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• Rapper Remy Ma(ma) going to jail

  Rapper Remy Ma (née Reminisce Smith, Remy Martin) was sentenced to 8 years in jail on Wednesday for shooting Makeda Barnes Joseph in "a dispute over money." The judge in the case, Rena Uviller, told Remy that she was, "a young woman whose anger is out of control." Why mention this here? Because when the case was over, Remy pleaded for a lighter sentence, citing her difficult childhood -- and her 7-year-old son. Read More... Posted May 15 2008, 10:30 AM by Brett Singer with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: children, news, mom, rap, marriage, crime, guns, jail, weddings, NYC, New York, sons, shooting, Brett Singer, rappers, remy ma, fiancée, papoose, rikers island

• Update On Girl Who Took Bullet For Her Mom

  I'm sorry, but this story just got to me when it came out, so I'm glad to give the update. Some of you might remember that Alexis Goggins threw herself in front of bullets intended for her mother. When the gunman was about to open fire on Seliethia Parker, Alexis cried "Don't hurt my mother!" and ended up with six gunshot wounds, putting her in critical condition and blinding her in one eye. So what's the word on Alexis now?   Read More... Posted Feb 21 2008, 10:38 AM by Kelly Mills with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: health, crime, guns, daughters, heroes, surgery, shooting, physical therapy, alexis goggins, children and health, update, recovery

• 7-Year-Old Girl Puts Herself Between Mom and Bullets

  Hey, it's time to get weepy with the Derby. See, sometimes as parents we can barely write about the stuff in the news because we use up too many tissues and risk electrocution from tears on our laptops. But let's give it a go anyway: Selitha Parker dated Calvin Tillie for a few months before breaking it off. But Tillie kept calling and bothering Parker, and on December 2, when Parker and her 7-year-old daughter Alexis Goggins climbed into the SUV of a friend on the way to the friend's mom's birthday party, Tillie jumped into the backseat of the vehicle next to Alexis. He pulled a gun and forced them to drive around, until the friend convinced Tillie she needed to stop for gas and called 911 with the station attendant. When she and the attendant heard shots they ran back to the vehicle, and saw Alexis curled up under the steering wheel in a pool of blood. Read More... Posted Dec 18 2007, 11:33 AM by Kelly Mills with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: children, crime, kidnapping, heroes, saving family, mothers and daughters, shooting, child heroes, bullets, alexis goggins

• Get Your Girl Into Hunting With a Pink Gun.

  In a bid to make shooting more appealing to the girls and ladies, some gun stores are now packing pink guns. They call it, "blaze pink" and the color tickled the pre-teen girls in this article. I'm still looking for a gun that doesn't make me look fat, but pink is okay. Because I've wanted to get into shooting, but you know, the guns are so dull and drab and butch. A splash of color seems just the thing to brighten the cold hunting palette. Why, it's the perfect accessory! Check out the details, dahlings: "The .22-caliber Crickett rifle ($169.99) has a bright pink stock, and the Remington Express Jr. .20 gauge shotgun ($379.99) has a laminated pink-and-black stock emblazoned with the slogan 'Shoot like a girl if you can!'" Aw yeah. Okay, all mocking aside for just a second...   Read More... Posted Sep 26 2007, 08:30 AM by Kelly Mills with | with no comments Filed under: guns, girls, Pink, boxing, weapons, shooting