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New York, NY (6-09-11)
Tysha Jones, 16 was killed and five men were shot on popular Brighton Beach boardwalk. The area was packed with youths on the annual Brooklyn-Queens Day. Two men approached the victims who were sitting on a bench. Iloune Drive, 19, was apprehended and charged with 2nd –degree murder. The other man is still being sought. [...]
Riverside, CA (9-25-11)
Jeff Hall, age 32 and father of five children was shot at his suburban home by his 10-year-old son. Hall was regional director of the National Socialist Movements, a neo-Nazi group based in Detroit. The boy, who suffered regular beatings by his father, knew exactly where to find the .357 magnum revolver. He told police [...]
Orcutt, CA (8-12-11)
Cinch Machado, age 4 was fatally wounded when his father was clearing his rifle after target shooting. A round appears to have accidently fired, sending a metal fragment into the boy’s eye. Cottage Hospital doctors were unable to save him.
San Diego, CA (8-8-11)
Marine Corps Reserves Captain, Jeremy Henwood was deployed to one of the most dangerous regions in Afghanistan, where Taliban fighters use roadside bombs and snipers to kill or maim American troops. Dozens of Marines were killed and hundreds were grievously wounded during his tour. But Henwood, 34, came home safely. He was pleased to return [...]
Colorado Springs (7-27-11)
T. Michael Arangio, 24, gunned down three teenagers in an SUV; Aaron Fix, 16, Austin Howse, 16 and Wayne Fix, 19. Police learned from his parents that Arangio was hiding in an apartment complex. Arangio killed himself after he was cornered by police.
The Second Amendment: NRA’s Challenges Shot Down!
Not satisfied! That is the theme of the National Rifle Association – not satisfied until every U.S. citizen is packing heat everywhere and anytime. The gun control advocates are not surprised. The Supreme Court’s rulings on Heller and McDonald, an activist’s decision which made new law, redefined the Second Amendment as an individual’s “right to [...]
Teen Tragedy
Tragic firearm stories are far too numerous in which both victim and perpetrator share misery at multiple levels – death, grief, loss and a knowing that justice, whatever that means, will never resolve the pain. There are many questions left unanswered perhaps forever in this tragic story – a story that has been investigated, analyzed, [...]
Fast & Furious – The Bottom Line
What was the goal and purpose of the now failed ATF’s program dubbed Fast and Furious? ATF agents in Phoenix allowed licensed firearm dealers to sell weapons to legal “straw” buyers in the hope that the agents could track the weapons and arrest Mexican drug cartel leaders. The tracking system was seriously flawed. This resulted [...]
President Obama’s Small Quiet Steps
Despite strong opposition from the National Rifle Association, President Obama has quietly made several efforts to toughen current gun regulations, which will bypass a fight in Congress, including: Strengthening the national electronic system by collecting new information to make background checks for handgun buyers simpler and easier, leaving an electronic paper trail under the Brady [...]
Santa Barbara’s Advocacy Work in the Schools on Bullying
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has developed the No Place For Hate Initiative to organize schools to work together on developing projects that enhance the appreciation of diversity, and foster harmony between diverse groups. These programs are empowering many of the schools within the United States, promoting respect for individual and group difference, and challenging prejudice, [...]