The Massachusetts State Police have added their suspect in a Christmas Eve 2023 murder at a Lawrence nightclub to the agency’s Most Wanted list. State Police and Lawrence Police are searching for Franklin Laras, 27, who they believe was the shooter in the murder of 29-year-old Edward Javier-Perez at the Energy Lounge nightclub in Lawrence. … Read more
Gun Free SA’s plan for the world’s inaugural bulletproof park in Mitchells Plain has been embraced by crime fighters, albeit with reservations about gang presence. Bulletproof park in Mitchells Plain Earlier this week, Gun Free SA issued a statement revealing their proposal to create a secure park in Mitchells Plain. Their aim is to offer … Read more
For the first time in Colorado history, House Democrats passed a bill Sunday to ban the sale, purchase and transfer of so-called “assault weapons” in the state, setting the measure on a collision course with the state Senate. House Bill 1292 passed on a 35-27 vote, two votes past the threshold needed to pass. All … Read more
Updated at 1:17 p.m.: As the first public commenters began to testify for and against the “assault” weapons bill late Tuesday morning, common themes quickly emerged. For supporters of the bill, which would ban the sale and purchase of certain semi-automatic weapons, the measure is a response to the mass shootings that have become routine … Read more
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Representative image Tehran: A man shot dead 12 members of his family and injured three others in Iran’s Kerman province, country’s semi official news agency reported. Addressing reporters, Kerman’s Police Commander Nasser Farshid said the incident occurred at 4.30 a.m. local time (0100 GMT) in Faryab County, when the 25-year-old armed man opened fire on … Read more
A man and a young child were injured in a mass shooting at Joel Osteen’s Lakewood Church in Houston on Sunday, police said. Houston Police Chief Troy Finner said that a woman in a trench coat with a long gun, accompanied by a young child, entered the church just before 2:30 p.m. local time. The … Read more
Eleven years ago, Democratic state lawmakers faced protests and recalls over their passage of a high-capacity magazine ban and universal background checks for gun buyers in the wake of the Aurora and Sandy Hook mass shootings. The legislation cost two senators their seats, including the Senate president, and a third resigned. The backlash left a … Read more
The sun had not yet risen and less than 6 hours of the new year passed before the city of Boston recorded its first shooting death of 2024. According to the Boston Police Department, officers assigned to District 11 in Dorchester were sent to High Street around 5:30 a.m. in response to reports a person … Read more
A national gun owners advocacy group has vowed to appeal a federal judge’s ruling that Massachusetts’ assault weapons ban is constitutional. Bay State resident Joseph Capen and the National Association for Gun Rights, a nonprofit advocacy group, challenged the law banning the sale and possession of assault weapons and large capacity ammunition magazines, arguing that … Read more
