That’s the latest on that crazy story out of Florida, the AP is reporting. God, Florida is the worst. As are guns. By the way, the accused killer, a former police officer, has pleaded not guilty to the charges against him.
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Zimmerman Signed Autographs at a Florida Gun Show
TMP: We are officially living in a world where George Zimmerman is treated like a famous person.The man who will forever be known for killing an unarmed black teenager basked in the limelight Saturday at — where else? — a gun show in central Florida. According to television station WESH, Zimmerman “greeted people and autographed […]
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Freakout Nation: 5-year-old boy accidentally Second Amendments his father in an Oklahoma store Expect to see “second amendments” in use everywhere very soon.
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Hidden Camera Shows the Normal Stupidity of Children in the Presence of a Real Gun
What was revealed by a small experiment at a Florida elementary school? That the NRA’s gun safety rap video, and a lecture from a enforcement officer about the dangers of guns were not enough to prevent unattended children from toying with a real gun… See more US News from ABC|ABC World News Every hour, one […]
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Nothing To See Here
Because freedom: A 4-year-old girl accidentally shot her 4-year-old cousin to death with a loaded rifle that she found under a bed at their grandfather’s Detroit home…. “It’s a tragic incident,” Woody told The Associated Press. “It’s really not anything more than that. There was no malicious intent. There was nothing there to suggest that […]
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Duck Dynasty Guns: Because America Apparently Demands Them
AND NOW THE CIRCLE IS COMPLETE. After getting off relatively scot-free for his comments about gays, African-Americans, and, most recently, 15-16 year old girls, Duck Dynasty patriarch Phil Robertson can add another feather to his camouflaged cap: Duck Dynasty shotguns and assault-style weapons. (You know… for killing ducks!) From CNN Money: The gunmaker Mossberg has […]
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Because the Gun Lobby is Evil
This chart shows how the gun lobby ramped up spending to lobby for less gun control immediately after a nutcase with guns—cheap, easy to obtain, and poorly regulated—murdered 20 children at Sandy Hook Elementary School last year: $ spent on gun policy lobbying has skyrocketed in the year since #SandyHook: http://t.co/BCf8o7XuTo @SunFoundation pic.twitter.com/d2intLwxQ5— ProPublica (@ProPublica) […]
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George Zimmerman Was Carrying an Arsenal When He Was Arrested
I’m sure this is exactly what the Founding Fathers intended when they wrote the Constitution: George Zimmerman had five guns and more than 100 rounds of ammunition with him when deputies arrested him earlier this month on domestic violence charges, according to court documents released Tuesday. A search warrant made public by the Seminole County […]
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Eleven Months Later, Nothing’s Different
Some of the results of the 11-month-long investigation into the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting were released yesterday. They outlined—in broad strokes, with a few horrific, unexpected, strange details—what happened inside the school and what had been happening inside the Lanza home. The information that was released brought up questions, some new (should Adam Lanza’s […]
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Death Toll in Today’s D.C. Shooting Rises to 12
According to the Washington Post, that makes it “the worst loss of life in a single incident within the District of Columbia since an airliner plunged into the Potomac River in 1982, killing 78.” (The Pentagon, where 189 people died on September 11, 2001, is not in D.C. but in Arlington.) D.C.’s mayor says there’s […]
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Lawmakers Who Support Gun Control Are Recalled in Colorado
The votes were counted last night, and: Two Colorado Democrats who provided crucial support for a package of state gun laws were voted out of office on Tuesday in special elections seen as a test of whether swing-state voters would accept gun restrictions after mass shootings at a Colorado movie theater and a Connecticut elementary […]
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George Zimmerman In Police Custody After “Domestic Incident Involving a Gun”
ABC News says: George Zimmerman is being held by police after a domestic incident involving a gun, police said today. There’s not much more information than that right now, but here’s a tweet from AP editor Will Lester: