Officials Warn Against Celebratory Gunfire On NYE

CBSLA.com) ^ | December 31, 2013 6:28 PM | Claudia Peschiutta.

[BenLurkin]

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LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — Authorities Tuesday issued a warning to residents ahead of New Year’s Eve festivities to not discharge weapons into the air.

The Los Angeles Police Department and Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department warned revelers of their “Zero Tolerance” policy toward celebratory gunfire, which is a felony in California.

“Deputies will be actively looking for anyone discharging a firearm in a negligent manner,” authorities said in a department statement.

In Los Angeles County alone, celebratory gunfire has been blamed for dozens of deaths in the past three decades, according to KNX 1070′s Claudia Peschiutta.

Among them, the killing of 9-year-old Brian Perez in South Los Angeles.

“I’ve handled numerous homicides. I’ve worked homicide for several years. And that one … I remembered it because it stayed with me,” said one LAPD sergeant.

Perez was killed in 1999 when a stray bullet fired into the air on the Fourth of July, striking him in the head.

“It completely ripped that family apart and it was because of the negligent acts of somebody else who was probably just celebrating, not realizing that round has to come down somewhere,” he said.

Local authorities report that there has not been a death linked to celebratory gunfire for several years, an indication that suppression efforts appear to be working.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

Hows about my carbide cannon?

[BenLurkin]

REMEMBER, WHAT GOES UP WILL COME DOWN.

•Disparar un arma hacia al cielo es delito mayor que se condena hasta un año de cárcel.
•Al ser arrestado por disparar un arma hacia al aire, se le aplicarar en total las sanciones de la ley.
•Si la bala que usted dispara, llega a causarle la muerte a una persona, usted seró arrestado y consignado por homicidio.
•Toda persona que celebre los días festivos disparando el arma hacia al aire, no mide el peligro que resulta por parte de sus acciones.
•Una bala disparada hacia al aire, puede llegar hasta dos millas de altura. En su caнda a la tierra, puede acelerarse desde trescientos a setecientos pies por segundo.
•Si usted observa a cualquier persona disparar un arma de fuego hacia al aire, llame a la policía.
•Celebre los días festivos con toda seguridad y responsabilidad. No dispare su arma hacia al aire.

RECUERDE QUE LO QUE SUBE HACIA ARRIBA TENDRA QUE CAER PARA ABAJO. http://www.lapdonline.org/crime_prevention_tips/content_basic_view/23465

[Rodamala]

According to Uncle Joe shooting shotguns off into the air will save lives.

[BenLurkin]

I don’t think they are making it up.

Two Killed in New Year’s Eve Shootings in Hawthorne, Lakewood
The shooting was reported at about 11:30 p.m. in the 20700 block of Alburtis Avenue
By Jonathan Lloyd and Patrick Healy
| Wednesday, Jan 2, 2013 | Updated 5:21 AM PST

http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Shooting-Death-Lakewood-New-Years-Eve-185365711.html

[gitmo]

Carbide cannons are cool. I’d never heard of such till a friend fired one off in a Christian Men’s meeting last summer.

[deks]

For anyone interested. . .

http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/celebratorygunfire/index

[Rebelbase]

I heard a couple of guns being fired tonight. One sounded like a 9mm and fired 10 shots about 1/2 mile away and the other was something farther away and not as loud that fired 14 rounds.

[fella]

Here in south Fort Worth it sounded like a “Mad Minute” at fire-base in the late 60s.

[BenLurkin]

Oh my!

[trebb]

Among them, the killing of 9-year-old Brian Perez in South Los Angeles. “I’ve handled numerous homicides. I’ve worked homicide for several years. And that one … I remembered it because it stayed with me,” said one LAPD sergeant. Perez was killed in 1999 when a stray bullet fired into the air on the Fourth of July, striking him in the head.

I wonder if he has any cases where unarmed folks were intentionally killed by perps with guns "stay with him" or if it's only the accidental (stupid as hell and tragic though) death of children.

[Fightin Whitey]

What do they have against celebrities?

I always had a thing for Faye Dunaway.

But I never held it against her.