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According to The Daily Mail, the mass shooter who killed 5 people and injured 9 others at a bank in Louisville, Kentucky left a lengthy manifesto explaining his reasons for perpetrating the shooting. While the manifesto has not been officially released, it seems the perp murdered these people in a bizarre anti-gun protest, killing them because he was opposed to mass shootings. The 13-page missive describes his goals before the horror at the downtown Old National Bank, where the 25-year-old livestreamed the massacre on Instagram as he gunned down co-workers at their morning conference. Sturgeon made three key points in...

You might be seeing a lot of Eric Fuller over the weekend. He’s one of the people injured in Jared Loughner’s shooting rampage, taking rounds in the knee and back. He’s also a vicious bigot, and because he’s elderly and a military veteran, the Left is going to fall in love with him. Fuller gave an interview with the Democracy NOW radio show, in which he said of the Tucson shootings: “It looks like Palin, Beck, Sharron Angle, and the rest got their first target.” Presumably he’s not talking about Judge John Roll. “Their wish for Second Amendment activism has...

Father, son fired by FBISD (Anti gun nuts are at it again)By: JAMIE MOCK, Reporter November 04, 2003  (Sugar Land, Texas a relatively affluent western suburb of Houston)  The Fort Bend Independent School District employee grievance appeal process has hit the end of the road for former FBISD bus drivers Larry and Erik Danna. Both were fired by the district last year due to an incident involving a weapon brought on board a school bus. Both Dannas, father Larry and his son Erik, appealed the termination, and for the last year have been seeking reinstatement. FBISD Board heard their fourth...

S. 22: Using The Terrorist Threat To Push The Pre-"911" Anti-Gun Agenda S. 22, the "Justice Enhancement and Domestic Security Act of 2003,"--an anti-gun wish list--was introduced on Jan. 7, 2003, by Minority Leader Tom Daschle (D-S.D.), and a host of other anti-gun Democrats, including Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.), Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) and Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.). S. 22 includes: Ballistic "Fingerprinting"--S. 22 proposes to require "ballistics testing of all new firearms for sale." The bill would require manufacturers and importers to test fire firearms, prepare ballistics images of fired bullets and cartridge casings, make ballistic records available to BATFE for entry...

Suspect freed in return for info against store ownerThe public isn't going to stand for a cop deal cut with a suspected burglar to help charge a store owner with firearm offences, says another shopkeeper. Police have decided not to pursue charges against a suspect in an alleged break-in at a south-side audio store in return for information against the store owner suspected of shooting the man. The deal will spark a public outcry, said storekeeper Kim Chan, who is friends with the audio store owner and who won notoriety in 1996 for wounding a man with a shotgun who...

For 20 years, Sarah Brady has cared for her husband Jim, who was struck in the head by a bullet meant for President Reagan. She has lobbied tirelessly to educate the public and reform laws governing gun use. And now, with her husband still by her side, she is fighting her own deadly battle. Two years ago, Sarah Brady learned she had lung cancer. In her just-published book, A Good Fight, she writes not just about the battle to make her husband well, but her own battle to survive. Test of Love Though Jim survived and was able to return...