"The Carrying of Firearms Strictly Prohibited" - Dodge City, 1878 after a theater shooting #gunsense #p2 pic.twitter.com/c9fBCVqNsQ .
— US Gun Violence (@usgunviolence6) January 31, 2015Saturday, January 31, 2015
Dodge City
Thanks George Kollitides
Adam Lanza personally thanks George Kollitides, CEO Freedom Group/Bushmaster 4 enabling mass murder #gunsense pic.twitter.com/3IBK231vZr .
— US Gun Violence (@usgunviolence6) January 31, 2015Newtown School Panel to Include Proposed Gun Ban in Report
The New York Times reports
An advisory panel charged with looking at public safety in the wake of the deadly Newtown school shooting agreed Friday to include in its final report a recommendation to ban the sale and possession of any gun that can fire more than 10 rounds without reloading.
An advisory panel charged with looking at public safety in the wake of the deadly Newtown school shooting agreed Friday to include in its final report a recommendation to ban the sale and possession of any gun that can fire more than 10 rounds without reloading.
The
Sandy Hook Advisory Commission, created by Connecticut Gov. Dannel P.
Malloy in the wake of the 2012 school shooting, plans to complete its
work next month. The report will include dozens of recommendations in
three categories: law enforcement and emergency response; safe school
design and operation; and mental health and wellness.
In
its interim report last March, the commission included the proposed gun
ban, which is opposed by the gun lobby and manufacturers. It would go
much further than a 2013 Connecticut law which, among other things,
expanded the state's assault weapons ban and barred the possession and
sale of large-capacity ammunition magazines.
"Whether
or not this law would stand the test of constitutionality is not for
this commission to decide," said former Hartford Police Chief Bernard
Sullivan, a member of the panel. "The commission has expressed very
strongly that this is a statement that is needed regarding the lethality
of weapons."
Commission
members said during a meeting Friday that they want to emphasize that
there needs to be more regulation of guns that can inflict mass
casualties, even if it causes some inconvenience to recreational
shooters.
It's Not The Guns
Bill Whittle, with his usual condescending sarcasm, explains why the US murder rate is acceptable. He conveniently overlooks the fact that not a one of the countries listed with a higher murder rate than ours is what we call a 1st World Country. Inadvertently, he showed us where those countries are on the list when he put the US below Switzerland, Germany and the others, pretending that we have the same rate as Plano TX. Interestingly, when selecting pro-gun central, he didn't choose New Orleans or Baton Rouge.
Typical flim-flam bullshit from the gun-rights right.
Texas Bill Would Allow Teachers to Use Deadly Force Against Students
Fox News
A proposed bill would allow teachers in Texas to use deadly force against students and be protected from any kind of prosecution.
The Teacher’s Protection Act would allow these teachers to use force against students or anyone else on school grounds if they feel threatened. Educators would avoid prosecution for “injury or death that results from the educator’s use of deadly force” under the new legislation.
Texas law already protects teachers from disciplinary measures if they use reasonable force against a student. The law proposed by Republican Rep. Dan Flynn would allow deadly force.
Association of Texas Professional Educators managing attorney Paul Tapp told the Houston Chronicle that teachers in the state already have some legal protections that allow them to use force under reasonable circumstances.
A proposed bill would allow teachers in Texas to use deadly force against students and be protected from any kind of prosecution.
The Teacher’s Protection Act would allow these teachers to use force against students or anyone else on school grounds if they feel threatened. Educators would avoid prosecution for “injury or death that results from the educator’s use of deadly force” under the new legislation.
Texas law already protects teachers from disciplinary measures if they use reasonable force against a student. The law proposed by Republican Rep. Dan Flynn would allow deadly force.
Association of Texas Professional Educators managing attorney Paul Tapp told the Houston Chronicle that teachers in the state already have some legal protections that allow them to use force under reasonable circumstances.
Queens NY Murder Suicide - 4 Dead 1 Wounded
Jonathon Walker
Huffington Post
In the quiet of a pre-dawn Saturday on a dead-end street, a father came home and shot his family in their heads, leaving women in three generations dead and a wounded 12-year-old girl calling 911, police said.
"What I did, I cannot come back from," Jonathon Walker told his brother by phone soon afterward, police said. And Walker did not come back - police said he killed himself in his car on a desolate street a few miles away, ending a burst of violence that stunned relatives who said the family hadn't shown signs of trouble.
The 34-year-old security guard had killed his 7-year-old daughter, Kayla Walker; his 31-year-old girlfriend, Shantai Hale; and Hale's mother, Viola Warren, 62. His and Hale's older daughter, whom a relative identified as Christina Walker, was hospitalized in stable condition, police said.
Investigators were trying to trace Walker's movements before the shooting as relatives struggled to comprehend shootings that struck them as inexplicable.
"I can't believe this happened. I can't believe this happened," Doreen Warren, the eldest victim's mother, sobbed by phone.
While Chief of Detectives Robert Boyce said police had taken reports for domestic incidents at the home in 2005 and 2006 for "nominal matters" and Walker had been arrested twice in now-sealed cases, relatives said they weren't aware of any family strife or concerns about Walker.
Minnesota City Hall Shooting Leaves 2 Officers Hurt And Gunman Dead
Huffington Post
A gunman opened fire inside a suburban Minneapolis city building Monday night, injuring two police officers before authorities returned fire and killed him, the county sheriff's department said.
Hennepin County Sheriff's Office chief deputy Mike Carlson said the shooting happened around 7:15 p.m. while two officers were being sworn in at the New Hope City Hall.
The newly sworn-in officers and others were leaving the city council chambers when they encountered a man armed with a "long gun," Carlson said at a news conference.
The man opened fire and struck two New Hope police officers, Carlson said. Other officers immediately returned fire, killing the gunman, he said.
A gunman opened fire inside a suburban Minneapolis city building Monday night, injuring two police officers before authorities returned fire and killed him, the county sheriff's department said.
Hennepin County Sheriff's Office chief deputy Mike Carlson said the shooting happened around 7:15 p.m. while two officers were being sworn in at the New Hope City Hall.
The newly sworn-in officers and others were leaving the city council chambers when they encountered a man armed with a "long gun," Carlson said at a news conference.
The man opened fire and struck two New Hope police officers, Carlson said. Other officers immediately returned fire, killing the gunman, he said.
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