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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 27, 2012

Police Group Calls for Gun Control Laws

A national law enforcement group called for gun-control measures, including expanding background checks for firearm purchasers and banning high-capacity ammunition magazines.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 27, 2012

Md. Police Foil Shooting Rampage By 'Joker'

Maryland law enforcement agencies foiled a possible rampage shooting that could have been on the same scale as the Aurora theater massacre. When law enforcement officers arrested Neil Prescott, 28, on Thursday he was wearing a T-shirt that said, "Guns don't kill people. I do."

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 26, 2012

Bloomberg Softens Police Strike Comments

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Tuesday began to distance himself from comments he made on a talk show that police officers should strike until the passage of tougher gun-control laws.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 25, 2012

Calif. Senators Call for Reinstatement of Assault Weapons Ban

California Sens. Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein hope to renew the assault weapons ban that expired in 2004.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 24, 2012

Small Arsenal Seized From Maine Suspect

A Maine man who was pulled over Sunday on the Maine Turnpike with an AK-47 assault rifle, several semi-automatic handguns, ammunition and news clippings about the Colorado theater shootings in his car remained in jail Monday on $50,000 cash bail.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 24, 2012

NYC Mayor: Police Should Strike for Gun Control

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg questioned why law enforcement officers don't go on strike because of the availability of high-powered rifle ammunition that defeats many ballistic vests.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 23, 2012

Colo. Cops Defeat Holmes' 'Death Trap'

Police explosives personnel dismantled the sophisticated booby trap in James Holmes' Aurora, Colo., apartment Saturday that was likely meant to kill police officers.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 23, 2012

Observant SWAT Cops, Jammed Gun Saved Lives In Colo. Shooting

Two Aurora (Colo.) Police Department SWAT officers likely prevented further deaths at the Century 16 movie theater shooting Friday, when they quickly identified James Holmes as the suspect.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 23, 2012

Colo. Shooting Suspect Appears Dazed In First Court Appearance

News coverage has depicted James Holmes as a shy loner who once showed promise as a neuroscience student. District Attorney Carol Chambers declined to say whether she will seek the death penalty for the man accused of killing 12 in a Colorado movie theater.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 23, 2012

Sailor, Air Force Reservist Among Colo. Shooting Victims

A Navy sailor and active-duty Air Force reservist were among the 12 people killed in the Aurora, Colo., mass shooting early Friday.

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