The Gun Report , NY Times blog by Joe Nocera
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Since I last copied this blog to post here there have been approx. 500+ deaths from guns. How many does it take?
http://nocera.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/07 ... ly-3-2013/
So Gabby Giffords shot a gun yesterday.
She still speaks with enormous difficulty, as I witnessed this week at the Aspen Ideas Festival, where she and her husband Mark Kelly spoke briefly. She walks with difficulty, too. She has not fully recovered from being the victim of one of the worst mass shootings in recent history. Yet, as I heard in Aspen, both she and her husband went out of their way to insist that they supported the Second Amendment, and they were simply trying to push for a country that was more responsible in the way it handles guns. Her decision on Monday to go to a shooting range was clearly aimed at making the same point.
I understand that she is still, at heart, a politician (as is her former astronaut husband, at least judging by his remarks in Aspen). I understand she lives in gun country. Still, to be shot in the head and still come out in favor of guns says something. To me, it says just how much the Second Amendment absolutists control the debate. James and Sarah Brady did not come out in favor of guns after he was shot 32 years ago. But that was a very long time ago—a time when it was still O.K. to be against guns. It’s not anymore.
Here is today’s report. The Gun Report will return July 8 with a holiday weekend report.
—Joe Nocera
A 15-year-old boy was hospitalized after he stuck a gun in his mouth, certain it was unloaded, and it discharged in a mobile home park in Logan County, Okla., early Tuesday. The boy was able to speak to officers and let them know he was not trying to kill himself. He is in critical condition.
—KFOR.com
A man and a 15-year-old girl were injured when someone opened fire outside a home in Fort Wayne, Ind., Tuesday evening. The victims were standing in the front yard when the suspect fired several shots before running into an alley. No arrests have been made and police have no suspects.
—Wane.com
A drive-by shooting in Ensley, Ala., Monday night wounded two teenage girls, one of them seriously. The shooting happened at a house party that had been going on for much of the day. Two teens, ages 18 and 19, are in custody.
—AL.com
Two 16-year-old boys are in critical condition after a shooting in Jefferson Parish, La., Monday night. Deputies said the victims, who were found just south of Interstate 10 in Metairie, had argued over drugs. The feud continued into Tuesday morning, when Dondrell Cage Jr., 16, shot Bobby Bruer, also 16. Bruer’s cousin then grabbed the gun and fired at Cage.
—WWLTV.com
A firefighter was shot by a patient inside an ambulance en route to a hospital in Omaha, Neb., Monday afternoon. Justine Dubois, 24, who had reportedly suffered a seizure, had a gun and shot the victim in the stomach. He was treated and released.
—KETV.com
A woman was shot and killed at a cafe in Columbia, S.C., early Monday. Surveillance video shows unidentified men barging into the entrance, their faces covered with hooded sweatshirts, and brandishing what appear to be weapons. The first man is seen pointing a gun toward the victim, a mother of five. Police are soliciting tips.
—WLTX.com
A man was found with a gunshot wound in a car in Marinette County, Wis., Monday night. He was taken to a hospital, where he later died. Officers found another man with a gun inside a vehicle nearby, and when he pointed his gun at police, they fired on him.
—TMJ4
Shari Donnel, 49, was shot during a home invasion in Butler, Pa., early Sunday. The victim was in bed sleeping when a single shotgun blast hit her abdomen and lower chest. She underwent surgery and is expected to survive. Police are investigating.
—CBS Pittsburgh
A man was shot to death and four people were wounded in separate attacks on the South Side of Chicago, Ill., Monday. Two women were shot and wounded, one of them critically, in the Fernwood neighborhood a little before 1:45 p.m. They ran into a nearby supermarket looking for help. At about 8 p.m., Stephon Wright, 18, was shot multiple times and killed in the Washington Heights neighborhood. At about 9:30 p.m., a 22-year-old man suffered graze wounds to his back and calf in the Washington Park neighborhood. At about 10:40 p.m., a 15-year-old boy was shot in the leg and wounded in the West Englewood neighborhood.
—Chicago Tribune
Two vendors at San Francisco’s Gay Pride Parade were shot as the celebration wound down Sunday evening. Police said two suspects, described as men in their late teens or early 20s, approached a group of people and one of them opened fire. The victims, two men ages 23 and 42, were both shot in the leg and expected to survive.
—KTVU.com
A 23-year-old man who was shot outside the Greektown Casino in Detroit, Mich., early Sunday has died. The victim was in an argument with a man, who pulled out a gun and shot him. No arrests have been made. The victim was one of at least 10 people shot in Detroit on Sunday.
—MLive
Rolando Ponce, 40, was killed in a targeted drive-by shooting outside his home on the east side of San Antonio, Tex., Tuesday morning. Police said Ponce was waiting for contractors to arrive at around 7:30 a.m. when he was shot multiple times in the chest.
—KENS5.com
A 29-year-old man was shot and wounded by two masked men in front of a home in the Villa Park section of Trenton, N.J., Monday. The victim was attended to by a neighbor, who placed a towel over his bleeding wound. The shooting came a day after Garious Denard Burton, who had been on life support after he was shot in the forehead early Saturday, died of his injuries.
—NJ.com
Elsewhere in Trenton, a man was found inside a home suffering from a gunshot wound to the leg Tuesday afternoon. Officers at the scene located at least three shell casings in front of the home.
—NJ.com
Police say a second person has died from a domestic shooting at a Muscatine, Iowa, home Saturday. 39-year-old Lance Stormm shot 43-year-old Teresa Rowan before shooting himself in the head. Rowan died at the scene; Stormm was taken to a hospital in Iowa City, where he died Sunday.
—KCRG.com
A homeless woman was sent to the hospital after she was grazed by a bullet during an shooting behind a Walgreens in northwest Harris County, Tex., early Tuesday. The victim was hospitalized.
—KHOU.com
A 30-year-old man died Tuesday following a shooting late Monday in Davenport, Iowa. The victim was in the front yard of a home at about 11:48 p.m. when a vehicle drove by and one of the occupants shot him. Police are not releasing the man’s name pending the notification of his family.
—Quad-City Times
A man was killed outside a Circle K convenient store in Phoenix, Ariz., early Tuesday. Police said the man was shot after a fight. No arrests have been made.
—MyFoxPhoenix.com
An 18-year-old man sustained a gunshot wound in a drive-by shooting in Pomona, Calif., Monday night. The victim and an 18-year-old woman were walking to a liquor store at 9:16 p.m. when a gunman drove by and fired five or six gunshots. The bullets didn’t strike the woman. Suspects are being sought.
—Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
Anthony Smith Jr., 21, was the victim of a fatal shooting in Jersey City, N.J., early Tuesday. Smith was attending a party just after midnight when he was approached by a man who shot him multiple times. The shooter then chased Smith down the street and continued to fire at him before he collapsed. Police are soliciting tips.
—NJ.com
Skilar Rhodes, 21, was shot in the back and wounded after a dispute in Napoleonville, La., Monday night. Deputies booked Daron Holloway, 21, who initially fled the scene.
—The Advocate
Police say a man shot his friend after a bar fight in Tulsa, Okla., early Tuesday. Investigators believe both men had been drinking when an argument about a woman turned physical at the Four Aces Tavern. Jeremy Burnes, 24, was booked on complaints of reckless handling of a firearm and carrying a firearm while intoxicated.
—KJRH.com
A 40-year-old man was shot in an apparent car-to-car shooting on the 110 Freeway in south Los Angeles, Calif., Tuesday afternoon. The victim was driving when a Nissan Sentra pulled up and someone opened fire. Police are searching for the Sentra. The man’s condition is not known.
—The Los Angeles Times
A man was shot and seriously wounded in the Park Heights area of northwest Baltimore, Md., Tuesday afternoon. The victim was found collapsed in the front yard of a home. A woman who had known him since he was young said, “I love him, but I know he was living reckless.” Earlier Tuesday, a man was shot and wounded in Franklin Square.
—Baltimore Sun
Two men, ages 23 and 29, were shot while getting into a car in east Akron, Ohio, Tuesday afternoon. One victim was found hiding inside a home two blocks away, and the other was found sitting on a front porch of a Good Samaritan’s home. “He just said he didn’t want to die,” said Judy Davidson, who offered the bleeding man a chair.
—Ohio.com
According to Slate’s gun-death tracker, an estimated 5,681 people have died as a result of gun violence in America since the Newtown massacre on December 14, 2012.
http://nocera.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/07 ... ly-3-2013/
So Gabby Giffords shot a gun yesterday.
She still speaks with enormous difficulty, as I witnessed this week at the Aspen Ideas Festival, where she and her husband Mark Kelly spoke briefly. She walks with difficulty, too. She has not fully recovered from being the victim of one of the worst mass shootings in recent history. Yet, as I heard in Aspen, both she and her husband went out of their way to insist that they supported the Second Amendment, and they were simply trying to push for a country that was more responsible in the way it handles guns. Her decision on Monday to go to a shooting range was clearly aimed at making the same point.
I understand that she is still, at heart, a politician (as is her former astronaut husband, at least judging by his remarks in Aspen). I understand she lives in gun country. Still, to be shot in the head and still come out in favor of guns says something. To me, it says just how much the Second Amendment absolutists control the debate. James and Sarah Brady did not come out in favor of guns after he was shot 32 years ago. But that was a very long time ago—a time when it was still O.K. to be against guns. It’s not anymore.
Here is today’s report. The Gun Report will return July 8 with a holiday weekend report.
—Joe Nocera
A 15-year-old boy was hospitalized after he stuck a gun in his mouth, certain it was unloaded, and it discharged in a mobile home park in Logan County, Okla., early Tuesday. The boy was able to speak to officers and let them know he was not trying to kill himself. He is in critical condition.
—KFOR.com
A man and a 15-year-old girl were injured when someone opened fire outside a home in Fort Wayne, Ind., Tuesday evening. The victims were standing in the front yard when the suspect fired several shots before running into an alley. No arrests have been made and police have no suspects.
—Wane.com
A drive-by shooting in Ensley, Ala., Monday night wounded two teenage girls, one of them seriously. The shooting happened at a house party that had been going on for much of the day. Two teens, ages 18 and 19, are in custody.
—AL.com
Two 16-year-old boys are in critical condition after a shooting in Jefferson Parish, La., Monday night. Deputies said the victims, who were found just south of Interstate 10 in Metairie, had argued over drugs. The feud continued into Tuesday morning, when Dondrell Cage Jr., 16, shot Bobby Bruer, also 16. Bruer’s cousin then grabbed the gun and fired at Cage.
—WWLTV.com
A firefighter was shot by a patient inside an ambulance en route to a hospital in Omaha, Neb., Monday afternoon. Justine Dubois, 24, who had reportedly suffered a seizure, had a gun and shot the victim in the stomach. He was treated and released.
—KETV.com
A woman was shot and killed at a cafe in Columbia, S.C., early Monday. Surveillance video shows unidentified men barging into the entrance, their faces covered with hooded sweatshirts, and brandishing what appear to be weapons. The first man is seen pointing a gun toward the victim, a mother of five. Police are soliciting tips.
—WLTX.com
A man was found with a gunshot wound in a car in Marinette County, Wis., Monday night. He was taken to a hospital, where he later died. Officers found another man with a gun inside a vehicle nearby, and when he pointed his gun at police, they fired on him.
—TMJ4
Shari Donnel, 49, was shot during a home invasion in Butler, Pa., early Sunday. The victim was in bed sleeping when a single shotgun blast hit her abdomen and lower chest. She underwent surgery and is expected to survive. Police are investigating.
—CBS Pittsburgh
A man was shot to death and four people were wounded in separate attacks on the South Side of Chicago, Ill., Monday. Two women were shot and wounded, one of them critically, in the Fernwood neighborhood a little before 1:45 p.m. They ran into a nearby supermarket looking for help. At about 8 p.m., Stephon Wright, 18, was shot multiple times and killed in the Washington Heights neighborhood. At about 9:30 p.m., a 22-year-old man suffered graze wounds to his back and calf in the Washington Park neighborhood. At about 10:40 p.m., a 15-year-old boy was shot in the leg and wounded in the West Englewood neighborhood.
—Chicago Tribune
Two vendors at San Francisco’s Gay Pride Parade were shot as the celebration wound down Sunday evening. Police said two suspects, described as men in their late teens or early 20s, approached a group of people and one of them opened fire. The victims, two men ages 23 and 42, were both shot in the leg and expected to survive.
—KTVU.com
A 23-year-old man who was shot outside the Greektown Casino in Detroit, Mich., early Sunday has died. The victim was in an argument with a man, who pulled out a gun and shot him. No arrests have been made. The victim was one of at least 10 people shot in Detroit on Sunday.
—MLive
Rolando Ponce, 40, was killed in a targeted drive-by shooting outside his home on the east side of San Antonio, Tex., Tuesday morning. Police said Ponce was waiting for contractors to arrive at around 7:30 a.m. when he was shot multiple times in the chest.
—KENS5.com
A 29-year-old man was shot and wounded by two masked men in front of a home in the Villa Park section of Trenton, N.J., Monday. The victim was attended to by a neighbor, who placed a towel over his bleeding wound. The shooting came a day after Garious Denard Burton, who had been on life support after he was shot in the forehead early Saturday, died of his injuries.
—NJ.com
Elsewhere in Trenton, a man was found inside a home suffering from a gunshot wound to the leg Tuesday afternoon. Officers at the scene located at least three shell casings in front of the home.
—NJ.com
Police say a second person has died from a domestic shooting at a Muscatine, Iowa, home Saturday. 39-year-old Lance Stormm shot 43-year-old Teresa Rowan before shooting himself in the head. Rowan died at the scene; Stormm was taken to a hospital in Iowa City, where he died Sunday.
—KCRG.com
A homeless woman was sent to the hospital after she was grazed by a bullet during an shooting behind a Walgreens in northwest Harris County, Tex., early Tuesday. The victim was hospitalized.
—KHOU.com
A 30-year-old man died Tuesday following a shooting late Monday in Davenport, Iowa. The victim was in the front yard of a home at about 11:48 p.m. when a vehicle drove by and one of the occupants shot him. Police are not releasing the man’s name pending the notification of his family.
—Quad-City Times
A man was killed outside a Circle K convenient store in Phoenix, Ariz., early Tuesday. Police said the man was shot after a fight. No arrests have been made.
—MyFoxPhoenix.com
An 18-year-old man sustained a gunshot wound in a drive-by shooting in Pomona, Calif., Monday night. The victim and an 18-year-old woman were walking to a liquor store at 9:16 p.m. when a gunman drove by and fired five or six gunshots. The bullets didn’t strike the woman. Suspects are being sought.
—Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
Anthony Smith Jr., 21, was the victim of a fatal shooting in Jersey City, N.J., early Tuesday. Smith was attending a party just after midnight when he was approached by a man who shot him multiple times. The shooter then chased Smith down the street and continued to fire at him before he collapsed. Police are soliciting tips.
—NJ.com
Skilar Rhodes, 21, was shot in the back and wounded after a dispute in Napoleonville, La., Monday night. Deputies booked Daron Holloway, 21, who initially fled the scene.
—The Advocate
Police say a man shot his friend after a bar fight in Tulsa, Okla., early Tuesday. Investigators believe both men had been drinking when an argument about a woman turned physical at the Four Aces Tavern. Jeremy Burnes, 24, was booked on complaints of reckless handling of a firearm and carrying a firearm while intoxicated.
—KJRH.com
A 40-year-old man was shot in an apparent car-to-car shooting on the 110 Freeway in south Los Angeles, Calif., Tuesday afternoon. The victim was driving when a Nissan Sentra pulled up and someone opened fire. Police are searching for the Sentra. The man’s condition is not known.
—The Los Angeles Times
A man was shot and seriously wounded in the Park Heights area of northwest Baltimore, Md., Tuesday afternoon. The victim was found collapsed in the front yard of a home. A woman who had known him since he was young said, “I love him, but I know he was living reckless.” Earlier Tuesday, a man was shot and wounded in Franklin Square.
—Baltimore Sun
Two men, ages 23 and 29, were shot while getting into a car in east Akron, Ohio, Tuesday afternoon. One victim was found hiding inside a home two blocks away, and the other was found sitting on a front porch of a Good Samaritan’s home. “He just said he didn’t want to die,” said Judy Davidson, who offered the bleeding man a chair.
—Ohio.com
According to Slate’s gun-death tracker, an estimated 5,681 people have died as a result of gun violence in America since the Newtown massacre on December 14, 2012.
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"...they were simply trying to push for a country that was more responsible in the way it handles guns."
Seems like a reasonable idea to me."It's a sad and beautiful world"-Roberto Benigni0 -
interesting. No report filed for yesterday deaths/injuries.
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Not today Sir, Probably not tomorrow.............................................. bayfront arena st. pete '94
you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '140 -
If you have driven into Boston by way of the Mass Pike in the last few years you have most likely seen an iteration of this billboard. Very hard to get a good picture of it as it is so large and is situated on an interstate. That is Fenway Park behind it.
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cool. Is that a death toll counter on the end there? And what does that second half say?JimmyV wrote:If you have driven into Boston by way of the Mass Pike in the last few years you have most likely seen an iteration of this billboard. Very hard to get a good picture of it as it is so large and is situated on an interstate. That is Fenway Park behind it._____________________________________SIGNATURE________________________________________________
Not today Sir, Probably not tomorrow.............................................. bayfront arena st. pete '94
you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '140 -
mickeyrat wrote:
cool. Is that a death toll counter on the end there? And what does that second half say?JimmyV wrote:If you have driven into Boston by way of the Mass Pike in the last few years you have most likely seen an iteration of this billboard. Very hard to get a good picture of it as it is so large and is situated on an interstate. That is Fenway Park behind it.
Yes, it is a death toll counter. The billboard has changed 3-4 times since it first went up a few years ago. This current iteration is in response to Newtown and I believe the counter is gun deaths since then.
The last line reads "We need a Federal Assault Weapons Ban Now".___________________________________________
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so is this courtesy of the owners of the red sox or fenway?JimmyV wrote:mickeyrat wrote:
cool. Is that a death toll counter on the end there? And what does that second half say?JimmyV wrote:If you have driven into Boston by way of the Mass Pike in the last few years you have most likely seen an iteration of this billboard. Very hard to get a good picture of it as it is so large and is situated on an interstate. That is Fenway Park behind it.
Yes, it is a death toll counter. The billboard has changed 3-4 times since it first went up a few years ago. This current iteration is in response to Newtown and I believe the counter is gun deaths since then.
The last line reads "We need a Federal Assault Weapons Ban Now"._____________________________________SIGNATURE________________________________________________
Not today Sir, Probably not tomorrow.............................................. bayfront arena st. pete '94
you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '140 -
I don't believe there is any official connection to Fenway but am not 100% sure on that. This is the group who pays for and maintains the billboard:
http://www.stophandgunviolence.org/
Stop Handgun Violence is a non-profit, tax-exempt organization founded in 1995 by a group of businesspeople moved by the increasing number of gun deaths and injuries in America. SHV works effectively to prevent firearm violence through public awareness and sensible legislation - without banning guns. In Massachusetts, we’re making a real difference. Since 1994, we have passed the most comprehensive gun laws in the nation and have reduced gun injuries by 50%, gun homicide by 56% and gun accidents by 58%. Our gun violence prevention efforts are a model for the nation.___________________________________________
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Hmm, guns and health care? You guys are on the ball!!!JimmyV wrote:I don't believe there is any official connection to Fenway but am not 100% sure on that. This is the group who pays for and maintains the billboard:
http://www.stophandgunviolence.org/
Stop Handgun Violence is a non-profit, tax-exempt organization founded in 1995 by a group of businesspeople moved by the increasing number of gun deaths and injuries in America. SHV works effectively to prevent firearm violence through public awareness and sensible legislation - without banning guns. In Massachusetts, we’re making a real difference. Since 1994, we have passed the most comprehensive gun laws in the nation and have reduced gun injuries by 50%, gun homicide by 56% and gun accidents by 58%. Our gun violence prevention efforts are a model for the nation._____________________________________SIGNATURE________________________________________________
Not today Sir, Probably not tomorrow.............................................. bayfront arena st. pete '94
you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '140 -
mickeyrat wrote:
Hmm, guns and health care? You guys are on the ball!!!JimmyV wrote:I don't believe there is any official connection to Fenway but am not 100% sure on that. This is the group who pays for and maintains the billboard:
http://www.stophandgunviolence.org/
Stop Handgun Violence is a non-profit, tax-exempt organization founded in 1995 by a group of businesspeople moved by the increasing number of gun deaths and injuries in America. SHV works effectively to prevent firearm violence through public awareness and sensible legislation - without banning guns. In Massachusetts, we’re making a real difference. Since 1994, we have passed the most comprehensive gun laws in the nation and have reduced gun injuries by 50%, gun homicide by 56% and gun accidents by 58%. Our gun violence prevention efforts are a model for the nation.
Gay marriage too! Been legal here for 9+ years now.
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hmm, if it wasn't for the traffic , it sounds like a fine place to live!!JimmyV wrote:mickeyrat wrote:
Hmm, guns and health care? You guys are on the ball!!!JimmyV wrote:I don't believe there is any official connection to Fenway but am not 100% sure on that. This is the group who pays for and maintains the billboard:
http://www.stophandgunviolence.org/
Stop Handgun Violence is a non-profit, tax-exempt organization founded in 1995 by a group of businesspeople moved by the increasing number of gun deaths and injuries in America. SHV works effectively to prevent firearm violence through public awareness and sensible legislation - without banning guns. In Massachusetts, we’re making a real difference. Since 1994, we have passed the most comprehensive gun laws in the nation and have reduced gun injuries by 50%, gun homicide by 56% and gun accidents by 58%. Our gun violence prevention efforts are a model for the nation.
Gay marriage too! Been legal here for 9+ years now.
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Not today Sir, Probably not tomorrow.............................................. bayfront arena st. pete '94
you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '140 -
Excellent. Thanks for posting it, JimmyV!"It's a sad and beautiful world"-Roberto Benigni0
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mickeyrat wrote:Since I last copied this blog to post here there have been approx. 500+ deaths from guns. How many does it take?
http://nocera.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/07 ... ly-3-2013/
So Gabby Giffords shot a gun yesterday.
She still speaks with enormous difficulty, as I witnessed this week at the Aspen Ideas Festival, where she and her husband Mark Kelly spoke briefly. She walks with difficulty, too. She has not fully recovered from being the victim of one of the worst mass shootings in recent history. Yet, as I heard in Aspen, both she and her husband went out of their way to insist that they supported the Second Amendment, and they were simply trying to push for a country that was more responsible in the way it handles guns. Her decision on Monday to go to a shooting range was clearly aimed at making the same point.
I understand that she is still, at heart, a politician (as is her former astronaut husband, at least judging by his remarks in Aspen). I understand she lives in gun country. Still, to be shot in the head and still come out in favor of guns says something. To me, it says just how much the Second Amendment absolutists control the debate. James and Sarah Brady did not come out in favor of guns after he was shot 32 years ago. But that was a very long time ago—a time when it was still O.K. to be against guns. It’s not anymore.
Here is today’s report. The Gun Report will return July 8 with a holiday weekend report.
—Joe Nocera
A 15-year-old boy was hospitalized after he stuck a gun in his mouth, certain it was unloaded, and it discharged in a mobile home park in Logan County, Okla., early Tuesday. The boy was able to speak to officers and let them know he was not trying to kill himself. He is in critical condition.
—KFOR.com
A man and a 15-year-old girl were injured when someone opened fire outside a home in Fort Wayne, Ind., Tuesday evening. The victims were standing in the front yard when the suspect fired several shots before running into an alley. No arrests have been made and police have no suspects.
—Wane.com
A drive-by shooting in Ensley, Ala., Monday night wounded two teenage girls, one of them seriously. The shooting happened at a house party that had been going on for much of the day. Two teens, ages 18 and 19, are in custody.
—AL.com
Two 16-year-old boys are in critical condition after a shooting in Jefferson Parish, La., Monday night. Deputies said the victims, who were found just south of Interstate 10 in Metairie, had argued over drugs. The feud continued into Tuesday morning, when Dondrell Cage Jr., 16, shot Bobby Bruer, also 16. Bruer’s cousin then grabbed the gun and fired at Cage.
—WWLTV.com
A firefighter was shot by a patient inside an ambulance en route to a hospital in Omaha, Neb., Monday afternoon. Justine Dubois, 24, who had reportedly suffered a seizure, had a gun and shot the victim in the stomach. He was treated and released.
—KETV.com
A woman was shot and killed at a cafe in Columbia, S.C., early Monday. Surveillance video shows unidentified men barging into the entrance, their faces covered with hooded sweatshirts, and brandishing what appear to be weapons. The first man is seen pointing a gun toward the victim, a mother of five. Police are soliciting tips.
—WLTX.com
A man was found with a gunshot wound in a car in Marinette County, Wis., Monday night. He was taken to a hospital, where he later died. Officers found another man with a gun inside a vehicle nearby, and when he pointed his gun at police, they fired on him.
—TMJ4
Shari Donnel, 49, was shot during a home invasion in Butler, Pa., early Sunday. The victim was in bed sleeping when a single shotgun blast hit her abdomen and lower chest. She underwent surgery and is expected to survive. Police are investigating.
—CBS Pittsburgh
A man was shot to death and four people were wounded in separate attacks on the South Side of Chicago, Ill., Monday. Two women were shot and wounded, one of them critically, in the Fernwood neighborhood a little before 1:45 p.m. They ran into a nearby supermarket looking for help. At about 8 p.m., Stephon Wright, 18, was shot multiple times and killed in the Washington Heights neighborhood. At about 9:30 p.m., a 22-year-old man suffered graze wounds to his back and calf in the Washington Park neighborhood. At about 10:40 p.m., a 15-year-old boy was shot in the leg and wounded in the West Englewood neighborhood.
—Chicago Tribune
Two vendors at San Francisco’s Gay Pride Parade were shot as the celebration wound down Sunday evening. Police said two suspects, described as men in their late teens or early 20s, approached a group of people and one of them opened fire. The victims, two men ages 23 and 42, were both shot in the leg and expected to survive.
—KTVU.com
A 23-year-old man who was shot outside the Greektown Casino in Detroit, Mich., early Sunday has died. The victim was in an argument with a man, who pulled out a gun and shot him. No arrests have been made. The victim was one of at least 10 people shot in Detroit on Sunday.
—MLive
Rolando Ponce, 40, was killed in a targeted drive-by shooting outside his home on the east side of San Antonio, Tex., Tuesday morning. Police said Ponce was waiting for contractors to arrive at around 7:30 a.m. when he was shot multiple times in the chest.
—KENS5.com
A 29-year-old man was shot and wounded by two masked men in front of a home in the Villa Park section of Trenton, N.J., Monday. The victim was attended to by a neighbor, who placed a towel over his bleeding wound. The shooting came a day after Garious Denard Burton, who had been on life support after he was shot in the forehead early Saturday, died of his injuries.
—NJ.com
Elsewhere in Trenton, a man was found inside a home suffering from a gunshot wound to the leg Tuesday afternoon. Officers at the scene located at least three shell casings in front of the home.
—NJ.com
Police say a second person has died from a domestic shooting at a Muscatine, Iowa, home Saturday. 39-year-old Lance Stormm shot 43-year-old Teresa Rowan before shooting himself in the head. Rowan died at the scene; Stormm was taken to a hospital in Iowa City, where he died Sunday.
—KCRG.com
A homeless woman was sent to the hospital after she was grazed by a bullet during an shooting behind a Walgreens in northwest Harris County, Tex., early Tuesday. The victim was hospitalized.
—KHOU.com
A 30-year-old man died Tuesday following a shooting late Monday in Davenport, Iowa. The victim was in the front yard of a home at about 11:48 p.m. when a vehicle drove by and one of the occupants shot him. Police are not releasing the man’s name pending the notification of his family.
—Quad-City Times
A man was killed outside a Circle K convenient store in Phoenix, Ariz., early Tuesday. Police said the man was shot after a fight. No arrests have been made.
—MyFoxPhoenix.com
An 18-year-old man sustained a gunshot wound in a drive-by shooting in Pomona, Calif., Monday night. The victim and an 18-year-old woman were walking to a liquor store at 9:16 p.m. when a gunman drove by and fired five or six gunshots. The bullets didn’t strike the woman. Suspects are being sought.
—Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
Anthony Smith Jr., 21, was the victim of a fatal shooting in Jersey City, N.J., early Tuesday. Smith was attending a party just after midnight when he was approached by a man who shot him multiple times. The shooter then chased Smith down the street and continued to fire at him before he collapsed. Police are soliciting tips.
—NJ.com
Skilar Rhodes, 21, was shot in the back and wounded after a dispute in Napoleonville, La., Monday night. Deputies booked Daron Holloway, 21, who initially fled the scene.
—The Advocate
Police say a man shot his friend after a bar fight in Tulsa, Okla., early Tuesday. Investigators believe both men had been drinking when an argument about a woman turned physical at the Four Aces Tavern. Jeremy Burnes, 24, was booked on complaints of reckless handling of a firearm and carrying a firearm while intoxicated.
—KJRH.com
A 40-year-old man was shot in an apparent car-to-car shooting on the 110 Freeway in south Los Angeles, Calif., Tuesday afternoon. The victim was driving when a Nissan Sentra pulled up and someone opened fire. Police are searching for the Sentra. The man’s condition is not known.
—The Los Angeles Times
A man was shot and seriously wounded in the Park Heights area of northwest Baltimore, Md., Tuesday afternoon. The victim was found collapsed in the front yard of a home. A woman who had known him since he was young said, “I love him, but I know he was living reckless.” Earlier Tuesday, a man was shot and wounded in Franklin Square.
—Baltimore Sun
Two men, ages 23 and 29, were shot while getting into a car in east Akron, Ohio, Tuesday afternoon. One victim was found hiding inside a home two blocks away, and the other was found sitting on a front porch of a Good Samaritan’s home. “He just said he didn’t want to die,” said Judy Davidson, who offered the bleeding man a chair.
—Ohio.com
According to Slate’s gun-death tracker, an estimated 5,681 people have died as a result of gun violence in America since the Newtown massacre on December 14, 2012.
so do you want to get rid of guns completely ?
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I say we outlaw hot dogs all these thoughtless people stuffing their faces with hot dogs while people all over the world die of hungery.
NEW YORK – Joey Chestnut downed 69 franks and devoured his own record in the men's Fourth of July hot dog eating contest while Sonya Thomas defended her title in the women's competition.
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After the 4th of July, I bet they have a lot of work to do in compiling that list. handfuls of stories of errant, random celebratory gunshots hitting people... :fp:Godfather. wrote:I say we outlaw hot dogs all these thoughtless people stuffing their faces with hot dogs while people all over the world die of hungery. I made veggie hot dogs yesterday for three lovely ladies who stuffed their faces. :P Keep those legal! Pick up my debut novel here on amazon: Jonny Bails Floatin (in paperback) (also available on Kindle for $2.99)0
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No sir, I took an oath once to defend the constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic. While I may not be in the service any longer, I still take that seriously.Godfather. wrote:mickeyrat wrote:Since I last copied this blog to post here there have been approx. 500+ deaths from guns. How many does it take?
http://nocera.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/07 ... ly-3-2013/
So Gabby Giffords shot a gun yesterday.
She still speaks with enormous difficulty, as I witnessed this week at the Aspen Ideas Festival, where she and her husband Mark Kelly spoke briefly. She walks with difficulty, too. She has not fully recovered from being the victim of one of the worst mass shootings in recent history. Yet, as I heard in Aspen, both she and her husband went out of their way to insist that they supported the Second Amendment, and they were simply trying to push for a country that was more responsible in the way it handles guns. Her decision on Monday to go to a shooting range was clearly aimed at making the same point.
I understand that she is still, at heart, a politician (as is her former astronaut husband, at least judging by his remarks in Aspen). I understand she lives in gun country. Still, to be shot in the head and still come out in favor of guns says something. To me, it says just how much the Second Amendment absolutists control the debate. James and Sarah Brady did not come out in favor of guns after he was shot 32 years ago. But that was a very long time ago—a time when it was still O.K. to be against guns. It’s not anymore.
Here is today’s report. The Gun Report will return July 8 with a holiday weekend report.
—Joe Nocera
A 15-year-old boy was hospitalized after he stuck a gun in his mouth, certain it was unloaded, and it discharged in a mobile home park in Logan County, Okla., early Tuesday. The boy was able to speak to officers and let them know he was not trying to kill himself. He is in critical condition.
—KFOR.com
A man and a 15-year-old girl were injured when someone opened fire outside a home in Fort Wayne, Ind., Tuesday evening. The victims were standing in the front yard when the suspect fired several shots before running into an alley. No arrests have been made and police have no suspects.
—Wane.com
A drive-by shooting in Ensley, Ala., Monday night wounded two teenage girls, one of them seriously. The shooting happened at a house party that had been going on for much of the day. Two teens, ages 18 and 19, are in custody.
—AL.com
Two 16-year-old boys are in critical condition after a shooting in Jefferson Parish, La., Monday night. Deputies said the victims, who were found just south of Interstate 10 in Metairie, had argued over drugs. The feud continued into Tuesday morning, when Dondrell Cage Jr., 16, shot Bobby Bruer, also 16. Bruer’s cousin then grabbed the gun and fired at Cage.
—WWLTV.com
A firefighter was shot by a patient inside an ambulance en route to a hospital in Omaha, Neb., Monday afternoon. Justine Dubois, 24, who had reportedly suffered a seizure, had a gun and shot the victim in the stomach. He was treated and released.
—KETV.com
A woman was shot and killed at a cafe in Columbia, S.C., early Monday. Surveillance video shows unidentified men barging into the entrance, their faces covered with hooded sweatshirts, and brandishing what appear to be weapons. The first man is seen pointing a gun toward the victim, a mother of five. Police are soliciting tips.
—WLTX.com
A man was found with a gunshot wound in a car in Marinette County, Wis., Monday night. He was taken to a hospital, where he later died. Officers found another man with a gun inside a vehicle nearby, and when he pointed his gun at police, they fired on him.
—TMJ4
Shari Donnel, 49, was shot during a home invasion in Butler, Pa., early Sunday. The victim was in bed sleeping when a single shotgun blast hit her abdomen and lower chest. She underwent surgery and is expected to survive. Police are investigating.
—CBS Pittsburgh
A man was shot to death and four people were wounded in separate attacks on the South Side of Chicago, Ill., Monday. Two women were shot and wounded, one of them critically, in the Fernwood neighborhood a little before 1:45 p.m. They ran into a nearby supermarket looking for help. At about 8 p.m., Stephon Wright, 18, was shot multiple times and killed in the Washington Heights neighborhood. At about 9:30 p.m., a 22-year-old man suffered graze wounds to his back and calf in the Washington Park neighborhood. At about 10:40 p.m., a 15-year-old boy was shot in the leg and wounded in the West Englewood neighborhood.
—Chicago Tribune
Two vendors at San Francisco’s Gay Pride Parade were shot as the celebration wound down Sunday evening. Police said two suspects, described as men in their late teens or early 20s, approached a group of people and one of them opened fire. The victims, two men ages 23 and 42, were both shot in the leg and expected to survive.
—KTVU.com
A 23-year-old man who was shot outside the Greektown Casino in Detroit, Mich., early Sunday has died. The victim was in an argument with a man, who pulled out a gun and shot him. No arrests have been made. The victim was one of at least 10 people shot in Detroit on Sunday.
—MLive
Rolando Ponce, 40, was killed in a targeted drive-by shooting outside his home on the east side of San Antonio, Tex., Tuesday morning. Police said Ponce was waiting for contractors to arrive at around 7:30 a.m. when he was shot multiple times in the chest.
—KENS5.com
A 29-year-old man was shot and wounded by two masked men in front of a home in the Villa Park section of Trenton, N.J., Monday. The victim was attended to by a neighbor, who placed a towel over his bleeding wound. The shooting came a day after Garious Denard Burton, who had been on life support after he was shot in the forehead early Saturday, died of his injuries.
—NJ.com
Elsewhere in Trenton, a man was found inside a home suffering from a gunshot wound to the leg Tuesday afternoon. Officers at the scene located at least three shell casings in front of the home.
—NJ.com
Police say a second person has died from a domestic shooting at a Muscatine, Iowa, home Saturday. 39-year-old Lance Stormm shot 43-year-old Teresa Rowan before shooting himself in the head. Rowan died at the scene; Stormm was taken to a hospital in Iowa City, where he died Sunday.
—KCRG.com
A homeless woman was sent to the hospital after she was grazed by a bullet during an shooting behind a Walgreens in northwest Harris County, Tex., early Tuesday. The victim was hospitalized.
—KHOU.com
A 30-year-old man died Tuesday following a shooting late Monday in Davenport, Iowa. The victim was in the front yard of a home at about 11:48 p.m. when a vehicle drove by and one of the occupants shot him. Police are not releasing the man’s name pending the notification of his family.
—Quad-City Times
A man was killed outside a Circle K convenient store in Phoenix, Ariz., early Tuesday. Police said the man was shot after a fight. No arrests have been made.
—MyFoxPhoenix.com
An 18-year-old man sustained a gunshot wound in a drive-by shooting in Pomona, Calif., Monday night. The victim and an 18-year-old woman were walking to a liquor store at 9:16 p.m. when a gunman drove by and fired five or six gunshots. The bullets didn’t strike the woman. Suspects are being sought.
—Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
Anthony Smith Jr., 21, was the victim of a fatal shooting in Jersey City, N.J., early Tuesday. Smith was attending a party just after midnight when he was approached by a man who shot him multiple times. The shooter then chased Smith down the street and continued to fire at him before he collapsed. Police are soliciting tips.
—NJ.com
Skilar Rhodes, 21, was shot in the back and wounded after a dispute in Napoleonville, La., Monday night. Deputies booked Daron Holloway, 21, who initially fled the scene.
—The Advocate
Police say a man shot his friend after a bar fight in Tulsa, Okla., early Tuesday. Investigators believe both men had been drinking when an argument about a woman turned physical at the Four Aces Tavern. Jeremy Burnes, 24, was booked on complaints of reckless handling of a firearm and carrying a firearm while intoxicated.
—KJRH.com
A 40-year-old man was shot in an apparent car-to-car shooting on the 110 Freeway in south Los Angeles, Calif., Tuesday afternoon. The victim was driving when a Nissan Sentra pulled up and someone opened fire. Police are searching for the Sentra. The man’s condition is not known.
—The Los Angeles Times
A man was shot and seriously wounded in the Park Heights area of northwest Baltimore, Md., Tuesday afternoon. The victim was found collapsed in the front yard of a home. A woman who had known him since he was young said, “I love him, but I know he was living reckless.” Earlier Tuesday, a man was shot and wounded in Franklin Square.
—Baltimore Sun
Two men, ages 23 and 29, were shot while getting into a car in east Akron, Ohio, Tuesday afternoon. One victim was found hiding inside a home two blocks away, and the other was found sitting on a front porch of a Good Samaritan’s home. “He just said he didn’t want to die,” said Judy Davidson, who offered the bleeding man a chair.
—Ohio.com
According to Slate’s gun-death tracker, an estimated 5,681 people have died as a result of gun violence in America since the Newtown massacre on December 14, 2012.
so do you want to get rid of guns completely ?
Godfather.
What I do want however is to have practical enforceable laws in place to help stem the tide of all this killing. Declining though it may be. I posted something in the santa monica thread about ohio and how lax our laws are here and how guns were traced to purchase used in crimes across the country. Part of that article was about a fucking cop selling guns out of his god damned trunk. Stupid shit like that needs to stop. Guns shows, the nondealers are not required to do a background check. Theres a gun show every three months in my city. Concealed carry reciprocity should end.
How it is ok in the 90's for the NRA to fully back universal checks as THEE way and in 2013 they wont do a damned thing?
I post this blog to show how fucking common this senseless shit is!!!!_____________________________________SIGNATURE________________________________________________
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...mickeyrat wrote:No sir, I took an oath once to defend the constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic. While I may not be in the service any longer, I still take that seriously.
What I do want however is to have practical enforceable laws in place to help stem the tide of all this killing. Declining though it may be. I posted something in the santa monica thread about ohio and how lax our laws are here and how guns were traced to purchase used in crimes across the country. Part of that article was about a fucking cop selling guns out of his god damned trunk. Stupid shit like that needs to stop. Guns shows, the nondealers are not required to do a background check. Theres a gun show every three months in my city. Concealed carry reciprocity should end.
How it is ok in the 90's for the NRA to fully back universal checks as THEE way and in 2013 they wont do a damned thing?
I post this blog to show how fucking common this senseless shit is!!!!
Mickey, You need to work on your 'Bait Spotting' skills. Because this:
"so do you want to get rid of guns completely ?"... is basically a nightcrawler coated with cheese whiz and covered with ant eggs.Allen Fieldhouse, home of the 2008 NCAA men's Basketball Champions! Go Jayhawks!
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Maybe so, but I gave an honest answer just the same.Cosmo wrote:
...mickeyrat wrote:No sir, I took an oath once to defend the constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic. While I may not be in the service any longer, I still take that seriously.
What I do want however is to have practical enforceable laws in place to help stem the tide of all this killing. Declining though it may be. I posted something in the santa monica thread about ohio and how lax our laws are here and how guns were traced to purchase used in crimes across the country. Part of that article was about a fucking cop selling guns out of his god damned trunk. Stupid shit like that needs to stop. Guns shows, the nondealers are not required to do a background check. Theres a gun show every three months in my city. Concealed carry reciprocity should end.
How it is ok in the 90's for the NRA to fully back universal checks as THEE way and in 2013 they wont do a damned thing?
I post this blog to show how fucking common this senseless shit is!!!!
Mickey, You need to work on your 'Bait Spotting' skills. Because this:
"so do you want to get rid of guns completely ?"... is basically a nightcrawler coated with cheese whiz and covered with ant eggs._____________________________________SIGNATURE________________________________________________
Not today Sir, Probably not tomorrow.............................................. bayfront arena st. pete '94
you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '140 -
...mickeyrat wrote:Maybe so, but I gave an honest answer just the same.
Oh, I know... and I agree with you, 100%.
I just get tired of the typical gun-nut over-reaction that being in favor of a reasonable gun ownership law is tossed back as a frenzied, spastic regurgatation of NRA rhetoric. More like a Pavlovian reflex than a cognitive thought.
And... it is a baiting question.Allen Fieldhouse, home of the 2008 NCAA men's Basketball Champions! Go Jayhawks!
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well, he IS a master baiter!!!!Cosmo wrote:
...mickeyrat wrote:Maybe so, but I gave an honest answer just the same.
Oh, I know... and I agree with you, 100%.
I just get tired of the typical gun-nut over-reaction that being in favor of a reasonable gun ownership law is tossed back as a frenzied, spastic regurgatation of NRA rhetoric. More like a Pavlovian reflex than a cognitive thought.
And... it is a baiting question. _____________________________________SIGNATURE________________________________________________
Not today Sir, Probably not tomorrow.............................................. bayfront arena st. pete '94
you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '140
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