Date: Mon, 02 Sep 1996 06:43:59 -0700
From: Brad Alpert <[b--p--t] at [sky.net]>
To: [r--c] at [xmission.com]
Subject: This is too funny for words!!

In what has got to be divine justice at its very best, KC Star cartoonist Bill Schorr has been arrested in 
a domestic dispute involving his having grabbed a handgun and pointed it at his wife and at police.

Any who follow the Star know that Schorr's editorial depiction of gunowners is hateful and mean - and now 
he has become the very caricature of the irresponsible gunowner that he loves to harpoon.

Brad
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   Star cartoonist arrested after dispute 

   By GLENN E. RICE Staff Writer 
   Date: 09/01/96 22:15 

   Bill Schorr, an editorial cartoonist for The Kansas City Star, was
   arrested early Sunday following a domestic dispute with his wife. 

   Kansas City police were called to the couple's residence in the
   1000 block of West 56th Street at 7:35 a.m. 

   Schorr, 48, who is separated from his wife, was visiting the home
   and got into an argument with his wife. At one point, police said,
   Schorr grabbed a handgun stored in a closet and began waving it.
   His wife phoned police. 

   The couple and a 21-year-old daughter were standing outside when
   officers arrived. Schorr, who was still armed, ran back into the
   house, locked the door and refused to come out, said Police Sgt.
   Gerald Wagoner, a supervisor with the Metro Patrol Division. 

   Schorr pointed the weapon at officers, Wagoner said. No shots
   were fired and no injuries were reported. 

   Several other officers were summoned. Authorities were about to
   call in members of the tactical response unit when Schorr agreed to
   surrender to his lawyer, who arrived about 10 minutes later,
   Wagoner said. 

   Police determined that the handgun, which belonged to Schorr's
   wife, was unloaded. The two are legally separated and police did
   not know the nature of the argument, said Jackson County
   Prosecutor Claire McCaskill. 

   Schorr was arrested and agreed to be placed into psychiatric care. 

   Authorities are continuing their investigation and will decide Tuesday
   whether charges will be filed, McCaskill said.