‘Guns And Ammo’ Editor Charged In Northern Arizona Slaying

The editor of “Guns and Ammo” magazine is charged with second degree murder in connection with a shooting on Wednesday.

Richard Venola, 53, was arrested at his home on Mayan Drive in the small community of Golden Valley.

Mohave County Sheriff’s deputies responding to a neighbor’s call about a shooting found the victim, 39-year-old James O’Neill, outside the house. O’Neill had been shot in the chest, according to police.

Officials said a large caliber rifle was confiscated at the scene.

A police report did not reference a motive for the shooting.

Venola was named the 12th editor or “Guns and Ammo” in 2008, according to an article on the publication’s website.

The article describes Venola as “one of the more colorful of the G&A helmsters, possessed of an encyclopedic knowledge of all manner of arcana, especially when it pertains to his first love—firearms.”-[source]