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#CTshooting: MSM, Dems use tragedy to call for assault weapons ban tho handguns were used (UPDATED)

Posted by: ST on December 15, 2012 at 12:03 pm » 20 Comments

It never fails – the mainstream media and Democrats alike don’t let crises like yesterday’s horrific events in CT to call for more gun control: Washington (CNN) — The White House said President Barack Obama supports reinstatement of a federal ban on assault weapons — a position he took in the 2008 campaign but failed [...]

 

26 dead, including 20 children, in Newtown, CT elementary school shooting massacre

Posted by: ST on December 14, 2012 at 3:56 pm » 1 Comment

Absolutely horrific.  Stunning. Heartbreaking.  Devastating.    20 schoolchildren between the ages of 5-10. Terrorized. Murdered in cold blood. Please drop what you’re doing right now and say a prayer for the families of the victims. And hug your little ones tight when they get home from school today. For that matter, hug all your loved [...]

 

This: Burglar reportedly attempts to rob home, comes face to face with kickboxer

Posted by: ST on December 10, 2012 at 7:52 pm » 6 Comments

Yeah, I know it isn’t politics but sometimes we need a break from that, right? OKLAHOMA CITY – A suspected house burglar was left bloodied and beaten after a fist-fight with the homeowner. Oklahoma City Police arrested Jonathan Wise, 19, for burglary. When officers took him into custody, Wise had two black eyes and needed [...]

 

Gabby Giffords, husband address Jared Lee Loughner in court

Posted by: ST on November 8, 2012 at 10:00 pm » 2 Comments

Good for them: Former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) and her husband confronted the man who nearly took her life at an emotional court session on Thursday in Arizona. Giffords’s husband, former astronaut Mark Kelly, directly addressed Jared Lee Loughner about his actions in the shooting rampage that killed six people and wounded 13 others. “By [...]

 

Mexico arrests two in Arizona Border Patrol killing

Posted by: Phineas on October 4, 2012 at 2:01 pm » 1 Comment

**Posted by Phineas No word on whether any weapons were recovered or, if there were, if they’ve been tied to Fast and Furious, but it’s nice to see some suspects brought in quickly: Mexican troops have arrested two suspects in the killing of a U.S. Border Patrol agent and the wounding of a second officer [...]

 

One Border Patrol agent killed, another wounded in Arizona border shooting

Posted by: Phineas on October 2, 2012 at 1:01 pm » 5 Comments

**Posted by Phineas One agent was shot dead, another wounded, and a third escaped unharmed while on horseback patrol in southeast Arizona: Two U.S. Border Patrol agents were shot, one fatally, Tuesday morning in an area in south Arizona known as a major drug-smuggling corridor, authorities said. The identities of the agents were not immediately [...]

 

Dear gun control fanatics: Why didn’t gun control laws stop the #FRC shooting in DC?

Posted by: ST on August 16, 2012 at 5:46 pm » 2 Comments

Well? An FBI affidavit in the investigation of a shooting Wednesday at the downtown Washington, D.C., offices of the Family Research Council says the accused gunman uttered a statement to the effect of, “I don’t like your politics,” before reaching into a backpack for a handgun and opening fire. Floyd Lee Corkins II, of Herndon, [...]

 

#TempleShooting: Killer in Sikh Temple murders identified

Posted by: ST on August 6, 2012 at 7:04 pm » 5 Comments

To say the suspected domestic terrorist was deeply disturbed is both a vast and obvious understatement: Wade Michael Page, the tattooed white supremacist and former Army soldier police say gunned down six Sikhs in a Milwaukee-area temple before a police officer killed him, spread his message of hate through several rock bands for more than [...]

 

Aurora #TheaterShooting: Another very painful reminder about the fragility of life

Posted by: ST on July 20, 2012 at 4:32 pm » 9 Comments

In the aftermath of today’s horrific events in Aurora, CO which left 12 dead and close to 60 injured, Kathleen McKinley has written a beautiful post  in tribute to Jessica Ghawi, who went by the name @JessicaRedfield on Twitter.  Jessica was an aspiring sportscaster who lived in Denver and was one of the 12 killed in [...]

 

Gunman opens fire in Aurora, CO theater – killing at least 14 12, injuring 50 59

Posted by: ST on July 20, 2012 at 7:55 am » 1 Comment

Update – 3:30 PM: Various media outlets have reported the number of dead has been corrected to 12.  Number of injured stands at 59. Horrifying: URGENT: At least 14 people have been killed and up to 50 injured after a mass shooting at a showing of “The Dark Knight Rises” at a suburban Denver movie [...]