Sunday, July 14, 2013
Missouri to Teach Gun Safety to First Graders
Local CBS
Missouri schools will be encouraged to teach first-graders a gun safety course sponsored by the National Rifle Association as a result of legislation signed Friday by Gov. Jay Nixon.
The Missouri measure stops short of mandating the Eddie Eagle Gunsafe Program. But by putting it in state law, Missouri is providing one of the stronger state-sanctioned endorsements of a firearms safety course which the NRA says is taught to about 1 million children annually.
The gun safety legislation signed by Nixon also transfers the duties of issuing identification cards for concealed gun permits to local sheriffs instead of driver’s license clerks. That change was prompted by concerns that the licensing agency’s procedures had infringed on people’s privacy rights.
Nixon noted the change in concealed-carry permits not the elementary school gun-safety program while announcing he was signing the legislation.
Missouri schools will be encouraged to teach first-graders a gun safety course sponsored by the National Rifle Association as a result of legislation signed Friday by Gov. Jay Nixon.
The Missouri measure stops short of mandating the Eddie Eagle Gunsafe Program. But by putting it in state law, Missouri is providing one of the stronger state-sanctioned endorsements of a firearms safety course which the NRA says is taught to about 1 million children annually.
The gun safety legislation signed by Nixon also transfers the duties of issuing identification cards for concealed gun permits to local sheriffs instead of driver’s license clerks. That change was prompted by concerns that the licensing agency’s procedures had infringed on people’s privacy rights.
Nixon noted the change in concealed-carry permits not the elementary school gun-safety program while announcing he was signing the legislation.
Demonstrators at the Zimmerman Trial
James Evan Muhammad, of the New Black Panther Party, demonstrates in front of the Seminole County Courthouse while the jury deliberates in the trial of George Zimmerman, Friday, July 12, 2013, in Sanford, Fla. Zimmerman has been charged in the 2012 shooting death of Trayvon Martin. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
Colorado 18-Year-old Dies from Accidental Gun Shot to the Head - Family Learns about it on Facebook
Local news reports
Michael Bailey died at Parkview Medical Center after being shot about 11:40 p.m. Monday in the 100 block of Creston Drive. Both police and the coroner said the shooting was “tragic” and accidental.
What happened after the shooting also was a nightmare, the family said. Mother Veronica Eitemiller said her son went to a neighboring party with a gun he was given by his great-grandfather.
She said the family thought the gun wasn’t functional but “it was kids partying and doing what they shouldn’t had been doing.”
Police say drugs and alcohol were possible factors.
Stepfather Dale Eitemiller said the incident happened at a house around the corner from where they live.
Police did not contact the victim’s family at home; requests by the family for information at Parkview were unsuccessful; and response from the coroner was slow, the mother said.
The Eitemillers said their youngest child had learned of the shooting after seeing “RIP” posts for Bailey on Facebook.
Reactions to the Zimmerman Verdict
Yahoo
'Not guilty' a backward time warp: The real question at the heart of this case is whether, by virtue of the mere color of his skin and the wearing of a hoodie, a person is dangerous. Yes, said the jury. Yes he is.
Dangerous enough to kill. Martin wasn't allowed to stand his ground against an adult man who followed him first in a car, and then by foot. His sentence for doing so?
Death.
The racists will crow, they've been crowing for weeks, and will talk about how Martin got what he deserved, how Zimmerman was justified. Any opinions to the contrary will be minefields of comments so ugly, so wrong as to make any sane person question the direction of humanity.
Saturday, the hideous past of segregation and racial violence was born anew, fitting like an old pair of shoes, still warm from their previous wearing. In a modern society, it should not be OK for an adult to follow a child home from the store in the dark, first in a car, then on foot. It should not be OK for him to shoot him dead.
But our society is getting less and less modern. And my fear for my friends — real people with real families — is overwhelming.
— Isa-Lee Wolf
'Not guilty' a backward time warp: The real question at the heart of this case is whether, by virtue of the mere color of his skin and the wearing of a hoodie, a person is dangerous. Yes, said the jury. Yes he is.
Dangerous enough to kill. Martin wasn't allowed to stand his ground against an adult man who followed him first in a car, and then by foot. His sentence for doing so?
Death.
The racists will crow, they've been crowing for weeks, and will talk about how Martin got what he deserved, how Zimmerman was justified. Any opinions to the contrary will be minefields of comments so ugly, so wrong as to make any sane person question the direction of humanity.
Saturday, the hideous past of segregation and racial violence was born anew, fitting like an old pair of shoes, still warm from their previous wearing. In a modern society, it should not be OK for an adult to follow a child home from the store in the dark, first in a car, then on foot. It should not be OK for him to shoot him dead.
But our society is getting less and less modern. And my fear for my friends — real people with real families — is overwhelming.
— Isa-Lee Wolf
The Zimmerman Verdict was Wrong - Here's Why
The New York Times
Manslaughter, which under Florida law is typically added as a lesser charge if either side requests it, was a lower bar. Jurors needed to decide only that Mr. Zimmerman put himself in a situation that culminated in Mr. Martin’s death.
But because of Florida’s laws, prosecutors had to persuade jurors beyond a reasonable doubt that Mr. Zimmerman did not act in self-defense. A shortage of evidence in the case made that a high hurdle, legal experts said.
"Jurors needed to decide only that Mr. Zimmerman put himself in a situation that culminated in Mr. Martin’s death."
How could they possibly not have agreed that Zimmerman "put himself in a situation that culminated in Martin's death?"
To me this is proof that the verdict was the wrong one. It should have been not guilty of Murder 2 but guilty of manslaughter.
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