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Santa Barbara Gun Control Forum Targets Constitution, Case Law
A capacity crowd gathered Thursday night in the Faulkner Gallery of the Santa Barbara Central Library to hear three panelists talk about the perennially controversial issue of gun control. The event, organized by the Coalition Against Gun Violence, was an interesting philosophical debate about the Second Amendment and what it means to the United States today.
Mom complained about Florida’s gun laws before ‘massacre’ of ‘mouthy’ kids
TAMPA, Fla. — A Tampa mom accused of killing her “mouthy” children wrote a note before the shootings in which she complained about a three-day waiting period that Florida imposes on gun sales, police say. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Read the rest of the article here.
Suspect in Goleta Air-Gun Shootings Pleads Not Guilty
Charles Peart Quinn appears in court to face 15 felony and misdemeanor charges The man accused of shooting four people, including two sheriff’s deputies, with a high-velocity air gun in Goleta on Jan. 15 appeared in Santa Barbara County Superior Court on Wednesday for his arraignment on 15 felony and misdemeanor counts. Charles Peart Quinn, 42, wore [...]
Alleged Gunman Robs Bank of America on Calle Real in Goleta
Santa Barbara County sheriff’s detectives are searching for a suspect in a robbery Friday evening at the Bank of America branch at 5892 Calle Real in Goleta. Department spokesman Drew Sugars said a man walked into the rear entrance of the bank shortly before 6 p.m. and handed a teller a note demanding money. The man [...]
Democrats face tough fight on gun control after Tucson shootings
Bring back the ban on assault weapons, or tighten enforcement of existing gun control laws and regulations? Those were two options for strengthening gun control offered Sunday by Democrats in the wake of the Tucson, Arizona, shootings last week that killed six people and wounded 13, including Democratic Rep. Gabrielle Giffords.
Deputies injured after Shots Fired at Storke & Hollister
Two deputies are recovering after being shot by a transient with a pellet gun. The whole ordeal started around 1:00 p.m. Saturday when the transient reportedly approached three young men enjoying ice cream at the Camino Real Market Place. The young men tell KEY News that the transient shot two of them with the pellet [...]
Obama calls on nation to work together in wake of Tucson shooting
President Obama on Monday called on the nation to work together in the wake of the Arizona shooting rampage that left Rep. Gabrielle Giffords critically wounded and six dead after an act the president called “mindless violence.” Speaking to reporters after a meeting with French President Nicolas Sarkozy, Obama also praised the courage of the [...]
Police: School board shooter had circled Dec. 14 on calendar found at his Panhandle home
The ex-convict who calmly held a school board at gunpoint and then began randomly firing had circled the date on a calendar found in his mobile home, evidence he had been planning the attack for some time, police said. The shooting at the Bay District board meeting was not “a spur of the moment thing,” [...]