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One person has died and at least 21 others were injured by gunfire in a shooting in Kansas City, Missouri, following the parade and rally for the Chiefs' Super Bowl win, officials said Wednesday.

Three suspects have been detained for investigation, Kansas City Police Chief Stacey Graves said at a media briefing Wednesday, calling the shooting a "tragedy."

Gunshot victims were transported to several hospitals in the area, including eight with "immediately" life-threatening injuries and seven with life-threatening injuries, according to Interim Kansas City Fire Chief Ross Grundyson.

Children’s Mercy Kansas City Hospital treated 12 total patients from the rally, including 11 children between the ages of 6 and 15, Senior Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer Stephanie Meyer told reporters Wednesday. Nine of the patients were gunshot victims and three were being treated for "incidental injuries," she said. All are expected to make a full recovery.
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On Wednesday night, KKFI 90.1 FM confirmed Lisa Lopez-Galvan, a DJ at the station, had been killed in the incident.

YellowKing wrote: ↑Wed Feb 14, 2024 10:40 pm Most of them children, but who cares because they were already born.

Carpet_pissr wrote: ↑Thu Feb 15, 2024 10:51 am Now (for the past three years) the leading cause of deaths among children and adolescents in the USA. We’re #1! We’re #1!!

Shooting after Chiefs Super Bowl parade seemed to stem from dispute among several people, police say.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The mass shooting that unfolded amid throngs of people at the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl celebration, killing one person and wounding almost two dozen others, appeared to stem from a dispute between several people, authorities said Thursday.

Missouri House votes against limits on kids carrying guns

BY SUMMER BALLENTINE

Published 6:18 PM CST, February 8, 2023
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s Republican-led House on Wednesday voted against banning minors from openly carrying firearms on public land without adult supervision.

The proposal to ban children from carrying guns without adult supervision in public failed by a 104-39 vote. Only one Republican voted in support of it.

“While it may be intuitive that a 14-year-old has no legitimate purpose, it doesn’t actually mean that they’re going to harm someone. We don’t know that yet,” said Rep. Tony Lovasco, a Republican from the St. Louis suburb of O’Fallon. “Generally speaking, we don’t charge people with crimes because we think they’re going to hurt someone.”

“Generally speaking, we don’t charge people with crimes because we think they’re going to hurt someone.”

Alefroth wrote: ↑Thu Feb 15, 2024 6:39 pm

“Generally speaking, we don’t charge people with crimes because we think they’re going to hurt someone.”

Unless you're a drag queen.

Alefroth wrote: ↑Thu Feb 15, 2024 6:39 pm

“Generally speaking, we don’t charge people with crimes because we think they’re going to hurt someone.”

Unless you're a drag queen.

$iljanus wrote: ↑Thu Feb 15, 2024 6:38 pm

“While it may be intuitive that a 14-year-old has no legitimate purpose, it doesn’t actually mean that they’re going to harm someone. We don’t know that yet,” said Rep. Tony Lovasco, a Republican from the St. Louis suburb of O’Fallon. “Generally speaking, we don’t charge people with crimes because we think they’re going to hurt someone.”

From the above article and as Lawbeef said what else is there to say?

Carpet_pissr wrote: ↑Fri Feb 16, 2024 4:34 pm I would like a tank.

Carpet_pissr wrote: ↑Fri Feb 16, 2024 4:34 pm And maybe a flame-thrower.

Carpet_pissr wrote: ↑Fri Feb 16, 2024 6:02 pm " There are no US Federal restrictions to owning a tank with a demilitarized (disabled) main gun."

Bah! What's the fun in that?!

Carpet_pissr wrote: ↑Fri Feb 16, 2024 6:02 pm " There are no US Federal restrictions to owning a tank with a demilitarized (disabled) main gun."

Bah! What's the fun in that?!

Seven children, ages 2-15 years old, were inside the Burnsville home where two Burnsville police officers and a firefighter-paramedic were fatally shot Sunday morning.

None of the children were physically injured during the shocking ordeal that began in the middle of the night when a resident from inside the home on the 12600 block of 33rd Ave. S. called to report a domestic disturbance.

According to Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension Superintendent Drew Evans, called the call for help involving seven children "very troubling" and noted that officers attempted to negotiate with the subject before the man opened fire, killing two officers and the medic as well as injuring another member of the Burnsville Police Department.

The suspect, who has not been identified, also died during the encounter. An autopsy is scheduled for Monday and those results will determine whether the man took his own life or was killed by officers returning gunfire.

Daehawk wrote: ↑Fri Feb 16, 2024 8:11 pm

Pyperkub wrote: ↑Fri Oct 20, 2023 11:06 am

LawBeefaroni wrote: ↑Thu Nov 10, 2022 3:58 pm Very important:

Infowars host Alex Jones was temporarily blocked from transferring any assets or spending money other than for ordinary living expenses by the judge overseeing the Sandy Hook defamation trial in Connecticut.

State court Judge Barbara Bellis, who oversaw the case in which a jury last month ordered Jones to pay nearly $1 billion for spreading lies about the 2012 elementary school massacre, issued the freezing order late Wednesday over concerns that he was “looting” his own estate and hiding assets through a series of shell companies owned by family members

He's been trying, and I think has succeeded temporarily, to hide assets. Will be much harder for him to do that now.

Getting even harder to avoid justice...

The judge in Alex Jones’s bankruptcy case ruled on Thursday that he will not be allowed to use his Chapter 11 filing to evade paying more than $1 billion in verdicts to families of the Sandy Hook shooting.

The ruling by Judge Christopher Lopez in a Houston bankruptcy court means that Mr. Jones, the Infowars conspiracy broadcaster, will likely be working the rest of his life to pay his debt to the families. Last year, they were awarded historic damages in defamation lawsuits against him.

It also closes off the possibility that Mr. Jones could liquidate Infowars and force the families to accept whatever proceeds result, leaving him free to start a new business.

Earlier this year, the families asked that Judge Lopez order Mr. Jones to pay them the full damage awards, with no possibility of a trial or a forced settlement over a lesser amount — in legal terms, to make Mr. Jones’s debts to the families “non-dischargeable” through bankruptcy.

No "bankruptcy" protections for you!

The families of Sandy Hook school shooting victims voted overwhelmingly in favor of a plan to wrap up Alex Jones’ bankruptcy proceedings by liquidating the right wing talk show host’s assets.

Jones’ general unsecured creditors—comprised mostly of Sandy Hook families holding about $1.5 billion in defamation judgments against the famed conspiracy theorist—voted 100% in favor of a Chapter 11 plan that would methodically liquidate and redistribute his property and cash, while preserving potential legal actions against parties affiliated with Jones and his Infowars program.

Pyperkub wrote: ↑Mon Mar 04, 2024 1:08 pm Some interesting stuff here as Baltimore tries to figure out why 84% of the homicides are gun related yet they have zero gun shops.

LawBeefaroni wrote: ↑Mon Mar 04, 2024 5:28 pm I seem to recall some stats about where Chicago gun crime guns are from. Not sure how they got that info but they were able to identify several stores. It's possible they were only Illinois shops because the state has its own data but I swear I remember seeing other states on there.

Will try to find it.

Pyperkub wrote: ↑Mon Mar 04, 2024 1:08 pm Some interesting stuff here as Baltimore tries to figure out why 84% of the homicides are gun related yet they have zero gun shops.

Chicago doesn't have gun shops either. Doesn't seem to matter.

crime gun trace data showed 1% of licensed gun dealers sold nearly 60% of the guns used in crime and implicated “corrupt licensed gun dealers in channeling hundreds of guns to criminals,” Webster said.

Pyperkub wrote: ↑Mon Mar 04, 2024 5:30 pm

LawBeefaroni wrote: ↑Mon Mar 04, 2024 5:28 pm I seem to recall some stats about where Chicago gun crime guns are from. Not sure how they got that info but they were able to identify several stores. It's possible they were only Illinois shops because the state has its own data but I swear I remember seeing other states on there.

Will try to find it.

Pyperkub wrote: ↑Mon Mar 04, 2024 1:08 pm Some interesting stuff here as Baltimore tries to figure out why 84% of the homicides are gun related yet they have zero gun shops.

Chicago doesn't have gun shops either. Doesn't seem to matter.

This seems relevant...

crime gun trace data showed 1% of licensed gun dealers sold nearly 60% of the guns used in crime and implicated “corrupt licensed gun dealers in channeling hundreds of guns to criminals,” Webster said.

As I recall, most of the Chicago guns come from Indiana

Pyperkub wrote: ↑Mon Mar 04, 2024 5:30 pm As I recall, most of the Chicago guns come from Indiana

Unagi wrote: ↑Mon Mar 04, 2024 8:38 pm Also, Chicago seems to have more than even Illinois itself has in the above list.

(And Baltimore to Maryland, same thing) not sure how to read the data

ImLawBoy wrote: ↑Tue Mar 05, 2024 10:22 am

Unagi wrote: ↑Mon Mar 04, 2024 8:38 pm Also, Chicago seems to have more than even Illinois itself has in the above list.

(And Baltimore to Maryland, same thing) not sure how to read the data

If I'm reading the data right from the link, the listing of states is the source state for all guns recovered in Illinois. So of the x number of guns recovered in Illinois, 7,479 were sourced to IL, 2,521 to IN, etc.

The listing of cities is a more straightforward listing of number of recoveries per city and doesn't reflect origin of the guns.

Apples to oranges.

Jaymann wrote: ↑Mon Mar 04, 2024 5:34 pm

Pyperkub wrote: ↑Mon Mar 04, 2024 5:30 pm

LawBeefaroni wrote: ↑Mon Mar 04, 2024 5:28 pm I seem to recall some stats about where Chicago gun crime guns are from. Not sure how they got that info but they were able to identify several stores. It's possible they were only Illinois shops because the state has its own data but I swear I remember seeing other states on there.

Will try to find it.

Pyperkub wrote: ↑Mon Mar 04, 2024 1:08 pm Some interesting stuff here as Baltimore tries to figure out why 84% of the homicides are gun related yet they have zero gun shops.

Chicago doesn't have gun shops either. Doesn't seem to matter.

This seems relevant...

crime gun trace data showed 1% of licensed gun dealers sold nearly 60% of the guns used in crime and implicated “corrupt licensed gun dealers in channeling hundreds of guns to criminals,” Webster said.

As I recall, most of the Chicago guns come from Indiana

I must emphasize that Blackhawk has never been indicted.