http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/armedcitizen/ en-us Mon, 6 Jul 2009 04:53:23 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2286306/posts A genuine outbreak of 2nd Amendment appreciation in Gaffney, South Carolina as residents are confronted by a Serial Killer who has murdered 5 people in six days. Perhaps the killer will hear the sound of gunfire as people target practice with their newly acquired weapons to prepare for his visit. JohnJacobH RKBA Commentary http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2286306/posts#comment Mon, 6 Jul 2009 04:53:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2286268/posts Every July 4, we retreat to fireworks, feast and festival in celebration of an independence that is rapidly becoming little more than a memory. Our ancestors declared their independence in 1776 from a tyrannical, overbearing government. The independence claimed by the authors of the U.S. Constitution helped them create a government expressly prohibited from becoming tyrannical and overbearing, by limiting its power to certain enumerated responsibilities. Those limitations have long been ignored, and the current government makes no apology for its overbearing tyranny. Just as American independence was foreshadowed by a tea party in Boston, America’s new independence is foreshadowed... Pat Dollard/Unite or Die http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2286268/posts#comment Mon, 6 Jul 2009 03:40:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284635/posts WOONSOCKET — The quick-thinking owner of a Social District package store turned the tables on a man who had a knife to his throat and threatened to kill him for money Tuesday, police said. After a violent struggle with the robber, the owner of U-Save Liquors at 399 Clinton St. convinced him that he was too tired to fight anymore and he was giving up. In an attempt to put the robber at ease, John Quinn then offered him the keys to the store and invited him to lock the front doors before he looted the store. As 20-year-old Kevin... Woonsocket Call http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284635/posts#comment Fri, 3 Jul 2009 04:15:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284581/posts MANATEE — A resident of the Palmetto Point neighborhood came home Tuesday morning to find an intruder making off with his shotgun, but before the burglar could get away, the resident opened fire on him with another gun, according to the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office. Whether the intruder was hit was unknown, but deputies said the burglar got away with nothing. The incident started about 9:45 a.m. when a 61-year-old man came home to his residence in the 5200 block of Palmetto Point Drive, Palmetto. He entered through the front door and found an intruder wearing only black shorts and... Bradenton Hearld http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284581/posts#comment Fri, 3 Jul 2009 02:45:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2282922/posts Amazing!!! http://videos.komando.com/2009/01/06/fastest-shot-in-the-world/ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2282922/posts#comment Wed, 1 Jul 2009 01:14:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2281813/posts The secret government “Terrorist Watch List,” reportedly already swelled to more than 1.1 million names, will have an addendum, if gun control advocates in Congress have their way. This new addendum — also to be cloaked in secrecy — would empower the U.S. Attorney General to deny a person the ability to exercise their Second Amendment rights to purchase a firearm. While it is not surprising that some members of Congress are again using fear of terrorism to implement a gun-control agenda, the openly unconstitutional legislative language proponents are employing is troubling. Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.) is leading the effort... Atlanta Journal-Constitution http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2281813/posts#comment Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:49:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2281431/posts Bloemfontein - Police are intimidating South African gun owners and defrauding citizens of their lawful property, black firearm owners said on Thursday. Chairperson of the Black Gun Owners Association of South Africa (BGOASA), Abios Khoele, said the police had "legalised" theft and fraud. "The association is shocked to find that the police are still insisting that they can fine and imprison one million firearm owners and continue to intimidate and defraud citizens of their lawful property," Khoele said in a statement. He was reacting to the transitional period for the renewal of firearm licences in terms of the new Firearms... 24.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2281431/posts#comment Mon, 29 Jun 2009 01:58:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2281463/posts Anti-gun book reviews hide an agenda June 26, 7:51 AM · David Codrea - Gun Rights Examiner  Courtesy Oleg Volk, A Human Right I wasn't going to say anything about Joshua Horwitz and Casey Anderson's new book Guns, Democracy and the Insurrectionist Idea. First, because I've seen the ideas they're promoting and I think they're...mistaken, and secondly because I see no reason to publicize efforts by people who are working to subvert my rights. Besides, I've engaged with Horwitz before, and quite honestly, I found him to be...disagreeable. I'm being polite. The idea that the Framers did not view... examiner.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2281463/posts#comment Mon, 29 Jun 2009 03:26:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2279906/posts Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) agents arrested two suspected white supremacists Thursday after a raid at a northern Illinois home, during which agents seized assault weapons, hundreds of rounds of ammunition and purportedly racist materials. Twin brothers Dennis and Daniel Mahon, 59, were taken into custody by agents on firearms violations after arrest and search warrants were served at the Davis Junction, Ill., home. Dennis Mahon was frequently mentioned as a possible suspect but never charged in connection with the April 19, 1995, bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City that killed 168... Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2279906/posts#comment Fri, 26 Jun 2009 13:11:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2279609/posts What would you do if you were staring down the barrel of a shotgun, with a hooded man demanding your money or your life, but all you had in your pocket was five dollars and a .380 pistol? Here is a very candid, post-shooting incident interview with a man who experienced exactly this situation and the law enforcement officials handling the case. There are many real world lessons to be learned in this very rare and extremely educational video interview… This is a video you are not likely to see very often. Watch the video and then see my comments... Front Sight Blog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2279609/posts#comment Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:56:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2277946/posts Story Updated: Jun 23, 2009 at 5:04 PM PDT By Joel Moreno SEATAC, Wash. -- When Inga saw a group of kids beating a pit bull, she pulled over. "The four of them had the dog on a short leash and they were kicking it," said the 63-year-old woman who only wished to be identified by her first name. When Inga asked the kids what was going on, she was met with hostility. "Grabbed me by the hair and started yanking me out of the car and beating me over the head with her fist," she said of one of... Komo News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2277946/posts#comment Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:14:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2276974/posts EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan State University has approved an exception to its campus weapons ban allowing people with permits to carry concealed weapons to walk or drive through campus with a gun. The Detroit Free Press reports the East Lansing university's governing board voted 7-1 Friday to make the exception and avoid a conflict with state law. Guns still are banned inside campus buildings and sports stadiums. The issue was raised by campus police who had to issue citations to people with guns during traffic stops regardless whether they had a permit. WSBT 2 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2276974/posts#comment Mon, 22 Jun 2009 18:51:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2276568/posts SUFFOLK Police are questioning a store owner who they say shot and killed a man he believed was burglarizing his store in Whaleyville early this morning Police received a call just after 4 a.m. about a burglary in progress at J-N-L Market, located at 6550 Whaleyville Boulevard, said Suffolk spokeswoman Debbie George. The owner was also alerted to the burglary, George said, and went to his store with a firearm. When he arrived, he saw someone inside his business and fired at him through a store window, she said. When police arrived, they found the owner of the business outside... The Virginian-Pilot http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2276568/posts#comment Mon, 22 Jun 2009 02:33:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2276396/posts ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - A young woman who worked at a Denny's Restaurant on Albuquerque's West Side was killed Saturday morning during what police describe as a takeover-style robbery, and officers are still searching for suspects. Police by mid-afternoon Saturday detained two possible suspects from the 10 a.m. robbery at the Denny's on Coors Boulevard at Iliff Road NW. "Four masked men came in with guns," Brian Thompson told News 13. "Two went toward the back. That's all we could see because we all hit the ground." Albuquerque police spokeswoman Nadine Hamby said witnesses told police they saw between two and... KRQE news in Albuquerque http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2276396/posts#comment Sun, 21 Jun 2009 19:02:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2276168/posts SNIPPET: "Police were nearby and took one suspect into custody while another was arrested after a getaway car was followed to a nearby trailer park." (AP) via WTVM.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2276168/posts#comment Sun, 21 Jun 2009 09:06:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2276170/posts SNIPPET: "Then, at 1 a.m., police said two men opened fire in the parking lot of a Denny's in the 600 block of Hegenberger Road near the Oakland Coliseum. One of the wounded men reportedly went into the restaurant seeking help. He and the second victim were sent to the hospital, where they are listed in stable condition." SF GATE.com - SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2276170/posts#comment Sun, 21 Jun 2009 09:16:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2276220/posts ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - A young woman who worked at a Denny's Restaurant on Albuquerque's West Side was killed Saturday morning during what police describe as a takeover-style robbery, and officers are still searching for suspects. Police by mid-afternoon Saturday detained two possible suspects from the 10 a.m. robbery at the Denny's on Coors Boulevard at Iliff Road NW. "Four masked men came in with guns," Brian Thompson told News 13. "Two went toward the back. That's all we could see because we all hit the ground." Albuquerque police spokeswoman Nadine Hamby said witnesses told police they saw between two and... KRQE News 13 Albuquerque http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2276220/posts#comment Sun, 21 Jun 2009 12:32:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2276111/posts Police in Albuquerque said a restaurant employee has been killed after several armed suspects attempted a takeover-style robbery at a packed Denny's Restaurant. Police spokeswoman Officer Nadine Hamby said "multiple" armed suspects rushed the northwest Albuquerque restaurant at about 9:30 a.m. Saturday. As many as 100 people were inside. A Saturday morning breakfast for 60 restaurant guests quickly turned into a nightmare. KOAT 7 News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2276111/posts#comment Sun, 21 Jun 2009 03:43:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2276064/posts MOORHEAD – Police here have released a Moorhead man who shot and killed an intruder in his apartment early this morning. Vernon Albert Allen wasn’t charged with a crime after being detained by police for questioning since early this morning, Moorhead Police Lt. Tory Jacobson said in a news release about 4 p.m. Rest of article is here http://www.inforum.com/event/article/id/244383/ The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2276064/posts#comment Sun, 21 Jun 2009 01:02:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2275851/posts A Georgia liquor store clerk credits his police officer son with giving him two life-saving gifts — a cell phone and a gun. Joseph Wescott says the phone he slipped into his shirt pocket stopped a knife to his chest when a robbery suspect attacked him at the store in a northern Atlanta suburb. He then reached under the counter for the .40-caliber handgun and shot the man. "The knife that he had looked like it was about 10-foot long," the 67-year-old Wescott exclaimed. LA Times/AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2275851/posts#comment Sat, 20 Jun 2009 15:03:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2275797/posts --snip-- While the robber's weapon was described as an Uzi, experts who viewed surveillance from one of the robberies have determined that the gun is a Mac-10, a similar firearm, police said. There is no way to tell from the video whether the machine pistol is semiautomatic or has been converted illegally to fully automatic. In full auto, its rate of fire is more than 1,000 rounds per minute. Its magazine can carry up to 30 rounds, police said. A second bandit, who accompanied the robber with the Mac-10 in at least three of the jobs, carries a 9mm pistol,... Philadelphia Inquirer http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2275797/posts#comment Sat, 20 Jun 2009 13:07:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2275765/posts Over 90 Percent of Mexican Crime Guns Originate in U.S., New GAO Report Finds That's the headline from the Violence Policy Center press release. It is a premeditated lie. True, the qualifier "traced by the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) over the last three years" is admitted in the body of the release, but even that doesn't tell a reader the number of guns withheld by Mexican authorities--or whether the ones submitted have been randomly selected or cherry-picked. Headlines are important. Often times while scanning through news, that is all that will be noticed or retained.... gun rights examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2275765/posts#comment Sat, 20 Jun 2009 11:09:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2275685/posts One armed robber is dead and another in the hospital after a resident opened fire with a shotgun during a home-invasion robbery late Wednesday in Mesa. According to Sgt. Ed Wessing, Mesa police spokesman, the two armed men entered the home and demanded money in the 1400 block of south Allen, near Stapley Drive and Southern Avenue, about 11:30 p.m. The robbers, both 19, rounded up three men and a woman who lived there into one room. The victims ranged in age from 20 to 24. Wessing said one of the residents had a pistol and aimed it at the... East Valley Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2275685/posts#comment Sat, 20 Jun 2009 03:37:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2275671/posts PHOENIX — Are you 18? Not convicted of a crime? Legislation set for debate today would let you carry a concealed weapon without having to bother with the background check, training and proficiency test now required. Sen. Sylvia Allen, R-Snowflake, said she believes all Arizonans should have the right to defend themselves. Allen, who does have a state-issued permit to carry a concealed gun, said she does not believe that makes gun owners any safer. More to the point, she said the law makes Arizonans less safe. Allen’s proposal, SB 1270, does not do away with the concealed weapon permits.... Sierra Vista Herald http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2275671/posts#comment Sat, 20 Jun 2009 02:44:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2275512/posts The state’s highest court plans to review the constitutionality of a recently challenged state law that requires gun owners to lock their weapons, making it the first test in Massachusetts of a landmark US Supreme Court ruling that Americans have the constitutional right to own guns and stow them as they see fit. The SJC decided to review the law less than a year after a Lowell District Court judge dismissed firearms charges against a Billerica man whose handicapped son was accused of shooting a BB gun at a neighbor and who then showed police officers where his father kept... Boston Globe http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2275512/posts#comment Fri, 19 Jun 2009 22:12:43 GMT