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Ga. Man Who Shot Confused Elderly Alzheimer's Sufferer Walks Free

Adam Weinstein · 02/28/14 02:14PM

Local prosecutors said Friday that they won't pursue any charges against a North Georgia man who shot and killed a disoriented septuagenarian who'd wandered the neighborhood in search of his home one dark morning late last fall.

Adam Weinstein · 02/25/14 11:17AM

The Supreme Court has declined to hear a National Rifle Association challenge to state laws that forbid under-21s from buying handguns. So there's that.

Blind Florida Man Gets Guns Back After Shooting Friend to Death

Adam Weinstein · 02/24/14 04:28PM

Even though the he said he didn't want to do it, a judge in Seminole County, Florida, was forced to return a Glock pistol and a rifle to a blind man who won immunity for killing another man under the state's "stand your ground" law.

Adam Weinstein · 02/21/14 01:27PM

Florida man "shoots himself in leg after leaving gun safety class" because Florida, man.

"Loud Music" Killing Juror Wanted to Convict Michael Dunn of Murder

Adam Weinstein · 02/19/14 08:57AM

A home care nurse administrator who was known as "Juror No. 4" in the Florida murder trial of Michael Dunn—the white man not convicted last week of murdering Jordan Davis over the black teen's "loud music"—says she, and most of her peers, wanted to convict Dunn of the killing.

George Zimmerman: I'm "Absolutely" a Victim Like "Our Fallen Soldiers"

Adam Weinstein · 02/18/14 01:42PM

He. Can't. Shut. Up. In a new interview today, we learn George Zimmerman "absolutely" thinks he's a victim, just like "our fallen soldiers"; that he doesn't defend himself against enemies he calls "dragons"; and that he's never been racist, is always armed, and is living "the most Christlike that I can."

Gun-Shop Owner: Maryland Mall Shooter Seemed Pretty Cool to Me

Adam Weinstein · 01/28/14 10:21AM

The co-owner of United Gun Shop in Rockville, Maryland, says 18-year-old Darion Aguilar—who purchased a 12-gauge shotgun at the store, then used it to kill two people and himself in a nearby shopping mall—"was an ideal customer."

The NRA Literally Wrote Florida's New Bill to Legalize Warning Shots

Adam Weinstein · 01/17/14 02:15PM

Despite years of negative publicity over Florida's "Stand Your Ground" self-defense law, lawmakers are close to expanding it to protect gunmen who fire warning shots or wave weapons in a threatening manner—and they're doing it with a bill written by a top NRA lobbyist, Gawker has learned.

Reddit Licensed Its Logo To Online Scary Assault Weapons Sellers

Adam Weinstein · 01/08/14 02:58PM

An investigation published this morning by Mother Jones shows that Reddit licensed gun-sellers on its forums to hawk a notorious run of AR-15 assault rifles with the company's logo, while the website was owned by media giant Condé Nast.