[Yardstick]

Oddly worded headline. I wonder if the San Diego Union-Tribune has some sort of prohibition against putting the word "killed" in headlines. The first sentence in the article's body says "the gun that killed Jesse James" which would be the more natural way of putting it. On the other hand, saying that a gun killed someone is an anthropomorphism along the lines of those SUV stories that Rush likes to point out.

[Scenic Sounds]

You're right, it is a little awkward. Maybe they have a policy that headlines never use the word "killed" immediately following the word "gun." It's a pretty conservative paper. ;-)