Showing posts with label USA. Show all posts
Showing posts with label USA. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 12, 2013

6-Month-Old Shot, Dies from Multiple Bullet Wounds


A horrific story out of Chicago today, as a six-month girl named Jonylah Watkins has died from bullet wounds suffered Monday when she was shot five times while her dad changed her diaper.

According to witnesses, a gunman opened fire on Jonathan Watkins around 1 p.m. when he was standing alongside his minivan, caring for his child in the front seat.
Police are investigating the incident, which left Jonathan with gun shots in his side and buttocks and which was NOT the first time this family was faced with such a crime.

Jonylah's mother, Judy, was shot in the knee while pregnant with Jonylah, according to the woman's mother, Mary Young.
"There's too much shooting over there," Young told journalistsMonday, adding of her granddaughter: "She's nothing but 6 months old. How could anybody... what kind of heart?"
Jonathan remains in critical care and is expected to survive, while Jonylah's fatal wounds were in her thigh, shoulder, lung, liver and bowels.

Saturday, March 9, 2013

This is for REAL - South Dakota Gun Law: Teachers NOW Allowed to Carry Weapons in Class


South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard has signed into law a new bill that will allow the state's teachers to carry guns in class, according to reports.
The South Dakota lawis considered to be the first of its kind.
So far, about two dozen states have proposed similar bills to arm teachers in the aftermath of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings in Connecticut.
None of them have been pushed through ... yet.

The law states “school districts may choose to allow a school employee, hired security officer or volunteer to serve as a ‘sentinel’ who can carry a firearm.”
The law does not require districts to do this.
The governor said he believes he most schools won't utilize the options, but felt it was important to offer them the option as a matter of public safety.
“I think it does provide the same safety precautions that a citizen expects when a law enforcement officer enters onto a premises,” he said in an interview.