July 12, 2016
By Julia Jacobo
A burglary at a pawn shop in Baton Rouge (click here) is believed to be part of a larger conspiracy to attack police officers in the area, according to the Baton Rouge Police Department.
Eight guns were stolen from Cash America Pawn Saturday before 2 a.m., police said. Of the four suspects who were involved in the burglary, three have been taken into custody. One suspect told police he was looking for bullets to harm police officers in the Baton Rouge Area, said Baton Rouge Police Chief Dabadie, Jr.
Police said they consider the threats credible.
Six of the firearms, which were all handguns, have been recovered. A BB gun was also stolen from the store....
The guns in the USA lack effective governance. When politicians walk with dangerous cronies, this is the result. The attack today in Baton Rouge, Louisiana was with an assault rifle. If the military style guns were not on the sales shelf, they would not be in the hands of violent people.
January 5, 2016
By Scott Horsley
President Obama announced executive actions Tuesday, (click here) intended to curtail gun violence. But if history is any guide, the president's effort may have the unintended effect of boosting gun sales — 2015 was a banner year.
"After San Bernardino, our business went up probably 50 percent," John Lamplugh, who has run gun shows in Maryland and Pennsylvania for more than three decades, said, referring to the recent shooting in California. "It's either two things: They're scared and need to protect [themselves]. Or they're afraid that [the government is] going to take it from them. There's the two things that drive our business."
According to the Congressional Research Service, there are roughly twice as many guns per capita in the United States as there were in 1968: more than 300 million guns in all.
Gun sales have increased in recent years. According to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, U.S. gun-makers produced nearly 11 million guns in 2013, the year after the Sandy Hook elementary school massacre. That's twice as many as they made in 2010....
Hundreds of millions of guns in the USA and tens of thousands of deaths by gun violence per year. What is it going to take for the Congress to get it right.
July 17, 2016
By Combined News Service
Baton Rouge, La. — Three police officers are feared dead after a shooting in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, the mayor-president of East Baton Rouge Parish Kip Holden told CNN on Sunday.
“There is still an active scene. They are investigating. Right now we are trying to get our arms around everything. It’s just been one thing after another,” Holden said.
Authorities in Louisiana told the Associated Press more than one officer has been shot.
The shooting happened early Sunday, less than 1 mile from police headquarters.
Baton Rouge Police Sgt. Don Coppola did not know the extent of the injuries or the precise number of officers injured.
He said that authorities believe the “scene is contained,” meaning that a shooter was unlikely on the loose....
The guns in the USA lack effective governance. When politicians walk with dangerous cronies, this is the result. The attack today in Baton Rouge, Louisiana was with an assault rifle. If the military style guns were not on the sales shelf, they would not be in the hands of violent people.
January 5, 2016
By Scott Horsley
President Obama announced executive actions Tuesday, (click here) intended to curtail gun violence. But if history is any guide, the president's effort may have the unintended effect of boosting gun sales — 2015 was a banner year.
"After San Bernardino, our business went up probably 50 percent," John Lamplugh, who has run gun shows in Maryland and Pennsylvania for more than three decades, said, referring to the recent shooting in California. "It's either two things: They're scared and need to protect [themselves]. Or they're afraid that [the government is] going to take it from them. There's the two things that drive our business."
According to the Congressional Research Service, there are roughly twice as many guns per capita in the United States as there were in 1968: more than 300 million guns in all.
Gun sales have increased in recent years. According to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, U.S. gun-makers produced nearly 11 million guns in 2013, the year after the Sandy Hook elementary school massacre. That's twice as many as they made in 2010....
Hundreds of millions of guns in the USA and tens of thousands of deaths by gun violence per year. What is it going to take for the Congress to get it right.
July 17, 2016
By Combined News Service
Baton Rouge, La. — Three police officers are feared dead after a shooting in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, the mayor-president of East Baton Rouge Parish Kip Holden told CNN on Sunday.
“There is still an active scene. They are investigating. Right now we are trying to get our arms around everything. It’s just been one thing after another,” Holden said.
Authorities in Louisiana told the Associated Press more than one officer has been shot.
The shooting happened early Sunday, less than 1 mile from police headquarters.
Baton Rouge Police Sgt. Don Coppola did not know the extent of the injuries or the precise number of officers injured.
He said that authorities believe the “scene is contained,” meaning that a shooter was unlikely on the loose....
