CA – GUN CRIME – Biden Pitches Tougher Gun Control After Deputy Ambush Attack
DEMOCRAT PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE JOE BIDEN ON SUNDAY CALLED FOR TIGHTER GUN RESTRICTIONS IN THE WAKE OF WHAT AUTHORITIES DESCRIBED AS AN AMBUSH, IN WHICH TWO LOS ANGELES COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES WERE CRITICALLY WOUNDED. “WEAPONS OF WAR HAVE NO PLACE IN OUR COMMUNITIES,” BIDEN WROTE IN A TWEET. “WE NEED TO BAN ASSAULT WEAPONS AND HIGH-CAPACITY MAGAZINES.” HIS STATEMENT FOLLOWED AN EARLIER TWEET, IN WHICH HE REFERRED TO A 10-YEAR SENATE BAN ON “ASSAULT WEAPONS” AND HIGH-CAPACITY MAGAZINES, SAYING CONGRESS SHOULD NEVER HAVE LET IT EXPIRE, ADDING, “[A]S PRESIDENT, I’LL TAKE ON THE @NRA AND WE’LL BAN THEM ONCE AGAIN.”
DC – GUN CRIME – Trump Health Aide Pushes Bizarre Conspiracies and Warns of Armed Revolt
THE TOP COMMUNICATIONS OFFICIAL AT THE POWERFUL CABINET DEPARTMENT IN CHARGE OF COMBATING THE CORONAVIRUS MADE OUTLANDISH AND FALSE ACCUSATIONS ON SUNDAY THAT CAREER GOVERNMENT SCIENTISTS WERE ENGAGING IN “SEDITION” IN THEIR HANDLING OF THE PANDEMIC AND THAT LEFT-WING HIT SQUADS WERE PREPARING FOR ARMED INSURRECTION AFTER THE ELECTION. MICHAEL R. CAPUTO, THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS AT THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, ACCUSED THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION OF HARBORING A “RESISTANCE UNIT” DETERMINED TO UNDERMINE PRESIDENT TRUMP, EVEN IF THAT OPPOSITION BOLSTERS THE COVID-19 DEATH TOLL.
WI – GUN CRIME – Sole Survivor Of Kenosha Protests Shootings Speaks Out For First Time
GAIGE GROSSKREUTZ IS THE ONLY ONE OF THREE MEN SHOT DURING A NIGHT OF PROTESTS IN KENOSHA, WISCONSIN WHO SURVIVED. HE TELLS CNN'S SARA SIDNER THAT HE'S STILL RELIVING IT EVERY DAY. ONLY ONE OF THE THREE MEN SHOT DURING A NIGHT OF PROTESTS IN KENOSHA LAST MONTH SURVIVED, AND HE'S STILL RELIVING IT EVERY DAY. "THAT'S ALL I THINK ABOUT," GAIGE GROSSKREUTZ, 22, TOLD CNN IN AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW TUESDAY. "I PLAY IT BACK IN MY HEAD, I THINK ABOUT IT ALL THE TIME." THE GUNSHOTS, THE SCREAMS AND THE CHAOS THAT FOLLOWED STILL PLAY OUT IN HIS HEAD AS IF IT WERE AUGUST 25 AGAIN. "I THINK ABOUT EVERYTHING ALL THE TIME," GROSSKREUTZ SAID. THAT NIGHT, PROTESTERS IN THE WISCONSIN CITY WERE DEMANDING JUSTICE AFTER AN OFFICER REPEATEDLY SHOT JACOB BLAKE IN HIS BACK WHILE HIS CHILDREN WATCHED FROM HIS CAR.
PA – GUN CRIME – To Combat Philadelphia Gun Violence, We Must Dismantle the Office of Violence Prevention
AT THIS POINT, TO DESCRIBE PHILADELPHIA AS A BROKEN RECORD IN HOW IT RESPONDS TO GUN VIOLENCE WOULD BE AN UNDERSTATEMENT. HERE’S HOW IT USUALLY GOES: PHILADELPHIANS GET SHOT. THE MEDIA REPORTS HOW IT’S AN UNPRECEDENTED MOMENT. SOCIAL MEDIA DEMANDS MORE ACTION FROM THE CITY. OFFICIALS CONDUCT HEARINGS, TASK FORCE MEETINGS AND TEARFUL RALLIES WITHOUT MUCH ELSE TO OFFER … AND THE SHIT REPEATS ITSELF. PHILADELPHIA IS NOW SECOND ONLY TO CHICAGO IN THE NUMBER OF HOMICIDES THIS YEAR.
WI – GUN CRIME – Kyle Rittenhouse becomes poster boy for armed self-defense after Kenosha shooting
A SMALL SHRINE AT AN INTERSECTION IN DOWNTOWN KENOSHA, WISCONSIN, MEMORIALIZES ANTHONY HUBER AND JOSEPH “JOJO” ROSENBAUM, TWO MEN WHO WERE SHOT DEAD AT CLOSE RANGE DURING AN UGLY, CHAOTIC NIGHT OF PROTESTS AND RIOTING LATE LAST MONTH.
NYC – GUN CRIME – Are NYC’s gun laws still tough?
NEW YORK CITY IS THOUGHT TO HAVE SOME OF THE TOUGHEST GUN LAWS IN THE COUNTRY. IN FACT, IT SEEMS EASIER TO GET A GUN ILLEGALLY HERE THAN TO GET APPROVED FOR A LICENSE OR PERMIT AND PURCHASE ONE, AS EVIDENCE BY THE RECENT ERUPTION IN FIREARM VIOLENCE IN OUR STREETS. “IF WE ARE THE MOST ANTI-GUN BIG CITY IN AMERICA, HOW COULD WE ALLOW THE NUMBER OF SHOOTINGS IN 2020 TO HAVE ALREADY SURPASSED THE NUMBER OF SHOOTINGS IN 2019, WITH FOUR MONTHS TO GO?” ASKS DAILY NEWS REPORTER.
NV – GUN CRIME – 2 gun shop owners, local man dead in Nevada triple-shooting
Authorities in northern Nevada said Tuesday the deaths of three people, including the father-and-son owners of a Virginia City gun store and a local man who shot them, appeared to be a Labor Day holiday double-murder and suicide. Gary Lord, 71, and TJ Lord, 39, were found dead at Virginia City Gun Works after deputies were called about 2:30 p.m. Monday, Storey County Sheriff Gerald Antinoro said in a…
OR – GUN CRIME – ‘Arms race’: How the Portland shooting shows protesters on the right and the left are bringing guns
THOUGH HE WAS A MIDDLE-AGED FATHER, THE OREGON MAN RECEIVED A GUNSHOT WOUND WHEN HE INTERCEDED IN A CONFRONTATION, WAS CAUGHT DRIVING 111 MILES PER HOUR IN A CADILLAC WHILE APPARENTLY RACING HIS 17-YEAR-OLD SON IN ANOTHER CAR AND PACKED A GUN AS HE JOINED IN THE PORTLAND PROTESTS. IT WAS THERE THAT HE ALLEGEDLY SHOT AND KILLED A PRO-TRUMP COUNTER-PROTESTER ONLY TO DIE HIMSELF THURSDAY IN A SHOOTOUT WITH FEDERAL AGENTS WHO HAD COME TO ARREST HIM OUTSIDE OLYMPIA, WASHINGTON.
OR – GUN CRIME – Suspect in Portland shooting killed as federal agents tried to arrest him (VIDEO)
ABC7.COM September 3, 2020 – A man suspected of fatally shooting a supporter of a right-wing group in Portland, Oregon, last week after a caravan of Donald Trump backers rode through downtown was killed Thursday as investigators moved in to arrest him, a senior Justice Department official told The Associated Press.
The man, Michael Reinoehl, 48,…
CA – GUN CRIME – Shooting At Pro-Trump Rally Leads To Standoff On Ventura Blvd.
Los Angeles Police are looking for a gunman suspected of firing on a pro-Trump caravan in Woodland Hills. The incident forced the closure of Ventura Boulevard and triggered a 5-hour standoff at an apartment complex where three suspects were believed to be holed up. A Los Angeles Police Department SWAT Team surrounded the building, launched a chemical irritant inside and entered the unit at about 5 p.m. to find…
IL – GUN CRIME – At Least 50 People Shot, 10 Killed In Weekend Gun Violence In Chicago (VIDEO)
At least 50 people had been shot, and 10 of them had been killed, so far this weekend in Chicago as of Sunday evening. Among those wounded in shootings this weekend were two police officers, along a suspect whom a third officer shot, in Homan Square. Meanwhile, one man was killed and four others were injured in a mass shooting Sunday at a pancake house dining tent in Morgan…
WI – GUN CRIME – Gun rights group fundraising for legal defense of teen charged in deadly Kenosha shooting
A conservative gun rights group has announced it is fundraising to support the legal defense costs of Kyle Rittenhouse, the Illinois teenager charged in the shooting deaths of two protesters in Kenosha, Wis., earlier this week. Rittenhouse, 17, is charged with one count each of first-degree intentional homicide, first-degree reckless homicide and attempted first-degree intentional homicide as well as two counts of first-degree reckless endangerment. The National Foundation for Gun Rights,…
MI – GUN CRIME – Violence at protests sparks conversation on open-carry gun laws in Michigan
From the state capitol in Lansing to Kalamazoo, armed protesters and counterprotesters have clashed around our state and the country. In Wisconsin, a 17-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse faces homicide charges after deadly shooting during a night of unrest. In Michigan, it is legal for a person with a concealed pistol license to carry a firearm in public. It is also legal to carry a gun as long as the person is carrying…
WI – GUN CRIME – Kyle Rittenhouse was charged with homicide. Here’s what we learned about the Kenosha shootings from the charging documents. (VIDEO)
A 17-year-old self-described militia member has been charged in the shooting deaths of two people and the wounding of a third during protests in Kenosha after a police shooting. Kyle Rittenhouse will appear in court Friday for an extradition hearing to Wisconsin. He was arrested Wednesday in Antioch, Illinois, where he lives. Joseph Rosenbaum, 36, and Anthony Huber, 26, died in the shooting. Gaige Grosskreutz, 26, was injured.
Rittenhouse considered himself a militia member trying to protect life and…
WI – GUN CRIME – Vigilante tragedy could have been avoided had police enforcement been equitable
STLTODAY.COM August 28, 2020 – The details emerging about the 17-year-old suspected of three shootings of protesters Tuesday night in Kenosha, Wisconsin, should shock even the most ardent gun-rights activists.
In the same week the Republican Party celebrated the wild-eyed, gun-waving antics of St. Louis couple Mark and Patricia McCloskey, militiamen in Kenosha found willing accomplices among local police for…
WI – GUN CRIME – Kenosha shooting suspect faces more homicide charges
THE SUSPECT IN THE KENOSHA, WISCONSIN, FATAL SHOOTING IS FACING MULTIPLE HOMICIDE CHARGES, COURT RECORDS SHOW. KYLE RITTENHOUSE, 17, IS ACCUSED OF A SINGLE SHOOTING INCIDENT DURING A NIGHT OF UNREST IN KENOSHA EARLIER THIS WEEK THAT LEFT TWO PEOPLE DEAD AND A THIRD PERSON SERIOUSLY INJURED, AUTHORITIES HAVE SAID. SINCE HIS ARREST ON WEDNESDAY, THE ANTIOCH, ILLINOIS, TEENAGER HAD BEEN CHARGED WITH FIRST-DEGREE INTENTIONAL HOMICIDE, ANTIOCH POLICE SAID.
17-year-old suspect in Kenosha shootings was too young to open carry in Wisconsin, might still raise self-defense
MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL.COM AUGUST 27, 2020 – Within hours of two fatal shootings of protesters by an armed counterprotester late Tuesday in Kenosha, the internet was flooded with videos of the incident that raise lots of questions. Here are some basics on Wisconsin’s relevant laws and what legal experts have to say on the situation.
Was it legal to carry a rifle…
NYC – GUN CRIME – 47% accused of illegal gun possession were released without bail during pandemic, double last year (VIDEO)
NEW YORKERS ACCUSED OF ILLEGALLY POSSESSING GUNS ARE BEING RELEASED AT MORE THAN DOUBLE THE RATE THAN THIS TIME LAST YEAR DUE TO THE PANDEMIC. FROM MARCH 16 TO AUG. 17, 47% OF PEOPLE ACCUSED OF ILLEGAL GUN POSSESSION IN THE CITY WERE RELEASED WITHOUT A JUDGE SETTING BAIL. OVER THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR, THE NUMBER WAS JUST 22%. REPORTS SAY JUDGES HAVE BEEN LESS WILLING TO SET BAIL IN GUN POSSESSION CASES WHILE THE PANDEMIC HIT RIKERS ISLAND. BROOKLYN LED ALL BOROUGHS WITH 55% OF THOSE CHARGED WITH ILLEGAL GUN POSSESSION RELEASED WITHOUT BAIL DURING THE PANDEMIC.