Man arrested in D.C. with weapons

"WASHINGTON (CNN) — Capitol Police arrested a man Friday after an officer spotted a rifle in his car when he stopped the officer to ask for directions two blocks from the Capitol building. Christopher Shelton Timmons, 27, has been charged with carrying a deadly weapon,...

Ex-Marine accused of Iraqi prisoner deaths is acquitted

Here's some bad news for the leftists and anti-America crowd: a Marine accused of murder in combat was acquitted today. Cheers broke out in the courtroom as Jose Nazario learned that he was deemed not guilty."A...

Va. court grants first writ of actual innocence in Chesapeake case

" - A man convicted in Chesapeake of felony firearm possession has become the first person exonerated under a 2004 Virginia law allowing prisoners to present new, non-DNA evidence of their innocence. The Virginia Court of Appeals granted Darrell Andrew Copeland's writ of...

Judge Won't Lift Gun Ban at the Airport

The city of Atlanta’s ban on guns at the world’s busiest airport will continue despite a new state law easing restrictions on carrying firearms in public. U.S. District Judge Marvin Shoob Monday rejected a request for a preliminary injunction against the ban filed by a...

Man Shoots Self in Road-Rage Ridiculousness

Is this a case of road rage gone horribly awry or playing out exactly as it should? Almost-fatal error or appropriate instant karma?The bottom line is guns and driving don't mix. Come to think of it, guns don't mix with anything.It's called choosing your battles."TEMPE —...

The Game Pleads No Contest on Gun Charge

Rapper The Game will serve a two month jail sentence, perform community service work, and serve three years probation, for pulling out a gun during a pickup basketball game at a Los Angeles high school.A pickup game....

Reporter carries knife and toy gun on to plane unchallenged

" JUST 24 hours after two pilots were stabbed in their cockpit over Christchurch, I boarded a plane at our largest airport with a knife and a fake revolver Nervously arriving at Auckland Airport yesterday for the 10.30am Air New Zealand flight to Napier, I expected to...

Arming Cute Coeds

I read this story today about a group of college students trying to get laws changed so they can carry concealed weapons on campus. The group, concealedcampus.org, makes the point that most states allow concealed...

British Columbia: Border Guard arrested as accomplice in $6m in cocaine, guns...

Canada and the United States "War on Drugs" was dealt a severe blow yesterday, when one of it's own was arrested as an accomplice in the transporting of $6 million dollar seizure of Drugs, Money and Guns at the...

Surrey BC: Two Innocent Murder Victims, who is to blame?

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorThe identiy of the 4 men slain in what is described as a massacre had a long history with Police and the courts, their criminal involvement with the drug underworld also...

New powers to tackle gun and knife crime

"A range of tough new powers to tackle alcohol-fulled disorder, knife and gun crime, including realistic imitation firearms and air weapons, have been welcomed today by Home Secretary Jacqui Smith. The new violent crime measures form part of the Violent Crime Reduction Act...

Man held on $1M bond after he was found with AK-47

Third year medical student has been taken into custody in Dearborn, Michigan, after he'd been observed in a local public park with an AK-47. 26-year-old Houssein Zorkot had been arraigned before District Judge Mark...

O.J. Simpson To Sleep In Jail Tonight

"Following investigation into an alleged armed robbery by O.J. Simpson, at a hotel in Las Vegas, the police arrested Simpson today. While information on what he is being charged for are still streaming in, Las Vegas...

Darth Vader Arrested on Weapons Charges

This story starts out funny, but turns creepy: blasters are fictional weapons, so the Darth impersonator surely should not be charged with possessing an "unregistered firearm": how could Darth have registered it?...

Cops in Stand-Off With Lara Croft Dummy

Armed police engaged in a standoff with a life-sized dummy of Tomb Raider heroine Lara Croft after responding to homeowner David Williams' complaint about "nuisance phone calls". Not noticing that the silhouette of...

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