The Last Gun (44 page)

10
. “Nothing to Conceal
Here,” Muskegon Chronicle
, June 26, 2011.

11
. “‘Soccer Dad' Waives His Preliminary Exam,”
Muskegon Chronicle
, June 9, 2010.

12
. “One Handgun Connects Humphrey's Past to His Future,”
Janesville Gazette
, May 8, 2011.

13
. “Pistol-Packing Soccer Dad Gives Tearful Apology.”

14
. “Defusing Parents at Games,”
Newsday
, Oct. 11, 2007.

15
. Brooke de Lench, “Misbehaving Youth Sports Parents Too Common,” June 23, 2008,
www.momsteam.com/successful-parenting/game-day/sideline-behavior/misbehaving-youth-sports-parents-too-common
.

16
. “Lubbock Sports Officials Cry Foul over Parents' Abusive Behavior at Youth Games,”
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
, Oct. 26, 2008.

17
. “Man Guilty of Aiming Rifle During Practice,”
Roanoke Times
, Dec. 6, 2003; “Police: Roanoke County Man Aimed Rifle at Kids' Soccer Team,”
Roanoke Times
, Sept. 13, 2003.

18
. “Man Pulls Gun at Game, Now Charged with Assault,” Oct. 20, 2008, KCBD (Lubbock, TX),
www.kcbd.com/Global/storyasp?S=9209796&nav=menu69_2_12
.

19
. “Grand Jury No Bills Man Who Pulled Gun at Soccer Match,” KCBD (Lubbock, TX), Nov. 24, 2008,
www.kcbd.com/story/9408464/grand-jury-no-bills-man-who-pulled-gun-at-soccer-match?clienttype=printable
.

20
. “Parent Cleared in Peewee-Game Fight,”
Philadelphia Inquirer
, Apr. 18, 2007; “Gun at Pee-Wee Football: Sad Lesson,”
Philadelphia Inquirer
, Oct. 24, 2006.

21
. E-mail communications with Tennessee Department of Public Safety, in files of Violence Policy Center, Washington, DC; “Gun Permit Suspended After Incident at Ball Game,” Associated Press State & Local Wire, June 15, 2010; “Dad in Alleged Row Out on Bond: Accused of Pulling Gun on Son's Coach,”
Memphis Commercial Appeal
, June 12, 2010; “Police Look for Armed, Mad Dad: Man Allegedly Pulls Gun on Coach over Son's Play,”
Memphis Commercial Appeal
, June 10, 2010.

22
. “Police: Roanoke County Man Aimed Rifle at Kids' Soccer Team,”
Roanoke Times
, Sept. 13, 2003.

23
. “Guns in Parks and Kids' Sports,”
Memphis Commercial Appeal
, June 14, 2010.

24
. “County Gun Laws Stiffened in Split Decision,”
Jefferson
(NC)
Post
, Feb. 9, 2012.

25
. For detailed accounts of the confusion, see “Seaford Pharmacy Shootings: DA's Confidential Memo Details Druggist's First-hand Report of Fatal Confrontation,”
Newsday
, Feb. 9, 2012; and “Memo Offers New Account of ATF Agent's NY Shooting,” Associated Press, Feb. 9, 2012.

26
. “CHL Holder Fired Shot That Killed Store Clerk,”
MyFoxHouston.com
, May 30, 2012,
www.myfoxhouston.com/story/18661869/chl
.

27
. “Gun Bans Fall, Raising Applause, Concerns; Restrictions at Places Such as Parks Yield to a State Law That Allows Firearms. Nationwide, Advocates Welcome New Rights, Opponents Worry About Safety,”
Harnsburg Patriot News
, May 14, 2010.

28
. “Victory for Concealed Carry in Forsyth County, NC,”
AmmoLand.com
, Feb. 16, 2012.

29
. See generally Violence Policy Center,
When Men Murder Women: An Analysis of 2009 Homicide Data
—
Females Murdered by Males in Single Victim/Single Offender Incidents
(Washington, DC: Violence Policy Center, 2011),
www.vpc.org/studies/wmmw2011.pdf.

30
. Leonard J. Paulozzi et al., “Surveillance for Homicide Among Intimate Partners—United States, 1981–1998,”
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) Surveillance Summaries
50 (Oct. 12, 2001): 1–16.

31
. In 2009, justifiable homicides involving women killing men occurred in: California (1), Indiana (1), Louisiana (4), Maryland (1), Michigan (2), Mississippi (1), North Carolina (1), Oklahoma (2), Oregon (2), South Carolina (1), Tennessee (1), Texas (3), and Virginia (1). In 2009, justifiable homicides involving women killing men with a firearm occurred in: Louisiana (1), Michigan (2), Mississippi (1), Oklahoma (2), Oregon (2), South Carolina (1), Tennessee (1), Texas (2), and Virginia (1). Of these, handguns were used in: Louisiana (1), Michigan (2), Mississippi (1), Oklahoma (1), Oregon (2), South Carolina (1), Texas (1), and Virginia (1). Violence Policy Center,
When Men Murder Women
.

32
. Shannon Catalano, “National Crime Victimization Survey: Victimization During Household Burglary,” Special Report, Sept. 2010, U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Statistics, fig. 1, “Number and Percent of Household Burglaries, 2003–2007,” 1.

33
. Ibid., table 17, “Victim-Offender Relationship in Violent Household Burglary, 2003–2007,” 9.

34
. “Long Guns Short Yardage: Advances in Bullet Technology Make the .223 an Excellent Choice for Home Defense,”
Guns & Ammo
, Mar. 1, 2012.

35
. Some accounts state that Hain was the mother of four children. The discrepancy is apparently that she was stepmother to one child in addition to her own three children. See “Gun-Toting Woman Divides Community,”
Philadelphia Inquirer
, Dec. 12, 2008.

36
. “Daughter Was Abuse Victim, Mom Says,”
Harrisburg Patriot News
, June 28, 2008.

37
. “Pistol-Packin' Soccer Mama Brings On Heat,”
Lebanon Daily News
, Sept. 24, 2008.

38
. “Glock 26,” Glock,
www.glock.com/english/glock26.htm
.

39
. See Lebanon County, PA, website,
www.lebcounty.org/Pages/default.aspx
.

40
. “Gun-Toting Woman Divides Community.”

41
. Ibid.

42
. Ibid.

43
. “Police-Fire Digest,”
Lancaster New Era
, Apr. 20, 2006.

44
. “Gun Carrier Sues for $1 Million: Woman Claims Permit Revocation Violated Constitutional Rights,”
Harrisburg Patriot News
, Nov. 25, 2008.

45
. “Gun-Toting Woman Divides Community.”

46
. Ibid.

47
. “Pistol-Packin' Soccer Mama Brings On Heat.”

48
. Ibid.

49
. “Gun-Toting Woman Divides Community.”

50
. “Pistol-Packin' Soccer Mama Brings On Heat.”

51
. “Gun Carrier Sues for $1 Million”; “Guns at a Kids' Game: Judge Wisely Points Out Difference Between Legality, Sensibility,”
Harrisburg Patriot News
, Oct. 18, 2008.

52
. “New Life to Aging Murder Tops List,”
Lebanon Daily News
, Dec. 27, 2008.

53
. “Gun-Toting Mom Gets Permit Back,”
Lebanon Daily News
, Oct. 14, 2008.

54
. Ibid.

55
. “I Am Happy Being a Gun Owner,”
Harrisburg Patriot News
, Dec. 27, 2008.

56
. “Soccer Parents Wince at Prospect of Guns at Games,”
Harrisburg Patriot News
, Oct. 18, 2008.

57
. Ibid.

58
. “I Am Happy Being a Gun Owner” (“There is no doubt Hain aroused a storm of controversy—making headlines locally and nationally. Whenever
The Patriot-News
published a story about Hain on
PennLive.com
, dozens, sometimes hundreds, of readers weighed in.”); “Gun-Toting Mum,”
The Advertiser
(Adelaide, Australia), Nov. 26, 2008.

59
. “Gun Carrier Sues for $1 Million.”

60
. Ibid.

61
. “Matthew B. Weisberg Esq.,” Weisbarg Law, P.C.,
www.ppwlaw.com/Bio/MatthewWeisberg.asp
; “Gun Carrier Sues for $1 Million.”

62
. “Gun Carrier Sues for $1 Million.”

63
. “I Am Happy Being a Gun Owner.”

64
. Ibid.

65
. “Gun-Toting Woman Divides Community.”

66
. “Pistol-Packin' Soccer Mom Shot Dead in Lebanon,”
Lebanon Daily News
, Oct. 8, 2009.

67
. “Gun-Toting Soccer Mom, Husband Shot Dead,”
Philadelphia Inquirer
, Oct. 9, 2009; “Lebanon Soccer Mom Shot by Husband While Chatting on Webcam,”
Lebanon Daily News
, Oct. 9, 2009;
Hain v. DeLeo
, 2010 U.S. Dist. Lexis 116393, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, Nov. 2, 2010.

68
. “Gun-Toting Soccer Mom, Husband Shot Dead.”

69
. Ibid.

70
. “Pistol-Packin' Soccer Mom Shot Dead in Lebanon.”

71
. “Lebanon Soccer Mom Shot by Husband While Chatting on Webcam.”

72
. “Pistol-Packin' Soccer Mom Shot Dead in Lebanon.”

73
. Ibid.

74
. “Lebanon Soccer Mom Shot by Husband While Chatting on Webcam.”

75
. Ibid.

76
. “Gun-Toting Soccer Mom, Husband Shot Dead.”

77
. Josh Sugarmann, “Beyond the Easy Irony of Murdered Gun Advocate Meleanie Hain,”
Huffington Post
, Oct. 9, 2009,
www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-sugarmann/beyond-the-easy-irony-of_b_315731.html
.

78
. “Gun-Toting Mother's Lawsuit Dismissed,”
Harrisburg Patriot News
, Nov. 4, 2010;
Hain v. DeLeo
, 2010 U.S. Dist. Lexis 116393, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, Nov. 2, 2010.

79
. See, e.g., “Meleanie Hain (shefearsnothing) Memorial Dinner: March 26, 2011,” Pennsylvania Firearm Owners Association forum,
http://forum.pafoa.org/general-114/127586-meleanie-hain-shefearsnothing-memorial-dinner.html
; “Meleanie Hain Memorial Shoot—Nov. 1st,” Pennsylvania Firearm Owners Association forum,
http://forum.pafoa.org/general-2/74983-meleanie-hain-memorial-shoot-nov-lst-nepa.html
; and “Meleanie Hain Memorial Shoot 11/01/09,” Maryland Shooters forum,
www.mdshooters.com/showthread.php?t=26203
.

80
. Garen Wintemute et al., “Increased Risk of Intimate Partner Homicide Among California Women Who Purchased Handguns,”
Annals of Emergency Medicine 41, no
. 2 (2003): 282.

81
. Douglas Wiebe, “Homicide and Suicide Risks Associated with Firearms in the Home: A National Case-Control Study,”
Annals of Emergency Medicine
41, no. 6 (2003): 775.

82
. K.M. Grassel et al., “Association Between Handgun Purchase and Mortality from Firearm Injury,”
Injury Prevention
9 (2003): 50.

83
. Violence Policy Center,
When Men Murder Women
.

84
. The following discussion is based on extracts from Violence Policy Center,
American Roulette: Murder-Suicide in the United States
, 3d ed. (Washington, DC: Violence Policy Center, 2008),
www.vpc.org/studies/amroul2008.pdf.

85
. “Man Kills Woman and Self at Plant: Longtime Employees Were Common-Law Couple, Police Say,”
Harrisburg Patriot News
, May 13, 2005.

86
. “Motive Still Unclear in Recent Shootings,”
Harrisburg Patriot News
, Feb. 17, 2010.

87
. “Man in Custody After Deadly Jackson Township Shooting,”
Lebanon Daily
News, Feb. 11, 2011.

88
. “Suicides Up by 1 in 2011,”
Lebanon Daily News
, Feb. 3, 2012; “Coroner Reports on 2010 Deaths,”
Lebanon Daily News
, Feb. 27, 2011; “Coroner: County Suicides Up in 2008,”
Lebanon Daily News
, Jan. 23, 2009; “Report Profiles '07 Coroner Cases,”
Lebanon Daily News
, Feb. 1, 2008.

89
. “Marketing to Women: Six Ways to Increase Your Sales,”
Shooting Industry
, Nov. 1, 2009.

90
. Kevin Reese, “Women Hit the Woods: NRA's Eight-Day Women's Wilderness
Escape Is a Camp Like None Other,” National Shooting Sports Foundation,
www.nssf.org/events/featurette/0711-2.cfm
.

91
. “Men vs. Women in Competitive Shooting,”
AmmoLand.com
, Feb. 29, 2012.

92
. “Annual Report for the Fiscal Year Ended Dec. 31, 2011,” Freedom Group, Inc.

93
. See “NRA Women's Programs,” NRA,
www.nrahq.org/women/index.asp
.

94
. Reese, “Women Hit the Woods.”

95
. “Stocking Beyond Guns; Arms and the Woman,”
Shooting Industry
, Nov. 1, 2011; “The Real Deal with Pink,”
Shooting Industry
, Sept. 1, 2011.