Movement Roundup

MIDLAND, Texas - Some popular firearms like the AR-15 are now selling for up to $600 less than they did at the start of 2009. The price drop can be attributed to a variety of factors including some that could send the prices back up. Like most other things, gun prices are largely based on supply and demand. But it's what causes that demand and influences supply that can be surprising. At the start of 2009, the demand caused by gun enthusiasts scrambling to purchase... [CBS-7 TV News (Texas), via GunPolicy.org]

The deaths of a young man and woman, discovered miles apart over the weekend, were a murder-suicide, Sheriff's investigators said Sunday. Ryan Ray Scurlock, 24 killed himself Saturday afternoon at a gun range south of Orlando. That suicide led to deputies to the body of Jennifer Lynn Roqueta, 21, in her apartment a few miles south of the University of Central Florida. Acquaintances on Sunday said Roqueta, an accounting major at UCF, and Scurlock had worked together... [Orlando Sentinel (Florida), via GunPolicy.org]

A bridegroom celebrating his wedding was believed to have been one of four people killed outside a restaurant in the city of Buffalo yesterday. Four more were wounded. The gunmen have so far not been identified and a major manhunt is under way in and around the large industrial city in upstate New York. The tragedy happened outside a downtown Buffalo restaurant called the City Grill at 2.30am yesterday as a large group of about 100 people left at the end of a wedding... [Guardian (UK), via GunPolicy.org]

A right-wing Internet radio host was convicted on Friday by a federal jury in Brooklyn of threatening three federal judges who had issued a ruling he disagreed with. Two previous prosecutions of the host, Harold C. Turner, ended in mistrials after jurors were unable to agree on a verdict, but the decision Friday came after less than two hours of deliberation. Mr. Turner, 48, posted inflammatory Internet messages about the three appeals court judges who had upheld a... [New York Times, via GunPolicy.org]

ALBANY, New York — New York Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand been endorsed for election by a leading gun control group two years after earning a top rating from the National Rifle Association. The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence notes Gillibrand had been an NRA favorite when she was an upstate congresswoman in a Republican district. But the group says in less than two years as an appointed U.S. senator she has become a leader in sensible gun... [Associated Press, via GunPolicy.org]

ROCKAWAY TOWNSHIP — A legally blind gun collector and hobbyist from Rockaway Township was back in court today, fighting once again to hold onto his right to possess weapons. The Morris County Prosecutor's Office is trying to revoke Steven Hopler's firearms ID card, after Hopler accidentally shot himself in the left shin while cleaning a weapon on Oct. 7, 2008. Hopler's last court go-round came in 2004, when he successfully challenged the Rockaway Township police... [Star-Ledger (New Jersey), via GunPolicy.org]

A former state narcotics agent was arraigned in Oklahoma City federal court Tuesday in connection with a gunrunning scheme that led to the trafficking of firearms to Mexico, according to court records. Court papers allege that Francisco Javier Reyes, 29, of Oklahoma City, recruited two friends — one of whom is now dead — to buy firearms for him. Those guns later were transported south toward Mexico where federal authorities believe they were to be delivered. Reyes... [Oklahoman (Oklahoma City), via GunPolicy.org]

ST. STEPHEN - Plans by a retired Texas couple to tour the Maritime provinces this month have run afoul of Canada's gun laws. Terry Howze Carter, 61, of Corpus Christi was fined $1,500 Tuesday for not declaring a prohibited Smith & Wesson revolver when he and his wife crossed the border into Canada at St. Stephen Aug. 3. Carter and his wife both answered 'no' when a Canadian customs officer asked if they brought firearms with them, Crown prosecutor Peter Thorn told St.... [Telegraph-Journal (New Brunswick), via GunPolicy.org]

The audience was armed - literally - at a House Judiciary Committee hearing in Upper Darby yesterday to examine a loophole in the state's concealed-weapons laws. From short, pudgy, middle-aged men to young, slim ones, gun-rights advocates came packing heat to the hearing about what's become known as the "Florida loophole." Under Pennsylvania's firearms-reciprocity agreements, the state must recognize "concealed-carry" licenses from certain other states, and vice... [Philadelphia Daily News, via GunPolicy.org]

SAN FRANCISCO — In taking aim at gun control in The City, one supervisor is looking into creating an ammunition registry that would make it easier to trace bullets bought and sold locally. Supervisor Michela Alioto-Pier said she's working with the City Attorney's Office to craft legislation that would essentially expand on state law that monitors handgun ammunition. "It's to try and crack down on gun violence," Alioto-Pier said. She's attempting to get around... [San Francisco Examiner, via GunPolicy.org]