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The 12 Reasons Why Americans Fail Federal Gun Background Checks

Posted by jhingarat21 on 3rd Aug 2015

More than 1 million people have been blocked from buying a gun after failing federal background checks since 1998. But some reasons for denial are more common than others.This summer’s spate of mass shootings has raised questions about why people like John Houser and Dylann Roof were able to bu …

POST-LAFAYETTE: GUN SALES UP, CCW APPLICATIONS ‘THROUGH THE ROOF’

Posted by jhingarat21 on 31st Jul 2015

In the week since John Russell Houser allegedly shot and killed two people in Lafayette, Louisiana’s Grand Theatre, gun sales in the area have risen and concealed carry applications are “through the roof.” According to Lafayette-based The Advertiser, Barney’s Police Supplies indicates gun s …

Officer charged in Sam DuBose shooting used stun gun on motorist in 2012

Posted by jhingarat21 on 31st Jul 2015

Officer Ray Tensing used the stun gun on the motorist when he was a member of the Greenhills police department. Photograph: John Minchillo/APA fired University of Cincinnati police officer charged with murder in the shooting of a motorist during a traffic stop once used a stun gun on another motoris …