Monday, June 9, 2014
The Gun Rights Legacy
Bullet-proof blanket for kids. Only place in the world where it's needed is America. #momsdemand #NotOneMore pic.twitter.com/vFFaitaR43
— Cornelia (@PaladinCornelia) June 6, 2014Pennsylvania State Trooper Who Shot and Killed his Pregnant Wife Faces No Charges
Authorities won't file charges against a Pennsylvania state trooper who shot and killed his pregnant wife at their suburban Philadelphia home.
A three-month investigation found that Joseph Miller's gun went off as he tried to clean it at home in East Norriton.
The bullet struck his wife in the head. Both 34-year-old Joanna Miller and her 22-week-old fetus died.
The Montgomery County district attorney's office concluded the March 7 shooting was negligent but accidental.
Authorities said in a news release Friday that all evidence indicated the Millers were "a close-knit, loving family excited about the pending arrival of a new baby." They had four other children.
Lawful Las Vegas Gun Owner Shoots a Man Who Mistakenly Knocked on his Door - No Charges
Local news reports (via Southern Beale)
A man who accidentally banged on the door of a stranger’s house early this morning was shot by the homeowner, Metro Police said.
The victim had been at a birthday party at a nearby house in the 9200 block of Wittig Avenue, near Fort Apache and Elkhorn roads, Metro Lt. Ted Glaude said. He and a friend left briefly, and when they tried returning about 2 a.m., they confused the two houses and knocked on the wrong door, police said.
Officer Laura Meltzer said the homeowner called police, believing the men to be burglars, and fired a single round.
The bullet hit one of the men in the chest.
Paramedics took the injured man to University Medical Center, where he was being treated for injuries not considered life threatening, officials said. An earlier erroneous report said the man had died.
No arrests had been made as of 11 a.m.
Smith & Wesson's M&P Shield with No Manual Safety
Guns dot com
Smith & Wesson is going to make a lot of people happy with the announcement of new M&P Shield concealed carry pistols without manual safeties. The original Shield pistols have thumb safeties on the side.
A small but welcome change, as many people who choose to carry a concealed handgun believe that there shouldn’t be extra steps between drawing and shooting a gun. Manual safeties add a layer of security but also add an extra step when seconds matter most.
Smith & Wesson heeded the call and is now delivering a “No Safety” version of the Shield. These polymer-framed striker-fired single-stack subcompacts have quickly become some of America’s favorite concealed-carry pistols with their solid capacity, low recoil and compact package.
Everything else remains the same, so people will be able to use the same magazines, night sights and aftermarket accessories like holsters and laser sights. The “No Safety” Shields have the same 18-degree grip angle, the same oversized trigger guard for use with gloves, the same low-profile takedown lever and low-profile slide stop. The only change is that these new Shields don’t have thumb safeties.
Profile of a Lawful Gun Owner - Aaron Ybarra
Shooting suspect Aaron Ybarra is led to a court hearing at a King County Jail courtroom Friday, June 6, 2014, in Seattle. Ybarra was arrested in the killing of a 19-year-old student and wounding of two other young people Thursday at Seattle Pacific University. Police say Jon Meis and other students subdued Ybarra until officers arrived and handcuffed him moments later. Meis, the 22-year-old building monitor, pepper-sprayed and tackled the gunman Thursday in Seattle Pacific University's Otto Miller Hall, likely preventing further carnage, according to police.
Yahoo News
In 2010, Aaron Ybarra called 911 to report "a rage inside him" and said he wanted to hurt himself and others, according to a police report of the incident.
Two years later, officers responded again — this time finding him lying in the middle of the street in front of his suburban Mountlake Terrace home, ranting drunkenly for a SWAT team "to get him and make him famous."
The rage and thirst for notoriety may have got the better of him Thursday, when police say he stormed into a sciences and engineering building on the leafy campus of Seattle Pacific University, armed with a shotgun and more than 50 shells.
He fatally shot a 19-year-old freshman and wounded two other young people before his plan to kill as many people as possible — and himself — was thwarted by a student building monitor who pepper-sprayed and tackled him as he reloaded, officials said.
A King County Superior Court judge ordered Ybarra, 26, held without bail Friday. His attorney
, public defender Ramona Brandes, said he was on suicide watch at the jail.
, public defender Ramona Brandes, said he was on suicide watch at the jail.
In both of the earlier contacts with police, officers committed Ybarra involuntarily to Swedish Hospital in Edmonds for mental evaluations. Brandes said he has a long history of mental health problems for which he had been treated and medicated.
At the time of the 2010 commitment, Ybarra worked at the Kenmore Shooting Range north of Seattle. From 2003 to about three and a half years ago, he worked as a 'trapper' keeping score on practice shoots, according to range president John Conderman, who said he did not know Ybarra personally but recognized his picture in news accounts.
"This is so disappointing," Conderman said. "We spend all of our energy trying to teach young people about responsible gun use."
Las Vegas Spree Shooting - Not a Gun Free Zone - 5 Dead
Police said the officers killed were Alyn Beck, 41, and Igor Soldo, 31.
The attackers — a man and a woman believed to be a couple — walked into the CiCi’s and opened fire around 11:30 a.m., local time, as Beck and Soldo were eating lunch, according to police.
“They were ambushed,” Clark County Sheriff Doug Gillespie said at a news conference Sunday.
Witnesses told police that before shooting at the police officers, the man yelled: “This is the start of a revolution.”
The shooters then reportedly took the officer’s weapons and ammunition and headed into the Walmart.
Once inside the store, the male shooter yelled, “Everyone get out!,” and then started shooting, Assistant Sheriff Kevin McMahill said in a news conference. Police said one person, who has not been identified, was shot and killed in the Walmart.
The two shooters then went to the back of the store, where they reportedly killed themselves.
“There was some sort of suicide pact,” McMahill said.
According to a report in the Las Vegas Review Journal, police are looking into the couple’s links to the white supremacy movement and found swastika symbols during their initial investigation.
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