guns

George Zimmerman: I'm "Absolutely" a Victim Like "Our Fallen Soldiers"

Adam Weinstein · 02/18/14 01:42PM

He. Can't. Shut. Up. In a new interview today, we learn George Zimmerman "absolutely" thinks he's a victim, just like "our fallen soldiers"; that he doesn't defend himself against enemies he calls "dragons"; and that he's never been racist, is always armed, and is living "the most Christlike that I can."

Adam Weinstein · 02/13/14 02:48PM

It's "a good thing" Aurora movie-theater mass-killer James Holmes "had a 100-round magazine," says a Republican Colorado state senator. "If he had four, five, six 15-round magazines, there's no telling how much damage he could have done until a good guy with a gun showed up."

Redneck States Are Borrowing a Confederate Plan to Protect Their Guns

Adam Weinstein · 02/12/14 02:31PM

Have you heard of "gun nullification"? It's all the rage. Seriously, so hot. It's especially popular in these Southern states who've used nullification before to tell the federales to butt the hell out of their business. Back then, nullification protected slavery and Jim Crow. Now, it protects your Smith & Wesson.

Progressive Icon Wendy Davis Wants Texans to Openly Fondle Their Guns

Adam Weinstein · 02/06/14 01:17PM

She is a beacon to liberals, a down-home Texas mom with a Harvard law degree who stood up to conservatives for women's rights. As the Democrats' best hope for governor, she's fighting to turn the Lone Star State blue. Oh, and she gol'-damn loves her some openly brandished hand cannons.

Adam Weinstein · 02/04/14 04:04PM

The head of the National Jewish Democratic Council is "astounded" that the Republicans' new tech startup shares a "fatalist and violent" name with a gun used by Germans in World War II: "The RNC should immediately repudiate the name of this venture, denounce the approach it suggests, and apologize," he said.

Sarah Hedgecock · 01/30/14 02:36PM

A shooting has been reported in a parking lot at Eastern Florida State College in Palm Bay. The school is currently on lockdown and one person was reportedly taken to the hospital in connection with the incident.

Cord Jefferson · 01/28/14 01:58PM

Police say there is "no indication race was a factor" in the case of a West Virginia man killing two black men who were walking near his house. The shooter told police he thought the victims, who were brothers, were trying to steal from him. In reality, the two men had been looking at a piece of property one had bought.

Man Shoots New Neighbors He Thought Were Stealing From His Property

Adam Weinstein · 01/27/14 11:20AM

A West Virginia man faces two counts of murder for killing a pair of men from a distance with a rifle after he wrongly assumed they were on his land. The victims, it turns out, were his new neighbors, checking out their property for the first time.

Ex-Cop Who Shot Texter in a Movie Theater Has Threatened Other Texters

Adam Weinstein · 01/15/14 01:14PM

The 71-year-old ex-cop who killed a fellow moviegoer and injured the victim's wife for texting in the theater will remain in custody without bail, because "the evidence of guilt is significant," according to the judge who arraigned him. He reportedly also had threatened movie patrons before.

Sarah Hedgecock · 01/14/14 10:52AM

A shooting has been reported at Berrendo Middle School in Roswell, New Mexico. The school was put on lockdown and the shooter apprehended. Two students were injured and sent to the hospital, but no deaths have been reported.