Feb. 25, 1836: Rapid Fire
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The weapon that opened the American West is born, midwifed by Samuel Colt. Compiled by Tony Long.
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By Chris Parker, The Morning Call, Allentown, Pa.  Feb.
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Disc takes a slug for South Carolina fire chief A South Carolina fire chief caught up in a scuffle for a gun had a close shave when a ricocheted bullet hit a DVD in his jacket pocket, saving him from a slug in the guts.â¦
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By Katy Stech, The Post and Courier, Charleston, S.C.  Feb.
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Army Spec. Thomas K. Doerflinger of Silver Spring had been in Iraq less than a month when his unit was hit by small-arms fire. He died Thursday in the northern Iraq city of Mosul, according to the Department of Defense.
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Over the last week, I've been writing about the disconnect between flow and rank. Paradoxically, sites that are ranked high don't always deliver a lot of hits when they link to you. On the flipside, there are some sites that are rarely on Top 100 lists, or talked about very much, that deliver substantial flow. Two of them stand out, one a veteran site, and the other a relative newcomer. 1. Daring Fireball is a thoughtful blog written by John Gruber that focuses on the Macintosh. Since I've returned to the Mac in 2005, and have been writing more about Mac issues, I've started getting links from this site, and when I do, they usually send between 1000 and 2000 readers my way. And they're generally interesting people with useful information and ideas. I follow Gruber on Twitter and have learned that he is a Phillies fan and therefore disappointed this year. His posts are interesting there too, and irreverent, which I like of course.  2. A Digg-like memetracker, news.ycombinator.com is in the same league as TechMeme, about 1000 hits for a highly ranked piece. I don't know much about the site, I'm not a regular reader, and I don't know much about the people who visit from this site.
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The space agency will fire an 820-pound projectile into a comet at 22,000 mph on July 4. The resulting explosion and debris could answer fundamental questions about how planets came to be. By Amit Asaravala.
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By THOMAS B. LANGHORNE, Courier & Press staff w
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It was one of the worst killing rampages in U.S. history. In August 1966, Charles Whitman murdered his wife and his mother, then climbed a tower at the University of Texas and used a high-powered rifle to fatally shoot 14 more people before being killed by police.
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DAYTON  --  Researchers at the University of Dayton are taking aim with a triple-barreled gun, one they're calling the fastest light-gas gun in the world, hoping their target practice can help ensure better safety for space shuttle missions.
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Fire officials may impose restrictions on target shooters in this gun-friendly state for the first time after a man with a rifle admitted he started a wildfire that destroyed six houses south of Reno.
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By Sarah Watson, The News & Advance, Lynchburg, Va.  Feb.
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By John M.R. Bull, Daily Press, Newport News, Va.  Jun. 5--HAMPTON --   The countdown went over the airwaves -- "Four ... three ... two ... one ...""Fire in the hole!" a voice yelled -- followed immediately by a muffled boom.
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KIRKWOOD, Missouri  - A gunman killed five people after opening fire at City Hall in the St. Louis suburb of Kirkwood on Thursday night, according to media reports.
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By The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Dec. 8--Was it a prank? The photo of three young men posed with guns "gangsta-style" that law enforcers included in a warrant to investigate a robbery.
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By Keith Lawrence, Messenger-Inquirer, Owensboro, Ky.  Mar. 4--Saturday morning, the area around Thruston-Philpot Volunteer Fire Department looked like the scene in "Ghostbusters" when the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man explodes.   Or maybe like a winter wonderland.
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By Joe Light, The Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville  Feb. 3--In 1901, as a mob fled a fire that would destroy most of  Jacksonville, a few looked west, toward property that would become a motel  more than half a century later, and worried.