Managers of a gun range north of Mesa want to reintroduce machine-gun shooting on Sundays while keeping good relations with nearby homeowners.

October 4, 2004

Efrain Martinez sits in a cell at the Durango Jail dressed like a criminal in a black-and-white -striped jumpsuit even though he says he committed no crime.

Efrain Martinez sits in a cell at the Durango Jail dressed like a criminal in a black-and-white -striped jumpsuit even though he says he committed no crime. Thirty-one days have passed since the 32-year-old undocumented Mexican immigrant arrived at the Maricopa County jail, accused of shooting a gun at former Mesa council candidate JT Ready.

In a year when state lawmakers have been quick on the trigger for new gun legislation, Gov. Janet Napolitano stopped a political bullet Monday by vetoing a plan that would have allowed firearms into bars and restaurants that serve liquor.

April 26, 2005

After a long string of political defeats that culminated in the Democratic Party’s loss of control in Congress in 1994, gun-control activists decided to take a new tack.

For the second time in two weeks, the Suns won both games they played while Shawn Marion showed everyone why he’s one of the game’s premier players.

In 1991, two high school buddies of Patrick "Rick" Smith were gunned down by an angry motorist at Gainey Ranch in Scottsdale.

A Tempe man pleaded guilty to unlawful possession of a pipe bomb and a machine gun Wednesday in an agreement reached with the federal government.

Saying that guns are not necessarily appropriate everywhere, Gov. Jan Brewer vetoed legislation that would have forced government agencies to allow weapons in their buildings if they were unwilling to spend money on additional security.

A shooting range under construction at the Scottsdale Airpark will be like a theme park for gun enthusiasts.

It’s very rare that I’m motivated to write a follow up column, but the dangers generated by alcohol’s sacred position in our society demands more attention. Nothing is better to use as comparison than the uproar about the private ownership of guns and the dangers of both.

The issue of gun control has once again come to the surface, in light of several bills passed by the state Legislature before the session ended.

The issue of gun control has once again come to the surface, in light of several bills passed by the state Legislature before the session ended.

The issue of gun control has once again come to the surface, in light of several bills passed by the state Legislature before the session ended.

A House panel voted Thursday to let Arizonans make their own guns and bullets - and offer them for sale - without having to comply with federal regulations.

LOS ANGELES - Two more women painted a portrait of Phil Spector on Wednesday as a dual personality who could be charming and funny and then switch to being a gun-waving abuser who threatened their lives.

WASHINGTON - Americans can keep guns at home for self-defense, the Supreme Court ruled Thursday in the justices' first-ever pronouncement on the meaning of gun rights under the Second Amendment.

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Gun battles between American forces and insurgents resumed in Fallujah on Wednesday night, with an AC-130 gunship firing its cannons on targets in the Iraqi city after a day of fighting in several areas. The nighttime fighting raised more smoke over the city.

and pulled the trigger as his dad reached for a camera.

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Heavy machine-gun fire reverberated through the center of Baghdad late Friday and a massive explosion shook buildings as U.S. forces tightened their grip around the Iraqi capital.