Tag Archives: Becky Bieker

Hearne: Details Emerge on Needless Shawnee Shootout That Cost Owner His Life

In the immortal words of the great Jimmy C: “A lifetime of having been advised not to resist people pointing weapons at me would have told me to come out slowly, with my hands up and palms facing forward. I … Continue reading

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Fitzpatrick: Guns Do Kill People, Even in Shawnee

I was out of town when the Shawnee gun shop robbery and shootout took place last week, and I didn’t go back and read the news stories about it… Although from reading Hearne’s and Rich Steele’s pieces on KC Confidential, … Continue reading

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Hearne: Shot Dead ‘She’s A Pistol’ Owner Neither Martyr nor Hero

Live by the sword, die by the sword… That’s the sad reality – and as good a way as any – to  describe the death of a small time Shawnee gun shop owner that got killed last week in a wild west style … Continue reading

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