By Joseph Haynes Davis (via thegrio.com) – The legal/legislative issue of gun control continues to be a hotly debated topic for black Americans and will always be an important issue for all of America. The subject matter is constantly in the media, with each report lending its own social and political spin. Most opinions produced […]
Via Foxbaltimore.com and Baltimore Raven Terrell Suggs has surrendered his fire arms in respect to an ongoing domestic dispute with long time girlfriend.Maybe after the Kansas City Chiefs murder-suicide, T-Sizzle doesn’t want to take any chances. Candace Williams, filed a 70-million dollar suit against Suggs two years ago, but had it withdrawn. However, last month she filed a court order in Baltimore County Circuit Court. Read More. Like The […]
In the wake of recent mass shootings and on-going gun violence in communities across the nation, some are asking if we need to approach gun violence as a public health problem. We have highway safety measures- such as seat belt laws and children’s car safety seats. Take our poll:
If we hypothetically assume Trayvon Martin was murdered in cold blood, Ann Coulter told Bill O’Reilly on Thursday, then every black person in America should get a gun and join the NRA. Coulter discussed her recent column, and argued that gun control is not the solution, because those laws were originally created to keep guns […]
The Mormon Church owns a controversial gun selling website that allows people to buy guns online without passing a background check according to a report by New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and the website Buzzfeed. The website, KSL.com came under scrutiny after Buzzfeed revealed that it was owned by Deseret Media Companies, the for-profit arm […]
NEW YORK-William Masso, a veteran NYPD officer has plead guilty to conspiring to sell M-16 rifles and other guns. Masso was part of a group of 28 people, including eight former and current NYPD officers charged with operating a gun-running ring. Aside from selling guns Masso also admitted to selling stolen cigarettes and conspiring to […]
This Black Friday, Americans bought more guns than they ever have, breaking the previous single-day record set back in 2008 by nearly a third. SEE ALSO: Legless Father Pursue’s Son’s Killer And while analyst attribute the 2008 numbers to fears that Obama would outlaw certain types of firearms, they contend that the current surge is part of […]
NEW YORK-While sentencing Jaquan “Jay Cash” Layne, to twenty years in prison, Supreme Court Justice Edward McLaughlin lectured their families and members of the community. Layne was the boyfriend of Afrika Owes who helped him traffic guns and received a god deal of media attention due to her private school background. The New York Daily […]
Despite several incidents of people with mental problems killing random people, mentally ill people have easy access to guns, according to a new report by the anti-gun advocacy group Mayors Against Illegal Guns. Recently, Jared Loughner brought attention to the issue of mentally ill people and guns when he shot Congressman Gabrielle Giffords in Arizona. […]
NEW YORK — Five New York police officers were arrested for selling illegal cigarettes, guns and counterfeit goods. The arrest happened in a sting at the Brooklyn 68th precinct. Related: Black Travel: Visit The Shrine In Chicago The New York Daily News reports: The informant and undercover agents working with him hired various members of […]
NEW YORK — Jamaican strong man Christopher “Dudus” Coke has plead guilty to racketeering charges in New York City. Dudus was captured last year in Jamaica after a two-month manhunt that included a violent clash between his supporters in Tivoli Gardens and Jamaican Police in which 76 people were killed. Dudus has been connected to […]
An 18-year-old man fatally shot himself with a gun in his Charlotte, North Carolina home Sunday night. Several family members were in the home at the time of the incident. His mother, Annie Bratton, says she didn’t know the teen, Staten Bratton, owned a gun. She now wants others to learn from the incident, warning […]
