Tribute to Sheila Salley
On June 10, 2011 my mother, Sheila DuCros Salley, traveled from her home in Dover, New Hampshire, across the state border into Maine. She arrived at the Kittery Trading Post and purchased a gun for $394.94. She drove home to New Hampshire, test fired … [Read More...]
Story: Children and A Loaded Gun
In the 1960's I was a teacher at a school in Prince Georges County, Maryland. One Election Day when school was out, children from the neighborhood gathered at the home of one of the youngsters and they were playing in the basement without adult … [Read More...]
Tribute to John Trover
My cousin Johnny Mo Trover was murdered by his wife with a handgun. She shot him while he slept. Then she tried to convince police that an intruder was the gunman. When her story started to unravel and it seemed like she would be going to jail, she … [Read More...]
Story: A Frightening Close Call
My son did not lose his life, and no one was hurt except the the person doing the shooting. My son works for Mueller Industries in Brighton, Michigan. On January 8, 2013 an employee who had been fired called the factory that morning and said he had … [Read More...]
Tribute to Adrian Davis
My son, Adrian was shot and killed while innocently walking down the street on June 6, 1995. My life has been changed forever. The streets of Trenton, NJ are worse now than I can ever remember. Guns are easily accessible to any and every one. … [Read More...]
Tribute to Guy Parsons
When I was a teen, a young friend of mine, Guy Parsons, committed suicide with his family's Colt .45 revolver. The gun wasn't locked. The gun had been bought for family protections. But as statistics tell us, a gun in the home is 22-times more likely … [Read More...]
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