Man kills boss, then himself

A pharmacy technician showed up for work at Long Beach Memorial Medical Center on Thursday brandishing two handguns, killed his boss and another manager and then fatally shot himself, witnesses said.

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-hospital-shooting17-2009apr17,0,4629048.story

Democrats Holding Off on Restoring Gun Ban

Democrats to Hold Off on Restoring Semi-Automatic Assault Gun Ban

From today's Democracy Now...

Newsweek is reporting the Obama administration has abandoned plans to restore a federal ban on certain semi-automatic assault guns despite a recent spate of killings. On Sunday, California Senator Dianne Feinstein told 60 Minutes she plans to hold off trying to renew the ban that she authored in 1994.

Leslie Stahl: “There is some sense that the President has so many crisis issues on his plate right now that the idea of bringing up guns, which is considered part of the culture wars, would be such a diversion.”

Sen. Feinstein: “I agree with you. I wouldn’t bring it up now.”

Stahl: “So you’re going to hold off?”

Feinstein: “That’s correct. I’ll pick the time and the place, no question about that.”

Washington State Man Kills Family

SEATTLE, Washington (AFP) — A Washington state man shot and killed his five children, between the ages of seven and 16, then turned the gun on himself after his wife told him she was leaving him, in the third US mass shooting since Friday.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jPLPl3Y_ZpWzWYNnOK8OlxME8p_Q

Immigrant Service Center Attacked, 13 dead

At least 13 people have been shot dead and another 41 held hostage at a centre providing aid to immigrants in the US state of New York, US media reports say.

http://english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2009/04/200943164842261747.html