Category Archives: Guns

U.S. warship nears boat carrying pirates

By doris | Published: April 9, 2009

Full Story At  CNN.com Also nearby was the Maersk Alabama — which had been seized early Wednesday off the Horn of Africa. All 20 of its remaining crew members were in good physical shape, said Ken Quinn, second officer of the ship, in a satellite call placed by CNN. “There’s four Somali pirates, and they’ve [...]

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13 Shot Dead During a Class on Citizenship

By doris | Published: April 4, 2009

Full Story At  NYTimes.com A gunman invaded an immigration services center in downtown Binghamton, N.Y., during citizenship classes on Friday and shot 13 people to death and critically wounded 4 others before killing himself in a paroxysm of violence that turned a quiet civic setting into scenes of carnage and chaos.

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With Mexico’s army in the war on drugs

By doris | Published: March 30, 2009

Full Story At  msnbc.com REYNOSA, Mexico – Acting on a tip, 30 masked soldiers in combat gear bust down the door of a boarded-up house to find 55 terrified migrants, hostages of the Gulf drug cartel. Amid screams and the smell of urine and sweat, they find a blood-spattered room and a nail-encrusted log used [...]

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Gunman kills 3 officers, wounds 4th in Oakland

By doris | Published: March 22, 2009

Full Story At news.yahoo.com OAKLAND, Calif. – A police officer was battling for his life and three more were dead after a parolee with an “extensive criminal history” opened fire at a routine traffic stop and hours later gunned down members of a SWAT team searching for him. The gunman was also killed Saturday, capping [...]

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Gun Dealer Accused Of Selling To Cartels

By doris | Published: March 10, 2009

Full Story At CBS News (CBS) In Phoenix Monday, a gun dealer went on trial for supplying assault rifles to Mexican drug gangs who are locked in a bloody war with authorities — and each other. CBS News correspondent Ben Tracy reports on a case that’s being watched closely in both the United States, and [...]

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Smith & Wesson Recalls James Bond Pistol; Shares Drop

By doris | Published: February 24, 2009

Full Story At Bloomberg.com Feb. 24 (Bloomberg) — Smith & Wesson Holding Corp. recalled a pistol made famous by James Bond and a second handgun after discovering they may discharge without the trigger being pulled. The shares fell 9.3 percent in after-hours trading. The recall affects all Walther PPK and PPK/S models made by Smith [...]

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