Criminal Negligent or Reckless Use of Guns by Republicans

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Displaying 6 Scandals
Sorted by When News Broke
  • 10/17/23
    Shot his wife in her back and arm causing serious but not life-threatening injuries and then killed himself while sitting in their car outside a fast-food restaurant in a botched murder-suicide attempt
    According to police records first reported by The Miami Herald
  • Ronald AndruchukRonald AndruchukFmr. State Rep. Candidate
       
    1/18/23
    Recklessly fired multiple firearms from his property that sent his neighbors fleeing for cover from bullets "whizzing" by both them and responding police officers' heads and was later found dressed in a bulletproof vest and tactical gear holding four guns and methamphetamine
    According to charging documents filed by federal officials
  • Nina WebberWyoming GOP Staffer
       
    12/12/22
    Indiscriminately fired dozens of shots across a highway at a group of elk, forcing two people to seek cover as bullets "whizzed" by their heads while they were outside on their private property
    According to charging documents filed by local officials
  • Ronald AndruchukRonald AndruchukFmr. State Rep. Candidate
       
    3/04/22
    Packed two pistols, three rounds of ammunition and flashlights stuffed with cocaine, amphetamine and oxycodone into a duffel bag and hid it in the drop ceiling of a men’s bathroom inside a local tractor supply store
    According to charging documents filed by federal officials
  • Guy WilliamsFmr. State Judge [R-TX]
       
    11/04/17
    Pointed a gun at the driver of a car he was dangerously tailing and tried to run her off the road as he zoomed past her
    According to charging documents filed by local police
  • Brandon PhillipsBrandon PhillipsMike Collins Chief of Staff
       
    9/27/16
    Pointed his gun at an unarmed woman who knocked on his door and was ordered to go to counseling if he wanted his charges dropped
    Allegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets