Joseph V. Loughrey was getting into his truck when his 9 mm handgun discharged, wounding son Craig in the chest. The boy died at the scene at Twigs Reloading Den, north of Pittsburgh. If the kid had planned better, he would have carried something to fight back with.
Man’s gun goes off in parking lot killing his 7-year-old son – NY Daily News.
On Fox News’ The Five, the hosts argued that women in domestic violence situations would be able to protect themselves better if they were armed.
“Honey, does this dress make me look fat?”
“No! Absolutely not! Now please put the gun down.”
Dana Perino: Female Victims Of Violence Should ‘Make Better Decisions’ (VIDEO).
“Eighty-five shots: That’s the total number of bullets German police used in all of 2011, Der Spiegel reports. But what does it say when US cops use as much ammo to bring down one man as German cops need to keep the peace nationwide?
“The rate at which German police discharged their firearms is further underscored by how rarely they shot with fatal intent. Of the 85 bullets used in 2011, 49 were warnings shots, 36 were aimed at criminal suspects, 15 people were injured, and 6 were killed, the German daily continues.”
85 shots: US cops use more ammo per man than Germans per year — RT.
Reader of this blog know that we don’t think much of Mayor Bloomkberg, but his challenge to both Presidential candidates to stand up and say what they’ll do about gun control in the wake of the Denver shootings is breathtaking.
Batman shooting: Bloomberg urges gun control after Colorado attack.
“We believe in God, we believe in guns and we believe in family.” — Texas state Rep. Chuck Hopson
via Lawmakers who joined GOP struggle for re-election – Houston Chronicle.
“Prostitution is illegal in Ohio except, it seems, when the Ohio House of Representatives sells itself to the handgun lobby. . . .
“Fueled by campaign donations and political threats, the gun lobby keeps pushing the boundaries. And supposedly responsible Ohio officeholders, like the British at Munich, keep caving.”
via Yet another gift to Ohio’s gun lobby: editorial | cleveland.com.
The ATF has issued a new rule that multiple sales of high-powered rifles in border states must be reported to the federal government. The rule would reveal which American dealers are most active in the deadly business of shipping arms to murderous Mexican drug dealers.
The gun-nut wing of the House, apparently thinking that the “right to bear arms” somehow means the “right to sell arms to any bloodthirsty foreign thug who comes calling,” crafted a measure to block the new rule and stuck into a budget bill. The Republicans who voted to do that can Bite Me. But the insane Democrats who supported them can double Bite Me.
House blocks Obama rule on border-state rifle sales – Houston Chronicle.