Texas man tied 6-year-old to garage door with dog leash, beat him with hammer:

deputies

Winans was released Friday on $15,000 bond. He has not yet been indicted, but may
face charges of injury to a child, elderly or disabled person with intent to cause
injuries. It’s a third-degree felony that could land him up to 10 years in prison
and a possible fine of up to $10,000, according to the Standard-Times.

Here’s what the NRA’s Marion Hammer says about Florida’s proposed assault weapons
ban

Florida National Rifle Association lobbyist Marion Hammer warned state economists
Friday that a proposed assault rifle ban would be devastating to gun manufacturers
lured to the state over the last eight years. “Gov. Rick Scott and Enterprise
Florida solicited and offered significant financial incentives to gun manufacturers
to come to Florida to bring more jobs,” she said, speaking to economists who must
analyze the impact of a constitutional amendment proposed for the 2020 ballot that
would ban assault weapons. Hammer, speaking for the first time since back-to-back
gun-related massacres in El Paso and Dayton two weeks ago, denounced the
controversial amendment meant to address gun violence in Florida. The amendment
would ban the future sale of assault rifles in the Sunshine State and force current
owners to either register them with the state or give them up. But Hammer said the
proposed amendment doesn’t protect the more than 150 gun manufacturers in the
state, many of which produce weapons that would be outlawed by the ban. Those
companies would be forced to move because they couldn’t possess any new assault
weapons, she said. “If I were the owner of one of these firearm manufacturing
companies, I wouldn’t wait to see what voters do,” she said. “If this were allowed
to go on the ballot, I’d say, ‘I’m outta here.’” The amendment has hurdles to clear
before it can go before voters in 2020, including passing a legal review by the
state Supreme Court. Attorney General Ashley Moody has called the amendment
“deceitful and misleading” and said she’ll tell justices that voters shouldn’t be
allowed to vote on it. But before it goes before the court, it must get reviewed by
state economists. They will weigh the proposal’s effect on state government and the
economy. The economists aren’t entirely immune from politics. Three of the four
principal members are appointed by the state House, Senate and governor, each
controlled by Republicans, who have historically resisted gun control measures.
Gov. Ron DeSantis’ representative is attorney Katie Cunningham, a former House
staffer. Cunningham was mentioned in a 2018 New Yorker profile about Hammer’s
influence on the Florida Legislature. The story portrayed Cunningham as acquiescing
to Hammer’s wishes on gun issues while she served as policy chief of the House
Criminal Justice Subcommittee during Scott’s first term in office. Story continues
DeSantis’ spokeswoman Helen Ferré said in a statement that Cunningham was on the
committee to represent the governor. “Katie Cunningham is one of the top public
safety experts in Florida and that is why she is the Governor’s representative on
this issue,” Ferré said. On Friday the economists did not reach an agreement on how
the amendment would affect the state. They said they’d need at least two more
meetings before deciding. Hammer, citing a South Florida Sun-Sentinel story, said
Florida’s gun manufacturers make up a $1 billion industry. She said there were more
than 700 firearms manufacturing license holders in the state, from small custom
shops to large manufacturers, producing more than 750,000 weapons a year as
recently as 2016. The amendment would pull the rug out from under many of those
companies that Scott lured to Florida, she said. For example, Scott gave one of
those companies, Colt Manufacturing Co., $1.66 million in state and local
incentives in 2011 to bring 63 jobs to the state, according to Bloomberg News.
Hammer noted that even commissioners in Broward County — “a hotbed of anti-gun,
gun-hating extremism” — offered tax breaks for Kalashnikov USA to relocate there
and produce AK-47s. Broward County is heavily Democratic, but it’s also the home to
Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, where a former student shot and killed 17
people with a military-style AR-15 rifle last year. The assault weapon ban
amendment is being led by Gail Schwartz, whose nephew, Alex Schachter, was killed
in the shooting. Dr. Charles Tate, a Broward County radiologist, argued on behalf
of Schwartz’s group that the state would save hundreds of millions of dollars from
fewer mass shootings. He cited the work of one group that estimated the 2016 Pulse
massacre in Orlando cost up to $390 million, after medical costs, police response
and expense to employers are considered. Those costs are just for the 49 people
killed and 54 wounded, not others who were in the club, according to CNN. The owner
of multiple guns, including assault rifles, Tate said he would happily give them up
if they were outlawed. “I am far more interested in the safety of my wife, my
children and my grandchildren,” he said. Much of the discussion by the economists
was over the definition of “assault rifle.” The amendment defines “assault weapons”
as “any semiautomatic rifle or shotgun capable of holding more than 10 rounds of
ammunition at once, either in a fixed or detachable magazine, or any other
ammunition-feeding device.” Moody has argued that the definition is overly broad
and would ban a wide variety of weapons, including her grandfather’s hunting rifle
and some of the most popular rifles and shotguns in the state. Hammer agreed. She
noted the amendment was crafted by Jon Mills, dean emeritus of the University of
Florida law school. “He is not stupid,” Hammer said. “So we can easily assume that
this language is intentionally deceptive and devious.” Hammer also wondered how old
and young alike would respond to having to register or turn in their previously
legal weapons. “How do you tell a 10-year-old little girl who got a Ruger 10/22
with a pink stock for her birthday that her rifle is an assault weapon and she has
to turn it over to government or be arrested for felony possession?” she said.

Man, 25, is arrested after tying his son to a door with a dog leash and beating him
with a hammer

Ronnie Winans, 25, was arrested at his home in San Angelo, Texas on August 15
Police received a call with a child abuse claim from a mother When they arrived,
they found his 6-year-old son with bruises on his legs, but he refused to say where
they came from He eventually told deputies that a relative 'tied him to a door
with a dog leash' Winans was taken into police custody for suspicion of injuring a
child with intent to commit bodily injury and was released on a $15,000 bail If
convicted, he faces a maximum of 10 years in jail and owe a $10,000 fine By Lauren
Edmonds For Dailymail.com Published: 16:03 EDT, 18 August 2019 | Updated: 16:03
EDT, 18 August 2019 Ronnnie Winans, 25, was arrested on August 15 for suspicion of
injuring a child with intent to commit bodily injury A Texas man has been arrested
by deputies for allegedly tying his son to a garage door with a dog leash and
beating him with a hammer. The Tom Green County Sheriff's Office arrested Ronnie
Winans, 25, seven days after dispatching to a home in San Angelo on August
8 because a mother called with a child abuse complaint. She told authorities that
she discovered bruises on her son's legs and the the boy would not tell her where
they came from. Go San Angelo reported that deputies found the bruising
'consistent with blunt force trauma.' When deputies took photos of the contusions,
the child said a male relative 'tied him to a door with a dog leash.' The next
morning, investigators at the Children's Advocacy Center of Tom Green County spoke
to the child and a witness about the incidents. Both corroborated the same story
that a man tied the child to a garage door with a dog leash around his waist and
left the boy there before walking to a store. The Tom Green County Sheriff's
Office dispatched to a home in San Angelo, Texas when a mother made a child abuse
complaint after finding bruises on her sons legs The child told investigators
that he 'could not breathe because the leash was tight.' Go San Angelo reported
that the dog leash was 'painful' and left a temporary mark around the child's
torso. The witness claimed the child has asthma and that the dog leash made it
difficult to breath. On the afternoon of August 9, a female relative told deputies
that the leash was tied in such a way that moving would tighten its grip on the
child and that the child had been constrained for about 15 minutes before she
released him. Records do not say if the female relative knew about the leash
beforehand. While she wasn't certain of how the boy got the bruises, she did say
his father would 'randomly yell at (the boy) for moving around.' Winans (left) was
has been accused of beating his son with a hammer, tying him to garage door with a
dog leash and throwing objects at the child Deputies that clothes hangers and
bottles of tea were thrown at the boy hard enough to leave marks. When asked if
other children at the residence were the target of thrown objects, the boy said,
'No, daddy never throws hangers at them. Only me.' According to the affidavit, the
child was reluctant to speak about his injuries and said, 'I was just asleep ...
and things happen.' Another unidentified witness, who was allegedly hiding behind a
chair at the time of the incident, alleged that Winans hit the boy's leg with a
black and yellow hammer with electrical tape around the handle. When deputies
searched a residence for evidence, they found a green dog leash and a hammer with a
handle consistent with the size and shape of the contusions located on (the
child's) right and left legs' Deputies later found the hammer, as well as the dog
leash, after searching a residence for evidence. They noted the hammer's handle
'was consistent with the size and shape of the contusions located on (the child's)
right and left legs.' Winans was arrested on August 15 on the third-degree felony
of suspicion of injuring a child with intent to commit bodily injury. Winans told
deputies that he threw hangers at the child 'in an attempt to get his attention,
and not as punishment.' He also told deputies that the dog leash was 'not to tight'
and was done 'in an attempt to keep him from leaving the corner.' Less than 20
hours after the arrest, Go San Angelo reported that Winans was released on a
$15,000 bond. If found guilty, Winans could face up to 10 years in jail and a
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