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Al Quaeda and Gun Checks
Al-Qaeda spokesman and possible successor to Osama Bin Laden, Adam Gadahn, just circulated a chilling new video calling on "lone wolves" in the U.S. to buy assault rifles and carry out a wave of shootings.
Gadahn informs his fellow terrorists that they have a "golden opportunity" to exploit gaps in our gun laws and kill innocent people:
"You can go down to a gun show at the local convention center and come away with a fully automatic assault rifle, without a background check, and most likely without having to show an identification card."
Watch the new al-Qaeda video and share it with your family and friends.
Unfortunately, al-Qaeda is correct -- loopholes in our nation's gun laws let dangerous people purchase firearms with no background checks and no questions asked.
It's clear that our enemies are ready to exploit this gap in our national security. We need to take action right away to keep terrorists and other dangerous people from getting their hands on guns.
Share the new al-Qaeda video today and spread the word about fixing gun checks:
www.FixGunChecks.org/al-Qaeda
Let's make sure terrorists lose this "golden opportunity" to claim more American lives.
Thanks for speaking out,
Mayors Against Illegal Guns
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Louisiana Does the Right Thing
The News Star reports
Legislation allowing concealed weapons on public university campuses thankfully was shot down again this week.
Rep Ernest Wooton, I-Belle Chasse and chairman of the Louisiana House's Criminal Justice Committee, has repeatedly attempted to pass this legislation, maintaining that it would improve an individual's chances for safety in a threatening environment.
That thought is well-intentioned, but the logic is faulty. No college campus needs students, faculty and staff wandering around packing guns, waiting for the next opportunity for a shoot-out.
This time, the legislative committee didn't even listen to testimony, silencing the bill on an 8-3 vote.
Doesn't it seem odd that a state like Louisiana, which one might associate with the Deep South, seems to have more sense than Arizona or Florida?
Labels: gun rights, louisiana
Fantasy Fodder for the Gun Crowd
via Fat White Man
This is what it's all about, kill or be killed. Only real men can survive one of these encounters. The fact that, unless you're a cop or a drug dealer, the chances of running into one of these situations are about the same as experiencing a meteorite strike, has nothing to do with it. This is what we dream about. This is what we prepare for.
Labels: gun fight, meteorite
The Gun Show Loophole Explained
via Chris Brown at Media Matters
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Al Queda Advice - Go to the Gun Shows
In a video released today Al Qaeda spokesman Adam Gadahn encourages terrorists to use American gun shows to arm themselves for potential Mumbai-style attacks. Gadahn's video laid out a new tactic for Al Qaeda to continue their murderous terrorist agenda:
Labels: al queda, gun rights
June 2011 News relating to MN Gun Violence
June 3, 2011 STrib:
A fugitive on the Hennepin County Most Wanted list is in jail after he was arrested Monday in Canada.
Ahmed Abdulqadir Abdi, 29, of Hopkins, had been on the run for five years after he was charged in 2005 with attempted first-degree murder for allegedly shooting a man in the head in Minneapolis.
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police arrested Abdi in connection with an assault that occurred at a bar in Alberta. After Abdi was fingerprinted, the Canadian police discovered he was wanted on a felony warrant in Hennepin County.
Abdi is in jail in Alberta awaiting extradition.
MARY LYNN SMITH
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MN Memorial Weekend Shooting Arrest
June 3 2011 STrib:
Police have arrested a suspect in the fatal shooting of a 26-year-old Burnsville man Sunday night in south Minneapolis.
Acting on information from investigators, patrol officers arrested the 28-year-old suspect at 26th Street and Nicollet Avenue S. on Thursday afternoon, police spokesman Sgt. William Palmer said in a news release. The man is being held in the Hennepin County jail pending charges.
He's suspected of shooting Guled Hashi Mohamed near Nicollet and Groveland Avenues about 11:30 p.m. Off-duty police officers heard shots and saw a vehicle leave the scene.
They found the vehicle at the SuperAmerica station at 26th Street and Nicollet. Mohamed had been driven there and was inside the car with a gunshot wound. He died Monday at Hennepin County Medical Center.
Police have not identified a motive in the shooting.
He was among six people shot late Sunday or early Monday during a night of unusually heavy gunfire in the city.
The investigation into Mohamed's death will continue, and police are asking anyone with information relating to the case or any of the other shootings to call them
Update on a MN Memorial Weekend Shooting
From the STrib on Friday, June 3, 2011:
Charge: Man ran up to car in Mpls., fatally shot victim in temple
Article by: PAUL WALSH , Star Tribune
Guled Hashi Mohamed confronted two men on a downtown Minneapolis street and accused them of following him before a third man ran up and fatally shot him in the temple, according to charges filed Friday.
Biyamin Beiti Omar, 28, of Hopkins, was charged in Hennepin County District Court with second-degree intentional murder in the death Sunday night of Mohamed, 26, of Burnsville. Omar was ordered held in lieu of $2 million bail.
Mohamed, a college graduate, was among six people shot late Sunday or early Monday during a night of unusually heavy gunfire in the city.
According witnesses cited in the criminal complaint:
Late Sunday night, Mohamed was a passenger in a car parked near a bar at 18th Street and Nicollet Avenue. Two men came up to the car, and the driver pulled away, prompting the two men to give chase on foot.
The driver stopped, and Mohamed got out and said, "You know me. Why are you following me?"
Mohamed got back in the car, and another man ran toward the car and fired his gun two or three times. Mohamed was wounded in his right temple and died at Hennepin County Medical Center.
Witnesses helped lead police to Omar, who said he was in the area when the shooting occurred but was not involved, didn't witness the crime and didn't see anyone with a gun.
Mohamed is a graduate of Minnesota State University, Moorhead, volunteered for AmeriCorps and planned to attend graduate school at St. Cloud State University, family said. He had a criminal record that in addition to minor offenses included a 2010 felony conviction for terroristic threats, for which he was sentenced to probation.
His family said he came from Somalia to the United States at age 12 and worked hard to attend college and support his family. He was the father of 6-month-old Fatimah, and his wife was expecting a second child. Besides them, survivors include his parents and seven siblings.
Death of Gun Advocate Joel Rosenberg
Joel Rosenberg, Minneapolis, was an activist for gun issues. Condolences to his family and friends in Minnesota.
from the Strib, June 3, 2011
Obituary: Author Joel Rosenberg, Mpls. gun advocate who packed heat in City Hall
Joel Rosenberg, a Minneapolis gun advocate and author who was arrested for packing heat and entering City Hall, has died.
Rosenberg, 57, died Thursday at Hennepin County Medical Center after respiratory problems and a heart attack, which eventually led to major organ failure, his wife, Felicia Herman, said in an online notice posted Friday.
"Today, June 3rd would have been his 32nd wedding anniversary," Herman wrote.
In November, Rosenberg wore a holstered semiautomatic handgun when he showed up for a meeting with police spokesman Sgt. William Palmer, according to the charges.
In a video of the encounter later uploaded to YouTube, Palmer can be heard telling Rosenberg that a court order prohibits people from carrying a gun in the building. Rosenberg objects, citing state statute. He avoids arrest at that time when Palmer, who confiscated the weapon, says: "Will you take this back to your car, please?"
Rosenberg replies: "You said the magic word."
Labels: airsoft guns, Dog Gone, Minnesota
The Armored Sleeve
via Criminal Wisdom
Equipped with a highvoltage stunner, video camera, laser pointer and flashlight, the armor sleeve is intended to prevent violent situations. […] The breathable glove weighs less than three pounds and is encased by a hard shell that extends across the forearm. A pull pin preps the stunner (generated by four electrodes on the wrist), and a button at the palm activates it. Similar buttons trigger the laser pointer, video camera and flashlight. (Gizmodo)
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Non-violent Substance Abusers - Let My People Go
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Long-term Homicide Rates
The American data is consistent with European data... Do note that some correction should be made for the fact that violence is less lethal when people are healthier and medical care is more effective.
The bottom line is that there has been a big and welcome decrease in homicide rates in Europe and America over the past several centuries. To put these numbers in perspective, however, note that the homicide rate in New Orleans today is 52 per 100,000 and in Detroit it's 40 per 100,000 so even with a lower average there is lots of variation. Brazil today is around 22 per 100,000 not too far from America in the 19th century. The homicide rate in El Salvador is 71 per 100,000, in Jamaica (!) 60 per 100,000 and in Honduras 67 per 100,000 — all higher than fifteenth century Europe. Thus, the past was a more violent place but not so violent as to be unknown to the present.
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Louisiana Guns on Campus Debate
Colin Goddard was there.
College campuses are always safer places than the communities that surround them, Goddard said, and having guns there is "going to make the days when there aren't shootings more dangerous."
Answering Wooton's claim that only trained gun owners who have taken safety and gun-handling classes to earn a permit would be allowed to carry handguns, Goddard points out that Louisiana has cooperative agreements with other states, including Virginia, that honor their permits.
"Virginia doesn't require that you ever shoot a gun to get a license," he said.
Now that's what I call shabby. Louisiana, which has inadequate requirements, offers reciprosity to Virginia, which has none (or next to none).
On Wisconsin!
Milwaukee police chief slams concealed-carry measure
Flynn implores Walker to reshape gun bill
By Gitte Laasby of the Journal Sentinel
Updated: June 2, 2011 10:34 p.m. |(548) Comments
Edward Flynn
The chief of Wisconsin's largest police department issued his most scathing criticism of the state's proposed concealed-carry bill during a news conference Thursday.
Milwaukee Police Chief Edward Flynn urged Gov. Scott Walker to "provide some adult supervision" and ensure that the final version of a concealed-carry bill outlines a strict permitting process for carrying guns and stipulations including basic training and not being a "criminal, drug abuser or insane." He also called for changing the charge of carrying a concealed weapon from a misdemeanor to a felony.
The news conference came after a gunfight Wednesday night between Milwaukee police bicycle patrol officer Jose Viera and a 21-year-old armed suspect in the Sherman Park neighborhood. The officer escaped unharmed despite a chase during which the two exchanged gunfire. The suspect was shot multiple times and arrested.
"I also want to take this as an opportunity to call upon Gov. Walker to exhibit statesmanship and provide adult supervision over the chaotic legislative process that seems bent on inflicting a reckless and foolish concealed-carry law on the citizens of Wisconsin," Flynn said. "This is not a political talking points issue. This is an officer safety issue. This is the second time in less than a week my officers have been in a gunbattle with armed, reckless assailants. We cannot afford a reckless bill."
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Big Murder - Suicide in Yuma - 6 Dead
Seattlepi reports.
An elderly gunman who killed five people before taking his own life on Thursday in Yuma, Ariz., formerly lived in South Kitsap.
Not many details are yet available, but you can be sure of one thing. Arizona is number one when it comes to gun mischief.
Labels: arizona, gun availablity
Heeding God's Call Is Aiming at Realco Guns
via The Coalition to Defend DC's Gun Laws
The local chapter of Heeding God's Call—a national gun violence prevention campaign—is inviting residents of the Greater Washington Area to participate in a "public witness" at Realco Guns (6108 Marlboro Pike in District Heights, Maryland) on Monday, June 6, from 5:00 – 6:00 PM. An interfaith movement comprised of Christians, Jews, Muslims, and others will call on Realco—the leading supplier of crime guns to the District of Columbia and Prince George's County in Maryland —to implement business practices which would prevent straw purchases and other illegal gun sales.
The Greater Washington Area Chapter is the most recent addition to Heeding God's Call, a faith-based, grassroots movement which has publicly pressured gun stores in Philadelphia, Baltimore and Harrisburg to adopt better marketing and distribution safeguards. The chapter has tried (unsuccessfully) on several occasions to arrange a meeting with the owner of Realco Guns, Carlos del Real, to discuss the possibility of his store implementing a 10-point Code of Conduct called the " Responsible Firearms Retailer Partnership." The code includes several voluntary safeguards to prevent illegal sales; such as videotaping gun purchases, conducting background checks on store employees who handle firearms, and maintaining a database of purchasers whose guns ended up on crime scenes.
I'm not completely sold on the idea of using religious arguments either for gun rights or against. But, I'm pretty sure whose side Jesus would be on.
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NRA Group Losing Steam
A group closely aligned with the NRA and other gunloon groups is losing steam:
Now it has dissolved into a tangle of lawsuits and blame that involves alleged fraud, theft, leadership struggles and even murder.
"As far as the movement, it's kind of at a stalemate and that's because of its own undoing," said Jim Gilchrist, co-founder of the original Minuteman Project, who has been fired and reinstated as head of the group throughout the course of three lawsuits.
Over the years, more than 200 affiliated but independent organizations calling themselves Minutemen arose across the country as part of a loosely organized coalition.
Many of them have disbanded, some no longer run patrols and those that still monitor the border do so with skeletal teams.
Another is the coalition's attractiveness to white supremacists, neo-Nazis and other radicals, Gilchrist said.
"Some people will use a movement or any cause as a cover to veil their sinister intentions," he added.
The Minutemen drew in "disenfranchised, mostly white men with guns and also pulled a fringe element of neo-Nazis, openly racist individuals and attention-seekers to its camp areas in the desert," said Heidi Beirich, research director at the Southern Poverty Law Center in Alabama
Pregnant Woman Latest Victim of MN Gun Violence
from the June 2, 2011 STrib:
Pregnant Rochester woman shot in neck; boyfriend detained
An 18-year-old woman in her third trimester of pregnancy was shot in the neck in a home northeast of Rochester, Minn., and her 17-year-old boyfriend was detained, police said Thursday.
Lisa See, of Rochester, was taken by helicopter Wednesday to nearby St. Marys Hospital and underwent surgery, said Olmsted County Chief Deputy Mark Darnell. She was shot about 12:30 p.m.
See "is alive and in recovery," Darnell said, but he had no further word on her condition or the fate of her fetus. The hospital withheld condition information at the family's request.
The boyfriend is a "person of interest" and is cooperating with investigators, Darnell said. A .22-caliber rifle was recovered at the scene, the chief deputy said.
Darnell said he had no information about "the relationship of the person detained to that of the baby" or what led to the shooting.
Investigators haven't been able to interview the woman, he said.
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Florida's New Crawfish Doctrine
NRA Posterboy
Apparently, Florida has a new gunloon law known as the Crawfish Doctrine.
The Crawfish Doctrine dictates that white NRA gunloons are free to shoot up fishmarkets owned by minorities if said fish purveyor doesn't have crawfish.
From the link:
Kelly claimed to be a "sovereign citizen," telling deputies he does not have to follow the law or obey law enforcement officers, deputies said. Also found in the truck was the book "The Sociopath Next Door."
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Update, to Earlier Post re: Minnesota Gun Violence
More gun violence.
From KARE11 news
MENDOTA HEIGHTS, Minn. -- A standoff in Mendota Heights that lasted for nearly 8 hours Wednesday ended just before midnight with a single gunshot.
Officers were called to a residence on the 2400 block of Lexington Avenue around 4:30 p.m. on a reported domestic disturbance. A crying female had reported a physical domestic incidence to a 9-1-1 dispatcher. During the call she stated that the suspect had gone to retrieve a gun. Immediately after that she took the only other occupant of the home, the couple's small child, and left the townhouse.
The suspect refused to come out when Mendota Heights officers surrounded the home. The standoff lasted until around midnight, when a remote camera located the body of 42-year-old Donald Richardson. The Dakota County medical examiner later confirmed that Richardson had died from a single self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Over the past two years there have been calls from the residence for medical assistance, a domestic disturbance and a crisis call.
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Oh! Look! Another Arizona Mass Shooting!
Anyone surprised? No?
Anyone want to make a side bet this was also done with a legally purchased gun in AZ? No?
Anyone want to bet that this guy really believed he was in the right, that he was exercising his 2nd Amendment rights, and that his gun ownership and use was perfectly reasonable? No?
Investigators check a vehicle thought to be that of a man suspected of shooting five people Thursday in Yuma, Ariz. and the Wellton-Mohawk Valley. The man allegedly took his own life in the vehicle found in the desert approximately 13 miles northeast of Yuma.
YUMA, Ariz. — A 73-year-old gunman apparently upset over a divorce case went on a shooting spree Thursday around Yuma county, Ariz., killing at least five people including himself and the attorney representing his ex-wife, officials said.
A sixth person was injured and flown to a Phoenix-area hospital.
Authorities identified the suspected shooter as Carey Hal Dyess of Yuma. Yuma County Sheriff's deputies found Dyess with what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound near Blaisdell and Highway 95 around 11:35 a.m.
Earlier, the gunman shot attorney Jerrold Shelley in his downtown Yuma law office, said Jerry Geier, police chief of the city of 91,000 along the Colorado River near the Mexican border. Attorney Amanda Taylor said Shelley represented Dyess' ex-wife.
Yuma police spokesman Clint Norred told the Sun that the shootings were connected, but he would not confirm the identities of all the victims.
Four fatalities took place in the county.
Some of the victims were friends and relatives of the gunman, Mayor Alan Krieger told Reuters by telephone.
Details of the incident were sketchy, but Krieger and police said the shootings unfolded at six locations in and around the city.
Krieger said the gunman's motive was not entirely clear but that he was believed to be upset over a divorce case.
Court records show Dyess was involved in two civil court cases, one in Yuma and one in nearby Wellton. A judge issued an order of protection against Dyess in one of the cases in 2006, and a court clerk said it stemmed from Dyess' wife divorcing him.
The Yuma County Sheriff's Office was called to the first scene when the body of a woman was found in a yard at Avenue 35-1/2E and Old Highway 80, the Sun said.
Around 9:21 a.m., the Yuma Police Department responded to a shooting in the 300 block of 2nd Avenue in Yuma, which is where Shelley was killed.
Shootings were also were reported in the Wellton area.
The Yuma County Courthouse and schools in the area, including Roosevelt, Fourth Avenue Junior High and the Post building, were placed under a lockdown, which was later lifted.
"The situation has ended and now we're sorting out the details," Krieger told the Sun. "My sympathies to the families with this loss of life."
The Sun said City Administrator Greg Wilkinson warned staff in an email that "certain people" were targeted.
Wellton Mayor James Deermer told the Sun "rumors are floating around." He called the shootings "a tragedy for our community ... that's true anywhere."
Yuma Presiding Judge Andrew Gould issued a statement early Thursday afternoon: "We are thankful that those within the courthouse are safe but we are shocked and saddened at the violent acts that have occurred in our close-knit community."
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Another Toy Gun Incident, This One in Florida
We are none of us free if we live in fear of gun violence, especially if we could reduce that gun violence by fewer guns and stricter controls making it harder for ILLEGAL people to get them. In this case, we have another stupid criminal, who has all of the down side and none of the advantages by using a fake gun.
I would also point out that this very brave man was able to deal with this situation WITHOUT SHOOTING ANYONE AND WITHOUT BEING ARMED HIMSELF.
From MSNBC:
Soldier home on leave thwarts Fla. bank robbery
Army staff sergeant says he sprang into action when his two young sons were threatened
SARASOTA, Fla. — An Army staff sergeant home on leave in southwest Florida chased down a suspected bank robber and held him until authorities arrived.Eddie Peoples was at a Bank of America branch in Sarasota with his two young sons Tuesday when a man walked in with a handgun and demanded cash from the tellers, officials say.
Peoples told the Sarasota Herald-Tribune he sprang into action after the man threatened his sons.
"The only thing that went through my mind was, 'Don't let them get hurt,'" Peoples told the paper.
Peoples said he left his sons inside while he ran to his rented van and blocked the suspect's car in the parking lot.
The suspect got out and pointed his gun at Peoples, who twisted the man's arm, stripped away the gun and slammed him to the ground.
Sarasota Sheriff's deputies arrested 34-year-old Matthew Rogers. The gun turned out to be a toy.
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Update on One of the Six Memorial Day Shooting Victims in MN
'We need you to come forward'
Article by: ABBY SIMONS , Star Tribune
Members of Minneapolis' Somali community gathered near where one of their own was slain.
Less than an hour after she buried him on Wednesday, Hawa Aden stood in a busy Minneapolis parking lot not far from where her son was shot in the head three days before.
A crowd of more than 100 members of her Somali community who had gathered for a vigil stood silent as she talked about 26-year-old Guled Hashi Mohamed. She described a doting husband and father, a college graduate and social worker who wanted to go back to Somalia to help refugees like himself.
Aden said he was a good man who didn't deserve what happened to him but who now deserved justice. She implored members of her community to deliver.
"I know not everyone comes forward. We need you to come forward," she said in Somali, her voice rising. "You know the suffering. This has gone too far! This has to stop!"
Minneapolis police continue to investigate the slaying. Mohamed, of Burnsville, died 11 hours after someone shot him on Sunday night as he sat in a car outside a restaurant at Nicollet and Groveland Avenues S. A passenger in the car drove it to a gas station before Mohamed was rushed to Hennepin County Medical Center.
He was among six people shot during a night of unusually heavy gunfire in Minneapolis. Police said only two of the shootings, at one location in the Warehouse District, were thought to be connected.
Police had made no arrests in Mohamed's killing as of Wednesday and had yet to identify a motive. A police report said several unidentified people witnessed the killing.
And Yet Another Threat in MN of Gun Violence
So, here is a question for readers. If this man is found to have indeed been involved in a physical domestic abuse as reported here, which may or may not be a felony, for having (allegedly) threatened her and possibly a child with a gun, but not actually shooting anyone (so far anyway), should he lose his gun rights for the rest of his life?
Anyone want to comment on the pros and cons of this threat if it comes from a LEGAL gun?
For those of you who believe that gun violence is primarily a problem of slums, let me point out that Mendota Heights is one of the wealthiest communities in MN, although by no means is everyone who lives there wealthy. There are many modest middle class homes as well, but no slums. It's where I grew up; I know it well.
Mendota Heights town homes evacuated because of domestic dispute
Residents in 36 town homes in Mendota Heights were being kept out of their homes late Wednesday night while police tried to negotiate with man who reportedly was armed with a gun.
The man's girlfriend called police about 4:30 p.m. to report a physical domestic dispute at the home on the 2400 block of Lexington Av. and told the emergency dispatcher that the man was going to get a gun, said Mendota Police Chief Mike Aschenbrener said. The woman left the house with a small child.
Aschenbrener said the man called 911 and then hung up. Police evacuated the neighbors, surrounded the house and have tried to contact the man throughout the evening, Aschenbrener said. "So far, he doesn't want to talk," Aschenbrener said.
Police don't believe anyone else is in the house.
The NRA Criticizes Deleware
The Daily Reporter has the story of the unconscionable self-interest of the NRA..
"We can't determine the precise extent of the problem because unlicensed dealers are not required to keep records," Lippstone (Andy Lippstone, deputy legal counsel for Markell) said, adding that the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives says 30 percent of illegally trafficked guns are connected in some way to gun shows.
It makes perfect sense that a market which is completely unregulated cannot provide statistics. Nevertheless, gun-rights fanatics have frequently trotted out pseudo-statistics showing how few crime guns come from gun shows.
The NRA response is typically hysterical, yet like talking-points in the policy division of any organization, you're sure to hear these repeated all over the pro-gun world.
In a letter sent out before Wednesday's committee meeting, the NRA urged supporters to contact lawmakers and urge them to defeat the bill.
"The true intent of this legislation is to move towards an ultimate ban on all private sales — even those between family and friends — regardless of where they occur," the letter reads. " ... Targeting your Second Amendment rights because politicians won't crack down on criminals is wrong and cannot be tolerated."
"The true intent" theory is one of the hallmarks of NRA rhetoric. In some cases I suppose the authors of this nonsense actually believe their own claims. But more often than not, I suppose they know better and in the most unscrupulous way they're attempting to fill the simple minds of their members with plausible lies. It's dirty and it's immoral and all the while dangerous people have an easier time buying guns because of it.
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Governor Rick Scott of Florida
via Evil GOP Bastards
Corporate Criminal, Political Wrecker
& Freshman GOP Florida Governor
Rick "Lex Luthor" Scott
Among the "scorched Earth" Tea Party GOP governors elected in 2010, Florida governor Rick Scott may be the most unpopular, now hovering at just a 29% approval rating. Scott was forced to resign as CEO of Columbia/HCA in 1997 amid a scandal over the company's Medicare billing practices. The company admitted to fourteen felonies and agreed to pay the federal government over $600 million in fines. Scott entered politics in 2010, spending over $70 million of his own money to win by just 1 percent. Upon taking office Scott immediately began wrecking the state -- cutting education spending, cancelling transportation projects and forcing state workers and the unemployed to submit to drug testing (Scott owns a chain of drug testing labs). Scott may be governing like a sociopath, but it should come as no surprise considering his history. Maybe next time Floridians will actually think before voting.
We are in complete agreement, in fact the gov was one of the reasons Florida took the crown from Arizona.
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Fresno, CA:
Police are trying to determine how a 2-year-old Fresno boy got ahold of a gun with which he accidentally shot and killed his 6-year-old sister.
Really? Let JadeGold 'splain.
Gunloon dad needs guns to reinforce manhood. Gunloon dad leaves firearm around young'uns.
Bang.
Send $10,000 consulting fee to JadeGold.
The New and Improved Patriot Act
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This could affect some of the MikeB readers.......
from Governors Journal, a site specializing in news about governors, and related topics (includes a great source for polling relating to governors). Ya gotta love the internet for specialization!
Good luck Governor Markell!
Gun Control Inching in DE
By Dean Pagani on May 25, 2011
Only on GoJo – Delaware Governor Jack Markell(D) is hopeful a package of "common sense" gun control measures he proposed will make it through the state legislature this year.
All four bills, outlined in Markell's State of the State address, are at various stages in the legislative process. Remarkably, none has received final legislative approval. Some are more controversial than others and Markell says he is "absolutely not surprised" that pro-gun advocates, led by the National Rifle Association, are giving lawmakers pause. He accepts it as part of the process.
The Markell gun control package is the most comprehensive set of proposals put forward by any governor on the issue this year. He unveiled his plans in the weeks following the mass shooting in Tucson, Arizona that nearly claimed the life of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords(D), but he says it had been in the works long before that incident. The evidence and the governor's anti-crime record backs that up.
"I believe these are very common sense bills that can improve public safety," Markell said during an exclusive interview with Governors Journal on Wednesday.
There are four bills in all:
Closing the loophole that allows the purchase of guns at gun shows without a criminal background check.
Prohibit the possession of a firearm by anyone under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
Improve reporting requirements to prevent people with mental illness from obtaining a gun.
Give law enforcement responsible methods to dispose of seized firearms.
Markell says the NRA is working hard to defeat the gun show loophole bill arguing that it is un-necessary in Delaware, but the governor says the NRA is wrong. Under Delaware law, only licensed gun dealers are required to do background checks meaning anyone can walk into a gun show and walk out with a lethal weapon.
The proposed legislation is supported by the state's attorney general, other top law enforcement officials and organizations from throughout the state.
Labels: Dog Gone, gun legislation, state politics
2-Year-Old Fresno Boy to be Tried as an Adult
That's a joke, although it's obviously no joking matter. My jocular mood was stimulated by the following news report, especially the part about the police trying to figure what happened and, best of all, the part about their not having decided if the gun owner should be charged with anything.
Sgt. Stephen Viveros tells the Fresno Bee the victim was playing with two other siblings in a bedroom in the family's home on Sunday when the toddler walked into the room with a loaded semi-automatic handgun. He says the boy fired a shot that mortally wounded his sister.
Viveros says officers seized a number of other weapons from the residence, home to five children, ages 2 to 15.
The Bee reports that the gun's owner was in another room when the shooting happened and could be charged with failing to secure the weapon.
Under California law, adults who allow children access to guns can face felony charges. Viveros says investigators have not yet decided whether to recommend that the district attorney prosecute the case.
The Fresno County Coroner's Office identified the 6-year-old girl on Monday as Emily Lavender.
Domestic Murder by a Policeman
Local Virginia ABC reports
Shots rang out at the Sheetz in downtown Roanoke across from the Roanoke Civic Center Monday morning. The shooter, police say, is a 32-year-old Franklin County Deputy; his target and victim, police say, is his 30-year-old ex-wife. She is now dead.
Roanoke Police say Jonathan Agee used a rifle to shoot and killed his ex-wife Jennifer Agee at the Sheetz on Williamson Road. Police believe Jennifer wasn't the only person in the car.
"I believe there was a child, but I don't know if he was in the car, out of the car. I don't know those details. That's all a part of the investigation at this point," said Chief Chris Perkins, Roanoke Police Department.
Chief Perkins says Agee then fled in his cruiser.
At exit 128 on interstate 81, a Trooper pulled Agee over. State police say Agee opened fire on Trooper Matt Brannock, and Brannock returned fire after being shot in the leg. Soon, we're told, more Troopers arrived, shooting Agee and ending the threat.
You see how it works? When it's a black kid running away or climbing in the window, shooting him center-of-mass is the only thing to do. They're trained to do that, after all. But when it's one of their own, they suddenly have other options.
Agee has been suspended without pay and is facing numerous charges.
What do you think? Do the cops have a double standard when it comes to shooting offenders? Wouldn't that say something about homeowners too, you know, all those guys who have no other choice but to kill the intruder?
Labels: gun rights, police shooting
Crime Rates Going Down
http://www.dailyfinance.com/2011/05/27/property-crimes-rise-in-places-you-wouldnt-expect/?ncid=webmail
For those of you who keep asserting you need to carry weapons because of crime.
Labels: crime, Dog Gone, gun violence
The Scariest Knife in the World
Designed for underwater use:
This weapon injects a freezing cold ball of compressed gas, approximately the size of a basketball, at 800psi nearly instantly. The effects of this injection will drop many of the world's largest land predators. The effects of the compressed gas not only cause over-inflation during ascent when used underwater, but also freezes all tissues and organs surrounding the point of injection on land or at sea. When used underwater, the injected gas carries the predator to the surface BEFORE blood is released into the water. Thus giving the diver added protection by diverting other potential predators to the surface.
Labels: knives
Earlier Post Was Off By One - There Were More
from the STrib:
6 wounded during night of gunfire in Minneapolis
Article by: ROCHELLE OLSON and SARAH LEMAGIE , Star Tribune staff writers
Updated: May 30, 2011 - 10:08 PM
The men were shot in five separate incidents. Three were shot downtown.
In a night of gunfire that kept Minneapolis police and 911 dispatchers intensely busy, six men were shot late Sunday and early Monday, three of them in the downtown Warehouse District, two in south Minneapolis and one at an unknown location.
As of late Monday, two of the victims remained hospitalized in critical condition with life-threatening injuries, and no one had been arrested. None of those shot has been identified, and except for a double wounding downtown, the shootings are not thought to be related.
Police Chief Tim Dolan said that the three downtown shootings were not random. "They seem to be targeted, argument-related," he said.
Dolan declined to speculate on motives in any of the shootings, but as police have done after previous Warehouse District incidents, he sought to quash concerns about downtown, noting that violent crime is down 3 percent for the year.
"The average person going to the average bar is not going to run into that situation," he said. "It was not a good night, obviously."
The downtown shootings came near bar closing time in an area where bars are already under scrutiny by city regulators. They also occurred on what has become the most troubled night of the week -- Sunday, when some clubs admit anyone 18 or older.
Christopher Kaneakua, who works security at the Aqua Nightclub, 400 1st Av. N., said he heard the shots from two incidents. After he left work, he found his car behind crime scene tape with a bullet hole in the rear driver's side panel. He said he was parked on the street across from Karma, a club at 315 1st Av. N. "Thankfully, I was down the street" when the shots were fired, Kaneakua said. "I definitely worry about that, especially Sunday night."
"It's a few ruining it for everyone," said Erik Forsberg, who owns the Ugly Mug, a bar located kitty-corner from Karma at the intersection where two of the victims were shot.
A sound engineer down the block at the Fine Line Music Cafe said he parks several blocks away and bikes to work to keep his car safer. When nearby clubs close in the wee hours, "It gets kind of haggard out there," said Ian Anderson. "We try to end all of our shows early, for that very reason."
Anderson gestured toward 4th Street N., half a block away. The highest point on 1st Avenue N. is sometimes called "Mount Stabby," he said, adding that he believes late-night violence in the area "has really gone up in the last 2 1/2 years."
Forsberg disagreed, saying that he believes his neck of downtown Minneapolis has far less crime than it used to. "It is actually quite safe down here."
Dolan said extra city police were on the streets Sunday night and many clubs have private security, but the masses pouring out at Sunday bar closings are staggering. He likened it to the State Fair Midway on a very busy night.
The area is heavily monitored by cameras that captured at least one shooting clearly, Dolan said, adding that others would soon be reviewed. "One video can lead to another," he said.
In one bar closing incident, an argument appeared to have been the impetus when a 21-year-old man was shot in the head at 2:15 a.m. Monday at 1st Avenue N. and 3rd Street N. He is in a life-threatening condition at Hennepin County Medical Center.
At the same time and place, a 19-year-old man was shot in the upper body. His injuries were not life-threatening, said Minneapolis police spokesman Sgt. Bill Palmer.
Ten minutes later, in a parking lot at 5th Street and 1st Avenue N., a 23-year-old man was shot in the head after an argument. That man was in stable condition, Palmer said.
Shortly after those shootings, a fourth man walked into Hennepin County Medical Center with a gunshot wound to his leg. He provided only his name and left before he was treated, so police do not know the origins of his wound.
In two other shootings, Palmer was unable to say whether the victims knew their attackers.
The first shooting occurred at 9:30 p.m. Sunday when aman attempted to rob another man at 24th Street and Nicollet Avenue S. The victim was shot in the hand, Palmer said.
At 11:30 p.m., a 26-year-old man was shot in the head in a car outside a restaurant at Groveland and Nicollet Av. S., just south of downtown. A woman in the car drove it to a gas station at 22nd Street and Lyndale Av. S. The man was taken from there to HCMC and is in "extremely critical" condition, Palmer said.
Several unidentified witnesses saw the shooting, according to the incident report.
With the exception of the incident where two men were shot, Palmer said, "as far as we know, none of these are connected."
Poor Bradley - Talk about having "Daddy Issues"
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Due Process of Law and the Patriot Act
Labels: anti-war, peace movement
The Big California Prison Release
The Los Angeles Times reports
A quadriplegic inmate serving a 150-year term for kidnapping, beating and raping a San Diego woman in 1998 will not be released to the care of family members under a new law, parole board rules.
A knife attack in prison in 2001 severed Martinez's spinal cord, leaving him a quadriplegic. His medical expenses cost the state more than $600,000 a year. When he was in a medical facility outside the prison, the cost of round-the-clock guards exceeded $800,000 a year.
[State Sen. Mark] Leno said the timing of the parole board's rejection of Martinez, the same week the U.S. Supreme Court ordered California to release 33,000 prisoners, is particularly galling. "If we can't start with a quadriplegic, where can we begin?" he said.
Leno said he fears many prosecutors will oppose medical paroles "out of vengeance" toward the prisoners. "When we are unable to fund education and healthcare," he said, "how much vengeance can we afford?"
Vengeance is mine, sayeth the Parole Board of California.
Labels: prison overcrowding
Columbus Ohio Cease Fire
The Boston Herald reports
Gun violence in Ohio is costing scores of lives and millions of dollars annually across the state, though much of it happens in the largest cities, according to a newspaper analysis published Sunday.
The Columbus Dispatch analyzed state records and data from 2009, which offer the most recent statewide statistics available. It found guns were present in more than 12,500 incidents investigated by authorities, an average of 34 per day. Four-fifths of those happened in seven of Ohio's largest cities: Akron, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton, Toledo and Youngstown.
The numbers illustrate the scope of gun violence, but it's an incomplete picture because the crime data was submitted voluntarily by agencies that cover only about 70 percent of Ohio's population.
Now that's an interesting idea. The crime data is incomplete. That means it's worse than they say.
Such crimes have prompted Deanna Wilkinson, an Ohio State University associate professor who studies youth violence, to seek a federal grant to start a Columbus version of the CeaseFire gun violence reduction program, which uses former offenders to help keep conflicts from escalating into violence.
"This exposure (to gun violence), whether you're involved or not involved, it's having a negative impact on the quality of life for the whole entire city," Wilkinson said.
Columbus public safety director Mitchell Brown said he supports the proposal.
"We've got to try something different," Brown said. "We can't have police officers on every corner. We all know that. It's a societal issue."
Good for Deanna Wilkinson. God knows someone's got to help Ohio to not go the route of its flanking neighbors.
Labels: gun rights, ohio
Gun Rights and Freedom in North Carolina
via BlueNC
from the good folks at NCGV
Labels: gun rights, guns in bars
Oakland Gun Violence - 2 Dead
KTVU reports with video.
A man and a woman are dead after a Sunday night shooting near the East Bay Dragons Motorcycle Club that left another woman hospitalized with major injuries, Oakland police said.
Officers responded to reports of gunfire at 88th Avenue and International Boulevard at about 9:20 p.m., Officer Holly Joshi said. The three victims were found with gunshot wounds near the East Bay Dragons' clubhouse, Joshi said.
One of the video surveillance cameras showed "several people with guns."
Labels: gun availablity
Brooklyn Gun Violence
The Daily News reports on the absolutely horrible gun violence qwhich took place in Sheepshead Bay.
It sounds like the only thing this girl did wrong was to hang around with the wrong guys, guys who had lots of guns..
Labels: brooklyn, gun violoence
More Minnesota Gun Violence on Memorial Day Weekend
Multiple shootings in Minneapolis. Wonder where those guns came from? We're less free with this kind of gun violence. From KSTP:
By: Leslie Rolander 2 Shootings, At Least 3 Injured in Downtown Minneapolis
At least three people were shot in Minneapolis after two shootings Monday morning.
An officer heard the shots at about 2:15 a.m. after bars closed in downtown Minneapolis.
Minneapolis Police tell 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS two victims were found at First Avenue and Third Street.
About five to ten minutes later there was another shooting at First and Sixth, and a third victim.
Police are working to determine if another person who showed up at Hennepin County Medical Center with a gunshot wound is involved.
Police are working to determine if the two shootings are connected. Additional details have not been released.
and also from the same person at KSTP:
Man with Gunshot Wound to Head Dropped Off at Mpls. Gas Station
Authorities say the man was shot in the head. He was taken to Hennepin County Medical Center.
Police are investigating this incident. Additional details have not been released.
I would remind our readers that Minnesota is one of the safer, more peaceful LEAST violent states, so compare all of these incidents I report to your own, and realize you probably live where there is more, not less of this kind of gun violence incident
Dangerous Guns in the Hands of Criminals?
OK, this is one instance where I can't fault the owner for the problems with securing his weapons...
Guns stolen from tornado-damaged Minneapolis home
After a tornado hit North Minneapolis on Sunday, burglars reportedly stole more than $6,300 worth of WWII guns and other military equipment from a dark home.
By: Maricella Miranda, St. Paul Pioneer Press / MCT
History buffs aren't the only ones interested in World War II memorabilia.
The missing weapons are an auto-ordnance, 1911, 45 pistol and a 9mm MP-40 semi-auto machine gun, said owner Scott Steben. The machine gun is a federally regulated weapon, and is registered with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
"I hope these guns aren't used," said Steben, 47.
The guns are props for war re-enactments, he said, but they still work.
North Minneapolis has seen a slight increase in burglaries since the tornado hit, said Minneapolis police Sgt. Stephen McCarty. Officers plan to step-up patrols in the area to discourage property damage, thefts, burglaries and looting.
"All of these burglaries will be investigated to ensure that these are legitimate burglaries ..." and not people reporting the crimes for ulterior motives, McCarty said.
During the cleanup, police will be asking anyone loitering in North Minneapolis to leave. They also will be escorting city staff, emergency responders and work crews.
The goal is to ensure residents' safety during the storm recovery.
So far, one looting incident has been reported, McCarty said. About 20 looters stole cash, booze, and cigarettes Sunday from Broadway Liquor Outlet after the storm smashed a storefront window. But that incident happened
before police were mobilized, he said.
Police have no suspects in Steben's home burglary. Stolen guns on the streets raises concerns for police, but the case will be investigated like other burglaries, McCarty said.
Steben -- and his WWII weapons and memorabilia -- were at a WWII re-enactment in Farmington when the tornado hit. The home burglary happened later Sunday night.
With electrical lines down around his house, there was no electricity.
After Steben unloaded his vehicle, he said he quickly left the house to catch a late-night dinner with his family. He usually locks his guns in a safe, but not this time.
When he returned, his backdoor was open.
Along with his guns, the burglars took his laptop computer, a WWII canvas pack that holds gun magazines and a camouflage helmet, Steben said.
Some of the items he bought 20 years ago. Although the guns are more than 70 years old, it's not difficult to find bullets for them, he said.
Steben was in the process of getting renters insurance, but was uninsured at the time, he said. He plans to eventually replace the items slowly -- if they're not returned.
"It's so darn expensive," Steben said.
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Labels: Dog Gone, guns, Minnesota
Military-Style Guns (Formerly Known as Assault Weapons)
The Utah News reports
Hundreds of the weapons advertised on KSL.com classifieds are rapid-firing military weapons with pedigrees from around the world.
The proliferation of these weapons, based on military designs, including the ubiquitous AK-47 by Mikhail Kalashnikov, have become wildly popular among shooting enthusiasts. And that popularity is a grave concern to gun-control activists.
"I don't know how anyone can justify having one of those weapons," says Steven Gunn, a spokesman for the Gun Violence Protection Center of Utah. "Except their usual explanation that it is to 'resist tyrannical government.' "
I'm not sure what they mean by "rapid-firing." I suppose that can apply to any semi-automatic weapon. It fires as rapidly as you can squeeze the trigger.
The problem seems to always get back to this: how can we distinguish these undesireable weapons from the others which have more-or-less the same characteristics?
I'm certainly no expert, but I'm going to throw out a suggestion here. If the gun fires one of those scary, pointy bullets, it's banned. Would that work for ya?
What's your opinion? No more guns that fire these kinds of bullets. All the remaining ammo stocks can be turned into cool jewelry.
Labels: assault weapons, gun rights
Trigger-Happy Cops and Felony Murder
The Chicago Tribune reports
(Tatioun Williams)
A 16-year-old boy has been charged with murder after his 15-year-old companion pointed a gun at Chicago police and was shot and killed by one of the officers, authorities said.
Brandon Ross, 16, of the 6800 block of South Jeffery Boulevard, was charged as an adult with felony murder and armed robbery, according to state's attorney spokesman Andy Conklin. Ross was expected to appear at a bond hearing at noon.
The teens made off with an iPod, credit cards and a car key, the victim said.
The two sergeants, responding to the robbery, were flagged down by a witness a block away, near 69th Street and Bennett Avenue, who pointed them in the direction of the teens, authorities said.
One of the teens turned and pointed a gun at the sergeants, and one of them opened fire, striking the teen in the back.
"IN THE BACK," did you hear that part? Does that make sense to you, I mean without stretching it to fit a pre-conceived story? It should be a given that if you kill someone by shooting them in the back they were not posing a lethal threat, they were running away. What is so hard about that?
"They did an excellent job," said the robbery victim, who asked not be identified. "If they respond as speedy as they did yesterday, that could cut down on criminals getting away."
Yes, for stealing an i-pod, the murdering cops did an excellent job, at least according to this outstanding citizen. I'm sure he approves of charging the other juvenile delinquent with the murder. That makes perfect sense, don't you think. Two kids steal an i-pod, the cop kills one of them and the other one is charged with the murder.
What's your opinion of this sick and twisted travesty of justice? Please leave a comment.
Labels: felony murder, police brutality
Philadelphia Crime Watch
via Newsworks
Lincoln Drive / Kelly Drive – complainant said a fellow driver pulled out a gun during an argument at the location. The complainant said the offender was tailgating him before he switched lanes and pulled in front of his car, causing the complainant to come to a stop. Complainant said he got out of his car and that the offender followed suit. When the complainant saw the firearm, he got back in his car.
Sounds like a joke, but it's not. In Philadelphia that's just the way things go.
Labels: philadelphia
Hunting in Italy
via Beppe Grillo's Blog
In the 2010/2011 hunting season there were 100 victims, 25 dead and 75 injured. Mostly in Tuscany, Sardinia, Lombardy and Veneto. Overall it went well, considering that for months Italy is transformed into a shooting range. A wood is more dangerous than the war zones of Afghanistan. During an Autumn walk, the sound of birds singing is replaced by the roar of rifles. If you don't run, you become the wild boar, the hare or the deer. And not even within the walls of your own home are you safe. "Our house is in a zone frequented by hunters in Ceglie. At times you happen to hear gun fire even when it's the closed season for hunting. It happens that the hunters are shooting at a distance of 10-15 metres from my house. One morning in January, at the first light of dawn, while we were asleep, we were woken with a start by a loud sound of glass shattering. A blast of lead shot had hit the window of the bedroom where my sons (aged 15.11 and 5) sleep, shattering the glass" (12/9/2010)
Hunting is sick, just like gun ownership in general. And, just like with gun ownership, only a small percentage of hunters is a problem. But that small percentage is too high.
Labels: hunting, italy
Another Instance of Senseless Gun Violence
from the AP
Veteran Texas deputy shot and killed while waiting at traffic light
Article by: Associated Press
SAN ANTONIO - Authorities in south-central Texas say a veteran sheriff's deputy was shot and killed while waiting at a traffic light in his patrol vehicle.
Bexar County Sgt. Kenneth Vann was waiting at an intersection early Saturday when someone in another vehicle pulled up next to his marked cruiser and opened fire through Vann's front passenger side window.
Chief Deputy Sheriff Manuel Longoria called it a "senseless" attack. He told the San Antonio Express-News that Vann was struck by a number of bullets and died at the scene.
Investigators don't have a motive for the attack. No arrests have been reported.
Vann had been on the force for 24 1/2 years and was a patrol supervisor. His wife is also a sergeant with the sheriff's office.
Labels: Dog Gone, gun violence, texas
Castle Doctrine at Work in Texas
via Bob S. of 3 Boxes of BS, whose unflinching support of this shooting in no way conflicts with is deep Cristian convictions.
Homeowner Kills Teen Burglary Suspect: MyFoxDFW.com
What's your opinion? Did it sound like the home owner had a truly life threatening situation on his hands? Wasn't he close enough to shoot the kid in the arm or hand? What about a warning shot?
It seems to me these castle-doctrine guys are hiding behind the law which in certain circumstances is a license to kill. What they're really operating on is outrage and disgust that some punk would dare to violate their sacred space. Fear of their life has nothing to do with it.
Labels: castle doctrine
An Interesting Gun Story
via Lair of the Blue Bear
One day, shortly after our house had been broken into, I came home to find a revolver laying on the dogs bed. Thinking it was Tom's pellet gun I scolded the dog for taking it and went to pick it up. As I lifted it I turned it such that I got a view of the barrel pointing at me. I freaked! Fuck, this ain't no pellet gun! It had a full size bore and I could see the copper tips of the bullets pointing at me from the cylinder holes!
Labels: gun culture
Pawlenty for President - Never in a Million Years
via Penigma
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The Gun Control Argument Made Simple
via the op-ed in the Salt Lake Tribune written by Gary C. Sackett
Is there a rational person among us who wants convicted felons, terrorists, purveyors of domestic violence and individuals who have serious mental health issues to have direct and easy access to firearms? The answer in any civilized society must be an unhesitating "No."
And, in such a civilized society, it should be a simple matter to enact legislation that would produce such results in the name of sane and rational public safety.
Do we have such legislation in the United States? No. Why not? The simple answer is that the National Rifle Association and its followers oppose these measures — often through their omnipresent "slippery slope" argument: If we enact any restrictive legislation, where will it all stop — a Nazi-like confiscation of all weapons and ultimate subjugation of the populace?
The more complex answer is that the NRA and many of its members have bamboozled an entire generation of legislators into believing that support for any restriction on the availability of firearms is a third-rail issue: Touch it and your re-election possibilities are history. But, acceptance of this political "wisdom" shows a serious lack of responsible leadership and a distressing disregard of public safety.
Florida Man Shoots Girlfriend in the Face
via the news-press.com
The man charged in the Thursday shooting death of a North Fort Myers woman told investigators the two were fighting about her cheating on him when the argument turned physical, and he shot her, according to a Lee County Sheriff's Office report.
Guns are very bad news for women in Florida. Don't forget, ladies, your state wears the crown.
What's your opinion? Is it wrong to malign Florida when this kind of thing happens frequently in many other gun-friendly states?
Labels: florida, gun availablity, gun culture
Newark Policeman Killed
via NJ.com
The officer wouldn't have had any time to reach for his weapon, everythiing happened so fast.
Isn't that the way it always is? Yes. And it applies to civilians with concealed carry permits as well as the off-duty police.
Labels: gun ownership
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Let's face it: tech is an industry with a lot of issues, and both those who work in it and those who use technology daily are only becoming more vocal. A sore thumb among the issues — and one that's getting a lot more attention as of late — is tech's diversity problem.
My close friends have founded organizations such as ScaleLA and The Know, which create communities that foster honest conversations about topics like mental health and form new collaborations to tackle mental health challenges. All of us have a role to play in busting this stigma.


On Wednesday I was visited by Simon Crompton, who in addition to being the Editor of IFLR Magazine writes for mensflair.com and has a style blog permanentstyle.blogspot.com. He was visiting from London and came in to see the store.
We had a very nice conversation and he was very taken by a pair of the Wilfrid's by Corthay.
Cheers Simon, I hope to see you next time your in New York….


This is part 2 of my family's journey with my sister, Candi, who had a terrible accident 6 weeks ago. It has been a life changing experience which I have decided to share with whomever decides to read it, with the hope of inspiring and supporting others who have gone through a traumatic experience with a loved one. If you missed part 1, start here first.
My darling sister, Candi, who I love with all my heart, spent 6 days in ICU before being moved to the spinal ward. From the moment she woke up, Candi couldn't look right, couldn't talk (once the breathing tube had been taken out a few days later), and couldn't really focus on us. At first we assumed this was due to the head injury, but as the days went on the doctors grew more concerned, yet nothing seemed to be done about it! In fact, when she was still in ICU, my Mum was shocked to hear one of the doctors say Candi was being "stubborn". Stubborn?! How about you do your job, doc, and run some scans to find out the real cause behind Candi's Dysphasia (breakdown in language).
As Candi couldn't communicate or follow commands, the doctors were unable to begin with muscle testing and sensation. To this day, this has still been limited but is definitely improving…I will explain why a bit further down.
The physio Candi was mostly given in the first 2-3 weeks, was for her chest. About 4 times a day she had a tube stuck down her throat to suction all her secretions…something you and I are able to cough and clear without even realising we're doing it. This was always such a traumatic experience for her, and was so momentous when she was able to cough on her own and no longer needed this treatment. In fact, the physio, nurses and doctors were all very pleased with how quickly she was able to stop this treatment, especially since soon after she was moved to the spinal ward, her chest was so bad and she needed so much suctioning she almost was taken back up to ICU.
Candi also has to be turned every few hours by the orderly's (who have all been so lovely) for pressure care and so she doesn't get bed sores. Her arm positions are changed every 2 hours from being down by her side, to being in splints and in what they call the "crucifix" position. Can you believe that? My Mum promptly told the nurses to refer to it as the "cross" and not the "crucifix" thank you very much.
Did You Miss That Day In Uni?
There have been times when my family's experience with the hospital (considered the best hospital in Perth) has not been the best. Although we believe the nurses and doctors are (mostly) very good at their job, we've also experienced a breakdown in communication on more than one occasion.
I won't go into too much detail in case we decide to take matters further, which is also why I'm not mentioning the name of the hospital. However, I will say this. When Candi was moved to the spinal ward, a few days later she started to make some noticeable progress. Then all of a sudden she made a turn which was visually obvious to me and my family. Her speech got worse; the expressions on her face looked different and my brother in particular, knew something had happened.
The next day Candi's consultant (surgeon) came in to see her and to talk to us, which I always hated. It seemed every time he or one of the other specialists spoke to us, it was to give us bad news. The consultant for the third time told us his 'worst case scenario' prognosis (which they legally have to do). My brother then said to him…"I know my sister really, really well, and something's not right." The consultant said Candi had already been booked for an MRI which could take up to 3 days, as they were all concerned about her inability to talk, and needed to see if brain damage had occurred.
Ensure the meeting we were told we would have with Candi's team of specialists (it had been 3 weeks now!) would be organised asap.
Organise the pain specialist to see Candi and prescribe her some pain medication stronger than f***ing panadol!!!
Other departments of the hospital including the Clinical Nurse Specialist of the spinal ward were also involved to make the above happen. And guess what? On the same day, Candi was finally taken to have an MRI plus other scans. These sadly revealed she had suffered 5 strokes as a result of blood clots being formed at the time of the accident (which would have saved her life) that then broke off and caused strokes. And Sam picked up on this and told one of the nurses prior to the MRI, that this is what he thought had happened.
This news hit us all hard. Just when we started to have a glimmer of hope from Candi's progress, we were punched in the guts with more devastating news. Life can be so cruel. It was initially very difficult to bounce back to 'positivity' after finding this out. I truly have amazed myself at how strong I have been throughout all of this, even managing to still train most clients, run my blog, cook for mum and I in the first week, put a brave face on for Candi and spend at least 6 hours a day at the hospital, but this news was too much for me. I was truly inconsolable.
Amazingly, the day after this news, Candi started to make progress again and has continued to ever since. When we had our meeting with the neurosurgeon, who was a lovely man that explained everything very clearly to us, he showed us which areas of her brain had been damaged, that happened to be mostly the left side. He said Candi's brain damage was moderate but that it was possible for Candi to make a full recovery. He also said it was impossible for him to give us a definitive prognosis as every case is different. The same day we found out about the strokes, I pulled out a book of mine I happened to read 3 years ago, called The Brain That Changes Itself, which is all about neuroplasticity and the brain being plastic (changeable). It has a chapter on strokes. I re read this chapter and then gave it to my Mum, who pretty much read the whole book in a nano second before having this meeting. This book has once again given us hope, and the neurosurgeon also agreed with this science. The team at the rehab hospital are also very much up to date with neuroplasticty.
17 days ago the first chapter ended when we were given the news that the right team was available for Candi at Shenton Park Rehabilitation Hospital. We were ecstatic with this news! Shenton Park has a fabulous reputation, the best in the Southern Hemisphere in fact! And the head consultant, Dr John Ker, who will be overseeing Candi's care, is at the top of his field and is also very holistic in his approach (this made my Mum and I very happy!).
And you wouldn't believe it…on the first evening of being in this hospital, Candi's right arm moved! I thought I was seeing things and told my Mum and brother to have a look, so Mum asked Candi to try moving her arm again, and she did! 3 more times!!! The movement was mostly coming from her wrist, but that is much more than we had anticipated…at this early stage at least!
It has been almost 3 weeks now since Candi arrived at Shenton Park. It was decided that she would be in the spinal ward initially (each ward has its specialty) and not the neurology ward. The team has a prognosis meeting every 6 weeks and goal setting meeting with the patient every 2 weeks. At this stage they want to just observe Candi for the first 6 weeks before setting any goals. My family and I were rather disappointed that she wasn't going to be starting her therapies yet, but as it's turned out she has started with some rehabilitation which is very exciting!
We are absolutely thrilled Candi has started to receive treatment! Especially since she can now bring her hand all the way up to her chest! She is trying desperately to reach her face so she can scratch her own nose! It is so itchy all the time, poor love.
Candi is currently seeing a physio and occupational therapist daily, plus a dietician and speech pathologist. However, the speech pathologist only comes in on Thursdays at this stage. If Candi was in the neuro ward she would be having much more treatments specific to her brain damage, but right now she needs to be in the spinal ward as all the staff are obviously trained in spinal injuries. When we have the first meeting with the team, hopefully this week, this will be discussed and a plan set in place. It seems unbelievable to us that the spinal and neuro wards are at opposite ends of the hospital!
Candi is saying new words most days! She has full movement in her face and is laughing a lot and appropriately to things we say! She has cried a bit more now, which is always tough to see. She gets so frustrated when she can't communicate what she's thinking. But we tell her all the time how proud we are of her and how well she is doing. Her comprehension is very good, especially since she gets humor!
A big moment last Friday…Candi's nasal gastric feeding tube was finally taken out!!! Yay! She can now eat solids so we've started making our own mashed up food for her to eat. I missed the first homemade meal she ate that my sister made, but I was told Candi was in heaven!
The next big step forward will be when her neck brace gets taken off. Oh my, it annoys Candi sooo much! Especially when the doctors come in and say "can you open your mouth for me please?"!!!
Looking forward to the next update I write for you all, as I'm positive there will be much more progress to report on!
I just bought the book, the Brain that changes itself, hoping it will help with my illness. I wish your sister all the good thoughts in the world!


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1 Inland restaurant closes due to a coronavirus death; 2 others reopen
Rock & Brews Restaurant in Corona, shown here with people signing in for its 2016 grand opening celebration, has been temporarily closed due to the novel coronavirus pandemic. It will reopen on Aug. 13. (File photo by Stan Lim, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)
PUBLISHED: August 11, 2020 at 12:41 p.m. | UPDATED: August 12, 2020 at 12:04 a.m.
This week's restaurant closures related to the novel coronavirus pandemic include a restaurant in Redlands whose owner died of COVID-19.
Elsewhere in the Inland Empire, another restaurant closed due to financial uncertainty caused by the pandemic and two others announced reopening plans after being shuttered for months.
And a handful of restaurants underwent health inspections following customer complaints that COVID-19 safety guidelines were not being followed. Some were investigated through phone calls during which officials reminded management of safety guidelines. Others received in-person inspections.
Duke's Bar & Grill: This Riverside sports bar in the University neighborhood of Riverside was written up for employees not wearing face masks properly after the Riverside County Department of Environmental Health received two complaints related to COVID-19 compliance.
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1 more Inland Empire restaurant closes and reopens after employee tests positive for COVID-19
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14 more Inland Empire restaurants close temporarily because of coronavirus concerns
Inland restaurants, wineries and breweries that temporarily closed due to novel coronavirus concerns
Rock & Brews Corona: This casual restaurant will reopen Aug. 13 after a months-long closure. It is part of a chain of rock 'n' roll themed restaurants founded by Kiss bandmates Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons and others. Corona was one of the locations that temporarily closed March 16 when Gov. Gavin Newsom first closed restaurant dining rooms. Rock & Brews LLC filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy on May 12, but planned to gradually reopen most of its locations. The Corona restaurant is a franchise and not part of the company that filed for bankruptcy. Other Rock & Brews locations are in Ontario International Airport and San Manuel Casino in Highland, which is open for takeout. A Rancho Cucamonga restaurant abruptly closed in August 2019. rockandbrews.com.
Cheliz Restaurant: This breakfast nook at Lugonia Avenue and Church Street in Redlands is indefinitely closed, according to a sign on its door. Its owner, Leticia Silverio, died of COVID-19 on Aug. 2, her brother Ignacio Silverio posted on the restaurant's Facebook page. The restaurant has been closed since July 4, he said. Silverio's family has launched a GoFundMe page, Remembering Letty, to pay for her funeral and help support her three children.
Fire — A Pizza Co.: This Yucaipa pizzeria with a wood-fired brick oven announced on Instagram it is permanently closed. "This pandemic got us thinking, is owning a small business worth running in these uncertain times, especially with no end in sight," the post reads. "For us, it isn't." Fire is owned by Mario Valdez.
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McDonald's: This fast food drive-thru at 1620 Redlands Blvd. in Redlands was inspected by the San Bernardino Environmental Health Department after complaints of employees not wearing masks. One employee was witnessed not wearing a mask over her nose. A lack of social distancing was witnessed in the kitchen and a thermal scanner for taking temperatures was lost. When it was found, it wasn't working.
Oak Glen Steakhouse and Saloon: The mountain restaurant reopened Aug. 6 despite the Apple Fire. It closed in mid-March, according to a Facebook post.
Petrilli's Pizza: San Bernardino County health officials received a complaint about employees not wearing masks and a lack of social distancing in this pizzeria in Upland. They instructed management to uphold guidelines.
Clarification: This story has been updated to reflect the ownership of the Corona Rock & Brews.
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Jinya Ramen Bar will make its Inland Empire debut in Eastvale
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These Inland Empire restaurants have temporarily closed during the coronavirus surge

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Q: Cannot deploy flow, Getting error 'Screen component 'ComponentName' is missing a type mapping 'T' I have created a flow screen component that work for multiple object. In the flow, I have created a collection variable. I have created an LWC component that uses the collection variable.
When I try to deploy the flow in a different org (which already includes LWC component), I get a deployment error
'Screen component 'Show_Selection_Menu' is missing a type mapping 'T'.'
This is my TargetConfig
<targetConfig targets="lightning__FlowScreen">
        <propertyType name="T" extends="SObject" label="Object Name" description="Select SObject API NAME" />
        <property name="selectionList" label="List of items" type="{T[]}" />

        <property name="selectedItem" type="String" label="selectd" description="Selected item"/>
    </targetConfig>

In the flow, I created selectionList of customobject type. I can deploy my LWC component. In the flow, I have shown my LWC component. I cannot deploy my flow.
Any help, idea on how i can deploy the flow?
Thank you

A: I ran into the same error, perhaps the following will work. What I presume to be the case is that you have a sourceApiVersion lower than 49 specified in your sfdx-project.json file. Set it to 49 (i.e. Summer '20) or higher and the config file will know what new metadata types it has to push (and pull).

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Housing starts fell in December, the Commerce Department said today, but not enough to prevent 1997 from being a strong year for builders.
Housing starts slipped eight-tenths of a percent in December, to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.52 million. For the year, builders began construction on 1.48 million units, just 1,100 short of the 1996 total, which marked an eight-year high.
As 1997 began, most analysts were looking for a slowdown in housing. But unexpectedly vigorous job growth, reducing the unemployment rate to a 24-year low, along with stock market gains gave Americans the wherewithal to buy homes. And lower mortgage rates, made home-buying more affordable.
Mortgage rates edged below 7 percent as 1998 began. They hit a four-year low of 6.89 percent last week and ticked up to 6.99 percent this week, according to the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation. That has caused a record number of mortgage applications, the Mortgage Bankers Association of America said. Applications last week were 277 percent higher than the corresponding week a year ago. Refinancings accounted for 69 percent of the total.
''We're getting off to a running start, but you can't sustain this type of pace forever,'' said David Lereah, an economist at the association.
On average, analysts are looking for a 3 percent drop in starts, to 1.44 million, in 1998.
The Labor Department said yesterday that first-time claims for unemployment benefits fell by 13,000, to 326,000 last week. But that followed three consecutive increases. And a four-week moving average of claims, which smooths weekly fluctuations, moved up to 329,000, a six-month high. Analysts believe this hints at softness.


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Chandrababu Calls Sonia an Anaconda December 30, 2013 10:46
The Telugu Desam Party President Chandra Babu Naidu described Sonia Gandhi as anaconda a destroyer. He gave a call at Tirupati talking in the 'Praja Garjana' program at Tirupati that the anaconda of Congress party should be fought against to ensure welfare of the poor and to eradicate corruption. He said that the prices have gone up 3 times in the last 10 years due to increase in the corruption in the country. Chandrababu said that Sonia Gandhi is not only an anaconda to go on devastating political moves but also makes many anacondas to help in her destroying acts. She made YSR, Jagan and Robert Wadra to corrupt more for her political gains. -SriJa
Agistation of TTD employees December 14, 2013 14:52
TTD employees have been demanding residential plots for long. They have been negotiating with the management of Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams but in vain. Today, the employees decided to pressurize more have gone to the office of the TTD in Tirupati with placards. They shouted slogans and demanded immediate attention of the management with regards to the house plots to the permanent employees working for TTD. -SriJa
Telugu Talli Offered Idli November 23, 2013 14:41
Tirupati that has not been cooled with regards to the Samaikyandhra movement opposing the decision of the Government to bifurcate the State staged the protest in a different style. An idli made to five feet with inscriptions of Samaikyandhra on it was offered to Telugu Thalli at Tirupati in the Idli Festival. The event took place in a school compound in Tirupati where Rayalaseema delicacies were made and exhibited in which idlis of different varieties were cooked. Idlis with different vegetables and different pulses made the event colorful and protein rich. Students made shapes of different deities of Hindu Religion that were very attractive. The compound was filled with the cheers of the students also reverberated with the slogans in favor of Samaikyandhra. -SriJa
Cut Forest To Play Cricket? November 21, 2013 13:57
Yes. It is so. The rich vegetation at the foothills of Tirumala is going to get cut to make it a play ground that will be surrounded by a stadium for the people to sit and watch it. And the Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy laid a foundation stone for it on Wednesday! It is an International Cricket Stadium that is going to come up in the site in which four lakh fully grown trees are standing high unaware of the threat in store for them. The trees include valuable red sanders. It is a catchment area with water flowing from the hills and a place to wild animals to rest. The area is spread in 30 acres and belongs to Sri Venkateswara University. The Intellectual Forum opines that an international stadium is welcome at Tirupati but not at the cost of the forest when barren lands are available at Renigunta. It is also feared that the foothills of Tirumala which is already under security threat will only be adding to it. -SriJa
New Year Venkanna Darshan Tickets in Advance November 06, 2013 11:46
It is customary to visit temples and ashrams on the New Year day to get blessings from God and Gurus although the beginning of the year as per the English calendar has no significance in the Hindu calendar. TTD expecting heavy rush on the day is opening the sale of tickets of Rs.50/- from 7th November for the special New Year darshan on 1st January 2014. The tickets are made available at the e ticket counters of TTD in the country. But, TTD said that advance tickets will not be available for 11th January 2014 on which Vaikuntha Ekadashi falls. The pilgrims desirous of having darshan on that day have to get tickets from the current ticket vending counters on that day. -SriJa
Boys Flee From Juvenile Observation Home September 25, 2013 09:13
18 minors ran from the observation home in Tirupati by removing the windows of the bathrooms. The minors held in crimes are kept in the observation homes during the trial of their cases. At the time of the incident 38 boys were staying the home. They all belong to Chittore, Nellore and Prakasham districts. Police went in to action the moment it went to their notice. They could catch 8 boys in the extensive search made by them in Tirupati and Renigunta stations. Samaikyandhra movement also helped them in nabbing the minors facing criminal charges. As the only transport the boys could depend was railways and it also can be boarded without a ticket. Police are questioning the boys who were brought back to get a clue about other boys. -SriJa
Alipiri Tirumala Foot Hills Blocked September 24, 2013 15:02
Protesting the decision of Congress Party for bifurcation of the State, bandh is being observed today in Tirupati town Autos and Taxis were stopped by NGOs at Tirupati. The few buses that were plying between Tirupati and Tirumala also were stopped by protesters. Even private buses are not allowed to pass Alipiri to climb Tirumala hills. Yesterday also the pilgrims faced hardships because of the inadequate bus service between Alipiri and Tirumala. Today the transport service is totally stopped. The supporters of Samaikyandhra are coming to the roads and exhibiting their hostility towards ruling party's decision. -SriJa
New Feet For Balaji September 18, 2013 15:05
The damaged feet of Lord Venkateswara in the Padala Mandapam on Narayanagiri was removed yesterday and the feet sculptured out of granite was installed today at that place. The process was undertaken methodically as per Agama Sasthra and it was performed by the TTD Chairman Kanumuri Bapiraju. The feet of Venkateswara believed by the devotees as the place where the Deity first placed his feet when he descended from Vaikuntham (heavens), abode of Lord Vishnu. As the previous feet was damaged with a toe disfigured probably due to the coconuts broken there, TTD has taken steps to avoid recurrence of such incident in future. -SriJa
Tirupati bandh For Two Days August 27, 2013 13:26
In the wake of a 48 hours total bandh at Tirupati, the temple town will be cut off from the world during that time as announced by Mabbu Chenga Reddy of Mabbu Yuvasena and Tirupati Employees JAC Convener Srikanth Reddy. The pilgrims who are planning to visit Tirumala are requested to postpone their tour plan accordingly. They said that not even a single vehicle will enter Tirupati nor leave during those 48 hours bandh that will observed on 28th and 29th. As all business including banks will be closed, they warned that even food may not be available in Tirupati and requested to keep it in mind and also requested to cooperate in making the bandh successful. In fact the agitators wanted to protest at Alipiri to block the way for the pilgrims visiting Tirumala. But the TTD Employees JAC told them that the devotees visiting Tirumala are their Gods ensuring their daily bread. Heeding to their request, the bandh organizers stopped their plan to picket at Alipiri. (AW-SriJa)
APNGOs Will Have to Leave Hyderabad-VH August 17, 2013 16:50
The senior Congress leader V Hanumantha Rao had a bad experience at Tirupati. When he came to know that some protesters of Samaikyandhra were waiting for him at Alipiri the foot of Tirumal hills, he sent his family members away to Tirupati and he stayed back in the cottage at Tirumala. After getting confirmation from the police that the situation is under control, he ventured to come down to Alipiri. Some of the protesters whirled chappals on the vehicle of VH and some lay down on the road in front of the vehicle. Police lathi charged and made VH's car pass Alipiri safely after which they changed the vehicle as a precautionary measure and transported VH to Tirupati airport. VH talked to the media and expressed his opinion that the APNGOs will have to leave Hyderabad although others will be allowed to stay. (AW-SriJa)
Tirupati Returned to Normal Rush August 10, 2013 15:42
The Samaikyandhra movement brought down the number of visitors to the temple town of Tirupati during the last 10 days. Now apparently with the idea of making the best of three continuous days of holidays, devotees started visiting Tirumala in large numbers. Ramzan holiday on Friday followed by second Saturday and Sunday made pilgrims to decide to keep other things aside to pay a visit to Tirumala to have Darshan and get blessings from Lord Venkateswara. Two complexes meant for waiting for the darshan of the deity are full and queues outside can be seen upto 4 kms long. Estimated time for general category is 23 hours and for special darshan it is expected to take 14 hours. (AW-SriJa)
Gall Aruna Kumari flags off bike rally August 08, 2013 14:52
Minsiter Galla Aruna Kumari flagged off bike rally at Tirupati in support of Samaikyandhra movement. On this occasion she spoke to the media persons. She said that she resigned long back to support the Samaikyandhra movement. She expressed her trust on the four members committee to study the implications in the bifurcation of the State issue that they will come to a conclusion keeping in view of the feelings of the Semandhras. Galla Aruna Kumar held the State Ministry of Medical Education and Health Insurance during the YSR regime and later she held Roads and Buildings Ministry. She is representing Chandragiri constituency in the Assembly. (AW-SriJa)
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To launch Nike's Kobe X shoes in China, the brand asked amateur basketball players to test their basketball skills via a physical challenge called the "Kobe X Deadly Quickness Temple."
For ten days, agency Wieden & Kennedy Shanghai turned the city's "1933" art space (a maze-like concrete structure originally built as a slaughterhouse) into a "journey through the mind of Kobe Bryant." Players were summoned into a labyrinth via the mouth of a giant snake, with monks dressed in black robes and writings from Bryant's "Art of Deadly Quickness" basketball doctrines adorning the walls.
A mysterious voice from hidden speakers guided the players through the experience to a chamber with a throne and a pair of Kobe X shoes. The voice of Bryant himself then challenged them to prove themselves in a series of five tests, each designed to highlight skills and moves needed in high-pressure basketball games. If they passed all five, they were rewarded at the end, but all participants were able to scan a QR code at the end to receive a shareable video of their performance.
A total of 650 players participated in the game, which the agency claims reached more than 3.2 million people via posts on Weibo and WeChat. The Kobe X campaign also included billboards and banners and a mobile game -- Kobe X Deadly Quickness Test-- inspired by the games the U.S. military uses to select pilots.
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What Is Colin Trevorrow Doing Besides Being Rich As Hell Of The Day: Negotiating his next movie
Jurassic World's Colin Trevorrow took a break from counting his money and commissioning a to-scale Neuschwanstein Castle replica out of fresh human teeth to start discussions with Focus Features about his next movie. The studio is desperately trying to acquire Book Of Henry, which has a script from Gregg Hurwitz but no plot details to speak of because fuck your plot details Colin Trevorrow is rich. Variety notes that "given how quickly his follow-up project has been set up, there's a possibility that Trevorrow would have time to direct the next potential installment in the Jurassic World franchise." Trevorrow had no comment because he was busy punching piles of caviar (like, as a workout).
Things That Got Some Titles Of The Day: Star Trek 3 and Michael Bay's Benghazi film
Like most babies and all male genitalia (#yesallpenises), two upcoming films have been bequeathed with names today. Star Trek 3 will be called Star Trek Beyond, as in, "Wow, that trek to the stars was beyond. I can't even." It will hit theaters on July 8, 2016. Meanwhile, Michael Bay's Benghazi film starring John Krasinski and Pablo Schreiber will be called Benghazi: Ben There, Ghazied That. Fine, it will actually be called 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi. That movie will be released on January 15, 2016.
People Cast In A Movie Of The Day: John Heard, Cloris Leachman, and Jacinda Barrett in So B. It
John Heard, Cloris Leachman, and Jacinda Barrett have joined the cast of So B. It, which is what Michael Bay originally wanted to call 13 Hours: The Secret Soldier Of Benghazi, but it was already taken (a lot of caviar piles were punched that day). The film is an adaptation of Sarah Week's YA novel about a 12-year-old girl (Talitha Bateman) who "decides to take a solo cross-country trip and leave the safety of her home life with her mentally challenged mother (Jessica Collins) and agoraphobic neighbor (Alfre Woodard)." As a future politician who firmly believes the driving age should be lowered to 12 and the drinking age lowered to 9 and 3/4, I think this seems safe.
Made-Up Type Of The Day: A "Michelle MacLaren type," which somebody wants to direct Tomb Raider
Heroic Hollywood is reporting that the upcoming Tomb Raider reboot is seeking a female director, despite rumors yesterday that Tron's Joseph Kosinski was in early talks. "Here is the kicker," reads the piece, "they're looking for a female director, a Michelle Maclaren [sic] type." In other words, she must be blonde and have been fired from Wonder Woman due to creative differences; no brown-haireds or people who have not clashed publicly with large studios need apply. I don't know who's right or what HH's source is here or what a Michelle MacLaren type actually is, but what I do know is that the butler I locked in the meat closet in the Tomb Raider practice level is definitely still in there.
Never Say Never Unless You Really Want To Say Never Of The Day: Robert Zemeckis says he will never sign off on a Back To The Future Remake
Robert Zemeckis, who is immortal in a very low-key way (like, don't ask him about it, just trust me that it's true), told the Daily Telegraph that he would only green-light a continuation of the Back To The Future films over his cold, dead body. "Oh, God no," he said when asked if he'd consider signing off on a remake. "That can't happen until both Bob and I are dead." He grinned ominously, knowing he would never die, before continuing. "And then I'm sure they'll do it, unless there's a way our estates can stop it. I mean, to me, that's outrageous. Especially since it's a good movie. It's like saying 'Let's remake Citizen Kane. Who are we going to get to play Kane?' What folly, what insanity is that? Why would anyone do that?" Nobody tell Robert Zemeckis about money or caviar-punching or teeth castles. Preserve his innocence.