Category Archives: Gun-violence

Weekend Gun Report: September 13-15, 2013 – NYTimes.com

2-year-old Kyle Moses was shot in the head and killed by his father, who was upset the child’s mother was with another man, in Tununak, Alaska, early Friday. A 9-year-old boy was shot in the chest and wounded while playing in his grandmother’s backyard in Pine Lawn, Mo., Friday night. A 9-year-old boy was shot in the arm as he and two other boys played with a gun in Tampa, Fla., Friday.

via Weekend Gun Report: September 13-15, 2013 – NYTimes.com.

The Gun Report: September 13, 2013 – NYTimes.com

A man accidentally shot himself at a gun range near Blooming Prairie, Minn., Wednesday evening. The victim was taking a training course through the National Rifle Association, and the gun went off as he drew his weapon from his holster. He was hit in the femoral area of the leg and seriously injured.

via The Gun Report: September 13, 2013 – NYTimes.com.

ASIA/SYRIA – Battle for Maalula, under sniper fire – Fides News Agency

Damascus (Agenzia Fides) – Soldiers of the regular army have entered Maalula, the Christian village which was attacked and seized by Islamist groups in recent days. According to local sources contacted by Fides Agency, local Christian youth fighting alongside the soldiers are under fire from snipers stationed in homes. Retaking the village seems to be very difficult because of the way it is built, where houses are perched on steep slopes. As reported to Fides, so far 3 young Greek Catholic Christians have been killed and six men have been abducted and taken somewhere near the city of Yabrud, on the slopes of the Qalamoun mountains.

Religious community members, men and women, who are still present in the village, are safe and sound. The Greek Orthodox nuns in the convent of Santa Tecla were “under siege” and were in fear for several days, while armed groups threatened to invade the convent and crosses have been removed and many civilian homes have been sacked. (PA) (Agenzia Fides 12/09/2013)

via ASIA/SYRIA – Battle for Maalula, under sniper fire – Fides News Agency.

The Gun Report: September 11, 2013 – NYTimes.com

A man attempting to show his wife that a 9-millimeter gun in their Windsor, Vt., home was not loaded accidentally shot her early Saturday. Matthew Coleman pulled the trigger and a single bullet passed through both of Dorthea Coleman’s legs before lodging itself in their bed frame. Coleman pleaded innocent to a misdemeanor count of simple assault with a deadly weapon.

via The Gun Report: September 11, 2013 – NYTimes.com.

The Gun Report: September 10, 2013 – NYTimes.com

An 11-year-old boy shot himself in the foot at his home north of North Platte, Neb., Saturday afternoon. The boy took a .22 caliber single-shot rifle from the top shelf of a closet so he and his friends could shoot birds in their homemade fort. The boy’s mother drove him to the hospital. Officials say no charges will be filed.

via The Gun Report: September 10, 2013 – NYTimes.com.

6 tons of seized ivory to be crushed in US in crackdown on illegal trafficking

(“Too bad wrong-headed gun rights advocates want to prevent this solution to confiscated guns from illegal trading and crimes”)

Wildlife officials are planning to crush more than 6 tons of ivory as part of a push by the United States to combat illegal trafficking worldwide.

The ivory was seized around the country in an effort to block imports of tusks from elephants that have been slaughtered for their tusks.

The seized items include whole tusks that have been carved into scenes from daily life.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said the illegal industry has become a $10 billion one.

via 6 tons of seized ivory to be crushed in US in crackdown on illegal trafficking.

Weekend Gun Report: September 6-8, 2013 – NYTimes.com

A 3-year-old girl died after shooting herself with a handgun at a campground in Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming Saturday morning. A 6-year-old girl was killed and her 26-year-old father was injured in a shooting at their home in Moreno Valley, Calif., late Saturday. A 12-year-old girl was shot in the face and seriously wounded while laying in her bed at her home in Huber Heights, Ohio, Saturday morning.

via Weekend Gun Report: September 6-8, 2013 – NYTimes.com.

The Gun Report: September 6, 2013 – NYTimes.com

A man was killed in a fight over a basketball game in northwest Houston, Tex., Thursday night. After the game ended, the losers followed the winners for a few blocks when a fight started, and someone pulled a gun and started shooting. Witnesses vaguely recognized the shooter but haven’t been able to lead police to him.

via The Gun Report: September 6, 2013 – NYTimes.com.