There are more than 129,817 federally licensed firearms dealers in the United States, according to the latest Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives numbers as of Aug. 1. Of those, 51,438 are retail gun stores, 7,356 are pawn shops and 61,562 are...
Crime
Ken McElroy – Dead, Killed, No Tragic Loss
In all, he was indicted 21 times, but escaped conviction each time, except for the last. In 1981, McElroy was convicted of shooting and seriously injuring the town's 70-year-old grocer, Ernest "Bo" Bowenkamp, the previous year. McElroy successfully appealed the...
Police Issue Warning; No Idea Who to Look For
From the overly politically correct Chicago Tribune: The group members enter a restaurant, and when spotting a diner's cell phone on the table they approach and present fliers claiming they are raising money for their basketball team, police said. The members place a...
Mass Shooting: 3 Dead, 2 Wounded, in Switzerland
No assault weapon involved: A man armed with an old military rifle and a handgun shot and killed three women and wounded two men in a southern Swiss village, police said Thursday. Police shot and wounded the suspect after he threatened to also shoot officers who...