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* Last week we reported that the police chief in Sanford, Fla.—where a neighborhood watch volunteer, George Zimmerman, shot 17-year-old Trayvon Martin to death in 2012—was set to unveil rules banning such volunteers from carrying guns. This week, however, he reversed course. Sanford Police Chief Cecil Smith, who had disbanded the city’s neighborhood watch program upon taking over the department in April, refused repeated requests to explain the reversal.

* In the wake of last week’s shooting at L.A.X., the union representing 45,000 federal security agents called for the creation of a class of armed T.S.A. officers with law enforcement training and the authority to arrest people. “The sad truth is that our T.S.A. officers are subject to daily verbal assaults and far too frequent physical attacks,” said Jeffrey David Cox Sr., president of the American Federation of Government Employees.

* The Supreme Court overturned Washington D.C.‘s gun ban in 2008, but the parameters of the ruling are still being debated, the Washington Post reports. Following the ruling, the city limited prospective gun owners to registering one pistol per month and banned assault weapons. But Dick Heller, who had challenged the city’s handgun ban and won before the Supreme Court, was part of a group that sued again in 2008 to challenge the new rules. The city subsequently repealed requirements that gun owners undergo five hours of training and submit to a background check every six years. The case has yet to reach a resolution.

* The police chief in Topeka, Kan., is urging the city council to ban loaded guns in vehicles. Last year, council members tried to appeal to both sides of the gun debate by allowing law-abiding citizens to carry loaded guns in vehicles, and banning possession by those who commit crimes. But when a motorist pulled a gun on an off-duty officer, Police Chief Ron Miller saw the downside to the compromise. “People will say the bad guys are going to carry guns anyway, and they are right,” he said. “But at least it gives us a tool to take that weapon away from the situation with the prohibition of loaded guns in cars.” Miller’s proposal would have exceptions for police officers and people with concealed carry licenses.

* County commissioners in Tallahassee, Fla., are considering adding background checks to private firearms purchases on public property. “I got shot over an altercation with a person,” Wesley Dobson, a resident of Leon County, told WTXL. “I didn’t have a weapon. I think if you want to own a gun that’s just what you have to do,” he said of the background checks. “You don’t want guns in the hands of the wrong people.” But Marion Hammer, the former president of the National Rifle Association, said, “It won’t help doing background checks and over-regulating law-abiding gun owners. It’s not going to stop criminals from breaking the law and buying guns. It’s that simple.”

* And in a bit of satire that doesn’t seem like satire anymore, Andy Borowitz of The New Yorker takes on the mass shootings that have become the new normal with this faux-news report: “Americans Safe from Gun Violence Except in Schools, Malls, Airports, Movie Theatres, Workplaces, Streets, Own Homes.”

Here is today’s report.

—Jennifer Mascia

A 16-year-old boy was found shot and stabbed in a wooded area of Pennsauken, N.J., Wednesday evening. A man sitting on his front porch spotted the boy, who was nude and bleeding. Police said the victim had been shot in the mouth, chest and foot, and stabbed in the chest. He is in critical condition.

—Courtier-Post

A teenage girl was shot in the leg on a jogging trail in Birmingham, Ala., Thursday afternoon. Police apprehended the suspect shortly afterward. No word on a motive.

—ABC33/40

31-year-old Dale Poulin accidentally shot part of his face off with a rifle at an apartment in Waterville, Me., Wednesday night. The victim and two of his friends were drinking and exchanging hunting stories when he retrieved a high-powered, .270-caliber rifle. He thought the gun was not loaded when he pulled the trigger, and the bullet completely tore off the bottom of his face. “It’s one of those things where you mix alcohol and weapons and start to do very unsafe things, and you end up with a tragedy,” the police chief said. It’s unlikely charges will be filed.

—Bangor Daily News

A man was shot in the head with his own gun outside a Tucson, Ariz., bar early Thursday. It’s unclear if the victim accidentally shot himself or if two people he was fighting with grabbed the gun and shot him. He is expected to recover, as the bullet didn’t penetrate his skull.

—Tucson News Now

40-year-old Brandon Dock was found shot to death in front of a barbershop in Fort Wayne, Ind., Wednesday afternoon. The shooting happened across the street from South Side High School, which was temporarily placed on lockdown. The suspect fled the scene.

—INC NOW

39-year-old Atilio Benavides Anaya was fatally shot in the Pico-Union area of Los Angeles, Calif., Wednesday night. Investigators said the shooting does not appear to be gang-related.

—KABC

A 30-year-old man was shot in the stomach and wounded at an apartment in Austin, Tex., Thursday evening. Police believe the victim’s roommate shot him during an argument. Authorities are questioning the suspect to determine if any charges will be filed.

—KXAN

A man was found shot and killed at a home in north Tulsa, Okla., Thursday evening. The incident began as a domestic violence dispute. The home was the scene of a quadruple fatal shooting in January. Police are investigating.

—KTUL

A 21-year-old man was shot and killed on the west side of Des Moines, Iowa, Thursday night. The glass door of a nearby townhouse was broken. Nobody has been arrested.

—Des Moines Register

31-year-old Christopher Rowley was shot in the neck and killed at a home in North Augusta, S.C., Wednesday afternoon. His friend, 40-year-old Robin Renee Herndon, a former state department of probation and parole employee, was arrested. Police said the victim and the suspect had been involved in a domestic argument.

—Aiken Standard

One person was wounded in a drive-by shooting in south Oklahoma City, Okla., Thursday night. Police are looking for a light Cadillac with black rims or a Cutlass with dark-tinted windows.

—NewsOK.com

A man in his mid-20s was grazed by a bullet outside a club in San Diego, Calif., early Thursday. After someone began arguing with a group of people, he fired shots into the air, and the victim was hit in the chest. No word on charges.

—10 News

A woman was struck by a stray bullet outside a liquor store in the El Cajon area of San Diego Thursday afternoon. Police said a man in his late teens or early 20s was arguing with a group of men in the parking lot when an S.U.V. pulled up. The man fired five or six rounds into the S.U.V., hitting the victim, who was in the passenger seat. The suspect fled the scene. Three children were also in the car, and one of them was cut by a piece of flying glass.

—NBC San Diego

36-year-old Henry Monger was shot three times and killed outside a bar on the east side of Columbus, Ohio, early Thursday. Witnesses said they were not aware of any type of confrontation that could have led to the shooting. Detectives believe the suspect may have fled in a white Chevy Impala.

—NBC4i.com

Ken Dra Wade was shot and wounded at his home in Columbus Thursday afternoon. The victim found three men trying to enter the residence through a window, and one of them shot him in the leg. Anyone with information is asked to call police.

—NBC4i.com

A 35-year-old man was shot and wounded at his home in Roseville, Calif., Wednesday afternoon. The victim told detectives that three men confronted him in his backyard, and when he told them to leave, one of them came at him with a crowbar and then shot him in the leg with a handgun. The suspects stole two guns from the home before they fled.

—The Sacramento Bee

Matthew Roehrig was shot and wounded in north Toledo, Ohio, Thursday evening. The victim told police he parked near an elementary school and approached a man to ask for directions when the man pulled a pistol from his waistband. As Roehrig ran away, he was shot in the back. He was discovered by a teacher, who called the police. The incident is under investigation.

—The Blade

17-year-old Jose G. Romero, who was shot in front of his home in Phoenix, Ariz., on Friday, died Wednesday. The victim was with friends when a suspect drove by and began shooting at them. One other person was injured. Detectives said they have little to go on.

—ABC15

According to Slate’s gun-death tracker, an estimated 10,321 people have died as a result of gun violence in America since the Newtown massacre on December 14, 2012.