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Source: Second Amendment News Digest Posted on 11.14.10 by Mary Lou Seymour Commentaries on Dinner with the militia, Guns on campus and Should “insolence” be cause for losing guns?Self defense stories from Florida, South Carolina, Virginia, Alabama, Texas 92) , Utah, Oklahoma and Washington (state) ….in other news, October sees 1.5% jump in firearm sales over same month last year. Open Carry advocates gear up in five states, “Guns save lives educate your kids” officially censored in Arizona, Gun safety not part of many parents’ conversations with kids, NYC gun registry challenged in state’s top court Til next week Mary lou Link: http://rationalreview.com/2am Filed under: 2AM News | |
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Source: Herald Tribune Posted on 11.11.10 by Mary Lou Seymour “Gunfire erupted on a Newtown street in May, leaving Patrick Barbour dead on the road and Alphonse Gallo in jail facing a murder charge and the possibility of life behind bars. But a judge listened to the details of the killing and ruled that Gallo, 35, should not be prosecuted for murder because of Florida’s stand-your-ground law, which allows people to use deadly force to defend themselves. Gallo testified that Barbour and several other men confronted him May 15 …. The two had a minor fight about 30 minutes earlier. Gallo testified that Barbour, 24, threatened to rob him and then pulled a handgun from a pocket. Gallo, who had a concealed weapons permit to carry a handgun, said he drew his own gun and fired at Barbour three times.” (11/10/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/2wk8xjs Filed under: 2AM News and RRND News | |
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Source: News 7 Posted on 11.11.10 by Mary Lou Seymour “A man who shot and killed another during a poker game acted in self-defense, according to the Anderson County Sheriff’s Office. Investigator Chad McBride said the two men were with four others, playing poker inside a building at 115 Commerce Blvd. just before 7 a.m. Tuesday. McBride said Jermaine Scott pulled a handgun, trying to recover lost money and rob the others. McBride said another player, who had a concealed weapon permit, pulled his own gun and the two men opened fire.” (11/10/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/2uf2sbl Filed under: 2AM News | |
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Source: Buckeye Firearms Association Posted on 11.11.10 by Mary Lou Seymour “The FBI has released its National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) figures for October 2010. NSSF-adjusted figures (854,563) show a 1.5 percent increase over October of last year (841,631).” (11/10/10) Link: http://www.buckeyefirearms.org/node/7515 Filed under: 2AM News and RRND News | |
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Source: Sunshine State News Posted on 11.11.10 by Mary Lou Seymour “Having held five events over the weekend, Second Amendment advocates continue to promote changing laws in Florida to allow citizens to openly carry holstered handguns. Open carry was legal in Florida until 1987 when Janet Reno, then an assistant state attorney in South Florida, lobbied the Legislature to ban the practice save in some situations — namely hunting, fishing and at firing ranges. … Right now, there are seven states that do not allow open carry — and there is a chance that number will decrease soon.” [editor’s note: Incorrect link reported, corrected - TLK] (11/10/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/39xrhlw Filed under: 2AM News and RRND News | |
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Source: NBC Washington Posted on 11.11.10 by Mary Lou Seymour “A Toyota Rav4 cut off a Lexus on Interstate 95 in Quantico Friday afternoon, said police spokesman Sgt. F.L. Tyler. After that, the driver of the Lexus started to tailgate the Toyota, and the Toyota driver responded by tapping on his brakes. At some point, the driver of the Lexus pulled up and threw a container of yogurt at the Toyota. That’s when the driver of the Toyota displayed a small caliber handgun. … Mark Flannery, who was driving the Toyota, was charged with reckless driving and brandishing a firearm, a misdemeanor. Gerald Williams, who was driving the Lexus, faces a felony charge for ‘throwing a missile at a vehicle.’” (11/09/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/326x7cn Filed under: 2AM News and RRND News | |
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Source: Huntsville Times Posted on 11.10.10 by Mary Lou Seymour “The shooting happened in the upstairs part of Humphrey’s Bar & Grill on Washington Street around 2:15 a.m., 15 minutes after the bar’s posted closing time, said police spokesman Harry Hobbs. A robber walked up to two maintenance men upstairs, pulled a gun and shot one of them, Hobbs said. The second maintenance man struggled with the robber taking his gun and fatally shooting him, authorities said. The robber, identified as Damian Marcos Antony King, 32, died at the scene, and the wounded maintenance man, John Joseph Mullins, 40, is being treated at Huntsville Hospital with a non-life-threatening gunshot wound.” (11/10/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/22slmw2 Filed under: 2AM News and RRND News | |
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Source: AmmoLand Posted on 11.10.10 by Mary Lou Seymour “After rounds of meetings and phone calls, the city of Phoenix, perhaps prophetically on Election Day, Tue., Nov. 2, passed final judgment and decided that censorship of our bus-stop advertisements would remain final. ‘Educate Your Kids’ with the big red ‘Guns Save Lives’ heart, which they tore down more than a week ago, were deemed unacceptable and would stay down. They blamed CBS Outdoor with the ‘error’ for having put them up.” (11/09/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/2dzepw5 Filed under: 2AM News and RRND News | |
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Source: Wise County News Posted on 11.09.10 by Mary Lou Seymour “A man was shot and killed between midnight and 1 a.m. Sunday morning in New Fairview. Marcus Lee Little, 50, was shot in the head after he broke into a home just off Farm Road 2264. According to Sheriff David Walker, Little confronted his ex-girlfriend, Cindy Chapman, in the home and was looking for the man she is now dating. Occupants of the home told officers that Little ‘had a knife and a gun,’ and he was making threats. Walker said Dennis Mosley, who is Little’s brother-in-law, shot Little, but no arrests have been made at this time because it appears to be self-defense.” (11/07/10) Link: http://www.wcmessenger.com/update/?p=3418 Filed under: 2AM News and RRND News | |
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Source: University of Michigan Health System News Posted on 11.09.10 by Mary Lou Seymour “‘When more than half of non-gun owning parents have never discussed gun safety with their children and nearly 1 in 5 gun-owning parents have never discussed gun safety with their children, many children may be unprepared to understand and follow the basics of gun safety,’ Davis says. ‘Parents need to learn how to talk to their children about gun safety whether they own a gun or not, to be sure their children are prepared should they ever encounter a situation where a gun is present.’ … Regardless of gun ownership, parents who have talked to their children about gun safety guidelines are more confident that their kids will practice gun safety than parents who have not talked with their children.” (11/08/10) Link: http://www2.med.umich.edu/prmc/media/newsroom/details.cfm?ID=1817 Filed under: 2AM News and RRND News | |
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Source: Salt Lake Tribune Posted on 11.09.10 by Mary Lou Seymour “The owner of the house, near 5600 South and 5100 West, saw a man trying to go through a sliding glass door about 3 a.m., Hutson said. The homeowner fired a pistol once at the man through the glass, Hutson said. The intruder ran away. When officers arrived, they found Poulton’s body next to the road, Hutson said. Poulton had one bullet wound to the chest. … the homeowner had answered the doorbell about 1:30 a.m. but found no one there. The homeowner was investigating strange noises when he found the man at the glass door, Hutson said.” (11/08/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/36ashxd Filed under: 2AM News and RRND News | |
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Source: Albany Times Union Posted on 11.08.10 by Mary Lou Seymour “The New York Police Department’s four-year-old registry of gun-toting criminals, meant to curb city violence, faces a legal challenge in the state’s highest court. … ‘This court should not allow New York City or any other local government to act without authority in fashioning their own rules to deal with convicted felons in their communities and then argue that these local schemes are beyond review of this court,’ attorney Bruce Austern argued in his brief on behalf of Sean Smith.” (11/07/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/26gcefk Filed under: 2AM News and RRND News | |
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Source: News On 6 Posted on 11.08.10 by Mary Lou Seymour “A burglary suspect was stabbed by an Enid homeowner after he broke into the man’s home.Enid police say Roger Grove entered the couple’s home on E. Elm looking for another man who had lived there in the past. The homeowner said Grove attacked him and his wife so he stabbed the 41-year-old in self defense.” (11/06/10) Link: http://www.newson6.com/Global/story.asp?S=13457695 Filed under: 2AM News and RRND News | |
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Source: Sky Valley Chronicle Posted on 11.07.10 by Mary Lou Seymour “The Pierce County sheriff’s office says an intruder was shot and killed during a home invasion robbery near Puyallup early Wednesday morning and police are searching for a second suspect involved in the invasion robbery. Sheriff spokesman Ed Troyer said two masked men broke into the home about 6:30 in the morning and pistol-whipped a man who was home with his girlfriend …. one of the masked men walked outside to load some things into his car, which is when the girlfriend of the man who was pistol whipped grabbed a shotgun from under a bed and handed it to her boyfriend and gunfire erupted between the homeowner and the robbers.” (11/04/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/2wdv7xx Filed under: 2AM News and RRND News | |
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Source: KENS 5 News Posted on 11.07.10 by Mary Lou Seymour “A homeowner on Creath Place said he had no choice but to shoot at the men early Wednesday morning when they kicked in the door to his home. According to the homeowner, he had argued with the men earlier that evening, and he feared the two would return. They did, and were allegedly carrying a knife. Zapata died at the scene from a gunshot wound. Sosa was shot by the homeowner, and he remains in the hospital.” (11/04/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/2wvvnm8 Filed under: 2AM News and RRND News | |
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Source: Second Amendment News Digest Posted on 11.07.10 by Mary Lou Seymour Commentaries on GOA racks up huge victories coast to coast, Was election a victory for gun owners?, The truth about the Brady Campaign to Prevent “Gun Violence” and The campaign to portray gun dealers as criminals Self defense stories from Indiana, California, Florida, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Texas and Alabama ….in other news, Federal Court rejects suit filed by gun toting soccer mom , Maine Police officer with gun denied ballot and Second Amendment rights reaffirmed in California Til next week Link: http://rationalreview.com/2am Filed under: 2AM News | |
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Source: News and Tribune Posted on 11.04.10 by Mary Lou Seymour ‘Three days after being arrested for shooting a man in the back of the head, 50-year-old Charles Cherry was released from the Clark County Jail after new evidence supported his self-defense claim….. Cooper and his cousin, Doug, were driving down Pulliam Road on Sunday night to go spotlighting for deer, the illegal practice of shining bright lights at night to watch the activity of deer for hunting. They were stopped by Cherry, according to a news release from the Clark County Sheriff’s Department.Cherry called 911 to report he had just shot Cooper, according to police. When officers arrived, he surrendered a .22-caliber revolver and ammunition to police….. Cherry told investigators that Cooper was sitting in the driver’s seat and pulled out a long rifle and threatened to kill him. However, police questioned his story when they did not find any weapon in Cooper’s vehicle.The cousin told police that Cherry pulled out a pistol and shot Cooper as they were attempting to back the car away. He denied they had a weapon.“Subsequent investigation revealed he was not being truthful,” Mull said.Police found the shotgun that Cherry had alleged Cooper was holding at another person’s house. Mull said the cousins drove by a friend’s house and threw the shotgun in a field while on the way to the hospital. The person at a nearby residence apparently picked up the weapon and brought it inside the house.” (11/03/10) Link: http://newsandtribune.com/local/x603544690/Man-who-claims-self-defense-in-shooting-released-from-jail Filed under: 2AM News | |
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Source: Willits News Posted on 11.04.10 by Mary Lou Seymour “One Sacramento man is dead and three others are in custody following an apparent home invasion robbery attempt in Laytonville Saturday morning. When deputies responded to the Laytonville residence following the 7:21 a.m. 9-1-1 call, they found the masked body of Timothy Burger, 21, of Sacramento, lying just outside. Jill Cahill, of Laytonville, who lives at the residence, had two friends visiting at the time of the robbery. She told deputies the three masked men broke into her home, sprayed them with pepper spray, and then shot one of her visitors in the leg, sparking the ensuing firefight. She told deputies she fired at the three masked robbers with her .357 magnum pistol and believed she killed one. The other two masked men fled on foot.” (11/03/10) Link: http://www.willitsnews.com/ci_16513281 Filed under: 2AM News and RRND News | |
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Source: ABC 27 News Posted on 11.04.10 by Mary Lou Seymour “A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by a Lebanon woman who openly carried a loaded handgun to a child’s soccer game in December 2008. The lawsuit brought by Meleanie Hain and her husband Scott sought $1 million in damages after Lebanon County Sheriff Michael DeLeo revoked her permit to carry a concealed firearm. A county judge later overturned the revocation and reinstated Hain’s permit.” (11/04/10) Link: http://www.abc27.com/Global/story.asp?S=13439305 Filed under: 2AM News and RRND News | |
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Source: Miami Herald Posted on 11.03.10 by Mary Lou Seymour “A South Florida homeowner warded off a would-be teen burglar Monday afternoon. Miami-Dade police say the homeowner confronted a potential burglar Monday afternoon by shooting him twice sending the juvenile to the hospital. The teen was shot in the leg and was taken to Miami Children’s Hospital. The teen is expected to survive. … the homeowner heard a noise and armed himself with a gun. He was confronted by two juveniles and told police that he feared for his life and opened fire twice, striking one of the two male teens.” (11/02/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/369237n Filed under: 2AM News and RRND News | |
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Source: CBS Philly News Posted on 11.03.10 by Mary Lou Seymour “New Castle County police say a woman shot and killed her ex-husband after he broke into her home and beat her. Fifty-seven-year-old Gregory Thompson of New Castle was found dead at the unidentified woman’s home. It happened Thursday about 11:30 p.m., when police received a 911 call from the woman. Police say Thompson, who was wanted for violating a protective order his ex-wife had against him, used a ladder to get into the victim’s third-floor bedroom. Police say Thompson entered the home through a window and began punching the woman in the head … in her bed. The woman got a gun and shot Thompson.” (11/03/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/3x8ptf5 Filed under: 2AM News and RRND News | |
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Source: 6 Action News Posted on 11.02.10 by Mary Lou Seymour “A would-be robber is dead after a store owner opened fire on the man in Philadelphia’s Allegheny section. … Police say a robber walked in and attempted to rob the store. That’s when the storeowner shot the suspect several times.” (11/02/10) Link: http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/crime&id=7757676 Filed under: 2AM News and RRND News | |
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Source: Daily Press Posted on 11.02.10 by Mary Lou Seymour “A Hampton man, suspected of shooting a Newport New resident on Sunday night, has turned himself in to police and says that he fired in self-defense. … The suspect, a 28-year-old Hampton man, called police moments after the shooting and said that he had fired only after the Newport News man had pulled a gun on him. The suspect surrendered to police near the intersection of 16th Street and Roanoke Avenue. He told police that he took the victim’s gun after shooting him. The suspect was found to have two guns in his possession.” (11/01/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/2al4u2w Filed under: 2AM News and RRND News | |
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Source: Lubbock Online Posted on 11.02.10 by Mary Lou Seymour “Lubbock police believe a weekend stabbing was in self-defense after a man broke into an East Lubbock apartment. … According to the police report, Rodriguez entered the apartment without permission ‘with the intent to commit an assault.’” (11/02/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/2arzevv Filed under: 2AM News | |
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Source: Associated Press Posted on 11.01.10 by Steve Trinward “A Bangor police officer says he wasn’t allowed to cast his ballot when an election warden refused to let him vote while wearing his service revolver. James Dearing said he was patrolling his beat Friday when he stopped to vote at the Bangor Civic Center. He said that’s where warden Wayne Mallar said he couldn’t vote unless he turned over his weapon. Dearing refused, and then wrote a letter to Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap. Dunlap told the Bangor Daily News yesterday there is no state law prohibiting officers from carrying firearms while voting.” [editor’s note: There SHOULD be no law prohibiting ANY law abiding person from walking into a voting booth (or anywhere else?) while packing heat; the fact that this was a gendarme is only an added factor - SAT] (11/01/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/279fo93 Filed under: 2AM News and CANDi News and RRND News | |
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Source: Press Register Posted on 11.01.10 by Mary Lou Seymour “Mobile police say a man who was burglarizing a home off Dauphin Island Parkway was shot and killed Thursday night. A resident of the home on the 1300 block of Driftwood Drive North shot and killed 19-year-old Marcus Steele as he was trying to enter the home, said Mobile Police Officer Chris Levy. Police arrived to the scene around 9:48 p.m. and found Steele lying in a driveway. … he died later from his injuries. At this point, no charges are being filed against the shooter, whom police would not identify. ‘We’re going to continue the investigation. If we determine that there should be charges, then there will be,’ Levy said. ‘Right now, we know Marcus Steele was committing a burglary and during his committing of that, he got shot.’” (10/29/10) Link: http://blog.al.com/live/2010/10/man_shot_killed_while_burglari.html Filed under: 2AM News and RRND News | |
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Source: Liberty For All Posted on 11.01.10 by R. Lee Wrights “The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) and the Calguns Foundation have dismissed their case against Sacramento County, California and its Sheriff, John McGinness, after the Sheriff modified his handgun carry permitting policy. Law-abiding Sacramento County residents may now successfully apply for permits to carry handguns by asserting self-defense as a basis for carry permit issuance. A one-year residency requirement has been eliminated, as has policy language that tied self-defense to arbitrary geographic factors.” (11/01/10) Link: http://www.libertyforall.net/?p=5029 Filed under: 2AM News and RRND News | |
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Source: Second Amendment News Digest Posted on 10.31.10 by Mary Lou Seymour Commentaries on Two more die behind a “no guns” sign, Will a mugging wake a politician up to reality? and Hoplophobia is curable Self defense stories from Texas, Illinois, Mississippi, New York, Ohio (2), Georgia and Oklahoma …in other news A “Tea Party beauty pageant”, Phoenix censors gun safety for kids, Bad driver? in debt? NYC law would ban your gun, California Gun rights case dismissed after sheriff changes policy, Lee County til next week Mary lou Link: http://rationalreview.com/2am Filed under: 2AM News | |
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Source: KXAN News Posted on 10.28.10 by Mary Lou Seymour “Taylor police said Quinnton Gault, 22, is charged with aggravated robbery after he broke into the home of James Baldwin. Police said Gault used a knife to rob Baldwin of his wallet and cell phone. But as he left, Baldwin shot Gault with a 22-revolver. Gault ran away, but police found him hiding in the bushes near the home later with a gunshot wound to his side. ‘You have the right to protect yourself in your home,’ said Daniel Ramsay, assistant police chief.” (10/26/10) Link: http://www.kxan.com/dpp/news/crime/man-shoots-robber-at-his-house Filed under: 2AM News and RRND News | |
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Source: The Week Posted on 10.28.10 by Mary Lou Seymour “The conservative young women of America had better get into training now, says Tim Murphy at Mother Jones. Registration has opened for Miss Liberty America …. Would-be queens will parade in a one-piece swimsuit (adhering to the ‘minimum standards of modesty’) and an evening gown, demonstrate a talent, answer questions regarding the documents of America’s founding fathers, and compete in marksmanship. … ‘This will be the first pageant of its kind to introduce competency in the handling, safety and use of firearms, and CPR,’ say the organizers. ‘The contestants must be able to save a life as well as defend one.” (10/27/10) Link: http://theweek.com/article/index/208650/a-tea-party-beauty-pageant Filed under: 2AM News and LAND News and RRND News | |
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Source: Mens News Daily Posted on 10.28.10 by Mary Lou Seymour “The city of Phoenix, in an apparently arbitrary move and without formal legal process, has forced CBS Outdoors to tear down 50 illuminated bus-shelter billboards under contract to promote gun safety training for children and their parents. The posters were placed by TrainMeAZ.com, a commercial joint-educational effort of the firearms industry in Arizona … ‘The Phoenix attorney’s office claimed these were public service announcements, and those are banned,’ said Alan Korwin, manager of the TrainMeAZ campaign … ‘It’s a bogus excuse — and they know full well we’re an LLC and not a non-profit. The commercial sponsors, shooting ranges and trainers on the website expect to attract customers.” (10/27/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/38jxfxo Filed under: 2AM News and RRND News | |
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Source: Chicago Trubube Posted on 10.27.10 by Mary Lou Seymour “A 16-year veteran Chicago police officer has been charged with punching a security guard in a parking dispute in west suburban Hillside. A police official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said Hillside police received a call at 3:15 p.m. Monday about a woman with a gun on the 4700 block of Butterfield Road. The official said police were half a block away and were able to talk on the scene to both the victim and the officer. The 49-year-old woman, a private security officer, told police the two had a dispute over a parking space. She told police she had been punched in the mouth, losing a tooth. The guard pulled a gun on the officer after he allegedly hit her, the police official said. He said the guard would not be charged because she acted in self defense.” (10/26/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/2ut7ojm Filed under: 2AM News and RRND News | |
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Source: WAPT News Posted on 10.27.10 by Mary Lou Seymour “One Jackson store owner decided to fire back when a man tried to rob his furniture store, police said. Jackson Police Department Officer Colendula Green said at about 5 p.m. Monday, a man carrying a gun walked into City Furniture on Bailey Avenue. The store owner started shooting at him and the man ran away without stealing anything, Green said. Green said no one was hurt. Robert Leon Jackson, 22, was later arrested in the area of Wood and Huron streets and is charged in connection with the attempted robbery, Green said. Jackson has previous armed robbery and auto theft convictions and was on probation at the time of his arrest, police said.” (10/26/10) Link: http://www.wapt.com/r/25514171/detail.html Filed under: 2AM News and RRND News | |
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Source: Fox News Posted on 10.27.10 by Steve Trinward “New York City residents who want to own a gun may soon be denied permits if they are litterbugs, if they are bad drivers, or if they have fallen behind on a few bills. Under proposed revisions to the police department’s handgun, rifle and shotgun permit procedures, the NYPD can reject gun license applicants for a number of reasons, including: If they have been arrested or convicted of almost any ‘violation,’ in any state; having a ‘poor driving history;’ having been fired for ‘circumstances that demonstrate lack of good judgment;’ having ‘failed to pay legally required debts;’ being deemed to lack ‘good moral character;’ or if any other information demonstrates ‘other good cause for the denial of the permit.’” (10/27/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/2dxyno6 Filed under: 2AM News and CANDi News and RRND News | |
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Source: Sacremento Bee Posted on 10.26.10 by Mary Lou Seymour “The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) and the Calguns Foundation have dismissed their case against Sacramento County, California and its Sheriff, John McGinness, after the Sheriff modified his handgun carry permitting policy. Law-abiding Sacramento County residents may now successfully apply for permits to carry handguns by asserting self-defense as a basis for carry permit issuance. A one-year residency requirement has been eliminated, as has policy language that tied self-defense to arbitrary geographic factors.” (10/25/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/384cf6l Filed under: 2AM News and RRND News | |
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Source: News Press Posted on 10.26.10 by Mary Lou Seymour “Lee County is likely to let permitted gun owners carry arms in public parks rather than buck state law. Commissioners today will decide whether to lift a ban that prevented people — even those with state-issued concealed weapons licenses — from carrying guns in some county-owned parks. The county’s legal staff is suggesting commissioners lift the ban on permit holders to stay consistent with state law. ‘At this point, we’re going to have to follow state statute’ Commission Chairwoman Tammy Hall said.” (10/26/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/37f9x6t Filed under: 2AM News and RRND News | |
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Source: New York Post Posted on 10.25.10 by Mary Lou Seymour “A tough-as-nails off-duty NYPD cop yesterday foiled an armed heist while she was getting her hair done at a Brooklyn salon — trading bullets with a wildly firing thug in a spectacular shootout, sources said. Heroic Officer Feris Jones, 50, dodged three slugs fired from close range from a teenage gunman, but miraculously wasn’t struck during the melee at the Fort Greene shop …. the would-be robber busted into the trendy Sabine’s Hallway Beauty Salon on Franklin Avenue. Jones who had just gotten off work, was not in uniform, when the gun-toting thug showed up.” (10//24/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/2btmsre Filed under: 2AM News and RRND News | |
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Source: WHIO News Posted on 10.25.10 by Mary Lou Seymour “A local man who was shot yesterday will likely face charges after he pinned his former landlord against an apartment building with his car. The landlord shot the man twice and struck him at least once and will not face any charges. However the driver of the car will likely face multiple charges of felonious assault.” (10/24/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/2b9lkv7 Filed under: 2AM News and RRND News | |
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Source: AmmoLand Posted on 10.24.10 by Mary Lou Seymour “Orion Multimedia, the world leader in outdoor adventure programming, is proud to welcome The Second Amendment Foundation as a sponsor of the ground breaking block of programming, ‘Don’t Be a Victim’ airing on Spike TV, Saturday mornings beginning at 9AM EST. The Second Amendment Foundation is dedicated to promoting a better understanding of our Constitutional heritage to privately own and possess firearms. ‘Don’t Be a Victim,’ eagerly followed by the largest personal defense audience in history, provides viewers with useful personal safety information focusing on awareness, training and knowledge as the cornerstones of responsible gun ownership.” (10/22/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/2eg36fy Filed under: 2AM News | |
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Source: WHIO TV News Posted on 10.24.10 by Mary Lou Seymour “Dayton Police said they won’t be charging a landlord who shot a trespasser at his apartment complex on Smithville Road Saturday afternoon. People who live in the complex called police when they saw Charles Roye, who they said has been removed from the property before. One of the residents has a protection order against him, police said. ‘He wasn’t even supposed to be around here,’ said Trae Brown, who lives nearby. Police said the landlord tried to block in Roye’s car with his own so he couldn’t leave before police arrived, but Roye hit the gas instead and went on a rampage. He crashed into a picnic table and tried to run over the people who were standing outside. When the landlord tried to stop him again by grabbing his keys from the ignition, police said Roye pinned the man against an apartment with his car. Police said it was self-defense when the landlord pulled out a licensed gun and shot Roye twice through the window of the car.” (10/23/10) Link: http://www.whiotv.com/news/25490174/detail.html Filed under: 2AM News | |
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Source: Florida Times-Union Posted on 10.24.10 by Mary Lou Seymour “A Brunswick man shot an intruder who broke into his apartment late Thursday night, Glynn County police said. Michael Brown, 22, of Darien, was arrested on armed robbery and burglary charges after being treated and released for a gunshot wound to the arm …. Also arrested on identical charges were Thomas Daniels and April McMillan, both 18 and also from Darien, she said. … Tindale said the victims called police and said someone was breaking into the apartment, and that one intruder already was inside the home. Jones, who was armed with a handgun, shot one of the men who then fled with others.” (10/23/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/292utxh Filed under: 2AM News and RRND News | |
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Source: KSBI 52 News Posted on 10.24.10 by Mary Lou Seymour “According to Midwest City Police Chief Brandon Clabes, around 8 a.m. the 30-year-old wife and mother was in a bedroom sleeping with her two young children when she heard a loud noise inside her home near Northeast 14th and Douglas Streets. The woman called her husband who works at Tinker Air Force Base, to ask if there had been an earthquake in the area. When he told her there were no reported quakes, she retrieved a handgun, found the two suspects in her living room and opened fire. She shot and killed one of the suspects and wounded the other who fled on foot. ” (10/22/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/2efpb6g Filed under: 2AM News and RRND News | |
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Source: Second Amendment News Digest Posted on 10.24.10 by Mary Lou Seymour Commentaries on Why I went from gun scoffer to armed liberal, How can New Jersey imprison a gun owner who broke no laws?, it’s not really about the Second Amendment, Massachusetts and California federal judges on the 2nd Amendment, Conceal and carry could defuse campus violence and A Wisconsin judge who “gets it” Self defense stories from michigan (2) , Tennessee, South Carolina, Indiana. California (2) , Mississippi, and North Carolina ….in other news, local women learn to protect themselves in Arizona and Texas, Michigan Freedom Rally draws 500 in search for information, SAF sues Eric Holder, FBI, Shotguns silenced at Miramar civilian skeet range. til next week Mary Lou Link: http://rationalreview.com/2am Filed under: 2AM News | |
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Source: Washington Post Posted on 10.24.10 by Steve Trinward “By law, Dixon was prohibited from owning a gun. He had spent almost three years in prison for shooting at a man. But three months before the baby-shower killing, he gave his girlfriend $335 and took her to an old brick house on a commercial strip just beyond the District line in Forestville, home to a gun shop called Realco. … Dixon’s Glock was one of 86 guns sold by Realco that have been linked to homicide cases during the past 18 years, far outstripping the total from any other store in the region, a Washington Post investigation has found.” (10/24/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/3xon6ej Filed under: 2AM News and CANDi News and RRND News | |
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Source: Detroit News Posted on 10.21.10 by Mary Lou Seymour “Video surveillance footage shows a 5-year-old girl’s confusion as she watches her mother’s boyfriend stumble around a gas station after he was shot fending off a would-be carjacker. Police said a 36-year-old man was pumping gas into a black Cadillac Escalade shortly after 7 p.m. at a Citgo gas station on Fenkell near Schaefer when he was attacked by a man who wanted to steal the luxury truck. According to police, the carjacking victim returned fire and killed the man who tried to take his SUV. … The carjacker shot the victim, who fell to the ground, pulled out his own handgun and opened fire as the suspect entered the Escalade, witnesses said. More than 20 shots were exchanged and the suspect was killed, said Detroit Police Cmdr. Steve Dolunt.” (10/20/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/39lzmhv Filed under: 2AM News and RRND News | |
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Source: Tennessean Posted on 10.20.10 by Steve Trinward “Republican gubernatorial candidate Bill Haslam has told a gun rights group he would sign legislation into law to eliminate Tennessee’s requirements for carrying handguns in public. Haslam in a discussion with members of the Tennessee Firearms Association on Monday night noted that the state’s permitting process was used as justification for expanding areas where guns can be carried, such as into state parks or bars and restaurants that serve alcohol. ‘If the Legislature passed that and brought that to me, I said I would sign it,’ Haslam said.” [editor’s note: And if hell freezes over we can all go ice skating! Notice he didn’t say he’d lead the charge, only that he’d sign a bill if the Assembly passed one - SAT] (10/20/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/2cud4sw Filed under: 2AM News and CANDi News and RRND News | |
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Source: Rock Hill Herald Posted on 10.20.10 by Mary Lou Seymour “The suspect in a weekend robbery at a haunted trail might have been shot as he ran from the scene, according to police reports made public on Monday. The man was pursued by an armed volunteer at the trail who fired several shots, police and witnesses said. It was unclear whether any shots struck the suspect, who jumped into the back seat of a dark-colored, older model Chevrolet Caprice before the car sped away, police said. The man escaped after shooting a ticket collector Saturday night at the ‘Trail of Terror’ on Tuckaway Road off S.C. 901 in rural southeastern York County.” (10/19/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/2dj5v6d Filed under: 2AM News and RRND News | |
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Source: Indianapolis Star Posted on 10.20.10 by Mary Lou Seymour “Police say an off-duty Marion County Jail guard fatally shot a man who tried to rob him and two friends while they played cards in the garage of his Eastside home. Marco Simmons, 31, told Indianapolis Metropolitan Police that a hooded intruder had a gun when he entered the garage through a side door in the 3700 block of Celtic Drive at 9:15 p.m. Simmons said the man, identified as Steven Shelby, 47, Indianapolis, demanded money, then fired shots after Simmons had pulled out his gun. Simmons returned fire, killing Shelby. Shelby had a lengthy criminal record, including 10 theft convictions and two burglary convictions, court records show.” (10/19/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/2axj86c Filed under: 2AM News and RRND News | |
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Source: KSAT News Posted on 10.20.10 by Mary Lou Seymour “San Antonio police said a northeast side woman shot and killed a man who broke into her home early Tuesday morning. … the suspect broke into the home through an unlocked screen door, then kicked in the bedroom door.The woman sleeping in the bedroom then retrieved a revolver she kept under her pillow and fired four shots at the suspect, said Andersen. The suspect tried to flee, but made it only as far as the neighbor’s front lawn before collapsing.” (10/19/10) Link: http://www.ksat.com/news/25436785/detail.html Filed under: 2AM News | |
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Source: ABC 12 Local News Posted on 10.19.10 by Mary Lou Seymour “Calm and collected, a Flint homeowner Monday described shooting and killing a teenager who he says pulled a gun on him in his driveway. Police say that teen, 17-year-old Willis Arrington, and two others were trying to rob him. The two surviving teenagers were charged. ‘He slid over the hood of the car with a mask on his face a gun in hand and he said, ‘Mother******, give it up,” the homeowner said. ‘I bend down, go into my pocket, pull my gun out. He shoots. I shoot.’” (10/18/10) Link: http://abclocal.go.com/wjrt/story?section=news/local&id=7731465 Filed under: 2AM News and RRND News | |
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Source: White Mountain Independent Posted on 10.19.10 by Mary Lou Seymour “According to the Department of Justice, three of four women will experience at least one violent crime. Various studies have proven just displaying a firearm will scare off a high percentage of offenders. There are roughly 307 million people in the United States as of 2009. Approximately 16,272 murders were committed in 2008 and about 67 percentage for those were committed with firearms. A study published in 2000 by the Journal of Quantitative Criminology reported that civilians use guns to defend themselves at least 989,883 times a year. There are no hard and fast figures on the number of women gun owners, but the estimates by various gun organizations are that the number is over 17 million and growing.” (10/18/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/2a4p9ta Filed under: 2AM News | |
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Source: KLTV News Posted on 10.19.10 by Mary Lou Seymour “More Texas women are taking advantage of their right to bear arms than ever before. Texas Department of Public Safety numbers show that nearly 31,000 women in Texas obtained a license. This is 40% higher than the previous high in 1996 when concealed handgun permits were first issued in Texas. Marcy Dillon says she decided to get her CHP to protect her children, in case her husband wasn’t around to defend them, ‘It’s a security blanket you carry around with you that nobody knows you have.’ Jerry Adams and John Coblentz teach concealed handgun classes and say it’s not just women who are arming themselves.” (10/18/10) Link: http://www.kltv.com/Global/story.asp?S=13345620 Filed under: 2AM News and RRND News | |
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Source: WTOK News Posted on 10.19.10 by Mary Lou Seymour “Officials say the man who fired the shot had just returned home from work around 1:30 a.m. Oct. 14 when a teenager knocked on his door twice. ‘A couple of minutes later, there was a big knock on the door and at that time, it kind of bothered him,’ said Roncali. ‘And he went and got his gun and approached and the door, and at the time he opened the door, he said a ball bat hit him across the arm. He said he hit him across the arm and the person said, ‘Give it up,’ and at that time, he says he shot one time.’ The deceased is identified as 19-year-old Eddie Darnell Gilbert. Police say he lived about one street over from the man he allegedly tried to rob.” (10/18/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/2esdmzo Filed under: 2AM News and RRND News | |
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Source: Gazette Extra Posted on 10.18.10 by Mary Lou Seymour “There were almost as many hip-holstered guns as there were American flags flying at the Southern Wisconsin Pre-election Freedom Rally on Janesville’s north side on Saturday. In the end, it wasn’t just about guns. Or taxes. Or the nation’s health care system. Or even ‘tea,’ really. About 500 people turned out for the rally … The event included issue-oriented information booths and speeches from local, state and national politicians running in the November midterm election. Organizers of the Freedom Rally are members of the Southern Wisconsin Patriot Alliance, a group of activists associated with the ‘taxed enough already,’ or Tea movement.” (10/18/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/2b4uzwo Filed under: 2AM News and LAND News and RRND News | |
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Source: WRAL News Posted on 10.18.10 by Mary Lou Seymour “The robbery happened shortly before 6 p.m. at Shoeheel Grill, Grocery and Gas at 8212 Old Beulah Road in Kenly, Johnston County Sheriff Steve Bizzell said. The owner, his son and two female employees were the only people in the store when a man walked in and displayed a weapon, Bizzell said. The man pointed the gun at the owner’s son. The owner came from a back room with a weapon. The two exchanged gunfire in the store. The suspect was shot but made it outside to his van, Bizzell said. The owner also went outside and noticed a second suspect in the parking lot, Bizzell said. At this point, the owner had gotten a second weapon. The second suspect began firing a rifle at the owner, who returned fire.” (10/16/10) Link: http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/8462902/ Filed under: 2AM News and RRND News | |
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Source: Liberty For All Posted on 10.18.10 by R. Lee Wrights “Acting on behalf of a Georgia resident and honorably discharged Vietnam War veteran, the Second Amendment Foundation today filed a lawsuit against Attorney General Eric Holder and the Federal Bureau of Investigation over enforcement of a federal statute that can deny gun rights to someone with a simple misdemeanor conviction on his record. The lawsuit was filed in United States District Court for the District of Columbia.” (10/18/10) Link: http://www.libertyforall.net/?p=4964 Filed under: 2AM News and RRND News | |
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Source: San Diego Union-Tribune Posted on 10.17.10 by Mary Lou Seymour “Shotguns will remain quiet forever at the San Diego Shotgun Sports Association’s trap and skeet range at Miramar in the wake of a Marine Corps decision today to shut the range down. The Marine Corps announced that the ‘range will remain closed and the area will undergo cleanup to remove hazardous substances.’ It was closed Oct. 8, 2008 by then Secretary of Navy Donald Winter ordered a ceasefire of all trap and skeet shooting, mostly by civilians.” (10/15/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/292h2n2 Filed under: 2AM News | |
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Source: News 10 Posted on 10.17.10 by Mary Lou Seymour “Police say a pair of men walking down K Street started a fight with people on the patio of The Broiler restaurant at 6:51 p.m. Saturday night. The altercation spread and a waiter even got involved, according to officers. That’s when a member of the band pulled a gun and shot one of the two men fighting, hitting him in the upper body. That victim was taken to the hospital where he is expected to survive. Police aren’t sure if they’re even going to charge the band member who fired the shots, according to police spokesman Sgt. Norm Leong, since witnesses say the shooting was self-defense.” (10/16/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/2evjmq7 Filed under: 2AM News and RRND News | |
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Source: Second Amendment News Digest Posted on 10.17.10 by Mary Lou Seymour Commentaries on Bradford Metcalf, an American political prisoner, ‘Mad Anne’ Bailey , gun “buybacks, Do you lose your rights when you fly?, Obama refusal to allow World War II vintage rifles to be reimported, getting on the government’s watch list, Chicago defends disarmament, the seizure of baby Cheyenne, The guns of November and more! Self defense stories from Arizona, Indiana, Arkansas, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Washington state, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia ….in other news, Ohio State Supreme Court to hear preemption case this week, Las Vegas newspaper copyright enforcement company Righthaven files, settles more frivolous lawsuits, Wisconsin Gals with guns, Florida Open Carry holds events across central Florida, Ivory Coast army officer held on gun smuggling charge, Proposal would “allow” Utahns to carry hidden guns without permit, and NRA rallying behind endangered Democrats Til next week Mary Lou Link: http://rationalreview.com/2am Filed under: 2AM News | |
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Source: Arizona REpublic Posted on 10.14.10 by Mary Lou Seymour “Peters, Metcalf, and Greth allegedly burglarized a home near Buckeye Road and 355th Avenue in Tonopah on Monday, according to documents. Two neighbors confronted the trio as they were attempting to load a 55-inch TV into the back of a blue Chevrolet Blazer. The teens dropped the TV, jumped into the SUV and “sped off.”One of the neighbors, who told investigators he had been a deputy for 30 years, said the Blazer seemed to be driving toward him so he fired one round from a .22-caliber gun, documents state. He said he “was unaware that the bullet had actually struck anything” and …. But the bullet hit Greth in the right side of his back, records show. After the group had been driving for about a quarter mile, Greth began to convulse and “he died shortly after that.” (10/13/10) Link: http://www.azcentral.com/community/swvalley/articles/2010/10/13/20101013buckeye-teen-killed-found-truck-stop-brk.html Filed under: 2AM News | |
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Source: Indianapolis Star Posted on 10.14.10 by Mary Lou Seymour “A 17-year-old and a 20-year-old were both in critical condition after shooting each other on the Eastside last night during an apparent robbery attempt, police said. Kevryn Gaines-Dukes told police he was leaving his apartment at 9226 Sussex Terrace at 9:50 p.m. when the masked juvenile approached him with a gun in the hallway, according to an Indianapolis Metro police report. Gaines-Dukes said the 17-year-old was trying to rob him and the two exchanged gunfire. Gaines-Duke said he shot the juvenile in the neck.” (10/13/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/28en4ac Filed under: 2AM News and RRND News | |
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Source: Cleveland Plain Dealer Posted on 10.14.10 by Mary Lou Seymour “Prosecutors say Monroe, two unidentified suspects and 20-year-old Terrance Manning robbed a 30-year-old man Aug. 26 outside his apartment building at 2806 Cedar Road. ‘They forced the victim at gunpoint to go up to his apartment. The victim’s fiancee and three children, 9 months old, 2 and 3, were home,’ prosecutor’s spokesman Ryan Miday said. The men got to the apartment door, then struggled over the gun. Manning was shot in the chest, Miday said. The robbers ran outside. Manning collapsed in the courtyard and died.” (10/13/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/2852qwu Filed under: 2AM News and RRND News | |
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Source: Arkansas News Posted on 10.13.10 by Mary Lou Seymour “An off-duty police officer shot one of two men who were attempting to rob a Jonesboro restaurant early Monday, police said. Patrolman Bobby Duff of the Arkansas State University Police Department and his girlfriend were the only customers in the International House of Pancakes …. One man, armed with a semiautomatic pistol, pointed the gun at the store manager …. The second man, armed with a bat, saw the customers, pointed the bat at them and ordered them to drop their cell phones, put their hands up and get on the floor. ‘Duff stated that he then raised his weapon, fired two rounds, hitting the subject with the bat. He then turned toward the subject with the pistol pointed at the manager, fired a third round.’” (10/12/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/297u72g Filed under: 2AM News and RRND News | |
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Source: Buckeye Firearms Association Posted on 10.13.10 by Mary Lou Seymour “The Ohio Supreme Court will hear oral arguments for an important gun rights case, City of Cleveland v. State of Ohio …. The case came about after the Ohio General Assembly voted to override Governor Bob Taft’s veto of HB347 — Ohio’s ‘preemption’ law — which codified R.C. 9.68, ensuring that firearms laws would be uniform throughout the state. The City of Cleveland immediately sued the State of Ohio, and the Supreme Court is now going to be forced to issue a ruling that will decide once and for all whether R.C. 9.68 is valid. If it is valid, th[e]n other than ordinances banning the discharge of firearms inside city limits and zoning laws, Ohio cities are, once and for all, out of the gun control business.” (10/11/10) Link: http://www.buckeyefirearms.org/node/7473 Filed under: 2AM News and RRND News | |
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Source: Las Vegas Sun Posted on 10.13.10 by Mary Lou Seymour “Las Vegas newspaper copyright enforcement company Righthaven LLC sued five more website operators Tuesday, alleging infringements of Las Vegas Review-Journal material. … Some defense attorneys and critics, however, call Righthaven a frivolous lawsuit and settlement shakedown operation. As in all its recent lawsuits filed in U.S. District Court for Nevada, Righthaven demands damages of $150,000 apiece and forfeiture of the website domain names from these new defendants …. The Second Amendment Foundation in Bellevue, Wash., and an official there, Keeva Segal, who are associated with the publication Women & Guns and the website womenshooters.com.” (10/13/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/37qbad3 Filed under: 2AM News and RRND News | |
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Source: ABC 27 News Posted on 10.13.10 by Mary Lou Seymour “Dustin McKinley, of Newberry Township, said he mistakenly left his keys in the truck before he went to sleep. When he woke up just after 5 a.m. Sunday, he said he saw the thief driving his 1978 Ford pickup down Cly Street. He armed himself with a .357 magnum and followed the stolen truck. McKinley said when he caught up with his truck, the thief was driving only 20 miles per hour and was on the wrong side of the road. McKinley said it was at that point he fired a shot into the air to get the man’s attention. ‘I presented my gun to him and told him he needed to pull over right now,’ McKinley said. ‘When he slowed down to about 5 miles per hour, I cut in front of him. I pinned him in, jumped out of the truck, and held him at gunpoint and told him to get out of the truck.’” (10/12/10) Link: http://www.abc27.com/Global/story.asp?S=13312574 Filed under: 2AM News and RRND News | |
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Source: KIRO TV News Posted on 10.12.10 by Mary Lou Seymour “The Pierce County prosecutor said no charges will be filed against three men in the shooting of another man who was killed inside a Lakebay home. Rhett Whitchurch, 44, of White Center, was shot and killed just inside the front door after he and others attempted an armed, home invasion-style robbery of a home, prosecutor Mark Lindquist said. Police said Whitchurch and team of men, including 27-year-old Justin Hill, were armed with guns and other weapons when they attacked the home around 8:30 p.m. with 22-year-old Julia Jones acting as their driver Thursday. The three men who lived at the home were also armed and returned gunfire, killing Whitchurch, police said.” (10/11/10) Link: http://www.kirotv.com/news/25358898/detail.html Filed under: 2AM News and RRND News | |
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Source: Gaston Gazette Posted on 10.12.10 by Mary Lou Seymour “Blattau told police that he went to the mobile home park with his girlfriend who lives next door to Miller. The couple drove up and Miller instantly grabbed a pipe and approached them, the press release states. Miller swung the pipe at the couple, and Blattau pulled out a .22-caliber handgun and shot the man.” (10/11/10) Link: http://www.gastongazette.com/news/miller-51508-police-cherryville.html Filed under: 2AM News and RRND News | |
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Source: Wausau Daily Herald Posted on 10.11.10 by Mary Lou Seymour “When Judy Rhodes founded a group more than a decade ago to encourage women to shoot and hunt, her own outsized personality guaranteed that members would be a force to be reckoned with in the outdoors. The group — DIVA … Women Outdoors Worldwide — now counts more than 1,500 members around the world. Rhodes, the daughter of a Texas rancher who learned how to handle a BB gun at age 4, said that about half of the women who join also have strong outdoors backgrounds, while the other half haven’t picked up a gun before.” (10/10/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/2c8ml62 Filed under: 2AM News and RRND News | |
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Source: Orlando Examiner Posted on 10.11.10 by Mary Lou Seymour “Open carry gun rights supporters met Saturday on public fishing piers in Tampa and Daytona Beach, FL for a morning of fishing and to exercise their right to bear arms. The Florida Open Carry movement started holding open carry & fishing events immediately after the United States Supreme Court clarified that the Second Amendment protects a fundamental right for the individual to keep and bear arms for self defense. The high court also held that the Second Amendment is incorporated to the states. This requires that state and local governments protect your right to own and carry firearms without undue restrictions. Much like the right to free speech, the right to bear arms has now been recognized as a civil right.” (10/10/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/2e7ga8g Filed under: 2AM News and LAND News and RRND News | |
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Source: MSNBC Posted on 10.10.10 by R. Lee Wrights “The Ivory Coast army colonel arrived in New York on Aug. 29, and authorities say he planned to return home days later with $4 million in guns and ammunition his country purchased from a suburban Washington D.C. broker. Instead, Col. Nguessan Yao is being held in federal custody in a Northern California jail and the broker is scheduled to appear in court next week to answer charges that the two conspired to illegally circumvent a worldwide arms embargo of violence-plagued Ivory Coast.” (10/10/10) Link: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39603500/ns/us_news Filed under: 2AM News and RRND News | |
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Source: The State Posted on 10.10.10 by Mary Lou Seymour “Columbia police said the fatal shooting of Johnell Smith in a residence on the 2500 block of Bratton Street Thursday morning was in self-defense and the shooter, Andre McCant Moore, Jr., will not be charged. According to a police statement, Smith was shot during a domestic dispute with an unidentified woman and Moore. Smith died after being transported to an area hospital. Moore was being held at the Alvin S. Glenn detention center for possession of a stolen weapon, which, police said, was used in the shooting.” (10/08/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/2df8x5u Filed under: 2AM News and RRND News | |
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Source: 11 Alive Posted on 10.10.10 by Mary Lou Seymour “As Middlebrooks ran out his door and down the steps he ran into the suspect at the back of the building’s breezeway. ‘As I stepped off this bottom step, he turns right here and I pointed the gun at him and told him to freeze,’ Middlebrooks said. But the suspect didn’t stop. He kept running and Middlebrooks ran after him telling him to freeze. As the suspect ran into the parking lot in front of the building, Middlebrooks said he stopped, pointed the gun at the suspect and yelled ‘Don’t make me shoot you in the back.’ The suspect stopped and went to the ground. Middlebrooks held the suspect until a police officer came and cuffed the suspect.” (10/09/10) Link: http://www.11alive.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=157510&catid=3 Filed under: 2AM News | |
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Source: Deseret News Posted on 10.10.10 by Mary Lou Seymour “Gun rights advocates in Utah are pushing a new law that would let residents carry loaded, concealed firearms in public without a permit. In its newsletter this week, the Utah Shooting Sports Council listed the so-called ‘Constitutional carry’ law as one its top priorities for the 2011 Legislature, which convenes in January. … ‘Basically, the right to keep and bear arms is a personal right just like you have freedom of religion, freedom of speech,’ [Rep.] Sandstrom said. ‘You don’t get a freedom of religion permit. As a reporter, you don’t get a First Amendment permit. So why guns?’” (10/08/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/2a7tdqz Filed under: 2AM News and RRND News | |
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Source: Christian Science Monitor Posted on 10.10.10 by Steve Trinward “The National Rifle Association — one of the top all-time donors to Republican candidates — is backing some of the most embattled House Democrats in Election 2010. The endorsements this week come at a critical point in a campaign cycle expected to be bruising for Democrats, especially moderates elected in 2006 and 2008. … Now, the NRA is rallying to the cause of many these imperiled Democratic, pro-gun moderates, suggesting that the organization’s political donations are less partisan than pragmatic. In some cases, pro-gun Democrats were given the nod over pro-gun Republicans.” [editor’s note: Let’s review — what is called by some hardcore 2nd Am supporters “the world’s largest victim disarmament advocacy group” happens to back a couple of moderate gun-owning D’s (along with all the RINOs they usually stump for) … and this is somehow news? - SAT] (10/08/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/3yx6w8v Filed under: 2AM News and CANDi News and RRND News | |
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