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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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 Guns OK'd in National Parks 

Campers will be allowed to pack heat in all but 3 of America's national parks

Dec 6, 08 6:10 AM CST
(Newser) - Visitors will be allowed to carry concealed and loaded weapons in all but three of America's 391 national parks under a new Bush administration policy, the Washington Times reports. The move, widely seen as a parting gift to the NRA from the president, reverses a 25-year-old Interior Department policy and... More »

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Bush administration • NRA • gun control • Department of the Interior • national park • guns

Cop Charged in Boy's Death at Mass. Gun Show

8-year-old accidentally shot himself with Uzi
as father looked on

Dec 5, 08 6:36 AM CST
(Newser) - A Massachusetts police chief was indicted after an 8-year-old accidentally killed himself at a gun show the officer helped sponsor, Reuters reports. The boy mistakenly shot himself in the head with an Uzi as his father looked on with a camera. The policeman was indicted for involuntary manslaughter and furnishing... More »

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Massachusetts • indictment • police chiefs • accidental death • guns • child • gun show

 Teammate 
 to Testify 
 Against Plax 

Giants linebacker Pierce hid gun, seeks to avoid charges

Dec 4, 08 10:06 AM CST
(Newser) - New York Giants linebacker Antonio Pierce will testify against teammate Plaxico Burress in order to avoid being charged himself, the New York Post reports. Pierce’s testimony should guarantee Burress is indicted for felony weapons possession. The receiver has been suspended for the rest of the season, and faces 3½... More »

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NFL • crime • New York • football • New York Giants • Plaxico Burress • gun injury • guns • NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell • Antonio Pierce

Irate Bloomberg: Throw
the Book at Plax

Mayor, NYPD upset by cover-up after accidental shooting of Giants receiver

Dec 2, 08 11:11 AM CST
(Newser) - Mayor Michael Bloomberg is furious at the Plaxico Burress cover-up, the New York Post reports. Bloomberg demanded the Giants receiver get no special treatment for allegedly carrying an illegal handgun, and said anything less than the 3½-year minimum sentence would be “a sham, a mockery.” He recommended... More »

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NFL • NYPD • crime • New York • Michael Bloomberg • New York Giants • Plaxico Burress • gun injury • Mayor Bloomberg • guns • NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell • Antonio Pierce

Plax to Plead Not Guilty
on Weapon Charge

Burress was drinking, refused hospitalization

Nov 30, 08 7:03 PM CST
(Newser) - Plaxico Burress will turn himself in to police tomorrow and plead not guilty on a felony weapon charge, the New York Daily News reports. If convicted, the New York Giant receiver—who accidentally shot himself in the leg on Friday—would face a minimum 3-1/2 year sentence for carrying an... More »

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New York Giants • Plaxico Burress • shooting • guns

 Mumbai 
 Photog: 
 'I Only Wish I 
 Had a Gun' 

Police wouldn't shoot at gunmen, he says

Nov 30, 08 9:15 AM CST
(Newser) - The photographer who took pictures of Mumbai terrorists seen worldwide snapped his train-station shots as armed police stood by, he told the Belfast Telegraph. “At one point, I ran up to them and told them to use their weapons. I said, 'Shoot them, they're sitting ducks!' but they... More »

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India • police • terrorist • photographers • Mumbai • guns • train station

Star Receiver Shoots Himself
by Mistake

Nightclub incident continues wobbly NFL season for Burress

Nov 29, 08 3:04 PM CST
(Newser) - Plaxico Burress' troubled season continued last night when he accidentally shot himself in the leg in a nightclub, Fox Sports reports. Details are yet to emerge, and Yahoo! Sports reports that someone may have shot the New York Giants receiver, but his injuries are not said to be life... More »

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NFL • football • New York Giants • Plaxico Burress • shooting • guns

Bush's Pardons
Favor Gun Lovers

President restores right to bear arms to convicted felons

Nov 29, 08 8:22 AM CST
(Newser) - Second Amendment enthusiasts seem to have a better-than-average chance of winning a presidential pardon as the Bush presidency nears its end, the Wall Street Journal reports. Of the 14 felons pardoned in the last week, seven are fans of hunting or shooting and five say they specifically mentioned their desire... More »

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NRA • presidential pardon • pardon • felon • Second Amendment • George W. Bush • guns

 Dog Shoots
Duck Hunter in Boat 

Lab knocks shotgun safety catch as he leaps into boat

Nov 24, 08 2:40 AM CST
(Newser) - A 23-year-old duck hunter is recovering from gunshot wounds after a bizarre shooting accident triggered by his dog, reports the Oregonian. As the hunter was tying up his aluminum rowboat on an Oregon lake, his Labrador retriever jumped in, accidentally releasing the safety catch on a 12-gauge shotgun, which fired.... More »

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shooting • guns • duck hunter • Labrador • Tillamook Bay

 8-Year-Old Accidentally
 Kills Self With Uzi 

8 year-old was firing an Uzi under professional instruction

Oct 27, 08 4:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - An 8-year-old boy died yesterday after he accidentally shot himself with an Uzi at a Massachusetts gun expo, the Hartford Courant reports. “The force of the weapon made it travel up and back toward his head, where he suffered the injury,” police said. An investigation is under... More »

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Massachusetts • Connecticut • accidental death • shooting • guns • firing range • child • Christopher Bizilj

 Guess What's Still 
 Selling Strong?

Obama's anti-gun stance and fears of economic chaos fuel record gun sales

Oct 27, 08 7:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - Fears of an anti-gun presidency and the threat of civil unrest in a worsening economic climate are fueling record sales of firearms and ammunition, the Washington Post reports. Sales have been climbing since 2006 and this year have shot past the average annual 5% increase to reach 10%, as gun... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • housing bubble • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin • guns • gun rights • financial crisis

 Gun Pulled After 
 Colo. Palin Rally 

Parking-lot traffic maneuvering pushes man to brandish loaded weapon

Oct 23, 08 4:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - Road rage following a Sarah Palin rally in Colorado on Monday allegedly resulted in one man pulling a loaded handgun, the Glenwood Springs Post Independent reports. Jack Cheskaty “wanted to be ready for anything” when another driver threatened to pull ahead of him in a bumper-to-bumper parking lot. More »

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road rage • Colorado • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin • guns

Right Opens Fire on High Court's Gun Ruling

2nd Amendment call was a question for states: legal scholars

Oct 21, 08 8:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - Last summer's Supreme Court decision that ruled citizens have an individual right to possess guns drew hosannas from the American right wing. But now the court's ruling is coming under attack—from conservative legal scholars. As the New York Times reports, two Reagan-appointed judges have called DC v. Heller the... More »

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Antonin Scalia • Second Amendment • US Supreme Court • conservatism • Dick Anthony Heller • guns

(Newser) - Justifiable homicides committed by cops and civilians are at their highest levels in more than 10 years, USA Today reports. Last year's totals: 391 for police and 254 for civilians. Analysts attribute the rise to a growing “shoot-first” attitude among both groups, especially as criminals improve their arsenals.... More »

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crime • NRA • police • shooting • gun violence • handgun • guns • justifiable homicide • citizen

 'Rednecks' Endorse Obama 

Two seniors look to bridge a cultural gap

Oct 9, 08 6:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - Two self-described "rednecks" from the South are on a mission to help elect the nation's first black president. AFP looks at the efforts of the Missouri senior citizens who are defying stereotype with their tounge-in-cheek “Rednecks for Obama” campaign. Their banner drew big crowds at last week's debate,... More »

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Barack Obama • Democratic National Convention • Missouri • rural voters • Election 2008 • economy • white voters • guns

 Witness: Guns Were OJ's Idea 

Former golf buddy Alexander says Simpson told him to lie about being armed

Sep 24, 08 4:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - A former OJ Simpson golfing buddy testified today that the football star told him to pack heat for September’s confrontation with sports-memorabilia dealers, and that Simpson shooed away concerns about the police. "This is going to be a robbery," Walter Alexander recalled thinking after Simpson allegedly told... More »

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celebrity trials • OJ Simpson • Walter Alexander • armed robbery • guns

OPINION

NRA Guilty of Poor Aim in
Fla. Guns-at-Work Case

Second Amendment does not trump property rights for private companies

Aug 25, 08 10:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Florida’s "take your guns to work” law seems like it’s upholding the right to bear arms (which is what the National Rifle Association wants us to believe), but in fact it’s a violation of property rights, Steve Chapman argues in Reason. The law allows permit-holders to... More »

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property rights • gun control • employers • Second Amendment • National Rifle Association • firearms • workplace safety • guns

 LA Cop Pulls Gun on Diddy 

Deputy 'fearing for his safety' brandished weapon during early-morning stop; calm prevails

Aug 25, 08 1:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Los Angeles sheriff’s deputy pulled a gun on Sean “Diddy” Combs during a routine traffic stop early yesterday, the New York Daily News reports. The officer “ pulled his firearm, fearing for his safety,” the department explained, when the rap mogul and six of his cohorts... More »

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police • Los Angeles • celebrity • Diddy • guns

Gun-Toting Granny Foils Would-Be Thief

Pa. octogenarian keeps the heat on burglar until police show up

Aug 19, 08 2:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - An 85-year-old Pennsylvania woman foiled a thief by pointing her .22-caliber revolver at him and holding him at bay until police arrived, the Uniontown Herald-Standard reports. A 17-year-old broke into Leda Smith's home Sunday afternoon, but before the intruder could steal anything, the great-grandmother retrieved her gun, forced the burglar... More »

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crime • robbery • thief • Pennsylvania • guns • Leda Smith

(Newser) - A tiny school district in Texas will allow its teachers to bring guns to class this fall in what may be the first such move in the nation, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports. The district says the move will deter school shootings or help teachers defend students if one occurs.... More »

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Texas • school shooting • guns • Harrold school district • concealed weapons • teachers

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