RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct. 31 (Xinhua) — At least 25 bank robbery suspects were killed on Sunday in two clashes with Brazilian authorities in the southeastern state of Minas Gerais, police said. The events occurred in the municipality of Varginha during a joint operation by the Military Police,…
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Police operations Kingston Central and St Andrew South police divisions on Saturday, October 30 and Sunday, October 31, yielded the recovery of three firearms and several rounds of ammunition. A 9mm Taurus pistol with a magazine of eleven 9mm rounds was seized by the police during a joint patrol…
Davenport mayoral candidates square off on the issues on ‘4 the Record’ We’re two days away from the next election in Iowa, with mayoral, city council and school-board races on the ballot. This morning we focus on the highest profile contest: Davenport mayor. Incumbent Mike Matson faces a…
The tragic shooting on the Rust movie set that resulted in the death of the film’s cinematographer and the wounding of the director brought back several memories, as well as underscoring that this was absolutely preventable.In 1955, while playing Harvey Korman’s son in a theater production, a blank…
The Stayner brothers say their dynamic works well. Joseph handles the business’ financial side, and Jared the operations. (Bailey Lewis/Community Impact Newspaper) Jared and Joseph Stayner grew up surrounded by guns, as their father had a collection as a hobby. He loved guns so much that, upon retirement,…
As an American living in Japan, I have the opportunity to see American from a little different view than one can get while actually living in the states. This view is particularly interesting when it comes to the private ownership of firearms since Japan has the strictest gun…
The boundaries that have defined the gun debate are fracturing. One demonstration of this is the amicus brief filed by the Black Attorneys of Legal Aid (BALA), the Bronx Defenders and others in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association (NYSRPA) v. Bruen, now before the U.S. Supreme…
READ MORE The rollback of Missouri gun laws Missouri state lawmakers removed most gun restrictions in recent years. A study showed the repeal of permit to purchase laws in 2007 led to more firearm deaths. Expand All Frank Randle was pulling his truck into the parking lot of…
The trial of Kyle Rittenhouse starts Monday. What’s going on trial isn’t just the teenager accused of killing two men during a chaotic night in Kenosha, it’s also the idea of the self-appointed authority to take up arms — essentially, vigilantism.Rittenhouse wasn’t law enforcement. He wasn’t a member…
The gun “problem” is not caused by a failure to register firearms, to store them properly, or the availability of “assault weapons.” Unfortunately, productive discussions of those issues are impossible when statistics are manipulated, important facts are ignored, and incendiary terms are used. Firearms, like all inanimate objects,…
