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ANNOUNCEMENT: We are moving!

Mary Lou Seymour — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 00:15:02 +0000

As of today, Second Amendment News, a service of rational Review News, will be moving to a new site at http://rationalreview.news-digests.com/2am.

Last week’s stories can still be found at the old site http://www.rationalreview.com/2am

2AM News: The week in review December 12-18

Mary Lou Seymour — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 00:13:45 +0000

Commentaries on City with strictest gun laws has most officers killed by gunfire, Florida school board shooting shows failure of “gun control”, anti-gun Senator shoots intruder, Bill of Rights Day, Thank veterans by protecting their right to self-defense, Gun Owners Year in Review — 2010 and Gun-toting woman accosted in own home, arrested.

Self defense stories from Arkansas, California (5) , Florida, Maine, Mississippi, Virginia, Illinois, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Georgia ….in other news, Firearms seized in Mexican drug wars traced to US, Draft law to ease regulations on gun ownership in Turkey draws ire, The NRA opposes weapons free zones in Iowa

Til next week

Mary Lou

AR: Workers thwart armed robbery

Mary Lou Seymour — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 03:04:24 +0000

“Bullets flew across Thompson Street on Tuesday after employees of a pawn shop thwarted an armed robbery. Shots fired at the robber zipped from C&S Gun Shop across Thompson and hit the plate glass window of P&N Oriental Market. Witnesses said shots also hit a silver or tan vehicle used as a getaway car.” (12/15/10)

CA: Liquor store clerk pulls gun on armed robbers

Mary Lou Seymour — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 03:01:57 +0000

“Two men walked into AC Liquor Store and Mini Market in the 1100 block of South State College Boulevard about 11 p.m. on Dec. 4, said Sgt. Rick Martinez of the Anaheim Police Department. One of them, wearing a light-gray hooded sweatshirt, pulled out a what appeared to be a handgun and demanded cash, while the second man walked to the back of the store to grab two cases of beer. The store clerk pulled out his own gun when the armed robber became distracted with retrieving the money on the counter, Martinez said.” (12/13/10)

CA: Vendor wounds would be thief at swap meet

Mary Lou Seymour — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 03:01:25 +0000

“Police said four men used hammers to smash the jewelry cases of one dealer about 3:30 p.m. The robber snatched up jewelry and began to run through the crowd when a vendor emerged and went after him. ‘He pulled a gun and he just shot him,’ she said. ‘I didn’t know he was going to pull the trigger. I ran. I took cover and ran.’ The robber, hit in the back, staggered a few feet and collapsed. The shooter walked up and stood over him. ‘He said, ‘That’s what you get. I hope you don’t die,” Police officers swarmed the scene, arresting the wounded man and an apparent accomplice trying to get away. Hart said the District Attorney’s Office will review the vendor’s action to determine if the shooting was lawful.” (12/14/10)

CA: Targeted barber shop customers shoot back

Mary Lou Seymour — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 02:59:32 +0000

“At least five people were being treated for wounds sustained after two men entered the Fly Cuts and Styles shop just after 1 p.m. and started shooting at two men who were getting haircuts, and the two targeted men started shooting back. The battle carried over into the parking lot, where a 30-year-old woman who was putting her child into a vehicle was shot and killed, The Sacramento Bee reported. Sacramento Sheriff’s Department Sgt. Tim Curran said the woman evidently was an innocent bystander.” (12/14/10)

FL: Road rage shooting likely self-defense

Mary Lou Seymour — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 02:57:39 +0000

“A road rage incident led to a shooting in Seminole County late Tuesday, deputies said. Deputies were called to the side of Marsh Road near County Road 426 about 7:11 p.m. Tuesday. A sheriff’s official said two men had pulled over and later gotten into an altercation. At some point during the altercation, deputies said, one of the men drew a gun and fired, stiking the other. The man shot suffered what deputies described as a ‘very minor’ wound. It did not appear likely that there would be an arrest in the shooting late Tuesday. Deputies said it appeared the shooting was likely in self-defense.” (12/15/10)

ME: Homeowner kills assaulter

Mary Lou Seymour — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 02:47:08 +0000

“A local homeowner told Maine State Police Monday that he shot and killed a man who assaulted him after the resident was lured out of his home by a woman claiming to have been involved in a motor vehicle crash nearby.” (12/13/10)

MS: Homeowner shoots invaders

Mary Lou Seymour — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 02:41:29 +0000

“Three young men accused of at least one home invasion are in the Raymond jail after they were shot by the owner of a Jackson home they attempted to rob. … They were identified when they checked into the hospital with gunshot wounds to the leg, Green said. One of them also suffered a wound to the back. … [A]fter the four suspects kicked in the front door and demanded the family lie on the floor, the homeowner was able to locate his gun and began firing shots. He hit three of them.” (12/12/10)

TX: Firearms seized in Mexican drug wars traced to US

Steve Trinward — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 04:56:50 +0000

“No other state has produced more guns seized by police in the brutal Mexican drug wars than Texas. In the Lone Star State, no other city has more guns linked to Mexican crime scenes than Houston. And in that Texas oil town, no single independent dealer stands out more for selling guns traced from south of the border than Bill Carter. Carter, 76, has operated four Carter’s Country stores in the Houston metropolitan area over the past half-century. In the past two years, more than 115 guns from his stores have been seized by the police and military in Mexico.” (12/14/10)

VA: Gas station clerk fires at robbers

Mary Lou Seymour — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 02:56:40 +0000

“The clerk said he was just finishing up a shift at the gas station and was sitting in his car warming it up. He said two men approached him and used a taser to stun him. Because he was wearing a thick coat, the stun gun didn’t do much good. The clerk said he had to act quickly to protect himself. He pulled the gun he was wearing on his waist. He fired two shots and he believes one of the attackers was hit. Both men ran away.”(12/13/10)

Turkey: Draft law to ease regulations on gun ownership draws ire

Mary Lou Seymour — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 02:40:21 +0000

“Possible amendments to gun laws that are intended to ease restrictions on owning and carrying small arms have faced much criticism in Turkey. The bill, currently in subcommittee at Parliament, ensures easier access to guns, allowing people to own as many as five weapons and the right to carry two of them at one time. Some civil society organizations underline that such regulations will lead to more crime and will threaten lives, especially those of women and children, but supporters of the amendments argue that easing procedures to obtain a license for weapons will make it easier to track them.” (12/14/10)

CA: Video game store shooting justified

Mary Lou Seymour — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 02:53:18 +0000

“A video game store owner will not face any charges for shooting and killing a teenager who tried to rob him. The attempted robbery happened at Play-N-Trade on Brawley at Clinton in West Central Fresno Saturday night around 11:30. The body of the unidentified suspect was found about a mile away at Sussex Way and Milburn Ave. This video game store was closing up for the night when three armed suspects forced their way inside. After pushing some employees to the ground an owner took out his gun and fired one shot hitting a suspect. Salazar said the owner shot and critically wounded one teen.” (12/12/10)

IL: Robber killed in tanning salon

Mary Lou Seymour — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 02:51:23 +0000

“At L.A. Tan, a man entered the business about 6:30 p.m. and announced a robbery and pointed a handgun at a female employee. The man then ordered a female customer using a tanning bed to tie the hands and feet of the female employee with a rope he had brought with him, officials said. A few minutes later, a male customer entered the business and was ordered at gunpoint by the suspect to tie his hands together, according to police. But the customer grabbed the gun. He shot the suspect twice, police said.” (12/13/10)

NV: Man shoots, kills attacker

Mary Lou Seymour — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 02:49:06 +0000

“A man reported shooting and killing another man in self defense Friday night. The Nevada County Sheriff’s Office received the 911 call at 9:54 p.m. Friday night from the alleged shooter stating the other man had broken into his residence on the 12000 block of Pinewoods Road to attack him with a hammer. He then shot the man in the chest at close range, said Sgt. Stephen Tripp. Neither man’s name has been released.” (12/13/10)

IA: The NRA opposes weapons free zones

Mary Lou Seymour — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 02:36:01 +0000

“The National Rifle Association is trying to block Iowa cities and counties from establishing ‘weapons free zones’ in parks, city halls, courthouses and other government buildings. The NRA says Iowa residents should be able to use deadly force to defend themselves at home or anywhere they need to.” (12/12/10)

GA: Robber killed in grocery store parking lot

Mary Lou Seymour — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 02:33:38 +0000

“A man was killed outside a busy grocery store during an attempted robbery on Saturday night, investigators said. … Nathan Taylor said his friend, Ryan Moore, borrowed his car to get some orange juice at the Ingles on Salem Road. Moore had just gotten out of his car to head inside the store when he was approached by the two men, Rockdale County Sheriff Jeff Wigington said. Wigington said they tried to rob him, and one had a knife.” (12/12/10)

DE: 82 year old homeowner shoots at burglars truck

Mary Lou Seymour — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 02:42:42 +0000

“A Bridgeton man was arrested Friday night when an 82-year-old homeowner fired a shot at the tire on two burglars’ pickup to keep them from fleeing, according to Delaware State Police. No one was hurt. It happened Friday at 10:35 a.m. at a home on Chapman Road in Newark, De. Police said the son of the homeowner saw two men taking a generator and other items from the yard of the home and putting them in the bed of a pickup truck. The son called police and his father. The father went to the pickup truck and fired at it. Police arrived and took two men into custody. Forty-one-year-old William Rafter of Clayton and 30-year-old Mark Sturgill of Bridgeton, N.J. have been charged with theft and conspiracy. The homeowner was not charged.” (12/11/10)

CA: Home invaders shot

Mary Lou Seymour — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 02:40:49 +0000

“The home invasion took place in a rural area near Hickman on Merriam Avenue around 7:30 a.m., said Lt. Charles Grom with the Stanislaus County Sheriff’s Department. Grom says the targets of the home invasion shot the would-be robbers. Two of the men were later found on Oakdale-Waterford Highway in Waterford. One was fatally shot and the other was taken to a hospital with several gunshot wounds.” (12/10/10)

PA: Woman says she killed robber with his own gun

Mary Lou Seymour — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 02:39:35 +0000

“Allegheny County district attorney’s office will determine whether a 20-year-old woman was justified when she fatally shot a teenager in Munhall early Friday with a gun she says she wrestled away from the male during an armed robbery …. According to Mr. Schurman, the woman told detectives she had gone to a convenience store within a few blocks of her home and made a purchase. As she was walking in an alley in the rear of the 800 block of Ravine Street, Mr. Heath approached her, brandished a gun and demanded money. The woman then fought with the man, disarmed him and shot him.” (12/11/10)