The city's wild teen population is rapidly spiraling out of control, and yet the guv'ment still refuses to issue hunting licenses letting citizens help thin the herds. And so one Marine Park man, fed up with the city's failed teen management policies, was forced to violate the law when he allegedly opened fire with a semi-automatic hunting rifle on a pack of rowdy teens ripping open garbage bags outside his home on Saturday night. Two teens were hospitalized after the shooting: a 17-year-old was struck in the neck and a 14-year old was treated for fragment wounds in his arm and leg—both injuries were non-life threatening. The Post reports that 21-year-old Yana Kaprovskaya, who lives on the block, was also hit by a fragment and treated and released from Beth Israel Kings Highway. more ›

A Long Island man was arrested yesterday after firing an AK-47-style rifle in the air in an attempt to get a group of men off of his damn lawn. George Grier, 31, fired the shots on Sunday night while arguing with a group of Hispanic men on the lawn of his Uniondale home. No one was injured, but Grier was arrested and charged with criminal possession of a weapon and reckless endangerment. more ›

Teenager Shytik Bowman was charged with third-degree possession of a weapon after cops found a sawed-off .22 caliber single-action rifle and a silencer in his backpack yesterday. Cops approached the 16-year-old in the bathroom of Legacy High School yesterday morning, suspecting there may have been a drug deal taking place. One source told the Daily News, "[The agents] saw a couple of students acting shady near a bathroom. They confiscated his book bag, but the kid ran away." more ›

A Bronx school teacher was busted at West 110th Street and Riverside Drive in Manhattan after "selling a rifle and more than 500 rounds of ammunition to an undercover cop," the Post reports. George Digilio "negotiated the sale of the .22-caliber semiautomatic rifle and ammo in several phone conversations he had while working yesterday at PS 117 in The Bronx, where he teaches second-grade special education," and, then after school, he went to Manhattan for the sale. more ›

According to a tenant arrested alongside a gun-hoarding Brooklyn couple and their adult son, the arsenal in their attic was nothing more than a collection of old family heirlooms. Michael Poole, 29, was released after being charged with criminal weapons possession, and went to court Sunday to defend his friends, Thomas and Kathleen Siano, reports the News. Of the 30 unregistered guns, seven knives (including an umbrella knife and a machete) and two crossbows found in the Gravesend dwelling, Poole explained, "These weapons were left to him by [Thomas Siano's] grandfather and uncle, who he used to go hunting with...He put them up in the attic because he didn't know what else to do with them. He never brought them out. He didn't want anyone to get hurt." According to a longtime neighbor, the Sianos also had a coin collection. more ›

A Queens man murdered his wife and daughters before committing suicide in their Brookville home, according to police. Investigators found four people dead with gunshot wounds to the head in the 230th Place residence this morning, and recovered a suicide note on the kitchen table signed by the father stating: "I am sorry." more ›

After being thrown out of a Manhattan courtroom for calling a witness a liar yesterday, attempted murder suspect Aafia Siddiqui promised to behave herself. "I'm going to be quiet," said the MIT- and Brandeis-educated scientist, whose courtroom antics have so far included outbursts and pleas for the use of genetic tests to keep Jews off her jury. "It doesn't mean I agree." more ›

The MIT- and Brandeis-educated neuroscientist accused of attempted murder for shooting at U.S. personnel in Afghanistan was thrown out of court just 90 minutes into her trial when she interrupted testimony with a rant. Aafia Siddiqui — who has already been reprimanded for her courtroom etiquette and once urged a judge to use genetic tests to make sure her jurors wouldn't be Jews — shouted: "I was never planning to bomb [New York]. You are lying." more ›

This video is the greatest demonstration of someone "flipping it" on an adversary that we've seen in some time. Long Island convenience store and gas-station clerk Mustapha Yakupoglu was closing up at midnight Wednesday night when two masked men burst in and pointed a shotgun at his neck, demanding money. But Yakupoglu, who's been robbed twice before, wasn't having it. Check out this deft maneuver, caught by a surveillance camera: more ›

Oh, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand. One moment, you're saying you need shooting lessons from Mayor Bloomberg. The next you're telling Newsday that you and your husband keep two rifles in your bed. Gillibrand said to Newsday, "If I want to protect my family, if I want to have a weapon in the home, that should be my right." more ›

Here rookie, have a machine gun. NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly is making sure 1,000 rookie police officers assigned to Times Square on New Year's Eve are ready to rock with M4 automatic machine guns. Recruits at the academy will get three days of training to familiarize them with the weapon, which until now had only been used by officers in the NYPD's elite Emergency Service Unit. The New York Post exclusive is a bit vague on whether the cops will be given the machine guns during the festivities or if they'll only be armed in the event of a Mumbai-inspired massacre. Either way, isn't it a comfort to know that Ryan Seacrest, Taylor Swift, and The Jonas Brothers could all go down simultaneously in a blaze of Barney Fife automatic gunfire? (You know Dick Clark isn't sweating it; that dude's like the Highlander.) more ›

A few hours ago, two people were shot on East 7th Street and Avenue D in the East Village. WABC 7 reports the gunman apparently used a rifle around 8:15 a.m.: "Eyewitness News is told the suspect fled in a blue or green Dodge caravan. It was quickly recovered, and a person was taken into custody at the 7th Precinct on the Lower East Side." However, it's unclear whether the person now is custody is the shooter and what the extent of the two victims' injuries are. Update: The shooting occurred outside a bodega. A 50-year-old was shot many times, while a bullet went through a window at the store and hit a bodega worker. The shooter was the one who turned himself in to the 7th. more ›

The Gothamist Newsmap noted a report of a "possible armed man" around 1 p.m. at King and Varick Streets in downtown Manhattan. Various readers tell us that the police are swarming the area over reports of a "pissed off sniper." We heard that one, perhaps two people were on a roof, possibly with a rifle, hence the NYPD helicopters. more ›