A gunman shot and killed 26 people including 20 children in a shooting at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn.
A gunman opened fire this week at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn. killing 26 people including 20 children. Although gun enthusiasts bristle at the idea that gun control should be part of any discussion in the wake of such a tragedy, the fact is guns were the means by which this horrific act was committed. Since 1982 most mass shootings have been done with weapons that were obtained legally, Mother Jones reported. A vast array of weapons were used, but semi-automatic handguns were involved most often. The magazine's report found that on average there were two mass shootings a year since 1982, however, 24 of the 61 cases it examined happened since 2006. The number of guns owned in the U.S. rose from 200 million to 300 million between …
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CSO makes arrest, seizes 5000 grams of marijuana, five loaded, unlicensed guns.
A routine eviction in Glenview Wednesday morning turned up a marijuana grow house and weapons cache, resulting in one arrest by the Cook County Sheriff’s department. Juro Konstantinov, 33, was charged with felony possession of cannabis and five counts of possession of a firearm without a Firearms Owners Identification card. Konstantinov also has a warrant from Monroe County, New York for trafficking in stolen property. Later Wednesday afternoon, Glenview police arrested two women on criminal trespass charges when they returned to the home at 1427 Evergreen Terrace to try and retrieve property. Routine eviction leads to raid It started about 10 a.m. as a routine eviction for failure to pay rent, police said. When the occupants did not …
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6:23 pm on Friday, July 15, 2011
Not Guilty! Big Deal! They need to really focus on all the Murderers and sex offenders that they let go instantly free to roam earth and are around our children! Sad corrupted unified officers/sheriffs. They do not deserve to wear that badge. more ›
McCloud
2:13 pm on Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Why all the hubub over the two dangerous prisoners who escaped in Chicago yesterday? There are thousands of dangerous people who freely walk out the door at cook county court, and elsewhere, on a daily basis. But we must march on against guns. more ›