Texas Massacre Adds 4,000 Names to Gun Banby Shawn McCraith '18 Last November Devin Kelley, an ex-US airman of the United States Air Force, opened fire on a church congregation in Sutherland Springs, Texas killing 26 people. The U.S. military failed to add Kelley to a gun ban list because of his dishonorable discharge. In Kelley’s case he was charged with aggravated assault, which should have hindered the individual from being able to purchase a gun. After the shooting, the Department of Defense has pushed to properly update the FBI’s system to keep any military personnel who were kicked out of the military for violence to be barred from ever purchasing a weapon. Within the past three months since the shooting, more than 4,000 names have been filed into the system which is a 38% leap. The FBI system identifies reasons to keep civilians and former military personnel from buying guns, which includes any that have been dishonorably discharged or convicted by a general court martial. Ever since 2015, a massive 11,000 dishonorably discharged personnel has been published online and is now at 15,597. The Department of Defense has not taken note of the jump in submissions and so for an unknown time period there was 4,000 people who could have bought guns even though they were legally barred from it. The main three branches of the United States military have been scrutinized because of their failure to backlog the names of the people who were not supposed to have been able to buy weapons. The Air Force has been focused on because the shooter was an ex-US Airman and the Secretary of the Air Force has reported that they are reviewing cases dating back to 2002. Lawmakers have been set into action because of the shooting, and are now trying to strengthen the national background check system. http://thehill.com/policy/defense/373396-us-military-added-4000-to-gun-ban-list-after-texas-church-massacre-reportpurchasing a weapon https://www.click2houston.com/news/after-texas-church-massacre-military-adds-4000-names-to-gun-ban-list Dog Thrown to His Deathby Meche Williams '19 Saturday February 10th a little four year old Chihuahua that was had fur the color of black and tan named Dunky was thrown to his death. Near San Francisco Union Square, a man tried to break into the car Dunky was in at Sutter-Stockton Garage in Union Square. When he broke into the car there were pieces of glass covered in blood from Dunky and a bloody trail leading to the railing that was seven stories high where the dog was thrown off of. Later that same day, in the afternoon drivers passing by the garage around 2:00 pm saw the animal dead outside Stockton Street Tunnel near Sutter Street. When the police were notified and started their investigation they looked at the scene and noticed there was a camera that had the view of the railing in it. They watched the video taped and recognized the man from previous contacts. The man suspected of throwing Dunky to his death is 35-year-old, Wakeen Best a San Francisco resident. Sunday February 11th they arrested Best at Polk and Bush streets and he is now being charged with suspicion of felony burglary, animal cruelty, possession of stolen property, vandalism, grand theft, carrying a concealed weapon and probation violation. And to top it all off he is being held without bail for suspicion of misdemeanor counts of possession of burglary tools, violating a court order and possession of drug paraphernalia. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.sfgate.com/news/amp/Police-Man-throws-dog-to-death-after-breaking-12605916.php https://www.google.com/amp/abc7news.com/amp/pets-animals/dog-tossed-to-its-death-from-sf-parking-garage-during-burglary/3069203/ Ambush News Interviews Floyd Kezele,Professor for UNM-Gallup, about the CCTE Programby Lucia Kezele '18 Ambush News Interviews Students about UNM-Gallup CCTE Programby Meche Williams '19 by Shawn McCraith '18 by Mariah Tso '20
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