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Phoenix Police Took in at Least 800 Guns in Latest Buyback

By Matthew Hendley Mon., May 6 2013 at 4:07 PM
Categories: Guns
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Phoenix police estimate that more than 800 guns were turned in during this weekend's buyback event, billed as being the biggest gun-buyback event in the history of Arizona.

Those guns will all be destroyed, since the new law preventing the destruction of guns turned over during buyback events in Arizona won't go into effect until later this year.

See also:
-City of Phoenix Gun-Buyback Program Not Affected by New Law, for Now
-Jan Brewer Signs Bill for Gun Rights (As in Giving the Rights to the Guns)
-Mayor Stanton, Unveils Gun-Buyback Program in State of the City Address


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arizona, greg stanton, gun buyback, guns, hb 2455, jan brewer, phoenix
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Russell Pearce, Ol' Buds with Killer J.T. Ready, Now Wants to Be the Poster Boy for Gun Rights

By Matthew Hendley Mon., May 6 2013 at 12:08 PM
Categories: Guns
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Neo-Nazi murderer J.T. Ready (left) and Russell Pearce.
The Arizona Republic somehow has found it reasonable to give a platform to recalled Senate President Russell Pearce, and in Pearce's op-ed piece this morning, he says he wants to be known for his stance on gun rights.

Perhaps, just perhaps, Pearce isn't the guy to trust on gun "freedom," as his ex-bud, neo-Nazi J.T. Ready, murdered four innocent people, including a baby -- with a gun, naturally.

See also:
-Russell Pearce Blames Victims for Dark Knight Massacre
-Russell Pearce Can't Shake His Ties to Neo-Nazi J.T. Ready
-J.T. Ready the Suspected Shooter in Gilbert Massacre


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arizona, constitutional carry, guns, jt ready, russell pearce, sb 1070, second amendment
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City of Phoenix Gun-Buyback Program Not Affected by New Law, for Now

By Matthew Hendley Wed., May 1 2013 at 12:31 PM
Categories: Guns
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The City of Phoenix's new gun-buyback program won't be affected by a new law designed to fight the program, but the law could cut down on any future plans for gun buybacks.

House Bill 2455, signed by Governor Jan Brewer, prevents the destruction of guns turned over during buyback events in Arizona, but a spokeswoman for Mayor Greg Stanton tells New Times it won't have an effect on Phoenix's buyback program.

See also:
-Jan Brewer Signs Bill for Gun Rights (As in Giving the Rights to the Guns)
-Mayor Stanton, Unveils Gun-Buyback Program in State of the City Address

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arizona, greg stanton, gun buyback, guns, hb 2455, jan brewer, mary rose wilcox
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Jan Brewer Signs Bill for Gun Rights (As in Giving the Rights to the Guns)

By Matthew Hendley Tue., Apr. 30 2013 at 12:14 PM
Categories: Guns
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Guns turned over during "buyback" events in Arizona may not be destroyed, according to a bill signed into law by Governor Jan Brewer.

This latest right afforded to firearms is what prompted the Daily Show's John Oliver to declare, "Arizona is such a great place to be a gun, just a [censored] place to be a person."

See also:
-Greg Stanton, Phoenix Mayor, Unveils Gun-Buyback Program
-Arizona Again on the Daily Show, This Time for "Protecting Guns From People"

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Arizona Lands on the Daily Show Yet Again, This Time for "Protecting Guns From People"

By Matthew Hendley Thu., Apr. 4 2013 at 12:21 PM
Categories: Guns, The Daily Show: Arizona Bureau
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John Oliver explores the "real" victims of gun violence: guns.
Yet again, the state of Arizona is the subject of one of Comedy Central's "news" programs, this time thanks to Tucson gun advocates who are "standing up for guns."

This time, the Daily Show with Jon Stewart profiled the gun worshipers who are protesting the gun-buyback programs in Tucson, as well as Republican-turned-Democrat Tucson councilman and "gun Hitler" Steve Kozachik.

See also:
-Arizona's Top 10 Appearances on the Daily Show with Jon Stewart
-Arizona's Top 10 Appearances on the Colbert Report
-'Til Death Do Us Part: Arizona's Dangerous Love Affair with Guns


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arizona, daily show, daily show with john stewart, gun buyback, guns, tucson
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Arizona Ranked Fourth in the Nation! (For "Highest Levels of Gun Violence")

By Matthew Hendley Wed., Apr. 3 2013 at 2:47 PM
Categories: Guns
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Only three other states in the U.S. of A. have higher "levels of gun violence" than Arizona, according to one report.

Although magazines like Guns & Ammo congratulate Arizona for being "the best" state for gun owners -- despite the fact that the magazine's former editor shot and killed a man in Arizona less than a year ago -- the Center for American Progress says that's a bad thing.

See also:
-Arizona's the Best State for Gun Owners, Says Magazine Formerly Run by Man Who Shot and Killed Neighbor in Arizona
-'Til Death Do Us Part: Arizona's Dangerous Love Affair with Guns

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arizona, barack obama, center for american progress, gun violence, guns, second amendment
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Tucson Group Giving Out Free Shotguns to City Residents

By Matthew Hendley Wed., Mar. 27 2013 at 10:56 AM
Categories: Guns
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If you live in Tucson and don't have a shotgun to blast anyone who comes into your house uninvited, you're in luck.

A Tucson group called the Armed Citizen Project, funded by donations, plans to give away shotguns to people in certain areas of Tucson -- "for free!"

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Mark Kelly Won't Get His AR-15, as Tucson Gun Store One-Ups Kelly in Publicity Stunts

By Matthew Hendley Tue., Mar. 26 2013 at 12:42 PM
Categories: Guns, Publicity Stunts
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Mark Kelly, buying an AR-15 rifle.
Tucson gun store Diamondback Police Supply found out how to beat the Mark Kelly's anti-assault-rifle publicity stunt -- an anti-anti-assault-rifle publicity stunt.

Kelly bought the rifle, claiming that he was just experiencing the process of buying one, but now the gun shop says it's actually not going to give it to Kelly, since Kelly claimed he was going to turn over the firearm to Tucson PD once he acquired it.

See also:
-Gabrielle Giffords' Husband Mark Kelly Bought an AR-15 Rifle


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Ladajianna Mosely, 15, Faces Murder Charge in Fatal Shooting of Sister's Boyfriend, 17

By Matthew Hendley Thu., Mar. 21 2013 at 2:52 PM
Categories: Death Valley, Guns
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A 15-year-old girl faces a charge of murder, as an adult, for allegedly shooting and killing a 17-year-old boy earlier this week while she was playing around with a gun they stole in a home burglary.

Ladajianna Mosely -- who was born in 1997 --said she thought she had unloaded the .45-caliber handgun she and two others had just recently stolen after breaking into a neighbor's home. To her apparent surprise, after removing the magazine, the gun still discharged after she pointed the firearm at the chest of her sister's boyfriend, 17-year-old Raymond Berryman, and pulled the trigger.

See also:
-Teenager Dead After Friend Plays Around With Gun They Stole in a Home Burglary


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arizona, burglary, ladajianna mosely, murder, pedro sanchez, phoenix, phoenix police department, raymond barryman, shooting, tolleson
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Teenager Dead After Friend Plays Around With Gun They Stole in a Home Burglary

By Matthew Hendley Wed., Mar. 20 2013 at 7:00 AM
Categories: Guns, Karma
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A 17-year-old was shot and killed Tuesday after he and his friends burglarized a neighbor's home in Tolleson, according to Phoenix police.

The fatal shot was delivered from the homeowner's gun, but it wasn't the homeowner who shot the boy. Police say a 15-year-old girl who helped burglarize the neighbor's house shot the boy with the gun they had just stolen from the man's home.

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