Former 'Guns and Ammo' editor charged in northern Arizona slaying

[UpInArms]

Source: KVVU Broadcasting Corporation

A former editor of "Guns and Ammo" magazine is charged with second-degree murder in connection with a shooting on Wednesday.

Richard Venola, 53, was arrested at his home on Mayan Drive in the small community of Golden Valley.

Mohave County Sheriff's deputies responding to a neighbor's call about a shooting found the victim, 39-year-old James O'Neill, outside the house. O'Neill had been shot in the chest, according to police.

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Venola was named the 12th editor of "Guns and Ammo" in 2008, according to an article on the publication's website.

Read more: www.kctv5.com/story/18101125/former-guns-and-ammo-editor-charged-in-northern-arizona-slaying

[TheCowsCameHome]

1. That can't be true.

I, I, I, can't believe that. And in AZ??????

[2on2u]

2. I don't know why or how but I knew the Mayans

were involved in this somehow.

[freshwest]

38. It's their year in the news cycle, unfortunately, they don't come here to tell us.

They're busy living their lives around the Caribbean, etc.

[teewrex]

3. I gotta get out of this fucking state and go somewhere

people are sane

[OffWithTheirHeads]

10. Wait till after the elections! We "(sane people") need every vote!

If everybody the teabag cabal in Phoenix has declared war on, Brown people, poor people, teachers, students, middle class people, voters, sick people, anyone who does not follow the teachings of Supply Side Jesus who teaches that if you're not rich it's because God hates you, ethnic studies people, all State workers, all regular workers (did I forget anybody?) VOTE, we can throw those assholes out this year.

[JDPriestly]

23. I think you forgot women and pacifists.

[freshwest]

27. +1

[provis99]

16. try Florida or Texas! oh, wait...

[PavePusher]

34. If you are looking for a place murders aren't commited....

well, good luck with that.

[proud2BlibKansan]

4. Guns don't kill people. People kill people.

[baldguy]

7. And guns just make it a whole lot easier.

By several orders of magnitude.

[Ken Burch]

18. Actually, it should be...guns don't kill people, bullets kill people-after they LEAVE the guns.

(then again, you can pistolwhip somebody to death, so, technically guns CAN kill people even without bullets, so...never mind).

[freshwest]

28. I could post Chris Rock's suggestion to eliminate that problem, if you want.

[EFerrari]

37. It's a great solution and gets around the gun control problem.

lol

[Hoyt]

5. You mean that "law-abiding" darling of the gun culture shot someone dead in the chest.

I'm sure the gun crowd will be here to tell us to wait a couple of years until he is formally convicted, and that Stand Your Ground laws should apply,

[derby378]

11. Actually...

I was going to point out that one of the bigwigs in the Million Mom March was indicted for trying to kill a teenage boy with a TEC-9.

[tabasco]

13. And?

Is that supposed to prove something?

[derby378]

14. Cuts both ways

If that Guns and Ammo editor is guilty, I hope they throw the freakin' book at him.

[tabasco]

17. Sorry

I'm not gettin' it.

[Crunchy Frog]

33. Proving her organization's point?

I certainly don't think it discredits her organization's point.

[Grassy Knoll]

6. I Wonder if he voted for Obama ?

[Ken Burch]

19. Wonder if he's ever taken a laxative.

Dude CLEARLY needs one.

[TheCowsCameHome]

20. Being handcuffed and booked could work just as well.

*sniff* - You smell sumpin'?

[freshwest]

39. That's 99% of the conservanazi brain disorder. Fermented toxins in the bloodstream.

Hey, Rethugs, trying eating some fruit and vegetables once in a while, it'll clean out what you're so full of...

[montanto]

31. Alcoholic?

Looks like it to me.

[muriel_volestrangler]

35. Intoxicated at the time, the police claim

Agency spokeswoman Trish Carter said Venola used a "high-caliber" rifle to shoot his friend in the chest. She said James Patrick O'Neill, 39, of Golden Valley was dead at the scene of the shooting outside Venola's home in the 4800 block of Mayan Drive.

In a report, Detective Larry Matthews said Venola appeared to be intoxicated when contacted by officers. Neighbors told investigators that Venola was "having words" with the victim before they heard a gunshot.

"Mr. Venola came over to the neighbors carrying a rifle and stated he just killed a man," the report said. "Mr. Venola acknowledged he killed the man, but didn't say why."

http://www.lvrj.com/news/guns-and-ammo-editor-arrested-in-arizona-shooting-death-150032725.html

[Ken Burch]

40. And probably divorced as well.

(And I strongly suspect that any ex-wives he may have had needed to use their fair share of Concealer and Erase over the years).

[baldguy]

8. This guy is the poster boy for America's gun culture.

[Kingofalldems]

9. He shouldn't have been allowed to own guns

[Ken Burch]

41. or sharp objects.

And frankly, I don't think they should let him drive.

[brentspeak]

12. Youtube video of Richard Venola

[derby378]

15. How droll... (n/t)

[Crunchy Frog]

21. Thank heavens he was an informed and responsible gun owner.

Otherwise, who knows what might have happened!

[TheCowsCameHome]

22. Will Gutz and Blammo feature him in an upcoming issue?

Gosh, I hope so. It would be so realistic.

[JDPriestly]

24. So, have I got this straight? If guns were illegal, only criminals would have guns?

Maybe we should add, and when guns are legal, it's easier to become a criminal.

[lunasun]

25. everyday now these AZ wingnuts are going off it seems

[ellenfl]

26. don't forget j.t. ready, russell pierce's buddy. sadly, it's good that the crazies are exposed. eom

[onehandle]

29. Oh, gungeoneers. Come deflect and and obsess.

Oh, they are so way ahead of me.

[harmonicon]

30. Stay classy, Arizona. nt.

[jpak]

32. Gun Nut douchebags and their Holy Second Amendment Solutions

yup

[Blue_Tires]

36. was there any motive given in this?

is the victim actually a friend? or just someone he casually knew?