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TX: Police Dog Dies in Hot Vehicle, Officer Charged
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SAN JUAN, Texas – A South Texas officer has been charged with animal cruelty after his police dog died in a hot law-enforcement vehicle as temperatures were in the 90s.
McAllen police on Monday announced the arrest of 37-year-old San Juan police Officer Juan Cerrillo Jr.
Cerrillo called 911 from his McAllen home last Thursday after finding the Belgian Malinois named Rex unresponsive in the unmarked vehicle.
Cerrillo was arrested Friday on a misdemeanor charge of cruelty to non-livestock animals. He's free on $4,000 bond.
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ME: Gun Safety Groups Get $3 Million Ahead of November Vote
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Two gun safety groups in Maine are getting more than $3 million from a nonprofit backed by former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg in preparation for a big gun control measure on the November ballot. Maine voters this fall will consider a ballot initiative requiring background checks before gun transfers between unlicensed firearm dealers. The measure has family, hunting and self-defense exceptions. |
Gun Sales Soar As Attack On The Second Amendment Continues
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Gun sales continue to shatter records as the federal government reports that gun-related background checks are at an all time high. As published in an FBI report, a record 1,870,000 checks through the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, or NICS, were recorded in May, 2016. That number is almost 300,000 more checks than those recorded in May of 2015, which was then the highest level of background checks ever recorded. |
NY: Top New York Republican Silent on Issue of Pocket Knives Despite NRA Support
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A Long Island Republican who received an "A" rating from the National Rifle Association in 2012 for his support of gun rights won't say where he stands on the issue of knives. New York Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan, who represents Smithtown, is deciding whether to allow state senators to vote on Senate bill 6483A, a proposed law that would decriminalize most small folding knives. Flanagan declined to answer questions from the I-Team about his position on the bill. |
Teen Fights to Defend His Legal Right to Strap Guns to Drones
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A viral video from last summer is currently the subject of what could turn out to be an important legal battle: Is it OK to strap a gun (or a flamethrower) to a drone? And if it’s not, does the Federal Aviation Administration have the legal authority to do anything about it? Drone pilots around the country—even those who don’t have any interest aerial weaponry—find themselves in the odd position of having to root for a Connecticut teenager and his homemade, weapon-mounted drones. |
KS: Man Pleads Guilty To Selling Illegal Guns Across World on ‘Dark Web’
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Michael Andrew Ryan, of Manhattan, pleaded guilty Monday to six counts of exporting and attempting to export firearms illegally to other countries, including England, Scotland, Ireland and Australia. Ryan, 35, who is also referred to as “Brad Jones” or “Gunrunner” in the indictment, used a hidden internet marketplace, in a section known as the “dark web,” for its anonymity and secrecy. He sometimes lied about who was buying the guns and then shipped the guns using FedEx Airway, according to the indictment. |
Auction House to Sell Guns Used At Wounded Knee Massacre
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On the heels of a Paris auction house withdrawing from sale an Acoma Pueblo shield, a Dallas-based house is set to auction off more than 100 items from Pine Ridge and Rosebud reservations, including three cavalry guns used in the Wounded Knee Massacre and two pipes. Heritage Auctions plans to open its Legends of the West auction on June 11. The lot contains more than 400 items, including everything from letters and photographs to weapons, beadwork and even a scalp lock. Starting bids range from copy, for a wig used in an old Wild West show, to copy2,500 for an autograph book containing signatures from both James Butler Hickok (“Wild Bill”) and William F. Cody (“Buffalo Bill”). |
MI: Gun Buy-Back Program Turns Weapons Into Jewelry
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Gun serial numbers typically flash from holsters on hips, but Jessica Mindich would rather they flash from arms and dress shirts. A philanthropic jewelry maker residing in Connecticut, Mindich, 45, created the Caliber Collection to turn illegal and unwanted guns into something that can do no harm: jewelry. Mindich will use weapons gathered from this Saturday’s Cash for Caliber buy-back program at the Mathis Community Center in Detroit for her next set of bracelets and cuff links. During the program from 10 a.m.-5 p.m., anyone can turn in an unloaded gun — no questions asked — and receive a $50 Visa gift card in exchange. |
Untangling Gun Violence from Mental Illness
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After a shooting, once the dust has settled, and the initial shock and panic has abated somewhat, fearful minds begin to cast about for explanations. Given the frequency with which gun deaths occur in the United States, “Why did this happen?” and “Who could do something like this?” are questions the country faces with grim regularity. |
Gun Seller Choked Off From Bank Finally Gets His Account
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Less than three months after being denied access to a bank because he sells firearms, a North Carolina gun seller said the bank reversed its policy and offered him the financial products he needs to run his business. Luke Lichterman, owner of Hunting and Defense in Tryon, North Carolina, told The Daily Signal, “I’m going to be able to continue doing business.” |
Family of Shooting Victim Emphasize Gun Violence in Louisville
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The panel discussion is part of the Put Down the Guns awareness movement. "Put down the guns" is what friends and family of Iroquois High School graduate Derrick Cargill are saying. Cargill, 18, was shot and killed on Colorado Avenue in south Louisville just days after graduating. He planned to attend Indiana University Southeast for sports management and medicine. |
CA: Oakland Cop Pleads Not Guilty in Off-Duty Gun Incident
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A former Oakland police officer who pulled his gun on a man painting the officer’s apartment in Emeryville pleaded not guilty Friday to felony charges of false imprisonment and brandishing a firearm, his attorney said. Matthew Santos, who joined the force in April 2015, was fired shortly after his arrest on Feb. 17. Santos’ attorney, Nabiel Ahmed, said the confrontation stemmed from “an honest mistake.” |
MO: Overland Teen Fatally Shot Himself While Taking Selfie, Police Say
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A 15-year-old boy who fatally shot himself in the chest Friday was apparently trying to take a selfie when the gun accidentally discharged, police said Tuesday. The photograph hasn’t been found — police will be asking a lab to access the boy’s cellphone — but that is the Overland police investigators’ leading theory in the death of DaMontez Jones. The teen died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to his right upper chest, and the shooting has been ruled an accident, police said. |
MI: Oakland County Gun Owners Can Get Free Firearm Locks
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Gun owners can get free locks for their weapons as part of the “Lock-It-Up Oakland” gun safety program, authorities announced Tuesday. The locks will be available at 30 police departments in the county beginning Friday, which is Support Gun Safety Awareness Day. Since 2014, more than 10,000 gun locks have been distributed in Oakland County courtesy of Project ChildSafe/National Shooting Sports Foundation with the help of police. Oakland County has 79,000 concealed pistol licenses, the second highest in Michigan, according to the Oakland County Board of Commissioners. |
Four Ways Hillary Clinton Will Work to End Gun Ownership as President
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On Sunday, Hillary Clinton just couldn’t bring herself to say on ABC’s “This Week” that Americans have an individual right to own guns. But it didn’t stop her from denying Donald Trump’s claim that she wants to abolish the Second Amendment. Clinton accused Trump of making “outright fabrications, accusing me of something that is absolutely untrue.” From changing the Supreme Court to make it possible to again ban guns in the United States to making it more costly to own guns, I predict that a President Hillary Clinton will do four things to either ban guns or at least reduce gun ownership, especially for poor people. |
PA: Falls Pharmacist Back At Work After Shooting, Killing Robber
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Pennsbury Pharmacy owner Kenneth Lee was back at work Monday — three days after he shot and killed a masked and armed robber in his drug store on New Falls Road in Falls. "I'm traumatized, living it every second in my head," Lee, 42, said. "I'm very thankful I'm alive. I totally believe God helped me out with this. Without him, I don't know. It's God's grace that I'm still here." |
WA: Does ShotSpotter Reduce Crime? Police Are Wondering the Same Thing
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With gunfire continuing to fly in the city, Mayor Ed Murray last week announced a plan to deploy acoustic gunshot detection technology in Seattle. Best known by the trade name ShotSpotter, the technology has been used by scores of cities to address gun violence, which is often under-reported in high-crime areas. The audio sensors pick up the sound of gunshots then triangulate where they came from, allowing police to respond more quickly to crime scenes. A one-year pilot project using ShotSpotter or similar technology by another company in Seattle would be bankrolled by a grant from the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco Firearms and Explosives to the tune of between $500,000 and $1 million, depending on bids. |
Back to School, With a Kevlar Bulletproof Backpack
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The backpack of the near future will have everything modern students need: device-charging ports, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi—and bulletproofing. Doug Monahan was developing a high-tech backpack this past December that he envisioned as “a communications hub” when he heard about the shooting in San Bernardino, California, where 14 people were killed at a County Department of Public Health holiday party. He decided to build an extra pocket and fill it with Kevlar, the synthetic fiber used in standard bulletproof vests. |
KC: 19-Year-Old KCK Woman to Represent US in Air Pistol Shooting Event
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A 19-year-old from Kansas City, Kan., has been selected to compete in the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
U.S. Olympic team trials in the air pistol shooting event finished last weekend in Camp Perry, Ohio. Lydia Paterson competed in three straight days of qualification. The Piper High School graduate started shooting BB guns when she was 7-years old, and she says she enjoys competing. |
OH: High School Students Train As Police Officers
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Bath High School soon-to-be senior Bailey Cotrell is just starting his summer vacation but he already has something big to talk about when he returns to school. Cotrell is spending two weeks this summer learning about the job of a police officer. On Tuesday, he was learning self-defense tactics as well as finding out how hard it was to handcuff someone who did not want to be taken into custody.
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