by Cristina Howorun
Last Updated Apr 25, 2021 at 3:22 pm EDT
As part of an original Citytv documentary, VeraCity: The Gun Chase, reporter Cristina Howorun examines the causes behind and source of Toronto’s gun problem and the impact the violence has on victims and their families. In this first person account of what it takes to acquire a gun license in Canada, she also experiences what its like to fire a gun for the first time.
I’d never picked up a gun before, at least not a real one. I shot a BB gun at a target range at a Caribbean resort once, but that hardly counts. Nobody in my immediate family has ever shot a gun, and in my large and extended family, its never really come up. There may be some hunters in my family, but its not part of any conversation I’ve ever had. And the veterans that returned from service didn’t come back with guns. I didn’t grow up in a culture of firearms, and I was fortunate enou
Today
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A few snow showers scattered about the area this evening, otherwise a good deal of clouds. Low around 25F. Winds N at 10 to 15 mph. Chance of snow 30%. Updated: April 16, 2021 @ 10:50 am
A September 2016 fire at Turkey Tracks shooting range in Pike National Forest.
Friends of Turkey Tracks Shooting Area Facebook page
Wednesday, 10 March 2021, 2:07 pm
Safe use of hunting firearms is pretty basic, says
Firearms Safety Council spokesperson Bill
O’Leary.
The approaching “roar” and the opening
of the game bird season will encourage thousands of hunters
into the hills and swamps of New Zealand and the Firearms
Safety Council of Aotearoa New Zealand thinks it is timely
to remind hunters to “be safe”.
The Firearms
Safety Council’s Mr O’Leary is reminding hunters to
follow some basic rules:
· Get a firearms
licence
· Communicate your presence to other
hunters
· Know where your hunting companions are at
all times
· Understand and observe the basic rules of
Man charged with attempted murder following targeted shooting on I-24
Tennessee Department of Transportation.
and last updated 2021-03-08 15:53:04-05
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (WTVF) â Two people have been arrested in connection to a shooting on Interstate 24 in Rutherford County on Saturday.
One of the men, 20-year-old Keyonn Warfield, has been charged with attempted first-degree murder. Additionally, he and 19-year-old Rizighallah Khemis are facing charges of conspiracy to commit attempted first-degree murder and unlawful possession of a weapon while committing a dangerous felony.
Officials originally believed the shooting stemmed from road rage, but now say they believe it was a targeted shooting. Detective Capt. Britt Reed said she believes there was a connection between the suspects and the victim.
ANTIOCH, Calif. (KGO) Antioch police have arrested two men after they allegedly attempted to rob a Target pharmacy and shot a Good Samaritan trying to stop them.
Authorities say officers responded to a call of an armed robbery at the Target on Lone Tree Way around 2 p.m. Wednesday.
When officers arrived they found two suspects trying to drive away from the scene.
Another officer located a man who had been shot at the entrance to the store. He was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
A Target employee tells ABC7 that the good Samaritan was shot in the leg while trying to stop the robbers from getting away.