Gunman gets shot in Las Vegas by Pokemon GO player he tried to rob – “A gunman and his underage driver tried to rob a group of people playing the popular Pokemon GO game, triggering a shootout after one of the players pulled out his own weapon at a Las Vegas park that has become a hot spot for virtual creature hunting. … Police said an armed man and the young driver drove up to the group in an SUV and demanded their possessions at gunpoint. One of the Pokemon players who has a concealed weapons permit drew his own gun and the two sides exchanged fire.” Just because you’re a geek doesn’t mean you have to be an easy target.
This will be a heavy lift: Petitions cleared to overturn California’s gun-control laws – “Opponents of stricter gun laws will have an opportunity to overturn six recent laws expanding background checks and attempting to curb rapid-reloading firearms. But the effort is a long shot as 365,000 signatures are needed on each of six separate petitions by Sept. 29, just two months from now.”
Does it seem there have been an awful lot of shootings lately in a country with such strict gun control laws?: Two shot dead, including doctor, at Berlin hospital – “A man opened fire Tuesday at a hospital in Berlin, killing a doctor and turning the gun on himself in the latest deadly shooting to rock Germany, investigators said. … The attack occured the same day top security officials in the country called for tougher screening of asylum-seekers. They announced more police officers would be hired following four major attacks in the country in the span of a week — two of them claimed by the extremist Islamic State group.”
What gun for flying monkeys? Best Paper Targets for Shooting at the Range – “Baker Targets offers plenty of fun paper targets. 164 different options to be exact. One target being a depiction of Flying Monkeys. If the Flying Monkey from the Wizard of Oz ever scared you, then this target maker may be for you.”
Pastor will destroy AR-15 rifle he won in a local raffle – “A pastor plans to destroy a rifle he purchased through a raffle fundraiser for a local girls softball team. Jeremy Lucas, a pastor at Christ Church Episcopal Parish in Lake Oswego, spent $3,000 on 150 raffle tickets in hopes of winning the AR-15 rifle. He said he feels good about helping fund the girls softball team’s trip to a tournament in California, but he’s also pleased about taking a gun off the street.” Should we tell him he could have gotten five of them off the street if he’d gone to a retail store with that amount of cash? Nah. He looks so pleased with himself.
You cursed brat! Look what you’ve done!! I’m melting, melting. Ohhhhh, what a world, what a world. Who would have thought that some little girl like you could destroy my beautiful wickedness.