Subject: Gun Control

• ONE BULLET, A LIFE CHANGED

  December 1, 1993

• A KILLER CONVENTION

  THE IMAGE-CONSCIOUS NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION ALLOWED NO NOISY FIREFIGHTS DURING ITS ANNUAL MEETING. EVERYONE WAS USING SILENCERS.

  May 25, 1995

• FLASHES

  May 25, 1995

• NONE DARE CALL IT REASONARIZONA IS A HOTBED OF CONSTITUTIONALIST DISSENT, AND HERE ARE FOUR WHO FUEL THE PATRIOT FLAME

  July 6, 1995

• Pistol Whipped

  July 23, 1998

• Letters

  August 6, 1998

• Letters

  April 15, 1999

• Clip Joint

  Playing with guns at Crossroads of the West

  April 22, 1999

• Letters

  May 6, 1999

• Letters

  From the week of May 27, 1999

  May 27, 1999

• Letters

  June 17, 1999

• Flashes 08-19-1999

  It's the Media Violence, Stupid

  August 19, 1999

• Letters

  February 3, 2000

• Letters

  From the week of January 4, 2001

  January 4, 2001

• Letters

  From the week of January 11, 2001

  January 11, 2001

• Letters

  From the week of 28, 2001

  June 28, 2001

• Eight Year Old St. Johns Boy Is Poster Kid for Gun Laws

  If there's anything the tragedy in St. Johns should teach you, it's that if you plan to spank your eight year old 1,000 times, you may not want to show him how to shoot a rifle. Either that, or you might want to consider the option of a "time out" for the little bugger.Sure, sure, no one deserves to die just for spanking some kid 1,000 times, but police claim the eight year old in question kept a record of his spankings, and that the thousandth would be the last. Of course, at this point, to say

  December 1, 2008

• Gun Dealer Case Blown; Goddard Vows, "It's Not Over By Any Means"

    A case of a Phoenix gun dealer whose sales were allegedly tied to Mexican drug cartels fell apart yesterday after a judge decided the state didn't have enough evidence. The prosecution of George Iknadosian, (at right), of Glendale, had been heavily promoted to the news media by authorities who wanted to show they're doing something about the American weapons being used in the bloody Mexican cartel war. Instead of a good-news story for state Attorney General Terry Goddard, t

  March 20, 2009

• Cartridge Family

  Musicians with munitions

  September 20, 2007

• Giving Peace No Chance

  A Valley militia has anti-war advocates in its sights

  April 3, 2003

• Gun Nut

  The Spike shoots it up with Second Amendment types.

  October 3, 2002

• Unpackin' Mama's Pistol

  Gun lockers are coming to a public building near you

  June 7, 2001

• Second Thoughts

  Alan Korwin is a smart guy. So why does he love guns more than people?

  December 21, 2000

• Spender Bender

  Campaign contributions buy the strangest things

  May 18, 2000

• Hollow Points

  State requirements for a concealed weapons permit are hit or miss

  March 2, 2000

• Chaff Storm

  Are these guys into S&M?

  August 19, 1999

• Flashes

  June 3, 1999

• Disarm the Clueless

  Our April 1 story was made up -- these responses weren't

  April 8, 1999

• Give Piece a Chance

  Arm the Homeless stages a firearms giveaway for Phoenix vagrants.

  April 1, 1999

• Affirmative Reactionaries

  Arizona's militias aren't the exclusive domain of white supremacists - people of color are joining the ranks, too.

  March 28, 1996

• Handgun Nets Illegal Immigrant Nearly Five Years in Prison

  .38 Superwww.gunsetc.com "Alien in possession of a firearm" sounds a tad like science-fiction poetry, but it's also the title of a federal statute - and one that's putting a Mexican national behind bars for about five years. While gun ownership is an Arizonan's birthright, (the state constitution goes well beyond the Second Amendment), illegal immigrants aren't supposed to be in on the fun. Of course, it's a no-brainer that plenty of illegal immigrants own firearms in this state for both protec

  April 29, 2009

• Q&A: Ted Nugent Talks Guns, Meth, and Hippies Before NRA Convention in Phoenix

  The Motor City Madman: Ted NugentTed Nugent talks a lot about discipline. Speaking on the phone from his ranch outside Waco, Texas, the Detroit-born guitarist of "Cat Scratch Fever" fame comes back to it again and again. His life of clean living is the way to go, he says, living another way is nothing less than insane. Nugent, who comes to Phoenix Sunday not to perform, but to speak at the National Rifle Association's annual conference, is an old-school conservative. As a member of the NRA's bo

  May 14, 2009

• Concealed Weapons in Arizona Restaurants?

  Did you catch this news? The Associated Press reported on SB 1113, a bill passed by a state Senate panel last week that would allow people to bring handguns into restaurants -- provided they have a concealed carry permit and do not consume alcohol. Governor Janet Napolitano vetoed a similar bill in 2005.

  June 15, 2009

• Mad Max Rules: The Arizona Legislature's Mandatory Handgun Ownership Laws

  pic by Joshuashearn Coming soon to an athletic sock or purse near you... Just when you thought our gun-lovin' legislature had gone as far over the deep end into Mad Max territory as possible, our lawmakers up and make gun ownership mandatory for all lads and ladies 21 and above. Okay, so not explicitly, but under the bills proposed by the legislature's firearm freaks, you'd better be strapped with your gat, 'cause there'll be no more fist fights in Sand Land. Under Senate B

  June 22, 2009

• We Heart Guns

  January 1, 2009

• Harold Fish Released From Prison; Goddard Wants to Put Him Back In

    A former schoolteacher from Tolleson walked out of a Buckeye prison a free man on Tuesday following a successful appeal of his conviction in a shooting he says was in self defense. The West Valley View describes how Harold Fish, 62, (at right) plans to go camping and fishing, and that he looks forward to good meals and doing chores around the house. Fish spent three years in prison for shooting Grant Kuenzli to death in a confrontation on a hiking trail in the woods. W

  July 22, 2009

• Arizona Gun Lobbyists Form New PAC; Do You Feel Lucky Punk? Do Ya?

  www.imdb.com​Apparently allowing any idiot with a permit to bring a gun into a bar wasn't enough to satisfy Arizona's gun lobby.The Arizona Citizens Defense League, a new political action committee recently formed by local gun lobbyists, hopes to pull the strings of state leaders and sway upcoming elections towards flintlock friendly legislators.John Wentling, chairman of the PAC, tells the Arizona Guardian that the 2,300 member group is looking to be active in upcoming elections and they are

  September 16, 2009

• Surprise Plea In Lil' Wayne Gun Case

  Lil Wayne​Rapper Lil' Wayne has for months been denying charges that he was in possession of an illegal gun back in 2007 in New York City. Well, with the threat of a January trial, "Lil" has changed his tune. Wayne copped a surprise plea deal yesterday that could keep him off of drug and gun filled tour busses for up to a year.

  October 22, 2009