The one thing you find in the debate about gun control is that there really is a gun culture. And an anti-gun culture. The anti-gun culture probably is never going to agree with the gun culture, because the two cannot see eye to eye. The people on one side owns…
Image: www.planetware.com Two cops — a man and woman — stood at the door when the senior citizen opened it one afternoon in Middle Village, Queens. The female cop had her hand on the butt of her holstered handgun. “You registered a couple of rifles last year,” the female cop…
Under the 1994-2004 Assault Weapons Ban, high-capacity magazines like the one used by Tucson massacre shooter Jared Loughner could still be found in Valley gun stores. That’s because the ban allowed the sale of magazines that had been manufactured before the ban took effect. A law proposed by New York…
A Republican congressman’s idea to ban weapons within 1,000 feet of federal officials fell flat with House Speaker John Boehner. New York Congressman Peter King’s proposed law had been embraced by gun control advocates like New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, but Boehner doesn’t want to discuss it, the Hill reports…
Forget background checks for a moment. Maybe, in reaction to Saturday’s mass shooting in Tucson, a whole new take on the problem is needed when it comes to potentially dangerous, mentally ill people buying guns. Maybe a complete mental health evaluation should be conducted on people who want to buy…
Quick quiz: The perfect number of bullets in the magazine of a handgun is — A) Zero. Bullets and handguns shouldn’t be sold to anyone but cops. B). Ten. That’s the maximum in California, and was the maximum under the expired federal assault rifle ban. C). 16. This is roughly…
Seung Hui Cho slipped through a loophole in Virginia law when he bought his gun. Lawmakers in that state fixed the problem. The deadly mass shooting in Tucson on Saturday was by no means the first to raise questions about how a mentally ill person was able to buy a firearm. …
Gun sales in Arizona are surging in the aftermath of Saturday’s mass shooting in Tucson. The Bloomberg news site is reporting that one-day gun sales in Arizona jumped 60 percent yesterday over the same day last year, and that Glocks like the one used by maniac Jared Loughner are in…
What kinds of firearms-related bills will Arizona lawmakers be working on in the aftermath of Saturday’s mass shooting of 20 people? Well, it’s still early in the new legislative session. But so far, Republicans are continuing their mission to loosen firearms restrictions, not tighten them. Here’s a look at four…
Saturday’s mass shooting in Tucson has prompted another idea for gun-control legislation: Representative Peter King, a Republican from New York, says he plans to introduce legislation that would prohibit people from bringing guns within 1,000 feet of government officials. New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, an avid gun control advocate, immediately embraced the proposal, according to…
Arizona’s gun laws are on national display following Saturday’s shooting, but whether they’re “weak” or “strong” depends on whom you ask. According to an article today in the Los Angeles Times, “Arizona has some of the weakest gun-control laws in the nation.” (Emphasis ours.) Put that way, it’s certainly true…
Large-capacity magazines for firearms are becoming a focus for gun-control advocates following Saturday’s shooting of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and 19 others. The magazine — also known as the “clip” — of a firearm is a spring-action stick of ammo that allows multiple rounds to be fired quickly from semi-automatic guns. (With…
The editor of the Arizona Capitol Times has resigned in what the Arizona Guardian news site calls a “shake-up” of the newspaper’s management staff. Matt Bunk joined the Cap Times in December 2007 after leaving the financially challenged East Valley Tribune. His exodus comes just two months after the departure of his assistant, Bill Bertolino (also a former…
It’s never too soon for a domain-name buy, apparently. With Jared Loughner’s Glock still cooling, someone bought the URL www.jaredloughner.com on Saturday and began uploading content. A computer search for the buyer reveals only a GoDaddy proxy server name. But at least the person isn’t paying homage to Loughner and…
Get a rope. Not only is a company from the Midwest pretending to make salsa, but according to a federal lawsuit filed yesterday, it swiped the name for its swill from an Arizona salsa product: The fiery “Spontaneous Combustion.” The first shot in this Salsa War was fired in 2003, when the Ohio-based Crazy…
Barnett Lotstein, the face of ex-Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas’ legal baloney, has been hired at a Scottsdale law firm. Before he quit the job voters gave him in 2008, Thomas typically had Lotstein — his spokesman — answer all the tough questions. You know, questions like “Do you have…
More than one rotten Applebee’s restaurant is spoiling the bunch. Health inspection reports show that some Applebee’s facilities are clean, with well-trained employees. But we’re troubled by health inspections reports on many of the chain’s Phoenix-area eateries. Maricopa County restaurant inspection reports show that 10 of 22 Applebee’s in the…
A recent Arizona Republic story about a former top sheriff’s deputy running a restaurant should have been included in its commendable series on public pensions, it seemed to us. The story begins: Twelve years ago, after working for several years in law enforcement, Larry Wendt left his job as a deputy…
Outgoing Arizona Congressman John Shadegg has joined the ranks of conservative law professors, writers and policy analysts as a senior fellow at the Phoenix-based Goldwater Institute.According to a post by the Institute on Sonoran Alliance, a right-wing blog: Shadegg will support the Goldwater Institute by sharing his experience and expertise…
Marijuana business marketer Al Sobol and local doctor Edgar Suter have teamed up to declare a war, of sorts, against the state and backers of Proposition 203, whom they accuse of plotting to toughen up the new law.In a letter e-mailed to the Arizona Department of Health that copies much…
A new Web site launched by the state of Arizona emphasizes the problem of litter from illegal border crossers and seeks volunteers for cleanups. AzBorderTrash.gov was funded by state and federal money, according to the site, leaving one of our Facebook friends to wonder why Arizona considers trash-dumping by illegal immigrants to be more…
The Carl T. Hayden VA Medical Center in Phoenix has finally confirmed what an anonymous source told us back in October: Backed-up toilet water really did drip into the open surgical wound of a veteran on an operating table. Still, we’re not terribly impressed with the records received from the…
