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Students Pull Gun on Intruder, Now Face Expulsion

They violated Gonzaga University's weapons policy

(Newser) - Two university students in Washington state are facing expulsion after they scared off a would-be intruder with a gun, KXLY reports. Roommates Erik Fagan and Daniel McIntosh were at their Spokane apartment, which is owned by Gonzaga University but is off-campus, when a six-time convicted felon who'd recently been...

Zimmerman Left His Wife a Shot-Up Target: Report

Shellie said to have considered it a 'subliminal message'

(Newser) - After George Zimmerman was forced to move out of his house last month, his soon-to-be-ex-wife Shellie found something ominous nailed to the wall: A shooting range target sporting 17 bullet holes, according to a report in Radar . A source sent Radar a photo of the target, saying it was the...

Zimmerman Threatened Me With Hand on Gun: Wife

Estranged wife Shellie called police this afternoon

(Newser) - George Zimmerman's estranged wife called police to a Lake Mary residence this afternoon for a "possible domestic battery," police tell the Orlando Sentinel . The AP reports soon-to-be ex-wife Shellie Zimmerman called police from her father's house, saying that Zimmerman threatened her and her father "with...

Zimmerman Gun Factory Visit a Bad Move: His Lawyer

Not part of PR plan, says rep for his lawyer

(Newser) - Turns out TMZ isn't just the scourge of Hollywood. George Zimmerman has gotten a public tsk-tsk from his lawyer over a Thursday visit to a Florida gun factory—a visit that was reported by none other than TMZ . A rep for Zimmerman attorney Mark O'Mara had this to...

NRA Has a Vast Secret Registry of Gun Owners
NRA Has a Vast Secret Registry of Gun Owners
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Aug 21, 2013 12:30 PM CDT

NRA Has a Vast Secret Registry of Gun Owners

BuzzFeed finds that it goes well beyond group's 3M members

(Newser) - The NRA hates the idea of a national gun registry, but it effectively operates a massive one of its own, reports BuzzFeed . Its secretive database goes way beyond its 3 million members—the group gets names from gun-safety classes, gun shows, magazine subscribers, government offices, etc., writes Steve Friess. It...

NYPD Makes Largest Gun Bust in History

Smugglers busted carrying 254 guns via buses from Carolinas

(Newser) - The NYPD has made its largest gun bust in recent memory, seizing 254 firearms in a 10-month operation. The guns were smuggled from North and South Carolina into New York City by two gunrunners, who hid the weapons in luggage on discount buses, then purchased by an undercover cop pretending...

NRA Unholsters New Museum— in Gun Store

'If you are a gun person, you are going to love this place'

(Newser) - The National Rifle Association has unveiled a new museum—inside a gun store. The National Sporting Arms Museum, inside a sprawling Bass Pro store in Springfield, Mo., features close to 1,000 firearms, including ones owned by historical figures as diverse as Teddy Roosevelt, Napoleon Bonaparte, and Jesse James, Reuters...

Aaron Hernandez Caught With Gun— in Own Photos: Prosecutors

Surveillance footage from right after shooting

(Newser) - Looks like Aaron Hernandez's home surveillance system may have backfired on him. Photos have emerged showing the former football star carrying a gun shortly after the shooting of Odin Lloyd, prosecutors say. "Interior surveillance footage shows Aaron Hernandez pass through the living room area of the residence while...

NC Lawmakers OK Guns on Playgrounds, in Bars

Concealed handgun permit holders poised to get expanded rights

(Newser) - So long as Gov. Pat McCrory puts his pen to it, a bill allowing North Carolina residents to carry concealed handguns into bars and on playgrounds will soon be law, reports the AP . The Republican-backed bill was approved by both the House and Senate yesterday, and would give concealed-carry permit...

Bullet Shortage? Just Make Your Own


 Bullet Shortage? 
 Just Make Your Own 
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Jul 13, 2013 8:00 PM CDT

Bullet Shortage? Just Make Your Own

Ammo shortage inspires new DIY hobby: 'reloading'

(Newser) - The latest DIY craft trend is not being led by mustachioed 20-somethings in Brooklyn, Austin, or Portland. It's the hot new thing amongst gun owners, who have taken to making their own bullets due to a nationwide shortage. With gun control featuring heavily in current political discourse, Americans are...

Fans of Arming School Staff Have Surprising Opponent

Insurance companies, who say they will deny coverage or jack up premiums

(Newser) - Arming staff with guns may not be the magic bullet some schools had hoped in the battle to prevent future school shootings. That's because many insurers won't even let them try, the New York Times reports. In Kansas, where schools are now allowed to arm employees , EMC, the...

Concealed-Carry Permits Skyrocket

Set to be record year in many states

(Newser) - Concealed-gun permits are growing by leaps and bounds across a number of states. Ohio is poised to almost double the 65,000 issued in 2012, which would be triple its 2007 figure; Florida has issued more than 173,000 over the past year, up 17% from the previous year; in...

School Holds Firearms Buyback ... for Toy Guns

Principal says toy guns desensitize kids to real weapons from a young age

(Newser) - A California school is running a "toy gun exchange" today, offering students a free book and a chance to win a bicycle in if they hand in their plastic pistols, reports the San Jose Mercury News . "Playing with toys guns, saying 'I'm going to shoot you,...

Trayvon's Texts Reveal Fistfights, Eerie Warning

Friend's text: Don't get shot

(Newser) - George Zimmerman's defense team is painting an unflattering picture of Trayvon Martin through his text messages, which it released yesterday—and they contain a haunting warning from a friend: "Boy don’t get one planted in ya chest," the friend writes. The text came three months before...

Toddler Puts Gun in Mouth, Shoots

Boy, 2, expected to survive

(Newser) - A North Carolina toddler found a handgun in his parents' bedroom Saturday afternoon, put it in his mouth ... and the gun went off, authorities say. The Asheboro boy is "extremely lucky," a sheriff's captain tells the Winston-Salem Journal , because the bullet missed his vital organs (as well...

Three Shootings by Young Kids in Texas in One Week

2-year-old dead; 5-year-old, 7-year-old wounded

(Newser) - It has been a bad week for kids in Texas, with three shootings involving children under 10 years old, one of them fatal, taking place in the space of four days, Raw Story reports. On Wednesday, a five-year-old shot his seven-year-old brother with an old rifle while the two played...

Feds Order 3D Gun Blueprints Taken Offline

Defense Distributed will comply after 100K downloads in first 2 days

(Newser) - When a company run by a Texas law student posted blueprints online this week for a 3D-printed gun, it logged more than 100,000 downloads in its first two days. Now, the State Department also has taken notice of the gambit by Cody Wilson at Defense Distributed , reports Forbes . It...

Houston 5-Year-Old Shoots Brother, 7

Younger child was playing with old rifle, accidentally hit brother

(Newser) - Another case of a young child shooting a young sibling : Police say an east Houston mother left her 5- and 7-year-old sons alone either during or after giving them a bath last night (reports conflict). The younger child apparently retrieved a .22 rifle in her absence and began playing with...

5-Year-Old Kills Sister, 2, With 'My First Rifle'

Loaded gun had been left in a corner

(Newser) - It was "just one of those crazy accidents," in the words of the local coroner: A 5-year-old in Cumberland County, Kentucky, accidentally shot and killed his 2-year-old sister yesterday with a .22-caliber rifle. But unlike many such tragedies , the rifle in this case actually belonged to the child,...

Dzhokhar Had No Guns During Boat Onslaught: Officials
Dzhokhar Had No Guns During Boat Onslaught
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Apr 25, 2013 2:34 AM CDT

Dzhokhar Had No Guns During Boat Onslaught

Officials talk to 'Washington Post'

(Newser) - As Dzhokhar Tsarnaev hid on a boat in Watertown , law enforcement let bullets fly—but the suspect himself didn't have a gun, officials tell the Washington Post . During the half-hour before his capture, police were engulfed in "the fog of war," says one law-enforcement source; some cited...

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