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The man accused of randomly shooting and killing a 15 year old girl says he didn't mean to do it. Stephen Scott, 18, was arrested on Sunday morning. He's charged with killing an innocent teenager at the James Cayce homes in east Nashville on Saturday night. Stephen Scott says he was aiming the gun at a man who robbed him earlier. But the bullet went through an apartment window at the Cayce homes killing 15 year old Denise Brown. “I didn’t try to shoot that little girl man. I just want everybody to know that man,” said Scott. Police say...

Anymouse saw and talked to Jerry Patterson walking up the road in Crawford. Born in Houston, Texas on November 15, 1946 Jerry Patterson has devoted his life to public service. He served his country as a U.S. Marine for over twenty years and served as state Senator for six. Recently, he has also served as state relations director for the American Red Cross. As State Senator from District 11, Patterson’s major legislative successes included passage of the historic concealed handgun law, a constitutional amendment allowing home equity lending, the state coastal management plan and the creation of the Texas State...

SPRINGFIELD -- Average citizens could carry concealed weapons under two bills that won overwhelming approval in a House committee Tuesday, setting up a rare, full-blown House floor fight over the issue that advocates say will make people safer and critics contend will lead to more gun violence.The move further buttressed the National Rifle Association's strategy to not only blunt Mayor Richard Daley's push for gun-control laws but to take the fight to him with a frontal assault of its own."I'm heartsick," said House Majority Leader Barbara Flynn Currie (D-Chicago), a major advocate of gun control. The NRA is on a...

Woman plays defense in men's game By KELLY KURT, Associated Press Writer January 29, 2005 TULSA, Okla. (AP) -- Angela Ruggiero would be happy to put off her preparation for the next Olympics for another shot at playing in a men's professional hockey match. The two-time Olympian became the first woman to make more than a token appearance at a position other than goalie in a U.S. men's professional hockey game, playing defense and getting an assist Friday night for the Tulsa Oilers of the Central Hockey League. Ruggiero said Title IX, the federal law that bars sex discrimination in...

How chasing the ''gun guy'' image is hurting Kerry in swing states Date: Friday, October 22 @ 17:21:23 EDT Topic: National Politics By Chad D. Baus Since the Democrat party has based its entire hate-Bush campaign on Michael Moore conspiracy theories, I would like to offer up one more theory for them to chew on: The Clintonistas John Kerry hired in September to rescue his campaign want Hillary to run in '08, and they are using the gun issue to sabotage John Kerry in swing states. Though some Democrats have no trouble believing that President Bush is personally going to...

As security fears increase, police and sheriffs have issued 28% more permits for concealed weapons statewide since 2000. The number of California residents who can legally carry a gun has surged 28% since 2000, reaching the highest level in decades following a spike in applications after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, new state figures show. California sheriffs and police chiefs had issued more than 45,000 concealed weapon permits by the end of 2003, up about 10,000 in three years, including steep increases in Los Angeles, Orange and Ventura counties, according to the state Department of Justice. Of California's 58 counties,...

There are 2 other versions of this bill.   GPO's PDF Display Congressional Record References Bill Summary & Status Printer Friendly Display - 8,332 bytes.[Help] Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act of 2004 (Engrossed as Agreed to or Passed by House) 108th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 218AN ACTTo amend title 18, United States Code, to exempt qualified current and former law enforcement officers from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns. HR 218 EH 108th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 218 AN ACT To amend title 18, United States Code, to exempt qualified current and former law enforcement officers...

DEBATES OVER whether citizens should be allowed to carry concealed handguns always seems to end up with fearful stories about what might happen. We hear horror stories about how permit holders might endanger the lives of others and of shootouts in the streets. But within a year, all the fuss dies away. No state that has adopted a right-to-carry law has rescinded it, and for good reason. New Hampshire, whose original right-to-carry law was adopted in 1923, is an old hand at dealing with these fears. Yet, in seeking to further liberalize its law, many of the old concerns are...

Lawmakers trying to make 3-year-old measure consistent with DNR rules CORRECTION (April 27, 2004): Because of a reporting error Monday, the hometown of state Sen. Ron Jelinek was incorrect. He is from Three Oaks. The Tribune regrets the error. LANSING -- Legislators are again trying to tweak Michigan's 3-year-old concealed weapons law, attempting to clarify its limitations. A Senate bill that would allow people licensed to carry concealed weapons to have them in hunting areas has passed the conservation and outdoor recreation committee. The Senate approved the bill and it is awaiting action in the House. Sens. Michelle McManus, R-Lake...

ASSOCIATED PRESS FRANKFORT - Test scores and other material on file for people with licenses to carry concealed deadly weapons are exempt from public inspection, an attorney general's opinion says. An exemption carved into the Open Records Act prohibits release of identifying information -- other than a paper listing of names of all licensees. The prohibition applies to everyone in the public, including attorneys involved in lawsuits, the opinion by Assistant Attorney General Michelle D. Harrison said. The opinion, legally binding in public-records cases, came in an appeal by Michael Lucas of Pikeville, an attorney in a wrongful-death lawsuit involving...

TOPEKA (AP) - House and Senate negotiators agreed Tuesday on the details of a bill that would allow Kansans to carry concealed handguns, including at the Statehouse. The compromise measure now awaits acceptance - without amendment - by both chambers, which would send it to Gov. Kathleen Sebelius and a likely veto. Sebelius has said she would prefer to limit concealed-carry to retired law enforcement officers and would probably not sign more permissive legislation. Approved by the House earlier this month, the bill won Senate passage Friday after being amended to allow concealed weapons in the Capitol and in restaurants...

<p>Patrick and Beverly Shelby were far back in line Monday and had a couple of hours to stand in the early morning sunshine as they waited to apply for permits to carry concealed weapons.</p> <p>The Shelbys were among about 60 congenial early-risers who lined up outside the Jefferson County Sheriff's Department in Hillsboro by 8 a.m., hoping to be the first to complete the application process.</p>

BATAVIA - With the date of Ohio's new concealed carry law quickly approaching, hundreds of people in Clermont County are gearing up to apply for permits to legally carry concealed firearms. "We've given out almost 200 applications today already," Clermont County Sheriff A.J. Rodenberg said Monday, the first day his office made applications available. "People could come by and pick them up." Authorities in other Southwest Ohio counties also are preparing to accommodate the new law, which goes into effect April 8. The application can also be downloaded from the Ohio attorney general's Web site (www.ag.state.oh.us) . A passport-type photo...

One is a fifth-grade teacher, another a stroke victim who walks with a cane. Not exactly the folks you would expect to be packing heat. But both recently took firearms training so they can become eligible to carry a concealed weapon come April. That's when Ohio's new ``concealed carry'' law takes effect -- for those who qualify and are trained. It's not surprising that some Ohioans want to carry guns. But it is surprising to shooting instructors just who some of those people are. Bob Campbell is one of the unlikely students. The 64-year-old Mantua man suffered a stroke five...

The Feb. 13 Point of View column by Dr. Greg Bachhuber -- "Concealed-carry laws place guns into hands of unskilled people" -- (and your newspaper's editorial as well) contains all the misinformation and mistrust that every opponent of concealed-carry believe. The problem is it just isn't true. The fact that concealed-carry laws have a 10-plus-year record that is open and available to the public in most states refutes the worries he expressed. The consensus is that at worst there is no harm done by these laws, and at best crime decreases, up to 8 percent in a few studies. Let's...

MADISON, Wis. — Republicans vowed Wednesday to oust from office those who helped defeat a bill to let Wisconsin residents carry concealed weapons. They also promised to introduce a new, leaner version of the bill next year. The rhetoric reflected a bitter rift in the Legislature over the proposal to lift Wisconsin's 134-year-old ban on concealed weapons. The schism has grown deeper after the state Assembly sustained Gov. Jim Doyle's veto of the legislation Tuesday, failing by one vote to get the two-thirds needed for an override. Sen. Dave Zien, R-Eau Claire, one of the plan's authors, warned lawmakers who...

Instructors arrange class after Ohio adopts concealed-carry law Associated Press AUSTINBURG - Instructors are getting a quick jump on Ohio's new law allowing people to carry concealed weapons. ``Welcome to the 46th state that allows concealed carry,'' John Bailey, a National Rifle Association certified firearms instructor, told eight students as they began a two-day, 16-hour weekend course on Saturday. ``This course is a self-defense course. It could save your life,'' he said. Bailey and two other instructors arranged the course to coincide with Ohio's concealed carry legislation signed into law Thursday by Gov. Bob Taft. County sheriffs will issue the...

SANTA FE (AP) - The state Supreme Court on Monday let stand a new law that allows New Mexicans to be licensed to carry loaded, concealed handguns. The court without comment rejected a challenge to the constitutionality of the law filed by a children's advocacy group and a physician. "I think this will be a more dangerous place for children and other living beings," David Campbell, the lawyer representing New Mexico Voices for Children, said after the ruling. The five-member issued its decision after hearing arguments in the case, then deliberating behind closed doors for about a half hour. Chief...

VERMILION - Ron and Betty Wise haven't agreed on everything during their 40 years of marriage. ``I think this is the most stupid thing I've heard of in my whole life,'' said Betty Wise, as her husband stood next to her smiling. ``I think it's a great idea,'' he said. The source of the dispute was an unusual demonstration calling for legalizing concealed weapons in Ohio. For two hours Saturday, about 70 men and women wearing name tags and holstered handguns walked the streets of the historic Harbour Town district of Vermilion to dramatize their support for legislation allowing Ohioans...

<p>A decision today by a St. Louis judge leaves intact his ruling that has Missouri's concealed gun law on hold at least until the state Supreme Court takes up the matter next month.</p> <p>Circuit Judge Steven Ohmer rejected claims the concealed carry law violates the state's Hancock Amendment. Opponents of the law claim the law violates the spending-limit amendment because the Legislature failed to appropriate money for its implementation.</p>