The tragedy in Newtown, Connecticut has sparked a debate about gun control in America. Read stories submitted throughout the myFOX web network to see where people stand on the issue from across the United States.
The tragedy in Newtown, Connecticut has sparked a debate about gun control in America. Read stories submitted throughout the myFOX web network to get a sense where people and lawmakers stand on the issue from across the United States.
Guilty or not, these strange mug shots are worth a look. This information was supplied by law enforcement and describes recent arrests and charges. All defendants are presumed innocent.
Guilty or not, these strange mug shots are worth a look. This information was supplied by law enforcement and describes recent arrests and charges. All defendants are presumed innocent.
The 17-year periodical cicadas are predicted to emerge this spring and bring their "melodious" sounds with them. We have what you need to learn about and share the invasion experience.
The 17-year periodical cicadas are predicted to emerge this spring and bring their "melodious" sounds with them. We have what you need to learn about and share the invasion experience.
CHANTILLY, Va. -
The gun debate spilled across the barista counters of some northern Virginia Starbucks coffee shops Friday.
Gun rights activists were making a somewhat startling show of force.
Their message is simple: we love guns and coffee - especially where it's legal to openly carry firearms.
It's a Beretta," says gun owner Crystal Fox, one of more than a dozen men and women hanging out at the Starbucks in Chantilly Friday. "9 millimeter. Everyone's big on having their free speech and stuff. Second Amendment makes sure you have your First Amendment."
They're patronizing Starbucks for being neutral in the gun control debate.
And they were: men and women sharing conversation and displaying their holstered handguns openly in compliance with Virginia law.
"This is probably the safest location in Virginia right now by having 15 trained gun owners in there having a cup of coffee," says gun rights advocate Ed Levine who spearheaded the Open Carry event.
They picked Friday, February 22nd (2/22) because of the twos - signifying the Second Amendment.
"Congress and our president are trying to take our rights away," says gun owner Melanie Clifford. "So I think it's important we come out today and make this statement."
That's not to say everybody agrees with what they're doing and the point they're making.
"I believe that if everybody's entitled to have a gun then we're back to the wild wild west," says Starbucks customer Beatrice Mines.
"If someone has a gun in Starbucks it wouldn't stop me from going in unless I saw somebody acting irresponsibly with it," says Ann Vinnacombe. "Then I wouldn't go in."
In a statement to Fox 5 News, a Starbucks spokesman wrote: Our long-standing approach to this topic is to comply with local laws in the communities we serve, including abiding by the laws that permit open carry. We are extremely sensitive to the issue of gun violence in our society and believe that supporting local laws is the right way for us to ensure a safe environment for both our employees and customers."
Virginia law allows anybody 18 and older who can legally own a firearm to carry it openly.
Monday, June 17 2013 12:24 PM EDT2013-06-17 16:24:23 GMT
The father of the former NSA contractor who leaked details of the government's massive Internet- and phone-tracking programs made an impassioned plea to his son to stop leaking, telling Fox News that "I hope, I pray" he does not do anything considered treasonous.
The father of the former NSA contractor who leaked details of the government's massive Internet- and phone-tracking programs made an impassioned plea to his son to stop leaking, telling Fox News that "I hope, I pray" he does not do anything considered treasonous.
Friday, June 14 2013 12:29 PM EDT2013-06-14 16:29:16 GMT
D.C. police have been warning bicyclists since March not to ride the Metropolitan Branch Trail alone. And they stepped up patrols on the trail then too. But it didn't stop a group of teenagers from knocking a 37-year-old Silver Spring man off his bike Tuesday and savagely beating him.
D.C. police have been warning bicyclists since March not to ride the Metropolitan Branch Trail alone. And they stepped up patrols on the trail then too. But it didn't stop a group of teenagers from knocking a 37-year-old Silver Spring man off his bike Tuesday and savagely beating him.
Thursday, June 13 2013 12:32 PM EDT2013-06-13 16:32:12 GMT
Homo sapiens have slowly evolved over thousands of millennia, but what happens when modern technology comes into play? Visual artist, Nickolay Lamm of Pittsburgh, Pa., tried to answer that question.
Homo sapiens have slowly evolved over thousands of millennia, but what happens when modern technology comes into play? Visual artist, Nickolay Lamm of Pittsburgh, Pa., tried to answer that question.
Wednesday, June 12 2013 11:23 AM EDT2013-06-12 15:23:57 GMT
Dogged by fear and confusion about sweeping spy programs, intelligence officials sought to convince House lawmakers in an unusual briefing Tuesday that the government's years-long collection of phone records and Internet usage is necessary for protecting Americans -- and does not trample on their privacy rights.But the country's main civil liberties organization wasn't buying it, filing the most significant lawsuit against the massive phone record collection program so far. The American Civil...
Dogged by fear and confusion about sweeping spy programs, intelligence officials sought to convince House lawmakers in an unusual briefing Tuesday that the government's years-long collection of phone records and Internet usage is necessary for protecting Americans -- and does not trample on their privacy rights.But the country's main civil liberties organization wasn't buying it, filing the most significant lawsuit against the massive phone record collection program so far. The American Civil...
Tuesday, June 11 2013 4:17 PM EDT2013-06-11 20:17:12 GMT
After showing that he can now do "explosive sprinting" -- his dreadlocks flowing behind him as he dashed from sideline to sideline in the end zone of the Washington Redskins practice bubble -- Robert Griffin III then held a news conference that referenced LeBron James, Tim Tebow and "Bridezillas."
After showing that he can now do "explosive sprinting" -- his dreadlocks flowing behind him as he dashed from sideline to sideline in the end zone of the Washington Redskins practice bubble -- Robert Griffin III then held a news conference that referenced LeBron James, Tim Tebow and "Bridezillas."
Tuesday, June 11 2013 1:18 PM EDT2013-06-11 17:18:11 GMT
Mayor Ernest Troiano Jr. thinks he's found a way to put one of this Jersey shore resort town's problems behind it. Wildwood is ready to ban overly saggy pants, no ifs, ands or butts. The city is set to pass a law Wednesday regulating how people dress on its boardwalk. It bans going shirtless, as well as walking on the boardwalk with bare feet. But the provision that has gained widespread attention is a prohibition on pants that sag more than 3 inches below the hips, exposing eit...
Mayor Ernest Troiano Jr. thinks he's found a way to put one of this Jersey shore resort town's problems behind it. Wildwood is ready to ban overly saggy pants, no ifs, ands or butts. The city is set to pass a law Wednesday regulating how people dress on its boardwalk. It bans going shirtless, as well as walking on the boardwalk with bare feet. But the provision that has gained widespread attention is a prohibition on pants that sag more than 3 inches below the hips, exposing eit...
Tuesday, June 11 2013 6:37 AM EDT2013-06-11 10:37:21 GMT
Untitled Document A 5-year-old boy whose home was destroyed in the deadly tornado that swept through Moore, Okla. last month was killed in a dog attack Sunday at the Arkansas home where he had been staying. Officials in Jessieville, Ark. tell Fox 16 the boy and his two-year-old sister were staying with a family friend, 50-year-old Lynn Geiling, as their parents worked on rebuilding their home back in Moore. Geiling told investigators the Bullmastiff attacked when the animal sa...
Untitled Document A 5-year-old boy whose home was destroyed in the deadly tornado that swept through Moore, Okla. last month was killed in a dog attack Sunday at the Arkansas home where he had been staying. Officials in Jessieville, Ark. tell Fox 16 the boy and his two-year-old sister were staying with a family friend, 50-year-old Lynn Geiling, as their parents worked on rebuilding their home back in Moore. Geiling told investigators the Bullmastiff attacked when the animal sa...
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