California Mulls Bill To Remove Guns From Potential Offenders

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The argument on the pro gun side is "When handled responsibly and under ideal conditions, guns are a harmless tool"
My argument is...people can't even tell when an Onion article about things pro-gunners do or say is a joke, and people like this are EVERYWHERE.

Grammar error..or not?

Grammarly ran this picture of a sign thinking there might be missing punctuation:

Personally, I am not so sure with the amount of people who are "accidentally", or even intentionally shot in places with "get away with murder" laws that this might be a grammatical error.  People are accidentally shot while hiking on trails:  the Appalachian Trail even gives a warning to hikers to wear orange in hunting season to try to avoid hikers being shot.

Take  this sign:

It might not be too far off to suggest the first sign WASN'T a grammatical error when people walk around armed in inappropriate situations.  Additionally, shootings are given a slap on the wrist, if even punished.

As the song goes:  "Yanks with guns, say shooting people, is such fun".

Georgia Says Ex-Cop Convicted of Sexually Assaulting a Woman With His Gun Gets to Own a Gun

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What does someone have to do in order to lose gun rights in Georgia? Apparently, sexually assaulting a woman at gunpoint—even threatening to anally penetrate her with the gun—is not enough. Ian Millhiser at ThinkProgress reports on the shocking case of Dennis Krauss, a now former police officer who was convicted of sexually assaulting a woman in 1999 who had called 911 to complain that her husband was beating her. According to the appeals court decision that upheld Krauss' conviction, instead of helping the woman, Krauss threatened to take her to jail if she didn't have sex with him. 

Krauss checked them into a motel room while the woman sat terrified, thinking she was under arrest, in the car. "I had to, I was afraid to leave, he, you know, he is a police officer;  you don't just leave," the victim explained. Once he had her in the motel room, according to the 2003 appeals court decision, "Krauss took his gun from his gun belt and told the victim he wanted to have anal sex with her with the gun." Then he pushed her, pulled off her pants, and raped her. 

Despite Krauss' sexual assault conviction, the Georgia State Board of Pardons and Paroles restored his right to carry a firearm in July 2013. This is coming to light now because the Atlanta Journal-Constitution has published an exposé of the Georgia courts' tendency to restore gun privileges to convicted felons. The Journal-Constitution counted 358 violent felons who were able to regain gun rights in a six-year period, 32 who killed someone and 44 who were convicted of sex crimes.

9-Year-old Girl Accidentally Kills her Shooting Instructor

Just like in the Bizilj incident, no one will be held accountable for this one.

Quote of the Day

Lt. Cook points out it's against the law to knowingly file a false police report. But he said the greater fear is that citizens fail to report armed individuals, either because they feel intimidated or because they've become desensitized to guns on the streets.
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Unconfirmed audio of ten shots fired in the Michael Brown shooting, with an unconfirmed 12 brass found

From CNN:

Attorney: New audio reveals pause in gunfire when Michael Brown was shot

(CNN) -- Could a newly released audio provide more clues on what led up to Michael Brown's shooting death?

The FBI has questioned a man who says he recorded audio of gunfire at the time Brown was shot by Ferguson, Missouri, police on August 9, the man's attorney told CNN.

In the recording, a quick series of shots can be heard, followed by a pause and then another quick succession of shots.

Forensic audio expert Paul Ginsberg analyzed the recording and said he detected at least 10 gunshots -- a cluster of six, followed by four.

New audio of Michael Brown shooting?

"I was very concerned about that pause ... because it's not just the number of gunshots, it's how they're fired," the man's attorney, Lopa Blumenthal, told CNN's Don Lemon. "And that has a huge relevance on how this case might finally end up." What could audio of shooting reveal? The funeral of Michael Brown The funeral of Michael Brown

The man, who asked that his identity not be revealed, lives near the site of the shooting and was close enough to have heard the gunshots, his attorney said.

He was speaking to a friend on a video chat service and happened to be recording the conversation at the same time Brown was shot, Blumenthal said.

A further complication to understanding the audio, which appears to record 10 shots is that unconfirmed reports indicate there were 12, not 10, bullet casings found at the scene. This does make it appear that the cop, Darren Wilson, who previous to his hire at Ferguson worked at a police department that had such bad race relations with the community that it was DISSOLVED, emptied his weapon into Michael Brown.