?More fun to make? (The Montana Standard) SHERIDAN ? Carmen Axtell beams with pride while holding a replica of an 1877 Sharps rifle that was handcrafted in her shop. Sure, remakes of the popular 1874 Sharps ? the gun that was used extensively for buffalo hunting in the West ? abound....more...Gun that killed NYC cop traced to Hampton (Daily Press) The N.Y. district attorney's office said the gun was purchased at R&B Guns, closed in 2001. The semi-automatic handgun used to kill a New York City police officer earlier this month was purchased at a former Hampton gun shop, authorities in New York said Wednesday. ...more... 'God don't make no mistakes,' but women often do (Post-Tribune) Kyle Armani stood in front of his niece's casket, brimming with anger and hurt. "I'm mad as hell!" he yelled, reflecting his anger. "I need answers, Lord," he added softly, revealing his hurt....more... Duluth Pack still blazing trails (Pioneer Press) You might suppose that a 125-year-old company already would have seen its brightest days. But Tom Sega, Duluth Pack's new president, begs to differ....more... Trooper shoots himself in hand (The Lewiston Sun Journal) AUBURN - An off-duty state trooper accidentally shot himself in the hand Tuesday afternoon and was rushed to Central Maine Medical Center. Keith Frank, a former Auburn police officer and a veteran state trooper, shot himself in the left palm as he was entering his Pownal Road home in Auburn....more... Tracing a cop killer (New York Daily News) The semiautomatic handgun used to kill NYPD Officer Russel Timoshenko was sold by a notorious Virginia gun dealer later stripped of his license to sell firearms, officials said yesterday. ...more... Student in SIUE terror threat to plead not guilty (St. Louis Post-Dispatch) EDWARDSVILLE ? An attorney representing an SIUE student who authorities say wrote a note threatening a "murderous rampage," kept a gun in his campus apartment and had sought four more on the Internet said Wednesday that her client would plead not guilty to the charges against him....more... Forensic pathologist insists actress shot herself at Phil Spector's mansion (CourtTV via Yahoo! News) LOS ANGELES (C ourt TV) - A forensic pathologist hired by Phil Spector's defense insisted Thursday that the music legend's well-documented history of threatening women with guns did not change his opinion that actress Lana Clarkson killed herself....more... Hills Library offers summer reading seminars (The Nashua Telegraph) ......more... |