The Gun Report: July 2, 2013 ASPEN - Asa Hutchinson, the former Arkansas congressman, is one of those people who knows how to make the most extreme ideas seem like just plain ol" common sense. So it's no wonder he's the National Rifle Association's point man at events like, say, the Aspen Ideas Festival, filled as it is with liberals who would like to see background checks, just for starters. Thus it was that Hutchinson took the stage here on Monday to debate Randi Weingarten, the feisty president of the American Federation of Teachers. Hutchinson, you see, led an N.R.A. task force after Newtown to explore ways to make schools safer. Do you recall what the task force concluded when it issued its report in April? Of course you do: every school should have armed guards or others who pack heat so they can mow down the next Adam Lanza before he mows them down. After all, it worked so well at Columbine, which did have uniformed officers patrolling the school. In that "aw, shucks" way of his, Hutchinson defended this position. He talked about the Newtown mom he brought around the Capitol, and recalled her words: "I'm so glad somebody is doing something for school safety." When Weingarten made the rather obvious point that arming teachers and guards in schools wouldn't exactly make schools the kind of sanctuaries that students need to learn, he disagreed. Guns, he said, are exactly what would make schools sanctuaries because they would be safe from the bad guys. He complained that the background check law that was shot down earlier this year would have forced a farmer who wanted to sell a gun to drive 30 miles and fill out paperwork, and that this was too high a burden. Even Jeff Goldberg, the session's moderator, who isn't exactly Mr. Gun Control, was taken aback by this. Towards the end, Hutchinson told the audience that there were no gun regulation proposals currently being discussed that he thought should trump his conception of liberty. He said it in that calm voice of his, as if nothing could be more obvious. Here is today's report. A woman and a child were killed and another woman was critically injured in a shooting in east Fort Worth, Tex., Monday night. The victims are a 34-year-old woman, a pregnant 20-year-old and a 10-year-old boy. Relatives rushed to the scene, and screaming and crying could be heard in the street. Police are questioning a person of interest. 26-year-old Leslie Freeman and her 22-month-old son Demonte were wounded in a shooting near a park in the West Englewood section of Chicago, Ill., Sunday evening. The victims were in a van when someone drove up and three men began shooting. Freeman was shot in the wrist when she dove to protect her son, who was shot in the thigh. CBS Chicago Austin McBride, 16, died after accidentally shooting himself outside his home in Springfield, Ky., Saturday. The teen was cleaning his .22-caliber handgun in preparation for a gun show when it went off, shooting him in the stomach. McBride's mother had been in the shower at the time of the accident. Kentucky.com Louis Lamburini, a 56-year-old construction foreman seated behind the wheel of a company van, was ambushed by a former co-worker in a brazen daylight shooting just after the height of the morning rush in Midtown Manhattan, N.Y., Monday. The gunman, a man in his 30s who police said had recently lost his job, ran from the scene. The New York Times Police found a teenage boy with two gunshot wounds sustained in a shooting in north Salinas, Calif., Monday afternoon. The victim, who is between 12 and 18 years old, was shot in the leg and stomach while riding his bike down the street. Police learned there was a verbal argument before the shooting and believe it was gang related. A 50-year-old man has died and his 9-year-old daughter was injured after being shot in Freeport, Ill., Sunday night. Police said the victims were innocent bystanders and there was no evidence of an altercation before the shooting. The motive is unknown. JournalStandard.com 22-year-old Stevie Goin and 21-year-old Zach Ricard were taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries after a shooting in an apartment in South Omaha, Neb., Monday morning. Neighbors who live in the Village Gate Apartment complex described hearing what they believed were fireworks and then heard a vehicle peel out. Moans and screams could be heard as one victim was shot at least once in the chest and the other was shot in the shoulder. WOWT Channel 6 A 55-year-old woman is in the hospital after a shooting at a residence in Wyoming, Mich., early Monday. Two male suspects reportedly fired shots into the woman's home. She was transported to a local hospital, where she is in stable condition. Police are soliciting tips. MLive A 27-year-old man was shot in the leg in the Otay Mesa community of San Diego, Calif., Sunday night by someone he was talking to just moments before. The victim, who was on foot, was seen talking to people inside a Dodge Charger when someone inside the vehicle opened fire. 33-year-old Charles Sims Jr. was shot and killed at a Mobile, Ala., apartment complex Sunday night. Arvel Williams, 27, was charged with murder. Police are investigating. Local 15 Three men were shot and wounded in the Frankford neighborhood of Baltimore, Md., Sunday night, after a week that saw 36 people shot and 16 killed in the city. About two hours later, a shooting was reported in the Edgewood neighborhood. Three other shootings were reported Monday. Baltimore Sun A man is in critical condition after being shot in the shoulder following a fight that started in a Houston, Tex., club early Monday. Investigators found a shotgun and handgun at the scene and arrested three men and a woman. An unidentified man was shot in the leg near an eastern New Orleans, La., intersection Monday night. The Times-Picayune Christopher Givans was shot and wounded at a home in New Ross, Ind., Sunday night. Elisha Arthur was arrested and charged with felony attempted murder. 42-year-old Billy Lee Burks was shot and killed in Antioch, Calif., Saturday morning, a day after he escaped death in another shooting. Burks was shot in the head at about 9:30 a.m. outside his apartment. He survived a shooting the day before, also outside his apartment. He would not tell investigators who shot him. SF Gate According to Slate's gun-death tracker, an estimated 5,651 people have died as a result of gun violence in America since the Newtown massacre on December 14, 2012.