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
Tennessee 3yr-old Grabs Wii 'Gun,' Kills Herself with Dad's Loaded Pistol
Tennessean (Nashville)
9 March 2010
NORENE, Tennessee -- A mix-up between a Wii game and a .380 caliber pistol led a 3-year-old to pluck the real gun from an end table and shoot herself in the abdomen, ending her life, Wilson County Sheriff Terry Ashe said. Cheyenne Alexis McKeehan's stepfather, Douglas Cronberger, and her mother, Tina Ann Cronberger, both 32, were inside their rural Norene home when the child shot herself Sunday night. Her mother was on the computer... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
America's Love Affair With Firearms Won't Be Quelled By Mere Statistics
Irish Times
6 March 2010
AMERICA -- Cities and states that restrict gun ownership are seeing that prerogative threatened by the Supreme Court "We Americans, we cling proudly to our guns and religion," Sarah Palin, the failed vice-presidential candidate and darling of the Tea Party movement, said at a recent rally for Rick Perry, the Republican governor of Texas. The historian Richard Hofstadter coined the phrase "gun culture" to describe America's... ( gunpolicy.org )
Tanzania
Machine Gun Gang Invade Tanzanian Wedding Party, Kill 5, Steal Cattle
Citizen (Dar es Salaam)
6 March 2010
TERIME, Tanzania -- A wedding party was thrown into disarray in Tarime district on Thursday night, when armed gangsters stormed a homestead and shot dead five people. Six other people, including two children, were seriously injured in the attack that rocked Kimusi village, some 40 kilometres from Tarime Township. However, the bride and bridegroom, whose big day had started on a brighter note, with hundreds of their relatives... ( 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
Husband & Wife Security Guards Had Gun History Before US Cop Killing
Associated Press
2 March 2010
FRESNO, California - Fresno County court records show that the wife of a man accused of instigating a deadly shootout with authorities has her own criminal past. Diane Liles was known as Diane Shepherd in 2005 when she was convicted of threatening to kill a co-worker with a gun while working as a security guard. She served jail time for the crime, later reduced from a felony to a misdemeanor. Liles was questioned last week... ( 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 )
Philippines
11 Die in Mass Shooting as 'al-Qaida' Militants Sack Philippine Village
Associated Press
27 February 2010
MANILA, Philippines - Suspected al-Qaida-linked militants raided a village in the southern Philippines early Saturday, killing 11 people in the country's worst militant attack on civilians in nine years. Gunmen from the extremist Abu Sayyaf group backed by renegade Muslim separatist rebels fired grenade launchers and automatic rifles on houses while residents were asleep, killing one government-armed militiaman and 10 civilians... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Infatuated Gun Owner Stalks, Shoots, Kills US Teacher At Her School
Associated Press
27 February 2010
TACOMA, Washington - The stalking began with bursts of phone calls -- 10 or 15 in a day, about once a year, from an old college acquaintance. Then, flowers and unwanted visits, an anti-harassment order, an arrest -- and bail. Jennifer Paulson, a 30-year-old special education teacher at a Tacoma elementary school, knew she was in danger this week when her alleged stalker was released from the Pierce County Jail, three days after... ( 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 )
Canada
Women's Groups Pressure Opposition MPs to Save Canada's Gun Registry
Canadian Press
26 February 2010
MONTREAL, Canada - Gun-control advocates pleaded with Ottawa's opposition parties to stand united against a move to shelve the gun registry when Parliament reconvenes next week. The call came Friday from a coalition that included police, politicians, women's groups, and Heidi Rathjen, a survivor of Montreal's 1989 Polytechnique massacre. They said they hold no hope of persuading the governing Conservatives to back away... ( 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
Students Return to Alabama University After Professor Shot Her Colleagues
Associated Press
22 February 2010
There was no easing back into classes at the University of Alabama in Huntsville on Monday: Many students and teachers had to return to the building where three professors were gunned down more than a week ago. Classes resumed on the campus where authorities and witnesses say Amy Bishop, a biology professor bitter over being denied tenure, opened fire in a small conference room, killing three colleagues and wounding three others.... ( 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
Professor Accused in Alabama University Shootings Says She's Remorseful
Associated Press
19 February 2010
HUNTSVILLE, Alabama - The Alabama university professor accused of shooting six colleagues has a genius-level IQ, yet wonders whether she has been fired from her job -- a clear sign that she has trouble relating to the world, her attorney said Friday. One week ago, the Harvard-educated Amy Bishop was accused of opening fire at a faculty meeting at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, killing three co-workers and injuring three... ( gunpolicy.org )
United Nations,United States
Professor Targeted by US Gun Lobby Over Her UN Human Rights Report
Minnesota Daily (Minneapolis)
18 February 2010
The polarizing and powerful emotions surrounding gun ownership hit close to home Friday for University of Minnesota Professor Barbara Frey. Frey, director of the University's Human Rights Program through the Institute for Global Studies, was a special rapporteur on small arms for the United Nations from 2002 to 2006 and advocated for tighter gun regulation. Last Friday, Frey started to receive "hate mail" from people, she... ( 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
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
US School Shooting Professor Punched Woman in Earlier Restaurant Fight
Associated Press
16 February 2010
PEABODY, Massachusetts - An Alabama professor accused of fatally shooting three colleagues last week had previously admitted in court to punching a woman in a tirade over a booster seat at a Massachusetts restaurant. Citing a police report, WBZ-AM and The Boston Globe both reported Tuesday that Amy Bishop was charged with assault after the incident in 2002 at the International House of Pancakes in Peabody. The police report... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
After Alabama College Shooting, Killer's Co-workers Try to Regain Footing
New York Times
15 February 2010
HUNTSVILLE, Alabama - When after many months of careful tending, Sarah Cseke reached a milestone in her graduate student research, she went straight to the office of the busy chairman of the biology department at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, Gopi Podila, to share the triumphal moment. "I knocked on his door with a petri dish full of hairy roots, and he actually came to the door and took the time to look at it," she said.... ( 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 )
Namibia
Domestic Abuse Shootings Bring Namibia Closer to Tough Gun Control
Namibian (Windhoek)
15 February 2010
The issuing of firearm licences should be stricter, as there have been several reports of women being shot by their boyfriends or husbands, Deputy Prime Minister Dr Libertina Amathila said in Parliament on Thursday. Speaking on the debate on the draft defence policy tabled by Defence Minister Charles Namoloh, Amathila said: "Weapons [licences] are issued easily to the public, are people able to handle guns? Women are shot by their... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
Indian Campaigners Call for Global Gun Trade Treaty, Fewer Firearms
Hindustan Times (Delhi)
15 February 2010
NEW DELHI - Twenty-one organisations from across the country have come together to appeal to the Government to go for welfare instead of warfare. In a parallel event to the Defence Expo-2010 starting this Monday, these organisations, representing civil society, are gathering for "Delhi disarmament events and conference for an arms trade treaty," which will focus on the consequences of arms trade and the way military spending is... ( 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
Licensed US Machine Gun Owner Loses 13 Firearms in Domestic Dispute
Milford Daily News (Massachusetts)
9 February 2010
MILFORD, Massachusetts - A Milford man was arrested and police seized more than a dozen of his guns, including an M16 and AK47, after officers went to his home Saturday for a report of a domestic dispute. Paul A. Delaney, 45, of 48 Harvard Drive, assaulted his wife during an argument about the music being so loud that it might wake their kids in the middle of the night, police said. One of the children ended up trying to... ( 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
California Teens, 14 & 15, Shoot Ice Cream Van Driver for Her Takings
San Francisco Chronicle
6 February 2010
VALLEJO, California - A teenage runaway from a foster home is being sought by police, and another youth was arrested Friday in connection with the shooting of a woman driving an ice-cream truck in Vallejo. Peter Montenegro, 15, who has ties to Vallejo and Hayward, is suspected of firing the shots that wounded Amarjit Kaur, 39, of Vallejo on Wednesday, police Sgt. Kevin Bartlett said Friday. He remains at large. The boy... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Florida Sheriffs Run Hidden Handgun Class to Raise Cash for Shot Officer
ABC News (USA)
6 February 2010
The Levy County Sheriff Office is raising awareness and money for the family of a fallen law enforcement officer. The sheriff's office raised money for the family of Chad Reed, a Dixie County sheriff captain, who lost his life during a shootout with John Kalisz, a man accused of shooting four women and killing two of them in January. The Levy County Sheriff's Office hosted a pistol class to educate people how to properly fire a... ( 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
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
Mapped Tally of Gunshot Deaths in Los Angeles, Updated Daily - LA Times
Los Angeles Times, Blog
27 January 2010
Three Years, 2,603 Killings The maps on the newly designed Homicide Report confirm many widely accepted truisms about killing in the county that have long shaped Angelenos' assumptions about who dies and where. Put simply, since 2007 most murder victims have been young, Latino and black men living in a broad corridor that runs down either side of the Harbor Freeway from downtown Los Angeles to the Century Freeway and then... ( 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
Hidden Handgun Permit Holder Shoots, Kills Sister, 7 Others in Virginia
Washington Post
21 January 2010
APPOMATTOX, Virginia -- Christopher Bryan Speight described himself in court papers as a dependable, hardworking person who was not quick to anger, and he showed pride in his ability to "find ways to get out of problems without using force or violence." Friends, in letters in support of his successful 1995 application for a concealed weapons permit, called him "an upstanding, Christian young man" and "very mature and responsible."... ( 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
Virginia Mass Killer Held Hidden Handgun Permit, High-powered Rifles
Associated Press
20 January 2010
APPOMATTOX, Virginia -- A man suspected of shooting eight people to death surrendered Wednesday after spending the night in dense woods, but authorities did not reveal what prompted the killings. Christopher Bryan Speight, 39, was wearing a bulletproof vest but had no weapons when he turned himself in to police around 7:10 a.m., Sheriff O. Wilson Staples said. Authorities say he fired at a state police helicopter, rupturing its... ( 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
Indiana Moves to Hide Data on Hidden Handgun Permits, Violent Abusers
Associated Press
17 January 2010
Public access to the state database of people with permits to carry guns would be closed under a bill on its way to the floor of the Indiana House. The bill was filed following complaints over newspaper stories that used information from the database to scrutinize how gun permits are issued, including one that found a permit wound up in the hands of a man who had pressed the barrel of a loaded handgun into the chest of a woman holding... ( gunpolicy.org )
Côte d'Ivoire
Côte d'Ivoire Begins 'Election Without Gun Violence' Campaign [Francais]
Le Patriote (Abidjan)
15 January 2010
[Translated summary: 'Elections without Gun Violence' was launched in Abidjan at the National Commission on small arms, by Michele Pepe, president of the Cote d'Ivoire Action Network on Small Arms (RASALAO), an IANSA affiliate.] Les élections, on le sait, sont généralement sources de passion et de tension en Afrique. La Côte d'Ivoire, qui se prépare, pour l'élection présidentielle, n'échappe pas à la règle. C'est... ( 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 )
Canada
Saskatoon Man Flaunted Rifle, Shot 6yr-old Girl Sleeping in Next Room
CBC News (Canada)
14 January 2010
The man who carelessly fired a rifle inside a Saskatoon home, hitting a sleeping child in the next room, has been sentenced to four and a half years in prison. The girl, Letisha Kishayinew, was six years old when the shooting took place Jan. 16, 2009. The bullet travelled through an interior wall of the home before striking the child. Spencer Wapass, 21, and another man were arrested within a week of the shooting. ... ( 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 )
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
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
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 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 )
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 )
Finland
Gunman Kills Ex-Girlfriend, 4 Others, Self in Finland's Latest Mass Shooting
Independent (UK)
1 January 2010
After two mass shootings in two years, Finns had been hoping they had seen an end to such murderous outbreaks. But yesterday the small Scandinavian nation's nightmare returned when a solitary gunman dressed in black killed five shop assistants near Helsinki, sparking fresh concerns over the country's liberal gun laws. The gunman, who had previous convictions for gun offences, shot his ex-girlfriend with an unlicensed handgun at... ( 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
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 States
16yr-old Michigan Boy Charged with Street Shooting of 15yr-old Girl
Grand Rapids Press (Michigan)
29 December 2009
GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan - The mother of Jashaan Drew Edwards said her son was only trying to protect his younger sister, who had been the target of gang beatings, when he opened fire in their Southeast Side neighborhood this week and struck 15-year-old Rashonda Mitchell in the chest. She said her son, who just turned 16, and a 14-year-old friend encountered the victim and two men -- including one who possessed a sawed-off shotgun,... ( 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 )
South Africa
Six Dead, Three Injured in Kenyan Christmas Assault Rifle Ambush
Cape Times (Capetown)
26 December 2009
Six people were killed and three others injured on Friday night when three men armed with R5 and AK-47 rifles entered a Ngwane house and opened fire, Kwa-Zulu Natal police said on Saturday. According to National Police Commissioner, Bheki Cele, the gunmen entered the house at 11.30pm. "A group of 11 friends were enjoying themselves when the three men entered. They simply opened fire on the group," said Cele. Those... ( 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
Alaska Felon Ordered Guns on Net, Used Women to Collect from Dealer
Associated Press
20 December 2009
WASILLA, Alaska - Authorities say a 53-year-old Wasilla man amassed a huge arsenal of firearms despite being a felon. Gregory Dale Hayes has been charged with one count of being a felon in possession of firearms. He is accused of possessing 28 firearms, including semiautomatic guns and rifles with high-capacity magazines. He faces up to life in prison if convicted. Officials with the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,... ( gunpolicy.org )
Kenya
Race to Smuggle, Buy Assault Weapons as Kenya Pastoralists Re-arm
Daily Nation (Nairobi)
20 December 2009
NAIROBI, Kenya -- The demand for automatic weapons in Turkana, Samburu and Pokot has created a huge market and this could explain the recent arms seizures in the country. Fuelled by persistent droughts, the arms race among the pastoral communities in Northern Kenya has intensified in the last decade with almost 95 per cent of households said to own a firearm. A two-decade study of the three communities says that by the... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Surge in Hidden Handgun Permits, Guns for Women in Massachusetts
Boston Globe
20 December 2009
The number of gun permits issued in Massachusetts surged by more than 15 percent over the past two years, reversing nearly a decade of steady declines and marking a pronounced departure for a state known for its antigun sentiment. The magnitude of the rise, evident in nearly every corner of the state, surprised law enforcement officials, and gun advocates and opponents alike. Some saw it as an echo of similar spikes across... ( 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
Alaska Gun Owner Amassed Arsenal, Planned 'Something,' Now Faces Life
Anchorage Daily News (Alaska)
18 December 2009
A convicted Mat-Su felon who amassed an arsenal of assault rifles, grenades, flak jackets and weapon silencers has been indicted on a federal charge of being a felon in possession of firearms, according to the U.S. attorney. Gregory Dale Hayes, 53, is facing life in prison on the charge, which is the result of a yearlong investigation by federal authorities that included surveillance of Hayes' home at 6670 W. Hemmer Drive in Wasilla.... ( 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 )
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
Detroit Woman Leaves Loaded Gun by Bed, 3yr-old Granddaughter Dies
Detroit Free Press
10 December 2009
A single shot from a 9-millimeter handgun in her grandmother's bedroom nightstand killed a Detroit 3-year-old Wednesday night, leading the city's police chief to renew a plea for gun safety. "This is the most egregious one: the gun was in a nightstand unlocked, right at a normal height for a 3-year-old," Detroit Police Chief Warren Evans said this morning. "But we have dozens and dozens of these a year." Alexia Bostick... ( gunpolicy.org )
Canada
Canadian Police Support Massacre Victims: Don't Kill Long-gun Registry
Montreal Gazette (Quebec)
9 December 2009
Two Quebec police unions, the head of a Canadian coalition for gun control and a woman whose sister died during the école Polytechnique massacre of 1989 are calling on Canadians not to be taken in by the "myths" supporting the dismantlement of the national long-gun registry. "After 20 years ... it's really a lack of respect for the victims, for the families, for all the people who worked so hard to change the way that we fight... ( 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 )
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