Salem-News.com News Feed for articles tagged with guns www.salem-news.com 2010 Hardly a day goes by that we don’t read of another killing and or wounding of family members, or others, by handguns. In fact in Arizona, it is legal for anyone to carry a gun, and a year ago a deranged man killed several, including a judge and a child, and seriously wounded a Congresswoman. http://salem-news.com/articles/march202012/handgun-nonsense-kr.php http://salem-news.com/articles/march202012/handgun-nonsense-kr.php Tue, 20 Mar 2012 15:12:00 PDT "In contrast to the murderous vision of violent extremists, we are joining with allies and partners around the world to build their capacity to promote security..." wrote U.S. President Barack Obama. The report details the United States’ own vision of violent extremism being directed against Iran. http://salem-news.com/articles/february042012/violence-dollars-yaw.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february042012/violence-dollars-yaw.php Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:20:00 PST There were sombre ceremonies across Tucson, Arizona on Sunday, January 8, 2012, in remembrance of Jared Loughner’s shooting spree a year ago where he seriously wounded Representative Gabrielle Giffords, killed six and wounded 12 more. I suggest that the Untied States, is the only country in world, where remembrances could be held virtually every single day of the year for egregious killings of citizens by their other citizens—all indirectly supported by the National Rifle Association. http://salem-news.com/articles/january082012/nra_terrorism_dj.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january082012/nra_terrorism_dj.php Sun, 08 Jan 2012 22:59:00 PST What elements of nature move solid objects with invisible force? These questions and a possible answer to the first, are the nature of this article about seemingly unnatural occurrences, at least one of which, may not be such a mystery after all. http://salem-news.com/articles/january032012/unexplained-objects-tk.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january032012/unexplained-objects-tk.php Tue, 03 Jan 2012 03:03:00 PST Former DEA Agent Cele Castillo, who blew the whistle on the CIA-backed arms-for-drugs trade used to prop up the 1980s Contra counter-insurgency in Nicaragua, is now sitting in a federal prison. Before Castillo reported to prison, he shared with this reporter a series of revelations concerning arms trafficking and corrupt ATF agents. http://salem-news.com/articles/november262011/cele-castillo-bc.php http://salem-news.com/articles/november262011/cele-castillo-bc.php Sat, 26 Nov 2011 18:14:00 PST This observer, with his sandaled feet comfortably dug into the sand of a chilly Mediterranean beach and huddled next to a camp fire with a congenial and bright group of still heavily armed “NATO rebels,” is learning that the past eight months’ experiences for many Libyans who fought with or for NATO were rather different from what the western mainstream media portrayed. And what many of us who spent last summer in the Western Libya Gadhafi stronghold were inclined to believe about them. http://salem-news.com/articles/november192011/sirte-bay-fl.php http://salem-news.com/articles/november192011/sirte-bay-fl.php Sat, 19 Nov 2011 13:27:00 PST Today, a Marion County Grand Jury unanimously found that the police officer shooting of Dru Garrett Larson, on October 17, 2011, was a lawful use of deadly physical force. The shooting was the end result of a confrontation between Dru Larson and Salem Police that began when officers noticed and attempted to stop a stolen vehicle. http://salem-news.com/articles/november182011/police-shooting-folo.php http://salem-news.com/articles/november182011/police-shooting-folo.php Fri, 18 Nov 2011 19:51:00 PST The conduct the U.S. is willing to commit to quiet its opponents is shocking. Retired DEA Agent Celerino "Cele" Castillo III was a front line agent for 12 years in the Drug Enforcement Administration. Today he's serving a 37-month prison sentence, and the feds would not mind if Americans believed they convicted someone in connection with a crime the ATF is presently accused of. http://salem-news.com/articles/november072011/cele-castillo-tk.php http://salem-news.com/articles/november072011/cele-castillo-tk.php Mon, 07 Nov 2011 05:00:00 PST Arthur Balfour's infamous "Declaration" was written 94 years ago this week. Palestinians, of course, don’t need reminding. And to mark the anniversary Israel ordered its warships to carry out yet another act of piracy on peaceful, innocent shipping carrying humanitarian relief to the imprisoned people of Gaza. http://salem-news.com/articles/november052011/balfour-legacy-sl.php http://salem-news.com/articles/november052011/balfour-legacy-sl.php Sat, 05 Nov 2011 22:56:00 PDT Gilad Atzmon the famous ex Israeli musician, philosopher writer whose new book “The Wandering Who?” has caused fury amongst pro Israel groups is no stranger to controversy. A few months ago he caused a stir when Sheikh Raed Salah a respected figure amongst Arab Israelis visited the UK and was arrested for no other reason except that the Israel lobby in Britain demanded it, Atzmon wrote: “Welcome to the United Jewish Kingdom”. http://salem-news.com/articles/november052011/jewish-uk-ss.php http://salem-news.com/articles/november052011/jewish-uk-ss.php Sat, 05 Nov 2011 21:39:00 PDT Israeli hasbara insists that an attack on Iran is compatible with both Western interests and NATO strategy. For example, this week Israel released information about an IAF exercise in NATO’s bases in Italy. http://salem-news.com/articles/november052011/guardian-israel-ga.php http://salem-news.com/articles/november052011/guardian-israel-ga.php Sat, 05 Nov 2011 17:16:00 PDT Sahel” in Arabic means “coast” or “shoreline.” Unless one was present 5000 years ago when, according to anthropologists, our planets first cultivation of crops began in this then plush, but now semiarid region where temperatures reach 125 degrees F, and only camels and an assortment of creatures can sniff out water sources, it seems an odd geographical name place for this up 450 miles wide swatch of baked sand that runs from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea. http://salem-news.com/articles/november052011/sahel-niger-fl.php http://salem-news.com/articles/november052011/sahel-niger-fl.php Sat, 05 Nov 2011 16:37:00 PDT From the ghosts of Tom Clancey’s 2001 release of Ghost Recon, with its single player campaign plot involving the exact, prophetic, Georgian invasion of South Ossetia with Nato backing that later occurred in 2008, comes the latest, greatest, First Person Shooter Video Game from EA: Battlefield 3. Battlefield 3 features the latest gaming engine, Frostbite 2. http://salem-news.com/articles/november012011/battlefield-3-jm.php http://salem-news.com/articles/november012011/battlefield-3-jm.php Tue, 01 Nov 2011 22:49:00 PDT According to information released today by the FBI, 56 law enforcement officers were feloniously killed in the line of duty last year; 72 officers died in accidents while performing their duties; and 53,469 officers were assaulted in the line of duty. The 2010 edition of Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted released today provides comprehensive tabular data about these incidents and brief narratives describing the fatal attacks. http://salem-news.com/articles/october232011/police-casualties-fbi.php http://salem-news.com/articles/october232011/police-casualties-fbi.php Sun, 23 Oct 2011 18:53:00 PDT Wednesday afternoon, at 3:39 p.m., Portland Police officers responded to the report of a man arguing with people at Southwest 4th and Salmon Street, next to the Lownsdale Park encampment of Occupy Portland. Officers arrived in the area and learned that the man displayed a handgun and walked towards 3rd and Salmon. Officers located the man at 3rd and Salmon and he was taken into custody. A firearm has been recovered. http://salem-news.com/articles/october202011/firearm-incident.php http://salem-news.com/articles/october202011/firearm-incident.php Thu, 20 Oct 2011 09:54:00 PDT Detectives with the Marion County Sheriff's Office are continuing their investigation of the Sunday morning shooting that left one person dead. The victim has been identified as 23-year old David A. Polanco, of Salem. Mr. Polanco was found dead at the scene, having suffered multiple gunshot wounds. An autopsy is scheduled for later today. Witnesses provided detectives with the description of a suspect vehicle and two suspects seen leaving the scene immediately after the shootings. http://salem-news.com/articles/october172011/murder-folo.php http://salem-news.com/articles/october172011/murder-folo.php Mon, 17 Oct 2011 17:34:00 PDT A U.S. prosecutor says the federal government will soon target newspapers, radio stations and other media outlets in Southern California that allow the advertisement of medical marijuana dispensaries. http://salem-news.com/articles/october132011/duffy-cartels-tk.php http://salem-news.com/articles/october132011/duffy-cartels-tk.php Thu, 13 Oct 2011 19:29:00 PDT It's like someone asked the question... what could be worse than knowing your federal government would ship guns to criminals in Mexico? Three of the ATF&E supervisors involved in the failed 'Fast and Furious' federally authorized gunrunning program that saw deadly firearms from U.S. states delivered to drug cartels in Mexico, and used to kill at least one U.S. Border Patrol agent and a prominent Mexican lawyer... have been promoted. http://salem-news.com/articles/august162011/atf-deaths-tk.php http://salem-news.com/articles/august162011/atf-deaths-tk.php Tue, 16 Aug 2011 22:12:00 PDT In the closing days of the campaign for the key 3 July gubernatorial election in Mexico’s most populated state, migration reemerged as one of the local issues. At a 23rd June meeting in the Mexico state town of Tonatico, center-left candidate Alejandro Encinas Rodriguez agreed to a five-point action plan on migrant-related issues if he is elected governor. http://salem-news.com/articles/june282011/mexican-election.php http://salem-news.com/articles/june282011/mexican-election.php Tue, 28 Jun 2011 18:58:00 PDT In Mexico, young girls and women work as look-outs and even soldiers for criminal syndicates. This week, security officials in the western state of Jalisco presented to the media three alleged female spies and hit women who were tied to the Zetas organization. http://salem-news.com/articles/june202011/hit-squads-kp.php http://salem-news.com/articles/june202011/hit-squads-kp.php Mon, 20 Jun 2011 01:13:00 PDT Every couple of hours I get an email, one I track down to a Washington DC law firm tied to big pharma, the radiation lobby or Wall Street, telling me a story about Barak Obama and gun seizure. Snopes.com always rats them out, total lies. That doesn’t stop those who send them out, they don’t care. http://salem-news.com/articles/may112011/gun-ownership-gd.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may112011/gun-ownership-gd.php Wed, 11 May 2011 18:00:00 PDT As Mexico gears up for its annual Holy Week and Easter Week holiday beach bash, polemics continue to fly over the state of the country’s tourism sector. At the heart of the debate is how violence and the media’s coverage of it may or may not be discouraging tourism. http://salem-news.com/articles/april142011/mexico-violence.php http://salem-news.com/articles/april142011/mexico-violence.php Thu, 14 Apr 2011 23:21:00 PDT Shrouded in burka-like attire, the anonymous woman was suddenly transformed into “nobody.” http://salem-news.com/articles/april062011/struggle-war.php http://salem-news.com/articles/april062011/struggle-war.php Wed, 06 Apr 2011 01:57:00 PDT Guns in churches, schools and bars. Immigrants expelled to solve financial problems. Morality praised as the key national issue. American politics are getting more bizarre and in some cases, borders on the nutty. Current politics include Republican legislatures in Texas, Arizona, Georgia and Minnesota fighting for their "rights" to reject energy efficiency light bulbs, while South Carolina will manufacture their own state's rights incandescent bulbs. http://salem-news.com/articles/march312011/cable-guns-dm.php http://salem-news.com/articles/march312011/cable-guns-dm.php Thu, 31 Mar 2011 15:31:00 PDT Three federal agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms have blown the whistle on this covert U.S. program dating back to 2008, that smuggled over 1700 illegal weapons over the border and into the hands of Mexican drug cartels. It was called "Operation Fast And Furious' and it might be one of the most bitter indictments in American history. http://salem-news.com/articles/march292011/fast-furious-tk.php http://salem-news.com/articles/march292011/fast-furious-tk.php Tue, 29 Mar 2011 16:42:00 PDT The security and humanitarian situation in Côte d’Ivoire is rapidly deteriorating. Civil war in the country has been reignited; we are no longer warning of the risk of war, but urging swift action to halt the fighting and prevent ethnic cleansing and other mass atrocity crimes. http://salem-news.com/articles/march252011/ivory-coast.php http://salem-news.com/articles/march252011/ivory-coast.php Fri, 25 Mar 2011 19:35:00 PDT On the eve of her trip to a crime-plagued border region of California, Attorney General Kamala D. Harris today released the 2009-2010 annual report for CAL WRAP This program provides millions of dollars for the relocation of witnesses in cases that send gang members to prison for committing violent crimes including murder, rape, and kidnapping. http://salem-news.com/articles/march252011/witness-protection.php http://salem-news.com/articles/march252011/witness-protection.php Fri, 25 Mar 2011 13:13:00 PDT Concealed Handgun Licenses (CHL) from other states would be recognized by Oregon officials under legislation adopted by the Oregon House of Representatives today. House Bill 2792 was adopted by the House on a vote of 40 to 17. The measure was drafted by State Representative Kim Thatcher (R-Keizer, Newberg, St. Paul) http://salem-news.com/articles/march212011/oregon-handguns.php http://salem-news.com/articles/march212011/oregon-handguns.php Mon, 21 Mar 2011 19:29:00 PDT Anyone who follows the news knows that last month US Congress Woman Gabrielle Giffords was shot in Tucson. Those who follow a lot of news also know that this incident has generated a lot of finger pointing and other reactions (some might say over reactions) from both sides of the political spectrum. http://salem-news.com/articles/february092011/unsurprising-extremes.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february092011/unsurprising-extremes.php Wed, 09 Feb 2011 17:29:00 PST PRESS RELEASE FROM THE CLACKAMAS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE: At 2:28 p.m. Thursday, July 08, 2010, Clackamas County Sheriff's Office Deputies were alerted to the report of a female waving a handgun at a male employee installing a water line to a residence in the Big Valley Woods, Mobile Home Park, located at 32700 SE Leewood Lane, #28, in Boring. http://salem-news.com/articles/july082010/taser-death.php http://salem-news.com/articles/july082010/taser-death.php Thu, 08 Jul 2010 23:25:00 PDT