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Obama blames 'twisted logic' for Fort Hood killing

President Barack Obama is blaming "twisted logic" for the killing of 13 men and women at Fort Hood, and says there is no faith that justifies acts he describes as "murderous and craven."

Mont. hospital parking lot shooter ID'd as recluse

A man who opened fire in a hospital parking lot, killing a medic and wounding two people who came to her aid, was identified Thursday as a recluse with no known connections to his victims.

Boy, 4, shoots babysitter for stepping on his foot

Police say an angry 4-year-old Ohio boy grabbed a gun from a closet and shot his baby sitter. Nathan Beavers, 18, was hospitalized Sunday with minor wounds to his arm and side after the shotgun attack. Police say another teen was also injured.

Gun request puts Ark. school shooter in spotlight

After serving nearly a decade in custody for opening fire at a Jonesboro middle school in a 1998 sniper attack that killed four students and a teacher, Andrew Golden was released last year at age 21 and tried to start a new life.

Jonesboro shooter gets more prison time in Ark.

Jonesboro school shooter Mitchell Johnson was sentenced Friday to 12 years in prison and could remain behind bars well into his 30s.

Ark. school shooter again facing prison sentence

Jonesboro school shooter Mitchell Johnson could get as many as 30 years in prison for stealing a debit card and possessing marijuana, though his attorney says the slayings he committed as a 13-year-old should not be considered at sentencing.

Judge sentences Jonesboro shooter to 4 years

A man who as a teen helped shoot and kill five people in a schoolyard ambush was sentenced Thursday to four years in prison on an unrelated federal weapons charge.

Prosecutor: Arkansas school shooter not mistreated in jail

A prosecutor says there's no evidence that one of two Arkansas men who killed a teacher and four students in a school shooting a decade ago has been mistreated while in jail on separate charges.

1998 Ark. Shooter Faces New Theft Charge

One of the men who killed a teacher and four students in a school shooting a decade ago faces two new felony charges accusing him of stealing a debit card as he awaited sentencing in a separate case.

Jonesboro School Shooter's Bond Revoked

Jonesboro school shooter Mitchell Johnson was turned over to federal marshals Wednesday after a judge revoked his bond on a recent gun and drug conviction because he had been arrested over the weekend.

Jonesboro Shooter Arrested Again

Jonesboro school shooter Mitchell Johnson, already facing sentencing on a federal weapons charge, was arrested on a charge of misdemeanor drug possession, police said Monday.

School Shooter Convicted on Gun Charge

A federal jury convicted a 23-year-old man on an obscure weapons charge Tuesday, apparently unaware that 10 years ago he and another boy killed four classmates and a teacher in a schoolyard ambush.

Chemist: Test Error in Ark. Shooter Case

A state crime lab chemist returned to the witness stand for a second day Tuesday as a trial resumed for a man who served time for a deadly 1998 school yard ambush and now faces federal charges that could return him to prison for a decade.

New Trial to Begin for School Shooter

Mitchell Johnson, who served time for helping kill five people during a 1998 ambush in a Jonesboro school yard, could only dream of California as he sat handcuffed in the back of a police cruiser on New Year's Day 2007.

Wallace's Shooter Released From Prison

Arthur H. Bremer, who simply reached through a crowd to shoot George Wallace, walked quietly out of prison Friday and into a society far safer for presidential candidates than it was when he paralyzed the Alabama governor.

Wallace Assailant Released From Prison

The man who shot and paralyzed Alabama Gov. George Wallace in 1972 was released from prison Friday after serving 35 years of his sentence, a Maryland prison system spokesman said.

Jonesboro School Shooter Back in Court

A man who helped shoot and kill five people during a schoolyard ambush as a teen pleaded not guilty Wednesday to a new weapons charge.

Wallace Shooter to Be Released

Arthur Bremer was a 21-year-old former janitor and busboy when he shot Alabama Gov. George Wallace five times during a presidential campaign stop in 1972 in Maryland.

Family Clarifies Name of Va. Tech Gunman

When police and Virginia Tech officials released the name of the person responsible for the deadliest mass murder by a lone gunman in U.S. history, they identified him as Cho Seung-Hui.

Woman in Wheelchair Shoots Alleged Mugger

Margaret Johnson's wheelchair might have made her look like an easy target. But when a mugger tried to grab a chain off her neck Friday, the 56-year-old pulled out her licensed .357 pistol and shot him, police said.

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Drive-By Shooter Forgets to Roll Down Window
Source: myfoxdc.com

A man allegedly carried out a drive-by shooting that targeted his ex-girlfriend's house, but he forgot to do one thing -- roll down his window.

Nidal Hasan: Ft. Hood Shooter Participated in Homeland Security Disaster Preparation
Source: Gawker

The task force was not officially affiliated with the White House. It was a project of the Homeland Security Policy Institute, an independent thinktank housed at George Washington University, aimed at drafting policy recommendations for the incoming Obama administration.

Mark Steyn: Shooter exposes hole in U.S. terror strategy
Source: The Orange County Register

Same ideological pathologies that drive al-Qaida overpowered Hasan's American identity.

Gunman Shot and Killed by Police near US Capitol
Source: wtop.com

Police say the suspect crashed his white Mercedes with temporary Virginia tags and refused to put down his gun at New Jersey Avenue and C Streets in Northwest.

Shooter's Son: I Wish Dad Had Died Instead
Source: CBS News

The son of the man accused of killing a security guard at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum said Sunday that his father had long burdened his family with his white supremacist views and that he wishes his father would have died in the shooting instead.

Goose shooter cleared over wayward toilet seat pot shot
Source: thelocal.se

A hunter from western Sweden has been cleared of charges of endangering human life after accidentally shooting a distant toilet seat rather than the goose at which he had taken aim.

FBI expected Tuesday in Binghamton to examine letter
Source: pressconnects.com - Local News

BINGHAMTON — FBI experts are due in Binghamton on Tuesday to analyze a rambling letter that appears to have been mailed by a Broome County man before he went on a killing spree Friday. PDF download - Read a letter purportedly sent to Channel 10 News from shooter Jiverly Wong.

Binghamton Shooting: Chief Zikusky | WBNG-TV Binghamton, NY | Local Top Stories
Source: wbng.com

The police chief of Binghamton, NY describes the what is known about the shooter and cirumstances around the Binghamton shoting

'Thug' takes $hot At Gun Granny
Source: New York Post

This pistol-packing granny, who shot a man she accused of mugging her in her wheelchair, wishes she had finished the job -- because now, he's suing her for millions.

German school shooter killed 12 because it was 'fun' and told his hostage he wanted to attack another school (Photo Of Teen)
Source: the Mail online

Excerpt: A man held hostage by a teenager on a shooting spree said in an interview published today that the boy described killing 12 people at his former high school as 'fun' and wanted to attack a second school. Igor Wolf told how Tim Kretschmer jumped into the back seat of his …

Sunday Morning Murder Time - The "Why" of Church Shootings

Once again the quiet prayer and teaching time of an American house of worship was broken by the loud explosion of gunshots, marking at least the 20th church shooting in the last decade.

Gametrailers Reviews Killzone 2
Source: GameTrailers.com - Video Previews

Gametrailers has posted their review for Killzone 2 in amazing HD quality. It simply LOOKS incredible and isn't half bad as a game either.

Gunman kills 3 swimmers in Wisconsin - Crime & courts- msnbc.com
Source: msnbc.com

Another sniper is on the loose. This time in northern Wisconsin and targeting young swimmers.

Church Shooter: Fan of O'Reilly, Savage, Hannity, Was About to Lose Support from "Liberal" Food Stamps Program
Source: bradblog.com

"Inside the house, officers found 'Liberalism is a Mental Health Disorder' by radio talk show host Michael Savage, 'Let Freedom Ring' by talk show host Sean Hannity, and 'The O'Reilly Factor,' by television talk show host Bill O'Reilly." ... "Adkisson, a 58-year-old truck drive …

On The Reading List of The Tennessee Church Gunman: Bill O'Reilly, Michael Savage, and Sean Hannity
Source: Knoxville News Sentinel

Police found right-wing political books, brass knuckles, empty shotgun shell boxes and a handgun in the Powell home of a man who said he attacked a church in order to kill liberals "who are ruining the country," court records show.

'He Blew My Arm Off'
Source: CNN

Recordings of 911 calls made as a gunman rampaged through a fast-food restaurant capture the screams, moans and banging that ensued after he killed a paramedic at the counter and fired at panicked customers... The tape

The Von Maur Shooting: Are the media creating a new kind of deadly 'celebrity'?

"Just think tho I'm gonna be (expletive) famous," the young man who shot 8 people at the Von Maur mall wrote in his 'will'.

Shooter dead along with six victims in rampage
Source: CNN

A sheriff's deputy shot and killed six people in Crandon, Wisconsin, early Sunday before dying himself under circumstances that remain under wraps, the town's police chief said.

Puzzle: three-way pistol duel
Source: Boing Boing

"You're a cowboy, and get involved in a three way pistol duel with two other cowboys. You are a poor shot, with an accuracy of only 33%. The other two cowboys shoot with accuracies of 50% and 100%, respectively. The rules of the duel are one shot per cowboy per round.

Movie Reviews: The Brothers Solomon, Shooter, Waking Ned Devine
Source: Arabian Monkey

A review of three movies. The new movie a Brothers Solomon, the new DVD release shooter, and the classic comedy Waking Ned Devine

Wendy's manager shot over restaurant's chili sauce policy
Source: The Houston Chronicle

A Wendy's night manager now knows just how seriously some people take their condiments. Renel Frage, 20, got shot in a dispute early Tuesday over chili sauce.

Motion Defined: Shooter

Mark Wahlberg can put out an entertaining movie from time to time and this one is no exception. Bonus points for being partially set in my hometown of Philly.

Virginia Tech e-mail scam may land in your inbox
Source: wistv.com

...The terror at Virginia Tech has turned into a lure for spammers and hackers to infect your computer. First, it comes to you in an e-mail - trying to entice you with with a picture of the gunman and video of the campus shootings.

Movie Review: Shooter

Watch Marky Mark use an assortment of rifles to poke small holes in the military industrial complex. He's a sniper, how else is he gonna fight it?

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