What is it with Volkswagen Jetta owners and Craigslist?. Though we have to give the GLI owner credit, he got a commenter account (The_Honest_Joe) and started commenting in response to our jokes and questions. We're sort of hoping this person shows up as well. (h/t Braff) [Craigslist]

Richmond, California is an interesting study in duality. In the flats, it's all liquor stores, industrial parks and shacks that may not even have running water. The hills on the eastern side of I-80 is largely middle-class and really rather scenic. The two worlds seem to have collided on the freeway yesterday, when a man test-driving a Mitsubishi was cut off by gat-wielding hoods in a Nissan Murano. Said thugs opened fire when the salesman gave them what for, shooting the driver in the head and sending the Mitsu barrelling off the road. The driver and salesman were both hospitalized. We're betting that the man wishes he would've gone digging for a used Starion instead. The suspects in the Nissan are still at large. [Thanks to Ryan for the tip.]

Man test-driving car shot in head [SFGate]

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Gats and SUVs in Anchorage [Internal]

We haven't checked the stats, but somehow we doubt that Anchorage is exactly East Oakland with snow. Although we once had some adventures with snow in East Oakland — but that's neither here nor there and a long time ago. Regardless, some people are alarmed with the increasing rate of drive-by-type violence in Alaska's largest city. And in ways, we have to agree. We think the wild-frontierness of Alaska is pretty cool, but there's really no reason to drive around capping people. Actually, there's no good reason to drive around capping people in general. Unless, of course, you're Dick Cheney. But then you just do it on foot. Dickie, grab your gun and get up there. There's oil under that thar tundra!

With all eyes on kids, guns and cars, there can be hope for our city [Anchorage Daily News]

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Car Shootin' Couple Apprehended in Utah [Internal]

If you're 19 years old and you're packin a .38 and you have some weed on you, what's the most natural thing in the world to do? Go take pictures of police cars with your cell phone whilst they're parked at the station. Officers in Manchester, CT, noticed William Davis acting supiciously, snapping pictures of their license plates. Upon confronting him, they found the gun and the herb. Cry for help, much?

Man Nabbed for Taking Pictures of Police Cars [WFSB]

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Careful Who You Show Your OnStar to: FL Man Gets Busted for Coke [Internal]

Be forewarned, y'all who're gonna try to sue the insurance company of the guy who blasted through your plaster 'n' drywall like Charles Whitman rockin' it at near-point-blank after you pissed him off in traffic: an Arkansas court has ruled that gunfire can't be considered a car accident, even if it's levied from a vehicle, as it was in this case. Our take? All involved? Assholes. [Thanks to The Comedian for the tip.]

Shooting not covered by auto insurance policy, court says [Advisen]

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Car-Shootin' Couple Apprehended in Utah [Internal]

Now we like to go shootin' as much as the next red-blooded American, and now and then we have a tendency to flip someone off on the road when they do something dumb. But according to a new study by Harvard School of Public Health people who carry guns in their vehicles are apparently more prone to acts of road rage. So watch out for that angry man chasing you down the freeway after he lets the bird fly. He could be packin'.

Study: Drivers with guns in cars more likely to engage in road rage [WPRI]

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UK Motorists' Cars Take a Beating [Internal]

Make a post about cars and guns in Utah and strike news gold the next day, that's what we always say! A Colorado couple traveling on I-15 and I-70 in the Beehive State inexplicably broke out the firearms and began shooting out the windows of fellow motorists. Their violently mischievous luck held until they came upon a cell phone-wielding, justice-obsessed driver in a Chevy Tahoe who not only alerted the po-po, but gave chase to the gun-brandishing culprits. The Utah Highway Patrol quickly got involved and the perps were apprehended and booked into Silver County Jail on charges of aggravated assault.

Colorado couple arrested for allegedly shooting at cars on highways in S. Utah [Salt Lake Tribune]

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Loaded Guns, Cars in the Beehive State [Internal]

Given the state's high Mormon population and weak beer, Utah probably worries less about loaded drivers than many other states. But the latest argument in the state with the self-proclaimed "greatest snow on Earth" revolves around loaded guns in cars. While 60,000 Utahns legally carry loaded guns in their vehicles by virtue of having qualified for concealed-carry permits, right-to-arm-bears bear-arms activists are pushing for all of the state's citizens to be able to legally carry loaded guns in their vehicles.

While we're generally not into a whole lot of government regulations, if you need a license to drive a car, we think it's only right that you have one that says you know how to safely handle a firearm without experienced supervision. We don't own any firearms ourselves, although we do enjoy a trip to the shooting range; we're definitely not anti-Second Amendment, but we are pro-common sense, and Utah's current law strikes us as common sense.

Loaded Guns in Cars: There's no convincing reason to change the current ban [Salt Lake Tribune]

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Bulgarian Key-Fob Guns Show Up in UK [Internal]