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.
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Santa Barbara Gun Control Forum Targets Constitution, Case Law
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.
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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 an orange Santa Barbara County Jail jumpsuit and was represented by public defender Jeff Chambliss.
Charles Peart Quinn
He was transferred to the jail early last week after receiving treatment at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital.
The Santa Barbara County District Attorney’s Office initially filed charges of armed robbery, assault with a deadly weapon, three counts of assault with a deadly weapon on a peace officer, resisting an officer and drawing an imitation firearm.
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.
A surveillance photo shows the suspect in a robbery Friday evening at the Bank of America branch at 5892 Calle Real in Goleta. (Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Department photo)
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 allegedly brandished a handgun.
The teller handed over an undisclosed amount of cash before the suspect walked back out the rear entrance. Sugars said it was not known which direction the suspect headed. No one was injured.
Detectives have released a surveillance image of the suspect, described as older than age 65, 5 feet 10 inches to 6 feet 1 inch tall with a thin build. He wore a navy blue jacket, a dark shirt, dark pants, a navy blue baseball cap and glasses.
Anyone with information about the suspect is asked to call the Sheriff’s Anonymous Tip Line at 805.681.4171.
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Senseless gun violence erupts again, this time in Arizona
‘The right of the people to peacefully assemble…” Those were some of the words Rep. Gabrielle Giffords read on the floor of the House as her part of reading the Constitution last week. She read the 1st Amendment of the Bill of Rights, and now some are questioning our democratic right to peacefully assemble due to a heinous act of gun violence.
Ms. Giffords was doing what we want our representatives to do — meeting with her constituents — when a man with a gun opened fire, destroying lives and families. How did we arrive at this moment? We are being told, as usual, that the shooter was a loner with a troubled past and perhaps deranged. However, his statements about not trusting the government are a common theme.
Jared Lee Loughner, the shooter, purchased a Glock 19 semi-automatic pistol in November. This particular firearm was equipped with a large-capacity ammunition magazine capable of holding 31 rounds, which enabled the shooter to kill six people and injure 14 others in a matter of moments. Large-capacity ammunition magazines — those capable of holding more than 10 rounds of ammunition — were banned as part of the 1994 federal assault weapons ban, but were legalized when Congress allowed the law to expire in 2004. Large-capacity magazines are now only banned in California a handful of other states, not including Arizona.
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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.
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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 gun after they refused to give him money. The suspect then took off. He ran into a nearby grass field where he was found by three deputies.
Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s PIO Drew Sugars says the deputies attempted to detain the suspect. That’s when he fired off two more rounds from his pellet gun hitting two of the them. Sugars says that’s when the deputies opened fire on the suspect.
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 people who helped apprehend the suspect, Jared Lee Loughner, who is scheduled to make his first court appearance later this afternoon. Giffords remains in critical condition but doctors were guardedly upbeat on Monday in describing her condition after Saturday’s shooting spree in Tucson.
“Obviously all of us are still grieving and in shock from the tragedy that took place,” Obama said.