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On Jan. 24, 2002, a derringer belonging to Ronald T. Cox, 54, accidentally discharged at an Indianapolis restaurant, wounding another patron. Investigators say the gun was in the pocket of Cox's leather coat; it went off when he placed the coat on the back of a chair. Cox had a concealed-carry permit. Police also found marijuana in Cox's coat.[2]
On December 28, 2001, Barry Brunstein of Tampa, FL, was caught with a loaded 9-mm. Beretta in his briefcase at Memphis International Airport during a random security stop. Brunstein, a transportation safety consultant, said that he had forgotten that the gun was in his briefcase. "It was the handiest place to put it. I never gave the gun a second thought," he said in an interview. Alarmingly, Brunstein had passed through security at Tampa International Airport on the first leg of his flight without the weapon being detected.[3]
On November 25, 2001, James Craig Wilson became frustrated and angry when he had trouble untangling the Christmas lights he planned to hang at his suburban Vancouver, WA, home. After going inside to calm down, Wilson went outside and fired his .45-caliber pistol into the ground multiple times. After his arrest for reckless endangerment, Wilson said that he had attended anger management classes six months earlier. "I thought discharging my gun would help me discharge my anger," Wilson said. "I guess I'm going to lose my concealed weapons permit."[4]
On November 14, 2001, a gun carried by 32-year-old Cesar Solis accidentally went off in a Chester County, PA, tavern, injuring three people including himself – one seriously. Solis was charged with two counts of aggravated assault, two counts of recklessly endangering another person, and one count of discharging a weapon in a building. Police said Solis, who had a permit to carry the gun, was at the Birch Inn late Sunday night with his brother when Cesar Solis pulled the gun from his waistband. The gun discharged and hit his brother and Sandra Pierson, who was seated at a nearby table.[5]
On November 7, 2001, the Alaska Court of Appeals ruled that under Alaska law a judge could not take into account a man's mental illness when taking away his concealed-weapons permit. In October 1998, Timothy Wagner walked into an Anchorage store and told an employee that he needed to soak out the chemicals that had been injected into him or else they would kill him. He also said a computer chip had been implanted in his head. When police were called to the scene, Wagner failed to tell police immediately that he was armed as required by law. Despite a history of mental illness, Wagner was able to get and keep an CCW permit because Alaska's concealed-weapons law was changed at the behest of the gun lobby to prohibit law enforcement from considering a person's mental state when applying for a permit.[6]
Just one month after the September 11 terrorist attacks, an unnamed Washington state woman was stopped for having a loaded two-shot derringer in her carry-on baggage at Sea-Tac Airport.[7]
On July 6, 2001, an unnamed man fatally shot 17-year-old Jacob W. Walton during a road rage altercation in Spokane, WA. Walton was a passenger in a car that got into an altercation with the shooter. According to police, the shooter had a concealed-weapons permit.[8]
On July 5, 2001, an unnamed 75-year-old businessman was arrested for pulling a .38-caliber handgun on two associates in Troy, MI. The man, a concealed-weapons permit holder, had gotten into an argument with the two men over debris in a lot he going to lease to them. When the two men refused to clean up the debris for which they were not responsible, the man "became angry, made threats, pointed the gun at one man, even threatening to shoot out the tires on his truck."[9]
On the second anniversary of the Columbine High massacre (April 20, 2001), a 44-year-old substitute teacher, Cynthia Seymour, was caught with a loaded .38-caliber revolver at Tampa Bay Technical High School in Florida. A school resource officer discovered the gun when he noticed the butt of the gun sticking out from her back pocket. School district policy prohibits employees from bringing weapons to school unless they are law enforcement officers. Seymour, who holds a concealed-weapons permit, was a former sheriff's deputy, but a school spokesman said, "Regardless of her rationale for having it . . . it's not justifiable. School district employees should not be carrying weapons on campus, just as students should not be carrying weapons."[10]
On February 15, 2001, Renee Rudenick, 53, was arrested for possessing a firearm on school grounds in King County, WA. Police confirmed that Rudenick has a permit for the weapon, but it is illegal for anyone, including CCW permit holders, to have a gun on school grounds. Rudenick's boyfriend said that he usually takes the gun with him when he drops her off at work but that he must have forgotten to take the gun out of her purse that morning. The incident was brought to the attention of school officials after Rudenick told a principal that she had misplaced her purse and thought her loaded .38-caliber revolver might be in it. She has been fired by the school district.[11]
On November 25, 2000, a man accidentally shot himself in the abdomen in a Hoover, AL, movie theater Saturday night. According to the police report, Richard Nelson, 43, went to see 102 Dalmatians with a Glock 17 9-mm pistol in his jacket pocket. After the movie ended, he was putting on his jacket when something hung on the trigger of his gun, causing it to discharge. According to police, Nelson was licensed to carry a gun for personal protection.[12]
During the summer of 2000, Austin, TX, taxi driver Wayne Franklin Lambert Jr. shot and killed two unarmed men, both high-tech professionals, who had been his passengers. According to police, Lambert, a gun enthusiast with a Texas concealed-handgun license shot one of the men three times in the back. The other victim gave a deathbed statement, saying that the taxi driver became angry over something his friend had said and challenged him to a fight. Other cab drivers gave police sworn statements saying Lambert was "very short-tempered" and "always angry at just about everything." One cab driver claimed Lambert once said, "I would shoot someone over a dollar." According to state records, Lambert was charged with assault after beating, choking and threatening to kill another taxi driver in August 1994. Lambert was charged with capital murder, representing the second multiple murder case brought against a Texas concealed-gun licensee in the last three years.[13]
On July 1, 2000, the Courier-Journal (KY) reported that a man with a concealed weapon and a bystander were injured when the gun fired after falling from the man's pocket at a concession stand at Tinseltown movie theaters, police said. William Newman, 34, had a permit to carry his concealed .22-caliber derringer, said Officer Robert Biven, a Jefferson County police spokesman. Newman was hit in the leg when the gun went off shortly after 8 p.m. The bullet also hit Juanita Sparks, 60, in the hip, Biven said. Signs at the box office say firearms are prohibited in the theater.[14]
On June 20, 2000, the Providence Journal (RI) reported that police were investigating Ira S. Nasberg, a freelance photographer whose stolen .40-caliber handgun was allegedly used in the murder of two college students. During the last eight years, Nasberg has reported six guns either lost or stolen. When Nasberg reported the .40-caliber handgun stolen, he told police that the gun was taken from his "unattended" car while he was in a convenience store. Later, he said that another man, Gregory Floyd, was in the car at the time of the theft. Floyd was arrested along with four other men for the abduction and shooting of the college students. Police suspect that Nasberg, a CCW licensee with no criminal record, had illegally purchased guns on behalf of other people.[15]
On June 11, 2000, Jamie Cokes, 26, of Pittsburgh, PA, shot and killed 30-year-old Leon Blair. In 1998, Cokes had been shot in the face by a robber while driving his cab. He later told a local paper that he had a permit to carry a gun and would shoot the man who had shot him. Cokes and Blair knew each other, and, according to the victim's brother, Cokes "was always talking about shooting people." Cokes later admitted to police that Blair was not the man who shot him in 1998.[16]
On May 30, 2000, a fistfight turned into a gun battle outside the home of Dale Cramm, 44, of Everett, WA, resulting in the death of two teens. Cramm's son was later charged in the deaths, and Cramm himself was charged with witness tampering, tampering with physical evidence, and three drug-related felonies. Police also confiscated an arsenal of weapons, including five shotguns, three SKS assault rifles, 3 other rifles, bayonets and high-capacity magazines. Within days after the weapons were confiscated, Cramm, who was out on bail, allegedly went to a local gun show and purchased more firearms. According to police, Cramm used his CCW permit as identification to purchase guns at the gun show.[17]
On March 7, 2000, Deena Estaban, 42, of Woodbridge, VA, was charged with bringing a gun onto school property. Estaban, who has a Virginia CCW permit, had mistakenly brought the gun in a backpack to the elementary school where she is an art teacher. The gun was loaded and had been left unattended in her classroom until another teacher discovered it. Police said that it was likely that students were near the bag during the school day.[18]
On February 14, 2000, two men died over a repossessed car in Miami, FL. Roberto Ortega, 30, and Kendria Vann, 19, got into a gunfight when Ortega, a licensed repossessor, tried to tow Vann's car away for repossession. While it is unclear who fired first, police said that both men fired multiple shots, hitting each other once – Vann in the chest and Ortega in the head. Vann's stepfather said that Vann thought that Ortega was stealing his car. Ortega had a Florida CCW permit.[19]
On January 27, 2000, Louis Mockewich, 34, of Philadelphia, PA, shot and killed a neighbor who was shoveling snow behind his rowhouse. The two neighbors had been arguing over where the victim was placing the snow, and Mockewich's solution was to pull out his gun, for which he had a CCW permit, and kill the 31-year-old man. The victim, too had a CCW permit.[20]
On December 14, 1999, Adam Sousa, 25 of Naples, FL, pulled a .357 from a holster before leaving the dog track, and shot two men. Sousa, said to have been angry over an argument at the poker table, was asked to leave the game. As he headed toward the door, Sousa pulled the gun and pointed it, threatening to kill the track parking attendant. Sousa then shot two others. Sousa, a CCW permit holder, was intoxicated at the time of the shooting[21].
In early December of 1999, William Manies, 52, of Fountain City, TN, returned to his former office to avenge the 45-year-old woman who fired him a month before. Manies, a CCW permit holder, walked into the office and pointed a .38-caliber pistol at the victim and executed her while she sat in her chair, talking on the telephone. Manies's wife, who also worked for the firm was present when her husband killed the co-worker.[22]
On November 17, 1999, David Tanski, 53, of Tualatin, OR, rammed his car into another car that had taken a parking space he felt entitled to. When the driver of the second car approached Tanski, Tanski pulled out a gun. Tanski, who has a concealed weapons permit, was charged with menacing. A witness to the incident said that he understood Tanski's frustration at not being able to find parking, but "there's just no excuse for pulling a gun."[23]
On November 8, 1999, Shirley Henson, 40 of Alabaster, AL, ended a battle for position in heavy rush-hour traffic by pulling out her .38 revolver and shooting the 34-year-old woman with whom she had played cat-and-mouse on I-65. The two women cut each other off, tailgated, lane-changed, and slammed on brakes for about 4 miles along the southbound highway from Birmingham, until they both exited. As the victim, who was on her way to pick up her 4-year-old daughter, got out and approached Henson's vehicle. Henson reached into the console, pulled out the gun for which she had a CCW permit, rolled down her window, and shot the woman in the face, killing her. Henson was later convicted of manslaughter.[24]
In September of 1999, Greg King of Milwaukie, OR, brought a semiautomatic handgun in a backpack to the elementary school where he worked, and was consequently fired from his job. King, a CCW permit holder, worked as a night custodian and says he needed to remain armed for his protection. Oregon has a law that gives the state authority to regulate the possession of concealed handguns. King is suing the district.[25]
In August 1999, James H. Miller, 53, of Bald Knob, AR, a permit holder, was convicted of manslaughter in the shooting death of Charles Starks Jr., 31, of Georgetown. Miller shot Starks and Starks' father, Charles Starks Sr., also of Georgetown, in their chests during a confrontation in a parking lot of a convenience store Nov. 25, 1998. Miller's weapon was not one of several for which he had a concealed-handgun license. He maintained during the trial that he acted in self-defense out of fear of being beaten. The elder Starks said he and his son were angry because Miller had accused them of trespassing. The prosecutor argued that the shootings were unjustified because neither of the Starks' had weapons.[26]
In early July 1999, Scott Stone, Jr., of Tarboro, NC, flew halfway across the country to murder his ex-wife in Southlake, Texas. Stone, a former resident of Southlake, and a North Carolina concealed-weapons permit holder, ambushed his ex-wife, Marisa Jackson, as she jogged along a trail near her house. He then turned the gun on himself. Friends noted that Stone, "[N]ever showed any signs of aggressiveness or any reason to have done what he [did]." Both doctors, Stone and Jackson had graduated together from the University of Illinois College of Medicine. There was no history of domestic violence between the two. In the trunk of Stone's rental car, police found a will leaving all of his assets to his two young daughters and a check for the executor of his estate.[27]
Raymond Cruz, a concealed weapons licensee from Indiana, was arrested for criminal recklessness with a handgun and resisting law enforcement after shooting a toilet to pieces in a restaurant. Cruz, 49, had been drinking along with other St. Patrick's Day revelers in Zuni's Restaurant and Lounge in the early morning hours of March 18, 1999. He told police that he opened fire on the toilet because "it didn't flush fast enough." According to police, Cruz was "highly intoxicated" with a blood-alcohol content level of 0.18 percent, nearly twice the legal driving limit in Indiana. Luckily, no one else was in the restroom at the time of the shooting. Zuni's general manager remarked, "Looked at in one light, it's sort of amusing. When you put it in the context of happening in a public place, it's not funny at all."[28]
On February 25, 1999, 76-year-old Clay "Junior" Wallace, an Arkansas Concealed Weapons Permit holder, shot and killed Robert Qualls, 65, after an argument over new sewer service for the town of Black Oak, AR. The two men had been arguing inside Vera's Cafe but went outside to settle the argument with a fist fight. After Qualls knocked down Wallace twice, Wallace pulled out a .38 caliber revolver that he was carrying and shot Qualls twice in the stomach, killing him.[29]
On January 30, 1999, a festive day at a Phoenix, AZ, golf tournament turned scary when Brian Murphy, a Arizona Concealed Weapons Permit holder, was arrested after scuffling with police. According to police, an intoxicated Murphy began heckling golf-superstar Tiger Woods on the sixth hole of the Phoenix Open. When confronted by Scottsdale police officer Robert Rucker, Murphy became belligerent. "I told the fan to be quiet," said Officer Rucker, "and he said 'I've got a gun, too' and squared off on me." After tackling Murphy, police found a semi-automatic pistol in his fanny pack. Tiger Woods noted that it was the second time armed fans had gotten onto a golf course while he was playing. "It might come to the point where it might be like high school, where you have to have metal detectors in order to go in," Woods said.[30]
A disabled handyman was arrested after the brutal murder of a popular Aventura, FL, surgeon. Robert Herndon, a Florida concealed-weapons permit holder, was accused of gunning down Dr. Bradley Silverman outside his office. Authorities later discovered that Herndon had been twice charged with assault, the first charge being dropped, the second reduced to a misdemeanor. Herndon was described by neighbors as "a man who easily lost his temper and who threatened them with his gun." Moreover, when police sought Herndon for questioning following the January 11, 1999, murder, they traced him to a local mental health facility where he had voluntarily committed himself. Police later found out that Herndon had a long history of mental illness, but got a permit because of loopholes in the Florida law.[31]
Carlton Evans, a 37-year-old concealed-weapons permit holder in Seattle, WA, was accused of killing his wife and baby daughter after months of abuse. Fearing for her life, Evans' estranged wife, Melanie Edwards took her 2-year-old daughter Carli Fay and fled the family home. Edwards filed for a protection order on October 19, 1998. One day later, Evans applied for, and was granted, a Washington CCW permit. On December 9th, armed with his 9mm semi-automatic pistol, Evans killed Melanie and baby Carli Fay. Evans fled, and later killed himself when police tried to arrest him. A Seattle women's shelter spokesperson noted, "You have a battered woman who is in fear for her life and her childÉ[that] very court awards visitation rights to a known abuser who had a gun and [Edwards] ended up dead. Big surprise."[32]
Joseph Mule, a Florida CCW licensee, led police on a high-speed chase through the streets of Tampa before being killed by deputies. According to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office, Mule began the October 10, 1998 chase after police attempted to pull him over for drunk driving. Mule decided to make a run for it, beginning the chase through suburban streets. When he attempted to cross a parking lot, he crashed into a parked truck, whereupon deputies ordered him out of the car. When he refused, deputies approached the vehicle, opening fire when Mule drew his concealed weapon from his holster.[33]
On September 3, 1998, three Connecticut State Troopers sustained multiple gunshot wounds from Edward Premo, who had a Connecticut concealed handgun permit. Two of the Troopers were questioning Premo at his home on suspicion that he had vandalized a neighbor's car when he became hostile. Suddenly, Premo whipped a 9mm semi-automatic pistol from his waistband and shot both at close range. As the officers fired back, Premo ran into his house, returning seconds later with a high-powered rifle. Two more Troopers responded to the call and were fired upon by the suspect. Fortunately, all three Troopers who were hit, Michael Hoague, Mark Pelletier and James Reidy, survived the attack. After inspecting Premo's home, law enforcement investigators found nine explosive booby traps, hand grenades, dynamite, pipe bombs and guns. Premo, who had a history of mental illness, was later found innocent of the shooting by reason of insanity.[34]
Thomas P. Kelly, 28, of Groveland, Florida, was charged with attempted murder after shooting Amerida Dale Woods during a July 19, 1998 argument. Kelly and Woods had been arguing, when Kelly went to his vehicle, grabbed a handgun and shot Woods. According to police investigators called to the scene, Kelly shot the victim twice before running away. Kelly was also charged with use of the firearm in commission of a felony, use of a firearm under the influence of alcohol and aggravated assault. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement later verified that Kelly had a valid CCW permit.[35]
Three Phoenix, AZ, men got into a confrontation at a local convenience store that ended with one man dead and another wounded. According to police, Toby Mack and Kenneth April began "to bounce chests andÉstart to fight" after arguing in front of the Texaco Star Mart at 4252 South 48th Street. Mack then pulled a gun on April, who responded by pulling his own concealed handgun. April's friend, Mike Willey came out of the market and pulled his gun, whereupon several shots were exchanged by all three men. When the shooting stopped, Mack lay on the ground dead and April was wounded in the stomach. Both April and Willey possessed valid Arizona concealed-weapons permits.[36]
Steven Dobric, a CCW permit holder with no prior criminal record, gunned down his estranged wife outside an all-night Cuban restaurant in Palm Beach, FL, before turning the gun on himself. According to investigators, Dobric, whom his wife had described as "unpredictable," followed her and a friend as they left a local restaurant. Senada Dobric, upon noticing her husband following her, fled. Dobric chased her down and shot her twice in the head before shooting himself. Dobric's weapon, a .40 caliber handgun, had been issued to him by the security company for which he worked. "There's nothing the police can do. It's a losing scenario," stated the Director of the Palm Beach County Victim's Services and Support. Senada Dobric had filed a restraining order one month earlier, accusing her husband of abuse and death threats. Ironically, two days before the June 3, 1998 incident, Gov. Lawton Chiles had signed a domestic violence bill barring those served with such orders from possessing firearms.[37]
Billy Ray Beagle, a Florida concealed weapons permit holder, was killed in a shootout with police on March 25, 1998, after locking himself in a police station bathroom with his gun while being questioned about the slayings of two hunters. During the 9-hour standoff, Beagle confessed that he had killed the two hunters in separate attacks in 1993. Both men had been shot at close range and then robbed. Police hadn't checked Beagle for weapons when he came to the police station because he came to them voluntarily.[38]
In December 1997, concealed-weapons licensee John L. Paasch was arrested and charged with reckless endangerment, second-degree criminal mischief and disorderly conduct after shooting his gun off in a Tygart, OR, bar. According to the police report, Paasch was "goofing off" and pretending to shoot his gun. As he was putting it back into its holster, the gun went off and hit the bar, causing about $350 worth of damage. Luckily, no one was injured.[39]
In September 1997, former Broward County, FL, judge candidate and CCW license holder Daniel Blackman pulled his gun on an emergency room doctor at St. Mary's Medical Center after the doctor refused to write him a prescription. The doctor fled from the examining room and summoned a police officer who confronted Blackman. Blackman then pointed his gun at the officer. The officer, knowing a stray bullet could hit another patient or medical personnel in the area, didn't shoot at Blackman and managed to wrestle the gun from him. In 1996, Blackman was accused of threatening to put three bullets in the head of an officer after receiving a parking ticket at an airport. He was arrested after hitting another officer with his car and fleeing the scene. Police found a loaded 9mm automatic handgun, several knives and other weapons in his car. Charges were dropped on assurances Blackman would receive psychological treatment. Under Florida law, he was able to retain his CCW license.[40]
Also in September 1997, five men got into an argument outside of Big Willy's Saloon in Baldwin, PA. According to reports, words were exchanged, and guns were pulled. All five individuals had valid Pennsylvania concealed-weapons permits. Shots were fired, and five people were injured, two critically. Five weapons were recovered. Although only five bullets had been fired from three of the guns, each shot managed to injure someone. Baldwin Chief of Police, Christopher Kelly commented on how easy it was to obtain a concealed weapons permit. Previous laws had required a letter of reference from a local police chief. Chief Kelly used the rule to encourage applicants to obtain safety training. Changes in state law forced Chief Kelly to stop requiring safety training. "Anytime someone pulls a gun out because someone stared at them, it is a training issue," the Chief is quoted as saying. "A gun is not a fashion statement, and people need to be taught that guns are dangerous. Training has to be an issue."[41]
In July 1997, Indiana CCW licensee Joseph Corcoran was charged with four counts of murder for shooting his brother and three others in the living room of their home. Corcoran shot the four after overhearing them talking about him. In 1992 Corcoran was tried and acquitted for the shotgun slayings of his parents. In 1993, he pled guilty to criminal mischief for shooting telephone lines in two. Corcoran had applied for a permit to purchase a machine gun in 1996, but was denied because Police Chief T. Neil Moore, who is granted discretion in issuing such permits, felt the firearm would not be used for lawful purposes. Unfortunately, local law enforcement in Indiana does not have discretion in issuing CCW licenses and Corcoran was not ineligible under state law. Despite his violent past and his known fondness for mischief, he was allowed to lawfully carry his weapon.[42]
In Tulsa, OK, Harold Glover shot and killed Cecil Herndon in January 1997, as 250 4-year-old children watched. Police stated that Glover and Herndon showed up at Bunche Early Childhood Development Center and argued about who would take their 4-year-old grandson home from school. Glover was in his car with his wife and grandson when he pulled out his .357 Magnum and shot Herndon, who was standing outside the vehicle, once in the chest. Glover claimed self-defense, stating that Herndon had threatened him with a pocketknife. However, authorities determined that Herndon was not acting in a "life-threatening" manner and that Glover acted without cause. Glover had received his CCW license immediately after Oklahoma's CCW law went into effect.[43]
In Indianapolis, two women enjoying a meal were accidentally shot when a CCW licensee's gun fell out of his pocket. The November 11, 1997 incident occurred when Thomas Neuman, a concealed-weapons permit holder, bent over to help retrieve a broken necklace. His .32 caliber Derringer pistol, which he kept in his shirt pocket, fell to the floor, discharging one bullet that struck both women. According to police, the permit holder should have secured his gun in a holster. A witness later stated, "This proves it can happen to anybody, anywhere, anytime."[44]
A former mayoral candidate in Provo, UT, was arrested after refusing a request by a police officer to turn over his concealed handgun. Officer John Barson, responding to a report that ex-candidate Jackson A. Adkins had stolen a neighbor's screen door, asked Adkins to turn over his concealed handgun in interests of safety. When Officer Barson attempted to remove the gun, Adkins resisted. In the ensuing struggle, the former mayoral candidate reached for the police officer's service revolver. Adkins, 79, was charged with misdemeanor assault. At the time of the August 31 incident, Adkins possessed a valid concealed weapons permit.[45]
A postal clerk, known by acquaintances as "patriotic," calmly shot his former wife and her friend in a Miami Beach post office, before turning the gun on himself. As soon as he saw his ex-wife, Jesus Antonio Tamayo, who had a valid concealed weapons permit, retrieved a handgun from his car. After shooting his ex-wife and her friend, Tamayo walked outside and shot himself in his face. John Parfumorse, a friend of Tamayo is quoted as saying, "He was the last person I would expect to do something like this." Tamayo, a 21-year employee of the postal service and a disabled veteran, was known as a "very calm kind of guy."[46]
In March 1996, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reported that Clarence Wilbon, then 48, of Little Rock, who had a license to carry a concealed handgun, fatally shot Gary Allen Smith once in the chest with a .44-caliber revolver. Wilbon fired as he and Smith, who was also armed, struggled for control of Smith's gun, which had fired one round into Wilbon's leg when the two argued at a gambling game in a North Little Rock house. He had a permit despite a record of misdemeanor charges for gambling, as well as arrests but no convictions on drug charges and in the assault of a policeman.[47]
In Houston, TX, Pete Kanakidis shot and killed Alejandro Cruz Arroyo in May 1996, after a dispute over the ownership of some tools with two other men. The investigation indicated that Kanakidis approached Arroyo, who was sitting in his vehicle, and fired point blank into Arroyo's face.[48] Although Kanakidis indicated that he felt his life in danger, police later determined that Arroyo was not involved in the argument and was sitting alone in the driver's seat of a truck. Texas's CCW law went into effect in January 1996.
In February 1996, Robert Asbury of Blacksburg, VA, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound after he shot and killed his estranged wife and one of her former co-workers at her home. On his CCW license application, Asbury wrote that he had owned and used guns for 50 years and regularly practiced at a gun range.[49] |
