Denver man defending himself gets blamed for his own daughter's accidental death: "Leo Cisneros is charged with child abuse resulting in death. His 10-year-old daughter, Auralia Cisneros, was killed while caught in the middle of a shootout on Nov. 29, 2007. Prosecutors believe Leo was dealing drugs, and the shootout at their home was the result of a robbery gone bad. Auralia was shot in the head, and police say the shot that killed her came from her father's gun. Now, Leo's attorney wants the court to dismiss the child abuse charge against him, under Colorado's "Make My Day" law. His defense attorney argues in the latest motion to dismiss that Cisneros was simply defending himself from armed intruders. His attorney argues he has already lost his daughter, and it would be a "miscarriage of justice" if he lost his freedom. They argue Cisneros was trying to defend himself and his family, and the "Make My Day" law is applicable in this case. The Denver district attorney's office said Cisneros contributed to his daughter's death by dealing drugs out of their home. Prosecutors said even if Leo Cisneros was defending his home that night, he endangered his child time and time again by conducting drug deals from home."


TX: Fight in park led to fatal shooting : "A 20-year-old man was fatally shot at a park Wednesday morning during a struggle over a gun, police said. Police called to the park in the 1200 block of Sleepy Hollow Drive about 11 a.m. found Deandre Howard with a gunshot wound in the chest. Mr. Howard was taken to Parkland Memorial Hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival, police said. Deandrae Sneed, 24, turned himself in to authorities a short time later, said Sgt. Ray Beaudreault of the Dallas police homicide unit. Mr. Sneed was later released, and the case will be referred to a grand jury because investigators believe the shooting may have been an act of self-defense. The two men apparently were gambling at a picnic table and got into an altercation, Sgt. Beaudreault said. Witnesses told police that Mr. Howard got a gun from someone in a nearby car and that the gun went off during the struggle, striking Mr. Howard".


W.Va. looks at gun laws after high court ruling : "A recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that struck down as unconstitutional a citywide handgun ban in Washington, D.C., has at least one West Virginia city tweaking its law.Martinsburg City Manager Mark Baldwin says the Eastern Panhandle city needs to clarify that its ban applies only to city buildings, not city streets and sidewalks.Martinsburg officials decided to revisit the issue after the Supreme Court ruled June 26 that the ban in the nation's capital violated the Second Amendment ..In Charleston, the West Virginia Citizens Defense League is urging the city council to align its gun law with the state's, but has met a cool reception from Mayor Danny Jones and at least one city council member."


NY: Bloomberg tries again on gun control : "The Bloomberg-funded Mayors Against Illegal Guns announced today it sent a six-question survey to both John McCain and Barack Obama focued on `common sense steps necessary to fix the nation's broken background check system' that the group endorsed during its national summit in April.This isn't the first time the coalition has sought to influence the presidential contests that its benefactor once considered joining."