United States
Fired Ohio University Janitor Kills Co-worker, Then Self, Police Say
New York Times
9 March 2010
An Ohio State University custodian who had been told he was being fired killed a co-worker and wounded another before killing himself early Tuesday morning at a university maintenance building, officials said. No students were involved in the 3:30 a.m. shooting, and classes were held as scheduled on Tuesday. The gunman was identified as Nathaniel Brown, 51. The university released documents indicating that Mr.... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Montana School Superintendent Unintentionally Fires Gun During Class
Associated Press
9 March 2010
BILLINGS, Montana - The superintendent of a rural Montana school district says he was showing students his black powder muzzleloader when he accidentally fired the weapon into a classroom wall during a history lesson. Dwain Haggard, who used to be a Civil War re-enactor, was showing the gun to five students in Reed Point High School's American history class Friday when it fired. No one was injured, and Haggard says he can't... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Student Openly Wears Pistol at Utah University, Insists He Has the Right
Fox News (USA)
9 March 2010
OREM, Utah - A Utah Valley University student says he is within his rights openly displaying a gun while carrying a concealed gun permit, even while on campus. And that is what student Nick Moyes did Friday morning when he was stopped by the campus police and was told to put the gun away. As president of UVU's Republican Club, Moyes was hanging posters for an event when he was detained. "We are allowed to open carry on... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Alabama Senate Approves Guns in Cars at the Workplace
WKSR Radio (Alabama)
27 February 2010
The Alabama State Senate has passed legislation that would make it easier for people to keep guns in their vehicles. This comes just two weeks after the fatal shootings at the University of Alabama in Huntsville. Democratic Sen. Roger Bedford of Russellville got the Senate to vote 26-2 for his bill Thursday, which would ban policies that prohibit licensed guns from being locked away in private vehicles in company parking lots. ... ( 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 )
United States
Fearing Imagined Obama Agenda, US States Push to Loosen Gun Laws
New York Times
24 February 2010
When President Obama took office, gun rights advocates sounded the alarm, warning that he intended to strip them of their arms and ammunition. And yet the opposite is happening. Mr. Obama has been largely silent on the issue while states are engaged in a new and largely successful push for expanded gun rights, even passing measures that have been rejected in the past. In Virginia, the General Assembly approved a bill last... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Colorado Sheriff Says He'll Undermine University's Hidden Handgun Ban
Colorado Springs Gazette, Editorial
23 February 2010
The Colorado State University Board of Governors voted unanimously Tuesday to place students at both of its campuses in harm's way with a sweeping weapons ban law-abiding citizens will obey and criminals will ignore. Larimer County Sheriff James Alderden, outraged by the ban, told The Gazette's opinion department he will undermine it in the interest of student safety. CSU-Fort Collins Police Chief Wendy Rich-Goldsmith,... ( 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
Gunman Shoots, Injures Students at School 3 Miles from Columbine High
Associated Press
23 February 2010
LITTLETON, Colorado - A teacher tackled a man armed with a high-powered rifle just after two teenage students were shot Tuesday at a suburban Denver middle school that's just miles from Columbine High School, the site of one of the nation's deadliest school shootings, authorities said. One male and one female were shot at about 3:30 p.m. outside Deer Creek Middle School in Littleton, Jefferson County Sheriff's office spokeswoman... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Colorado University Embroiled in Debate Over Hidden Handguns in Class
National Public Radio (USA), Transcript
22 February 2010
Across the U.S., most public universities ban students and faculty from carrying concealed handguns on campus. Colorado State University has, up until now, been one of the few exceptions to this rule. But now, campus leadership wants to change the policy, and that's not sitting well with students and local gun rights advocates. The university's board of directors voted to pass a ban on carrying concealed weapons last year. At a... ( 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
Another California City Council Tightens its Local Gun Restrictions
North County Times (California)
17 February 2010
MENIFEE, California - Council members have tightened Menifee's gun restrictions, saying the new ordinance protects areas that need it but still allows firearms to be discharged in the city. In a 4-0 vote Tuesday, with Mayor Wallace Edgerton absent, the council agreed to prohibit shooting a firearm or BB gun within 150 yards of a school, church or park, and within 300 yards of roads or livestock. The change was prompted... ( gunpolicy.org )
Finland
National Handgun Ban Mooted After String of Shootings in Finland
Associated Press
17 February 2010
HELSINKI, Finland - A Finnish government commission on Wednesday proposed a ban on semiautomatic handguns after two school shootings in recent years left 20 people dead. The ban, which needs parliamentary approval, would sharply reduce the number of legal weapons in a country that ranks among the world's top five in civilian gun ownership. "We've had a very weapon-friendly culture," commission chairman Pekka Sauri said.... ( 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
Handgun Sales Up, Arkansas Shooters Urge Trigger Locks, Child Training
KAIT-8 TV News (Arkansas)
16 February 2010
JONESBORO, Arkansas - Gun experts told Region 8 News Tuesday more people have purchased pistols over the last year. According to Cody Driskell with DNW Outdoors, pistol sales have risen approximately 50% in the last year. This comes as law enforcement agencies across the Region 8 viewing area urge parents to safely secure all types of firearms. "As a parent, you need to teach your kid about guns. If you're going to have guns around... ( 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 )
United States
Alabama Shooting Suspect Held Men at Gunpoint After Killing Her Brother
Boston Globe
15 February 2010
Shortly after fatally shooting her brother in 1986, Amy Bishop held two men at gunpoint and demanded a getaway car at an auto repair shop near her family's Braintree home, according to one of the men involved. Carrying a shotgun by her side, a 21-year-old Bishop walked intently across a car lot into the adjacent storefront, where she began searching for car keys. Coming down from the second floor, she was heading toward the garage... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Minnesota Man Gets 5yrs Jail for Shooting Airgun at School Buses
Worthington Daily Globe (Minnesota)
15 February 2010
WADENA, Minnesota - A 21-year-old man from Wadena was sentenced Feb. 4 to five years in prison for shooting a pellet gun at Wadena-Deer Creek school buses on March 3, 2008. Timothy Erwin Mindermann received the five-year prison sentence for three felony charges of second-degree assault with a dangerous weapon. An Otter Tail County jury found Mindermann guilty on all three counts, in addition to a misdemeanor charge of obstructing... ( 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
Witnesses Detail Handgun Assassination of Iowa School Coach
Associated Press
12 February 2010
ALLISON, Iowa - Brandon Simkins stood in the weight room of the Aplington-Parkersburg high school, a loaded .22-caliber revolver pointed at his head, and closed his eyes. He was sure he was about to die. The then-freshman football player had watched a man he didn't recognize walk past the dumbbells and workout machines and raise the weapon. The man fired. Simkins opened his eyes and watched his coach, Ed Thomas, fall to... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Arizona University Students Debate Hot Issue of Hidden Handguns in Class
Wildcat (Arizona)
10 February 2010
Approximately 50 students and faculty members stood up to express their views regarding guns on campus at last night's public forum hosted by the Associated Students of the University of Arizona. People gathered in the Santa Rita Ballroom of the Student Union Memorial Center at 7 p.m. last night. ASUA senators and Executive Vice President Emily Fritze sat at a long, horizontal table looking out into the crowd of eager forum... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Illegal Guns Found 7 Times This School Year in Just One Louisiana Parish
Advocate (Louisiana)
10 February 2010
A 13-year-old sixth-grade student at Westdale Middle School was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of bringing a loaded gun onto campus Monday and threatening to shoot another student, law enforcement authorities said. The arrest marks the seventh time this school year that a gun has been found on school property, said Casey Rayborn Hicks, a spokeswoman with the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office. In the Westdale Middle... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Alabama 14yr-old Shoots, Kills Another Boy, Also 14, in School Corridor
Huntsville Times (Alabama)
7 February 2010
MADISON - A judge will determine at a hearing Monday whether a Discovery Middle School student accused in the shooting death of a classmate will be charged as an adult, officials said Saturday. Madison Superintendent Dr. Dee Fowler also said security will be high at all Madison schools when students return to school Monday. "Concern for the well being of our children is the top priority for parents, the school system, and... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
SWAT Team Races to US School After Child 'Fires' Cap Gun at 6yr-olds
Associated Press
2 February 2010
VANCOUVER, Washington - The initial 911 report from the Vancouver, Wash., elementary school was alarming: shots fired at a school playground. That had police and SWAT officers scrambling Tuesday morning -- only to find the weapon was a bright orange cap gun. Police and school officials say a second-grade boy at Eleanor Roosevelt Elementary School brought the gun and apparently pointed it at two 6-year-olds and fired it, discharging... ( gunpolicy.org )
Mexico
Hitmen Shoot, Kill 13 Students at Party in Mexico's Deadliest Drug Town
Reuters
1 February 2010
Suspected drug hitmen in Mexico have burst into a party and killed 13 high school students in Ciudad Juarez, the latest massacre in one of the world's deadliest cities. The students were celebrating victory in a local American football championship in a house in the city across the border from El Paso, Texas. "The men drove up in four SUVs. They were well-armed," a neighbour at the scene said. "They went into the... ( 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 )
Netherlands Antilles
Gun Battle Erupts, Revolver Found in Netherlands Antilles School Bus
Daily Herald (St Maarten)
30 January 2010
CUL DE SAC -- Police held nine teens and seized a revolver after a gang clash in Cul de Sac that led to a shooting from a school bus Friday afternoon. A gang from the district allegedly attacked the school bus near Cake House bakery and supermarket. A passenger retaliated, firing at least one gunshot from the bus window, police said. Witnesses remember hearing two gunshots. One didn't come from the bus. A stray bullet struck... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Lawmakers Wade Into Vast Overhaul, Relaxation of Georgia Gun Law
Associated Press
28 January 2010
College presidents and student leaders bristled at a proposal Wednesday that would allow some gun owners to carry firearms on college campuses as legislators waded deeper into a vast overhaul of state gun restrictions. The broad legislation would for the first time allow the estimated 300,000 Georgians with gun permits to carry their weapons in most public buildings, churches and even the state Capitol. It would also lift a ban... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
California Schoolboy, Gang Member Wounded in Campus Shooting
San Francisco Chronicle
27 January 2010
SAN BRUNO, California - A Skyline College student who was shot and wounded at the San Bruno campus last year has been convicted of a gun violation, a prosecutor said today. Eric Brewer, 20, pleaded no contest Tuesday in San Mateo County Superior Court to a felony charge of carrying a loaded firearm in a public place. Judge Susan Etezadi placed him on three years of probation and gave him credit for time served in jail, about nine... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Colorado University Faces Fight for Banning Hidden Handguns on Campus
Denver Post (Colorado)
27 January 2010
A gun-rights group says it will fight Colorado State University's proposal to ban concealed weapons on the Fort Collins and Pueblo campuses. Rocky Mountain Gun Owners, which is based in Fort Collins, claims the gun ban is a clear violation of Colorado law. On Monday, the group will announce its protest plans, which may include legal action. "We are certainly going to pursue every opportunity to not let CSU wag its little... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Colorado State University Considers Banning Hidden Handguns in Class
Denver Post (Colorado)
21 January 2010
Colorado State University administrators released a draft weapons-control policy Wednesday that would ban all firearms from campus. And while CSU's Board of Governors is expected to enact the policy at its Feb. 23 meeting, student leaders say they won't give up their right to carry concealed weapons on the Fort Collins and Pueblo campuses without having another say in the issue. "Oh, there is no doubt we will respond to... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Gun Lobbyists Encourage, Display 'Open Carry' Handguns in California
San Jose Mercury News (California)
20 January 2010
David LaTour rolled out of bed on a recent Saturday morning and prepared for a leisurely lunch: Wallet, check. Car keys, check. Springfield XD 9 mm pistol and ammunition, check. Springfield XD 9 mm pistol and ammunition? The Hayward resident is a member of an organization slowly gaining membership in the Bay Area. Open Carry aims to make it possible for Americans in every state to legally carry loaded guns in public. The... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Lobbyists Work to Encourage Hidden Handguns in Georgia Churches, Bars
Athens Banner-Herald (Georgia)
17 January 2010
Oconee County Sheriff Scott Berry doesn't know if someone breaks the law just by carrying a concealed firearm while talking with friends outside a convenience store. That's because current state law that forbids people with concealed weapons permits from bringing those weapons to public gatherings is too fuzzy, Berry said. "There's no clear definition of what a public gathering is, and the truth is. we're not going to enforce... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Georgia Moves to Encourage Hidden Handguns in Church, School, Bars
Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Georgia)
13 January 2010
A controversial bill to allow licensed gun owners in Georgia to carry concealed weapons most places other than the courthouse and the jailhouse is headed to a House subcommittee for closer scrutiny after a lengthy hearing Thursday. Rep. Rich Golick (R-Smyrna), chairman of the House Judiciary Committee on noncivil matters, said a subcommittee will be able to "hash out" some of the concerns about the bill, mostly centering on an expansion... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Should Georgia Allow Hidden Handguns at Public Gatherings? No
Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Georgia), Opinion
13 January 2010
If your children are attending a university in Georgia, would you prefer their classmates and teachers be armed with handguns? Or would you prefer that everyone simply have books? As of July 1, 2008, Georgia lawmakers already increased the areas where guns can be legally carried to include public transportation, state parks and restaurants that serve alcohol. But now state Sen. Mitch Seabaugh (R-Sharpsburg) and another... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Should Georgia Allow Hidden Handguns at Public Gatherings? Yes
Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Georgia), Opinion
13 January 2010
The time is now for Georgia's citizens to be given back their rights as protected by the Second Amendment and the Constitution of Georgia. Georgians have, since our founding, been allowed under state law to possess and carry firearms. In recent times, more and more restrictions have been placed upon our lawful citizens for many different and various reasons. Well-intended legislators, responding to single incidents, attempted... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Truck Rental Killings Occured Inside Georgia School Safety Zone
Examiner (Atlanta)
13 January 2010
The scene of a mass murder yesterday afternoon is inside a "school safety zone." Few details are known about why an ex-employee of a Penske Truck Rental facility in Kennesaw entered his former place of business and shot five people, killing three. No motive is yet being discussed. Another thing that is not being discussed is the location of the murders. The Penske Truck Rental facility is located in one of Georgia's "school... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Duck-hunting Student Expelled for Shotguns and Ammo Left in Truck
San Francisco Chronicle
12 January 2010
In late October, Gary Tudesko, a junior at Willows High School, went duck hunting with a friend before school. Instead of dropping off his guns at home he headed to school. He parked his pickup on a public street near campus and left two unloaded shotguns inside the locked truck. Later that day, authorities found the firearms, shells and a knife with a 3-inch blade. Tudesko was suspended and eventually expelled for gun possession. Principal... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Georgia Lawmaker Weakens Sweeping Expansion of Guns in Public Places
Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Georgia)
12 January 2010
State Sen. Mitch Seabaugh (R-Sharpsburg) on Tuesday dropped his bill to rewrite Georgia's laws governing where concealed weapons may be carried by licensed citizens. University dorms? No. K-12 schools? No. K-12 school parking lots? Yes. In the state Capitol? Yes to the halls and rotunda, but no to specific offices. The bill hasn't been assigned a number yet, but you can read it here. Backed by Senate Majority Leader... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Tennessee Gubernatorial Candidates Talk Guns
The Commical Appeal (Tennessee)
10 January 2010
1. A Nashville judge has struck down as "unconstitutionally vague" the law passed by the legislature in 2009 allowing people with handgun-carry permits to take guns into places serving alcohol. The bill's sponsors say they will ask the legislature to approve a new version. Do you support or oppose a bill to allow handgun-carry permit holders to take guns into places that serve alcohol? Democrats: Jim Kyle: I strongly... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
2 CA Students Found with Handguns, 1 Loaded, in Random Spot Check
Associated Press
6 January 2010
Alhambra, California - Police say a student has been arrested for investigation of weapons possession after he was found with two handguns -- one of them loaded -- at a high school in Alhambra. Police later arrested a second student in connection with the incident Wednesday. Alhambra police Sgt. Brandon Black said the guns were found about 1:30 p.m. during a random spot search by a private security firm at Mark Keppel High... ( gunpolicy.org )
Finland
Finland to Tighten 'Primitive' Gun Control Laws
Xinhua
1 January 2010
HELSINKI,Finland - Finnish Interior Minister Anne Holmlund said on Saturday that Finland will amend the gun law to tighten control on guns, Finnish media reported on Saturday. A 43-year-old man named Ibrahim Shkupolli, a Kosovo Albanian, shot and killed four employees at Sello shopping center in Espoo, southern Finland, as well as his ex-girlfriend at her home, who was also employed there, and finally himself on Thursday. The... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Law Change Would Allow Guns in Georgia's Churches, Schools, Airports
Associated Press
30 December 2009
ATLANTA - Georgia lawmakers could soon be considering vast changes to the state's firearm laws. The proposals include allowing gunowners with permits to carry their concealed weapons at churches, school zones and college campuses. Lawmakers could also rewrite a provision that would allow licensed gun owners to carry weapons in parts of Georgia's airports. State Sen. Mitch Seabaugh says there's "a definite need in the state... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Second Colorado University Bans Hidden Handguns on Campus
Los Angeles Times
28 December 2009
DENVER - After a gun-wielding student killed 32 at Virginia Tech, faculty at Colorado State University in Fort Collins found, to their alarm, that theirs was one of the few public schools in the country with no policy banning firearms. Anyone with a concealed weapons permit could legally carry on campus. Students, however, were alarmed when the faculty moved to change that. Among other arguments, students contended that... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Competitive Teen Rifle Shooter Charged in New York School Bomb Plot
NBC News (New York)
14 December 2009
Students are set to return to Bridgewater-Raritan High School this morning, days after a bomb scare shut down the campus. A second teenager has been arrested in connection with the investigation of the planned attack at the school. Somerset County Prosecutor Wayne J. Forrest said cops were led to a friend of the 16-year-old Bridgewater-Raritan High School student who was previously arrested. The suspect can only be identified... ( gunpolicy.org )
Canada
Canada Remembers Mass Shooting of 13 'Feminists' by Student with Rifle
Canadian Press
6 December 2009
MONTREAL -- Nobody took Marc Lepine seriously at first, when he walked into a classroom at the Ecole polytechnique on Dec. 6, 1989, and interrupted an engineering student's presentation on heat transfer. He stood there, in his threadbare parka, holding a 223-calibre Sturm-Ruger rifle. People stared, confused. One student asked him if he was playing a prank. "Everybody thought it was just a bad joke until he fired his weapon,"... ( gunpolicy.org )
Canada
Gun Lobby Less of a Problem than Silence of the Canadian Majority
Toronto Star (Ontario), Opinion
6 December 2009
Twenty years ago today, an angry man walked into l'École Polytechnique in Montreal, separated the men from the women and screaming, "You are all a bunch of feminists!" killed 14 young female engineering students and injured 13 others. Many of us remember exactly where we were when we got the news. And exactly how we felt when we realized it could have been us or our daughters or our sisters. And we remember the outrage when we... ( gunpolicy.org )
Canada
Gun Registry Demise Dismays Canadian Parents, Victims, Police, Women
Toronto Star (Ontario), Editorial
6 December 2009
On this night 20 years ago, a small group of heartsick Toronto women gathered at city hall to hold the first vigil for the 14 young women slaughtered that day at l'École Polytechnique in Montreal by a gunman screaming about "feminists." Every year since, women have marked Dec. 6 with memorials, vigils, reflections and vows never to let it happen again. On the second anniversary, a vanguard of prominent men stood in solidarity... ( gunpolicy.org )
Canada
Scrapping Canadian Gun Registry 'Slap in the Face' for Massacre Victims
Globe & Mail (Toronto)
6 December 2009
Twenty years ago, the aftermath of the Montreal Massacre reshaped public opinion on gun control. Now, the House vote that ended the long-gun registry reopens old wounds - and has survivors fighting mad. To the sisters and mothers and survivors marked by loss, it remains the single most tangible legacy of the bloodshed at the École Polytechnique. It's also the most tenuous. Twenty years after a gunman took the lives of 14 women... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Colorado State University Bans Guns on Campus, Only Utah Remains
Associated Press
5 December 2009
DENVER -- Joining most major colleges nationwide, Colorado State University has banned concealed weapons on campus with a vote that pitted faculty asking for a prohibition against students demanding the right to carry guns. The university's Board of Governors voted 7-0 Friday to require gun bans on its campuses in Fort Collins and Pueblo. Guns are already off-limits at K-12 schools in Colorado, the University of Colorado... ( gunpolicy.org )
Canada
Generation of Feminists Created by Woman-hating Montreal Mass Shooter
Toronto Star (Ontario), Column
5 December 2009
"We are not feminists." A young, incredulous Nathalie Provost said those words to Marc Lépine 20 years ago Sunday. It was a bid to save her and her fellow students' lives -- the women Lépine had isolated in a university classroom before opening fire on them with a semi-automatic hunting rifle. Provost was one of the lucky four who survived. "At the time, I thought to be a feminist meant you had to be militant," says Provost,... ( gunpolicy.org )
Canada
Gun Registry a Potent Memorial of Montreal Shooting Massacre [Francais]
Le Devoir (Quebec)
5 December 2009
[Translated summary: Montreal school shooting massacre survivor and gun control campaigner Heidi Rathjen campaigns once again to retain the Canadian long gun registry.] OTTAWA -- Circonstance étrange pour un anniversaire spécial. Le malaise? Le 20e du drame de Polytechnique survient au moment où le principal héritage de l'événement -- le registre des armes à feu -- joue sa survie politique à Ottawa. Et cette épée de Damoclès,... ( gunpolicy.org )
Canada
Gun Registry, Gun Laws Save Lives, 'Uphold Social Order' in Canada
Peterborough Examiner (Ontario), Letter
5 December 2009
Recently, MPs voted 164 to 137 to repeal the registry of long guns and shotguns. This despicable, shameless, politically driven action flies in the face of public health, safety, and crime prevention. The issue of gun registration must not and cannot be limited to its impact on criminals. There are compelling reasons and widespread consensus in favor of compulsory gun registration. Gun registration provides vital safety information... ( 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 )
Canada
MPs, Victims, Women's Groups Boycott Canadian Shooting Anniversary
Toronto Star (Ontario)
5 December 2009
OTTAWA -- The potential demise of Canada's long-gun registry cast a shadow Friday over any attempts by federal politicians to mark the 20th anniversary of the massacre of 14 women at Montreal's l'École Polytechnique. In the Commons, Bloc Québécois MP Thierry St-Cyr (Jeanne-Le Ber) said the survivors of the tragedy have been let down by the "hypocrisy" of a government that helped usher in recent private member's legislation to... ( gunpolicy.org )
Canada
A Chronology of Canadian Gun Control Laws and Long Gun Registry
CBC News (Canada)
4 December 2009
When Canada's auditor general tabled her December 2002 report, she set her sights on Ottawa's controversial gun-registry program. Sheila Fraser blasted the federal government for exceeding its estimated budget, saying that by the time the smoke cleared and all gun owners and their guns were registered, the program would have cost taxpayers more than $1 billion. Opposition critics were quick to point out that figure is 500 times... ( gunpolicy.org )
Canada
Massacre Survivor Says Canadian Government Can't Kill Gun Registry
Canadian Press
4 December 2009
MONTREAL -- A survivor of the murderous rampage at the Ecole polytechnique says the government will have blood on its hands if the controversial federal gun registry dies and there is a spike in firearm-related killings. Heidi Rathjen, a former engineering student at the school, was among those who worked to reform Canada's gun laws and set up the registry in the wake of Marc Lepine's attack on the school on Dec. 6, 1989. "I... ( gunpolicy.org )
Canada
Tories Plan 'Huge Step Backward' to Dismantle Canadian Gun Registry
CTV News (Montreal)
4 December 2009
It was a cold early December night. The memories, all these years later, remain as sickening as ever. It's not something you can forget, nor should you. Their only crime was that they were bright young women with futures so promising. They were our daughters, our sisters, our friends. They will never grow old, have families, become engineers. December 6, 1989 changed all that. 20 years later we have come far. The legacy of the murders... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Colorado University Rethinks Policy Allowing Hidden Handguns in Class
Pueblo Chieftain (Colorado)
3 December 2009
The Colorado State University-Pueblo's policy allowing concealed weapons on campus could be changing soon. The Board of Governors of the CSU System, which oversees CSU-Pueblo and CSU-Fort Collins, will discuss the system's weapons control policy at its regular board meeting scheduled for Friday in Denver. Currently, CSU-Pueblo and CSU-Fort Collins follow state law which allows for individuals with a permit to carry concealed... ( 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 )
Hungary
Student, Club Shooter Kills 1, Injures 3 in Hungarian University Shooting
Hungary Around the Clock (Budapest)
27 November 2009
A pharmacology student fired shots inside a building of Pecs University in the south of Hungary just before noon on Thursday, killing a classmate and wounding another student, a male lab worker and a cleaning woman, local county police chief told the press from the site. Police have arrested the attacker, a 23 year-old man, who gave himself up over the phone shortly after firing the shots with a handgun, Jozsef Dakos said. ... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Oregon School Teacher Loses Again in Bid to Carry Gun in Classroom
Oregonian (Portland)
19 November 2009
A Medford high school teacher has lost another round in her bid to carry a concealed handgun to work. The Oregon Court of Appeals concluded this week that a Jackson County trial court was correct to allow the Medford School District to forbid Shirley Katz from carrying her weapon to South Medford High. Katz, who has a permit to carry a concealed firearm, sued the Medford School District for its policy forbidding employees... ( gunpolicy.org )
France
Boy Took Family Rifle to Kill Teachers, School Shooting 'Foiled' in France
BBC News
17 November 2009
Police in a town near Paris have foiled a 13-year-old boy's plan to shoot his teachers and himself after being warned by his parents, officials say. When the boy approached the school in Beauvais with a loaded hunting rifle he found it guarded by police and turned back, according to judicial officials. Police detained the suspect after he was found by his parents in an internet cafe in the town centre. His parents... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States,United Nations
CNN: US, World Chronology of Media-reported Gun Homicide, Shootings
CNN
6 November 2009
Fri September 25, 2009 Four police officers, suspect shot in New Jersey raid Four police officers and a suspect were shot in a raid for firearms and narcotics early Thursday in central New Jersey, a local prosecutor's office said. Mon September 7, 2009 Police: Man shoots 4 family members, then himself A man shot his estranged wife to death, along with their son and grandson, before turning the gun on himself as police... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
US Lobbyist Wants Firearms in Schools, 'No Gun Restrictions, Period'
Lynchburg News & Advance (Virginia)
16 October 2009
With a "Guns Save Lives" sticker on his breast pocket, Philip Van Cleave, president of the Virginia Citizens Defense League, made the case Friday for why students should be allowed to carry concealed firearms on college campuses during the "To Keep and Bear" Second Amendment symposium at Liberty University School of Law. "At the end of the day, I don't think there should be restrictions of firearms. Period," Van Cleave said during... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Police Take Handgun from Drugged Drunk, Montana Judge Gives it Back
Columbia Daily Tribune (Missouri)
8 October 2009
Earlier this year, the General Assembly seriously considered allowing concealed firearms on college campuses. The twisted logic held that pistol-toting underclassmen would help prevent the next Virginia Tech-style massacre. Now comes the curious case of John L. Richard (pronounced "ree-shard"). In November 2006, Scott County sheriff's deputies were dispatched to Richard's home in Benton in response to a domestic dispute.... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
When Children with Illegal Firearms Rule Chicago's Schools, Streets
Chicago Tribune, Opinion
8 October 2009
The horrific murder of Chicago honor student Derrion Albert has the world's attention, in part because it was caught on video. President Barack Obama sent Education Secretary Arne Duncan and Attorney General Eric Holder to Chicago this week to talk with students, school officials and others about school and youth violence. We welcome the opportunity to talk about a comprehensive strategy to combat youth violence. But let's remember... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Chicago Violence Haunts Obama as Gun-Control Backers Left Cold
Bloomberg (USA)
7 October 2009
CHICAGO -- At least 47 school-age children in Chicago have been killed in homicides, mostly by guns, since the month President Barack Obama took office. The latest youth homicide in his adopted hometown was different only in that the attackers used splintered railroad ties and were captured on video broadcast globally. The Sept. 24 attack prompted Obama to send his attorney general and education secretary to Chicago today... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Group Sues Oregon University to Allow Hidden Handguns on Campus
Daily Emerald (Oregon)
30 September 2009
A pro-Second Amendment foundation has filed a lawsuit challenging the Oregon University System's ban on handguns, specifically for those with concealed handgun licenses. The suit was brought forth last month by the Oregon Firearms Educational Foundation and filed by Salem lawyer and former chairman of the Oregon Republican Party Vance Day. Rather than a traditional lawsuit seeking damages, the suit petitions the court to determine... ( gunpolicy.org )
Canada
Teens Stole Guns, Planned Shooting Rampage at Winnipeg Schools
Winnipeg Free Press (Manitoba)
30 September 2009
Two troubled teens admitted on Tuesday to planning a random shooting rampage inside three Winnipeg-area schools and a church. The 17-year-old boy and his 18-year-old girlfriend -- who can't be named under the Youth Criminal Justice Act because they were youths at the time -- pleaded guilty in a brief court appearance to conspiracy to commit murder. Police arrested the pair in January 2008 and said they planned to "harm... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Santa Fe College Plans to Override Florida Law, Ban Guns on Campus
Gainesville Sun (Florida)
16 September 2009
Santa Fe College officials plan to expand the college's ban on firearms and weapons on campus. Already, state law prohibits guns on school campuses and the college's existing policy does not allow students to have guns in their vehicles on college property, regardless of whether they have a valid concealed weapons permit. The proposed expansion of the weapons ban would prohibit faculty, staff, contractors working on campus... ( gunpolicy.org )
Germany, United Nations
Gun Owner Dad Helped Son Buy Bullets Used in School Mass Shooting
Spiegel (Germany)
14 September 2009
Earlier this year, Tim K. killed 15 people and himself in a shooting spree that started at his former school in Winnenden, Germany. According to information obtained by SPIEGEL, the investigation files show that Tim's father went with him to a gun store to buy 1,000 bullets seven weeks before the shooting. Police investigators have found that the father of Tim K., the 17-year-old who killed 15 people and then himself in... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Texas Town Marks First Year of Teachers, Staff Carrying Guns in School
Times Record (Wichita Falls)
5 August 2009
One year ago, David Thweatt made a decision so controversial and groundbreaking the story about it sped around the world. The Harrold Independent School District superintendent made history last August when he and his school board decided to allow select teachers and staff members at the 110-student school to carry guns on campus -- a first for Texas and the nation. For Thweatt and his board, the decision was pure mathematics.... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
After Years of Being Pushed Around by Gun Lobby, Americans 'Push Back'
Christian Science Monitor, Editorial
27 July 2009
After years of being pushed around by the pistol-packing gun lobby, many lawmakers on Capitol Hill and in state capitals are finally pushing back. They have successfully blocked efforts by the National Rifle Association to expand certain "conceal-and-carry" provisions. Now they must go the extra step and actually advance reasonable restrictions on firearms. A string of defeats has disheartened gun-control advocates: in 2004, Congress... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Teen Who Killed 1, Wounded 4 on Chicago School Bus Gets 100 Years
Chicago Tribune
21 July 2009
Two years ago, Blair Holt's father says he apologized to his son as he kissed and stroked his lifeless child's face and tried to wipe away dried blood from his ears and nose. "I'm so sorry, son, I should have been there to protect you," Ronald Holt, a Chicago police officer, recalled telling his slain son in May 2007. But on Monday, Holt said he can finally breathe a sigh of relief after Michael Pace, the gunman who killed... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Guns in School, Public Housing Now US Gun Lobby's 'Lunatic Priority'
New York Times, Editorial
15 July 2009
Congress continues to do the gun lobby's lethal bidding, delivering a bipartisan boost in a House committee to a reckless proposal that would allow residents of public housing projects to keep guns in their homes. The measure would endanger projects in major cities that have adopted the common sense precaution of declaring public housing to be no-gun zones. The gun amendment was perversely attached to a much-needed measure widening... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
US Lobbyists Want Hidden Handguns in Parks, Bars, Schools, Churches
Los Angeles Times
8 July 2009
MURFREESBORO, Tennessee -- Like many Tennesseans, Mary Beth Sauls supports the right to bear arms. But as she sat by a public pool full of splashing kids recently, the 54-year-old grandmother said she was worried about a new state law that may soon allow gun-permit holders to carry their weapons into city parks like this one. "I don't think this should really be a place for guns, with all these children around," said Sauls, as she... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
US States Approach National Consensus: Guns Don't Belong in School
Wall Street Journal
8 July 2009
Gun-rights advocates have won victories in several states in recent months allowing gun owners to carry concealed weapons in public parks, taverns and their work places. So it came as a surprise to Tennessee state Rep. Stacey Campfield that he couldn't persuade his colleagues to pass a law allowing students at public colleges to carry concealed firearms on campus. The bill died this spring in the Republican-controlled legislature... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Colleges Trample Rights, Say Supporters of Hidden Handguns in School
Associated Press
28 May 2009
PITTSBURGH -- Colleges nationwide have unconstitutionally barred students from handing out literature, protesting and gathering in support of the right to carry weapons on campus, students and an advocacy group say. Christine Brashier, a freshman at the Community College of Allegheny County near Pittsburgh, said a dean recently told her she had to stop distributing fliers for the group Students for Concealed Carry on Campus, which... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Louisiana Kills Bill to Allow Hidden Handguns on College Campuses
Times-Picayune (Louisiana)
28 May 2009
BATON ROUGE -- The House voted 86-18 today to kill a bill that would have allowed qualified students 21 and older and faculty members to carry concealed weapons on college campuses. House Bill 27 by Rep. Ernest Wooton, R-Belle Chasse, was amended to prohibit carrying the concealed weapons at sporting events by barring them at arenas, football stadiums and other sports venues. Wooton said he amended the bill because of a... ( gunpolicy.org )
Costa Rica
Gun-free Schools: Campaign Against Violence in Costa Rica [Espanol]
Nación (Costa Rica)
16 May 2009
[Translated summary: The President of Costa Rica launches a Gun-Free Schools campaign after 69 guns were found in primary and high schools in 2007.] Llamar al 911 y no tocar el arma son los dos primeros pasos que deben seguir los educadores cuando descubren a un alumno con un arma de fuego o punzocortante, como un cuchillo. En esa situación, el docente debe hablar con calma con el estudiante, sin amenazas, ni regaños,... ( gunpolicy.org )
Azerbaijan
Man with Legal Handgun Killed 13 'For Pleasure' at Azerbaijan College
Agence France Presse
16 May 2009
A man who shot 12 people dead at a university in Azerbaijan before killing himself left messages saying he would "experience the pleasure of killing", police and prosecutors say. Farda Gadirov, 29, described himself as a "lone wolf", a joint statement from the general prosecutor's office and interior ministry said on Friday. Investigators had found photographs and messages in which he had anticipated his shooting spree,... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States, Iraq
'Deeply Angry' US Sergeant Shot, Killed 5 at Combat Stress Clinic in Iraq
Associated Press
13 May 2009
Keith Springle, who grew up swimming and fishing off the North Carolina coast and seemed destined as a boy to join the Navy, was in Iraq because it was his duty as a military psychologist. Dr. Matthew Houseal, a 54-year-old Army reservist and psychiatrist, was there because he felt he needed to be. Regardless of how they came to be there, both made it their mission to help their fellow service members cope with the stress of life... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Dogs Find Body of Georgia Professor Who Shot, Killed Wife, 2 Others
Associated Press
10 May 2009
ATHENS, Georgia -- A professor wanted for killing his wife and two other people at a community theater two weeks ago was found dead in the north Georgia woods Saturday, his body covered in brush and dirt, officials said. Two guns were found with the body of marketing professor George Zinkhan, who vanished after the April 25 shootings near the University of Georgia, said Athens-Clarke County Police Chief Joseph Lumpkin. The... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Female US College Student Was Stalked, Shot Dead: Suspect Arrested
Associated Press
8 May 2009
MIDDLETOWN, Connecticut -- For two days, Wesleyan University feared becoming another Virginia Tech as police conducted a nationwide manhunt for a man accused of stalking and killing one student and threatening to kill more. But the crisis came to an abrupt end late Thursday just 10 miles from campus after suspect Stephen P. Morgan saw his photo in a newspaper and asked a convenience store clerk to call police. Officers... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Stalker Used Handgun to Kill Female Student in Connecticut Bookshop
New York Times
8 May 2009
She was a disciplined, fearless young woman of great promise, a Wesleyan University junior with a passion for women's health issues. He was apparently disturbed, a man with shaky relationships and a malevolence toward Jews, threatening them and others on the campus in Middletown, Conn., in a journal he kept. The lives of Johanna Justin-Jinich, 21, and Stephen P. Morgan, 29, had intersected briefly -- and ominously -- two years ago,... ( gunpolicy.org )
Azerbaijan
Foreign Experts Not Invited to Investigate Mass Shooting in Azerbaijan
Turkish Weekly (Ankara) / Trend News
5 May 2009
BAKU, Azerbaijan -- Foreign experts and specialists have not been invited to investigate the lawsuit on the armed attack at the Azerbaijani university. As highly-qualified specialists have been involved in the investigation-operation group to reveal the crime as soon as possible, there is no need to invite any foreign specialists and experts, the Prosecutor General's Office Press Secretary Eldar Sultanov told Trend News on May 5.... ( gunpolicy.org )
Azerbaijan
Mass Shooting in Azerbaijan Oil University Leaves 13 Dead, 10 Wounded
Agence France Presse
1 May 2009
A gunman shot 12 people dead on Thursday before killing himself at a university in the oil-rich Caspian state of Azerbaijan, officials said. The massacre at the Azerbaijan State Oil Academy stunned the small mainly Muslim country, which has never before seen the kind of public shooting rampages that have plagued some Western countries in recent years. The ex-Soviet republic's interior ministry said in a statement that the... ( gunpolicy.org )
Azerbaijan
Man Kills 12, Wounds 13, Kills Himself with Pistol in Azerbaijan Academy
Fineko/abc.az
30 April 2009
BAKU, Azerbaijan -- Azerbaijan Republic Ministry of Internal Affairs and General Office of Public Prosecutor made official statement on the occasion of today's public crime committed at 9.30 am in one of the higher educational institutions of Baku. The statement says: a stranger entered the Azerbaijan State Oil Academy's 2nd building (also known as "new building") located at 227, D.Aliyeva Street, which is the location of such departments... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Professor Takes 2 Handguns from His Car, Kills Wife, 2 Others at Picnic
Associated Press
27 April 2009
ATHENS, Georgia -- For more than 55 years, the volunteer actors and stagehands of the Town & Gown Players have entertained patrons in this Southern college town with all manner of productions: Shakespearian classics, Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals and Woody Allen's screwball comedies. But nothing could prepare them for the real-life tragedy that struck over the weekend. A gunman, identified by police as University of... ( gunpolicy.org )
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