Two years in a Thai prison might have little to recommend it to most people, but a stint behind bars might, at least, have helped Viktor Bout, accused of running guns to some unsavory customers, shed some pounds.
Source:
http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/08/20/the-merchant-of-death-diet-plan/
Guards and officials at a prison in northern Mexico allegedly let inmates out, lent them guns and allowed them to use official vehicles to carry out drug-related killings, including the massacre of 17 people last week, prosecutors said Sunday.
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http://rawstory.com/rs/2010/0725/mexican-prison-guards-killers-weapons/
After the Supreme Court ruled that cities and states must respect the right of individuals to own handguns for self-defense, Chicago Mayor Richard M.
Daley declared the justices to be divorced from reality. "They don't seem to appreciate the full scope of gun violence in America," he charged.
Source:
http://www.ocregister.com/opinion/gun-255972-one-daley.html
The superintendent of a Rhode Island school district that banned a second-grader's homemade hat because it displayed toy soldiers with tiny guns said Saturday he will work to change the policy to allow such apparel.
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http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_ARMY_HAT_BANNED
The Schnucks grocery chain, which had banned licensed concealed carry in its MO stores since the 2003 passage of the state's concealed carry law, took down its "no guns" signs on June 1, after realizing that this policy protected no one (aside from criminals).
This follows a late Oct. armed robbery of several women as they left a St. Louis Schnucks
