunday night. The 6-year-old found a loaded handgun - a semi-automatic, which loads a new bullet into the chamber each time it is fired. The child played with the weapon, and accidently shot Daron in the back of the head, police say. Police attempted to revive the... ( gunpolicy.org )
Mexico
Mexican Drug Cartel Shoots Family of Military Man in Revenge for Raid
Associated Press
22 December 2009
MEXICO CITY, Mexico - Assailants on Tuesday gunned down the mother, aunt and siblings of a marine killed in a raid that took out one of Mexico's most powerful cartel leaders -- sending a chilling message to troops battling the drug war: You go after us, we wipe out your families. The brazen pre-dawn slayings came just hours after the navy honored Melquisedet Angulo as a national hero at a memorial service. "The message... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Violent Abuser Banned from Driving, Allowed Guns, Shot 2 Seattle Cops
Seattle Times, Column
22 December 2009
When our latest cop-shooter, David Crable, showed that he was suicidal, violent and abusing alcohol, the courts in October cracked down on his use of a dangerous piece of machinery. His car. But not his guns. "I am afraid to be in my own home with him because of the many guns he owns," his mother told the court in May. "He carried a gun on himself at all times," said his Spanaway neighbor, Bobby Brown,... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
6yr-old New Jersey Boy Finds Loaded Illegal Handgun, Kills 5yr-old Friend
Associated Press
21 December 2009
PATERSON,New Jersey - Police have arrested a 23-year-old man they say left an illegal, loaded handgun in the bedroom he shared with a 5-year-old child. The child was accidentally shot and killed by a 6-year-old relative after the two boys discovered the gun while playing. Jalik Jones was charged Monday with reckless manslaughter and firearms violations. Five-year-old Daron Mayes was shot in the back of the head... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Gun Ownership 'Should Not Be Determining Factor' in Florida Adoptions
Tampa Tribune (Florida)
21 December 2009
TAMPA, Florida - The state Department of Children & Families will no longer document whether prospective foster parents own a gun. According to a Dec. 2 memorandum, DCF officials will discuss gun safety but won't document whether prospective parents have guns. Prospective parents must sign forms saying they're aware that Florida law requires people with loaded firearms keep them in a locked, secure place away from children. ... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Mystery New York 'Drug-related' Shooting Yields Second Handgun
New York Times
20 December 2009
When the police arrived at the crime scene on Amsterdam Avenue between West 83rd and West 84th Streets on Thursday, all the pieces of an initial homicide investigation seemed to fit. Three dead bodies were found in a third-floor apartment, and a fourth -- who, the police suspected, was the killer -- was found outside in the back; he was presumed to have fallen out a window. Two weapons were found: a .380 Hi Point semiautomatic... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
California Woman Shoots Up House in Domestic Dispute with Husband
Associated Press
19 December 2009
TRUCKEE, California -- A 39-year-old Truckee woman has been arrested on charges that she fired a gun into the ceiling of a home during a domestic dispute. Truckee police say Elizabeth Frydl was booked into the Nevada County Jail in Nevada City early Thursday on suspicion of domestic violence and discharging a firearm in a negligent matter. Officers responded to a call about shots being fired in a home just before 2 a.m.... ( gunpolicy.org )
United Kingdom
Liverpool Police Christmas Card Warns Women Not to Hide Men's Guns
Telegraph (UK)
19 December 2009
Cards bearing the message 'Gun crime always ends in tears, make sure they're not yours', are being sent to the women by Merseyside Police and local councils to urge them to help stop the use of guns. The cards, showing a Christmas wreath on the front and a funeral wreath on the inside saying 'Make sure it is a Christmas to remember and not one to regret', are part of an anti-gun crime campaign targeting young people believed to... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Dad Leaves Guns Around, Boy Kills 6yr-old, Dad Charged with Lax Storage
San Antonio Express-News (Texas)
18 December 2009
The father of a teenager accused of accidentally shooting and killing his 6-year-old cousin turned himself in to Atascosa County authorities Friday morning, shortly after he was charged with leaving a loaded gun accessible to children. An arrest warrant was issued for Manuel Quinonez III, 37, Thursday night. He was charged with making a firearm accessible to a child and causing death. The Class A misdemeanor is punishable with up... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Woman Shoots, Kills Estranged Husband in US Intensive Care Ward
Associated Press
18 December 2009
CHARLESTON, West Virginia - A woman has been found guilty of first-degree murder in the shooting death of her estranged husband while he was in intensive care at a hospital. Fifty-four-year-old Rhonda Kay Stewart was convicted Friday in the June death of 56-year-old Sammy Stewart. He was being treated for pancreatitis at Charleston Area Medical Center Memorial Hospital. The wife said she intended to kill herself in front... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
New York Gunman Shot, Killed 3 Generations of Family, Injured Woman
NBC News (NewYork)
17 December 2009
Four men -- three generations of one family -- were killed and a woman was injured when gunfire erupted on the Upper West Side this afternoon. The horrific scene unfolded in an apartment building at 492 Amsterdam Avenue off W. 83rd Street after a 911 call was received at about 1:45 p.m., authorities said. Police found 52-year-old Carlos Rodriguez Sr. and his son, 24-year-old Carlos Rodriguez Jr., dead in a bedroom. Eighty-seven-year-old... ( gunpolicy.org )
Austria
Angry Viennese Gun Owner Targets Divorce Judge, Kills Woman in Court
Associated Press
16 December 2009
VIENNA, Austria - A drunk teacher unhappy with a judge's ruling in his divorce case returned to the courthouse Wednesday and fatally shot one of its employees, authorities said. The gunman, 57, was arrested after gunning down a 42-year-old mother of two young children at the district courthouse in Hollabrunn, 30 miles (50 kilometers) northwest of Vienna, said Leopold Etz of the Lower Austrian criminal police force. Wilhelm... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Mother Lost Custody of Daughters, Shot Them Both, Her Mother, Herself
Associated Press
16 December 2009
SANTA ANA, California -- A court commissioner had tentatively ordered a Houston woman to relinquish temporary custody of her two young children to her ex-husband's sister hours before the family was killed in a murder suicide, an attorney said Wednesday. Authorities responding to a 911 call in an upscale, gated community in San Clemente found 38-year-old Elizabeth Fontaine; her mother, 67-year-old Bonnie Hoult; and daughters 4-year-old... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Texas Gun Owner Kills Girlfriend, 2 Others for Having Sex Without Him
Associated Press
14 December 2009
LUFKIN, Texas -- A man accused of shooting to death his girlfriend and two others in a Texas mobile home was upset after the girlfriend allegedly told him about a sexual encounter with the other victims, a sheriff said Monday. Raymond Wilson II, 45, of the Lufkin area, was charged with three counts of capital murder in the deaths of Lisa Zumwalt, 42; Douglas Wade, 65; and Sherry Wood, 47, said Angelina County Sheriff Kent Henson.... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Wife Shooter, Felon Fails in Michigan Appeals Court 'Right to a Gun' Case
CBS News (USA) / Taking Liberties, Blog
14 December 2009
It's common to hear about Second Amendment lawsuits dealing with gun rights. But nearly all state constitutions include similar legal protections, sometimes with language that is more emphatic than the wording in the U.S. Constitution's Bill of Rights. Take the recent case involving a Michigan man named Ricky Lee Baldwin, convicted by a jury of assault with intent to commit murder and unlawful possession of a firearm during a felony.... ( gunpolicy.org )
Canada
Canadian Long Gun Registry is Much More Than a Symbol
Metro (Canada), Opinion
10 December 2009
This past weekend, groups across the country commemorated the 20th anniversary of the Montreal massacre. Families of the victims mourned their loss and recommitted to defending Canada's gun control law, which they called a monument to the memory of the victims. Twenty years ago, a man walked into l'Ecole Polytechnique, separated the men from the women and screaming -- you are all a bunch of feminists -- killed 14 young women and... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Utah Gun Shop Owner Loses 25 Guns; Culprits His Daughter, Her Boyfriend
Associated Press
10 December 2009
Orem police have arrested two people accused of burglarizing a gun shop - one the daughter of the shop owner, and the other the woman's former boyfriend. The shop, Gunnies, discovered more than a month ago that it was missing at least 25 firearms. Orem detectives say they made the arrests Wednesday. The suspects, 31-year-old Raquel Taylor, and 28 year-old Jeremy Lamb were each charged with burglary and possession... ( gunpolicy.org )
Canada
Jealous Ottawa Husband Shot, Paralysed Wife with Registered Handgun
Ottawa Citizen (Ontario)
8 December 2009
OTTAWA -- A jealous boyfriend who shot his girlfriend in the throat with a semi-automatic handgun, leaving her paralyzed from the waist down, pleaded guilty to attempted murder Tuesday. Alvin Persaud, who was then 29, admitted putting the gun to the throat of 44-year-old Cathleen Lavoie and pulling the trigger just after 3 a.m. on July 22, 2008, in the living room of her Marlin Private home. Lavoie later told police that... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Firearms Riding High on America's Holiday Gift Lists, Say Gun Dealers
St Petersburg Times (Florida) / Scripps Howard News Service
7 December 2009
On Kevin Wence's 10th Christmas, he opened a gift from his father and discovered what would become "A Christmas Story" legend: a Red Ryder BB air rifle. His first gun. Last week, Wence bought his 15th, a stainless-steel Smith & Wesson Model 686 revolver. Unlike the air rifle, this gun won't sit under the Christmas tree, he said. But it would be a family gift that he, his wife and his 24-year-old son, all trained in shooting, could... ( gunpolicy.org )
Canada
Montreal Massacre Highlights 'Narrow Interests' of Minority Gun Lobby
Waterloo Record (Ontario), Opinion
5 December 2009
It is nearly 20 years to the day that a man with a legally acquired rifle entered our school and shot 23 people, including me, Nathalie Provost. Several of our close friends were among the 14 young women who died on Dec. 6, 1989, at l'École Polytechnique in Montreal. Our crime? Most of the shooting victims were women who wanted to become engineers. And an angry man was able to easily get access to a lethal weapon. ... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Licensed Florida Gun Owner Bought 3 Guns a Day Before Killing Family
WTVJ-TV News (Florida)
4 December 2009
MIAMI, Florida -- Jupiter police have released more surveillance video Friday with footage showing fugitive Paul Michael Merhige buying a gun at a Fort Lauderdale gun shop. The video is from Nov. 25, the day before Merhige drove to Jupiter and shot six of his family members, killing four of them including his twin sisters and a 6-year-old cousin. The owner of the shop, who did not want to be identified, said Merhige... ( gunpolicy.org )
Canada
Tory 'Girlfriends' Hew to Party Line on Femicide, Vote to Kill Gun Register
Toronto Star (Ontario), Column
4 December 2009
If it weren't so hypocritical, it would be hysterical. On Wednesday, at a Parliament Hill ceremony marking the 20th anniversary of the Dec. 6 massacre at Montreal's L'École Polytechnique, Conservative MP Candice Hoeppner co-starred in Status of Women minister Helena Guergis's show of sympathy. Bad enough that, last month, Guergis voted for Bill C-391, the legislation that aims to kill the long-gun registry and Hoeppner... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Man 'Waited 20 Years' to Kill His Family, Shot 3 Women, Girl at Dinner
Associated Press
2 December 2009
FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida -- Paul Merhige sat through three hours of Thanksgiving Day dinner and sing-a-longs around the piano, plotting the moment he would fatally shoot four relatives, his cousin-in-law said Tuesday. After opening fire, Merhige was heard saying he had waited 20 years to kill them. There were no arguments, warnings or red flags before the rampage, said Merhige's cousin-in-law Jim Sitton, who hosted the dinner and... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
New Jersey Man Who Shot Family Had Been Barred From Seeing Wife
New York Times
29 November 2009
A New Jersey man who was killed by an off-duty police officer after he shot his estranged wife and two sons, one fatally, on Saturday morning in Paterson, had been barred from seeing his wife since September because of a restraining order, the authorities said on Sunday. Relatives of the man, Edelmiro Gonzales, and his estranged wife, Johanna Gonzales, tearfully consoled one another on Sunday in the lobby of St. Joseph's Hospital... ( gunpolicy.org )
Germany
School Shooter's Father Let Son Have Gun, Faces 15 Homicide Charges
Deutsche Welle (Germany) / DPA / AP
27 November 2009
German prosecutors have filed criminal charges against the father of a teenager who killed 15 people in a shooting spree in March. Victims' relatives have demanded that he pay for leaving the murder weapon unsecured. A spokeswoman for the public prosecutor's office in the southwestern city of Stuttgart said on Friday that the father of Tim K. had been charged with 15 counts of negligent homicide. A trial date is yet to be announced.... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
US Appeals Court Decides Domestic Abuser Has Right to Possess Guns
Gazette (Wisconsin)
21 November 2009
MADISON -- Since 1996, the federal government has been prosecuting individuals for possessing a firearm if they previously were convicted of misdemeanor domestic violence offenses, but a Janesville man's case has changed that. A federal appeals court in Chicago on Wednesday reversed Steven Skoien's conviction, finding the law he was prosecuted under might violate Skoien's constitutional right to bear arms. The government... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Some Criminals, Abusers Have Right to Carry Guns, Rules US Court
CBS News (USA) / Taking Liberties, Blog
19 November 2009
A federal appeals court has overturned the conviction of a Wisconsin man barred from owning firearms because of his criminal record, ruling the lifetime prohibition may violate Americans' Second Amendment rights and calling into question the future of a 13-year old gun control law. In a 3-0 decision on Wednesday, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals ordered a trial judge to take a second look at the evidence that a 1996 federal... ( gunpolicy.org )
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