NEWSTALK 860 » guns

7-Year-Old Boy Suspended for Using Pencil Like a Gun

Drew Weisholtz — Thu, 09 May 2013 20:31:52 +0000

The debate over guns in schools has taken a turn for the unusual.

Shots Fired at Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston

Rick St. Nick — Thu, 02 May 2013 20:56:24 +0000

It appears to be the work of one lone gunman as shooting broke out earlier today at Houston's Bush Intercontinental Airport.

Read More|Comment

Group Takes Controverisal Step of Donating Guns to Neighborhood to Help People Protect Themselves

Drew Weisholtz — Wed, 01 May 2013 18:04:18 +0000

The right to bear arms is taking on a whole new look in one Texas city.

Read More|Comment

Talk Intensifies About East Texas Teachers Carrying Guns

Jen Austin — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 13:35:50 +0000

Should teachers and school administrators carry guns?

Another East Texas school district is thinking about allowing it. The Trinity ISD is considering a new policy that would allow concealed weapons at its buildings.

Read More|Comment

School Suspends Boy, 7, For Biting Pastry in the Shape of a Gun

Drew Weisholtz — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 14:27:22 +0000

The issue over guns in our schools has taken on a very strange twist in one Maryland school.

Read More|Comment

Eye-Opening Study Finds Teachers Do Not Want to Bring Guns to School

Drew Weisholtz — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 16:53:38 +0000

Keeping students and teachers safe has become a hot button issue in the US since the Sandy Hook shooting in December.

Read More|Comment

Should We Arm Teachers in Our Area? [POLL]

Lisa Lindsey — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 15:30:40 +0000

Two Texas school districts are going ahead with arming teachers on school campuses. That will make three school districts in Texas that are planning this. Some authorities are advising not to do this and are worried about putting a teacher into this kind of situation.

Read More|Comment

Texas Governor Rick Perry Responds to Obama's Gun Control Recommendations

Danny Merrell — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 18:34:28 +0000

President Barack Obama went public today with his plan to 'protect our children and our communities by reducing gun violence'. That plan includes closing background check loopholes and banning military-style assault weapons and high capacity magazines.

Read More|Comment

NRA Calls for Armed Guards at Schools

Chris Chaberski — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 18:17:38 +0000

Wayne LaPierre, the executive vice president of the National Rifle Association, read a statement Friday morning in reaction to last week's shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Connecticut. He called for installing armed guards in schools to prevent future gun violence against students.

Read More|Comment

Discovery Won't Air New Episodes of Ted Nugent's 'Gun Country'

Kevin Fitzpatrick — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 16:50:43 +0000

In addition to a number of television episodes from the likes of 'Haven' and 'Family Guy,' we weren't surprised to see that Discovery opted not to renew its firearm family series 'American Guns,' given the aftermath and national discourse raging from the terrible Sandy Hook Elementary massacre. Now, it seems another of Discovery's 2nd amendment series - Ted Nugent's 'Gun Country' - has been pulled from the network, but is it a reaction to last week's tragedy?

Read More|Comment

NRA Breaks Silence, Plans Press Conference on Friday

Chris Chaberski — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 22:57:56 +0000

The National Rifle Association went quiet after last week's shootings in Newtown, Connecticut, and many have been wondering what the gun-advocacy group would have to say. On Tuesday, the NRA released an official statement:

Read More|Comment

Discovery Cancels 'American Guns' After Sandy Hook Massacre

Kevin Fitzpatrick — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 18:35:20 +0000

Just days after the terrible tragedy of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings, the country, and even the world at large, faces an undeniable need to re-examine the role of gun control on the world stage. As with numerous tragedies in the past, much of the focus shifts to violence in media as depicted across film and television, which today faces one of its first casualties. Discovery has opted to pull the plug on its pro-firearm reality series 'American Guns.' But what will the reaction to the news bring?

Read More|Comment

Gun Sales Surge, Just Like When Obama Was Elected the First Time

Mike Adams — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 20:34:17 +0000

Following President Obama's victory last week, gun sales have spiked, much like they did in 2008 when he was first elected. Second Amendment supporters fear that a Democratic administration will tighten

Read More|Comment

Man Orders a TV, Mysteriously Gets an Assault Rifle Instead [VIDEO]

Shauna Wright — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 13:26:32 +0000

Online shopping certainly has its perks, but it’s always annoying when you don’t get what you ordered — especially when you were expecting a TV and wind up with an assault rifle, instead.

Read More|Comment

Texas Gun Range Is Hosting Birthday Parties for Kids

Don Deane — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 18:20:05 +0000

For many parents, the idea of their children playing with toys guns is a hotly debated one. Well, a gun range in Texas has made things even more complicated by offering to host birthday parties for kids as young as eight.

Read More|Comment

Forty-Seven Percent of Americans Own Guns — Survey of the Day

Jeremy Taylor — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 16:07:37 +0000

Gun ownership is at an 18-year high, according to a new Gallup poll.

Forty-seven percent of Americans report having a gun in their home or elsewhere on their property, up from 41 percent last year and the most since 1993 when 54 percent reported gun ownership.

Read More|Comment