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INTENT OF THE LAW What seems equally clear is that Warren and the town of King have misapplied the law; however, broad its language, Article 36A is entitled “Riots and Civil Disorders.” According to a local blogger who personally investigated the incident and described it at saradactyl.com, no such civil disorder existed. The Youtube video she produced on the incident is below.

Are you kidding me? Some one-horse podunk town of 5,000 people in North Carolina just suspends the Constitution and the Second Amendment because of a SNOW STORM????? Even the tinpot dictators in New York or New Jersey have not tried this nonsense. Where do these petty ante Major Domos come from? And how long will it take before they resign from office? Not to show my ignorance, but I thought We,The Trampled, hashed all this out after Hurricane Katrina.Wrong again I guess.

CHAMPAIGN – It was so foggy and overcast that Sunday night, Kathy Kinser just knew the burglars would be back. "If they don't come, they're crazy," she thought. "You can't see 100 yards in front of your face." Not only was she right, she was ready. The petite, articulate and oh-so-spunky 68-year-old Champaign woman couldn't quit obsessing about the theft of her brand-new refrigerator. She was angry and couldn't sleep. More troubling than the loss of an insured appliance was the violation of her sense of security. On the night of Jan. 19, burglars entered the only new home that...

Attorney Gerry Spence, in the defense of his client Lawman Ed Cantrell, with the aid of legendary gunfighter Bill Jordan, demonstrated in open court it is possible to draw and fire against a fully presented unholstered and cocked revolver before the assailant has time to pull the trigger.

Elderly Man Shoots Intruder    Clyde Tucker fired on intruders who broke down the door to his Avondale apartment. (WKRC-TV) Emergency rooms around the Tri-State are on alert, waiting for a suspect police believe was shot by a 77 year old Avondale man in self-defense.   "I shot because he was going to shoot me. I could have shot him two or three times." Clyde Tucker says two men broke down his door at the Hale Apartments on Tuesday. Tucker says lately, residents of his building have been victims of the same kind of crime-thugs who break down doors...

PORT ST. LUCIE — A man who showed up at the door of a Port St. Lucie home about 3 p.m. Friday forced his way into the residence and was shot dead by the homeowner, Port St. Lucie Police Department Information Officer Tom Nichols said. Identification of the people living in the house in the 2100 block of Southwest Pruitt Street will not be available until early next week. Nichols said the home’s resident retreated to a bedroom and retrieved a shotgun after the intruder forced his way in and argued with him. The two struggled with the gun and...

Cuff, stuff, search. That's been a mantra for law-enforcement officers in East Tennessee and across the nation for more than a quarter century. No more. In a 5-4 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court put the brakes on the routine practice of what's known as a "vehicle search incident to arrest," in which a suspect is handcuffed and stuffed in the back of a cruiser and the suspect's vehicle searched without a warrant or probable cause. "A rule that gives police the power to conduct such a search whenever an individual is caught committing a traffic offense, when there is no...

Holy screaming meemies, what a raging clusterfoxtrot ITAR has become. As is the case with the WarOnDrugs,the WarOnGuns,the WarOnTobacco, the WarOnAnythingTheGoobermintDoesNOTLike, if you sell, make or sneeze around anything-concrete pipe,rifle scopes, cattle prods,et.al you are guilty until proven innocent, citizen, based on the whim and caprice of some pencil necked twit with a gun and badge ensconced in a conference room far, far away. The only difference between the SHOT Show arrests and the historical record of Import/Export Violations is the pencil necked twits with guns and badges are no longer content to prosecute ACTUAL imaginary crimes and have now...

Young lady I know is around twenty and wants to get a concealed carry permit. She knows the safety concepts and has been safely handling .22 rifles and other small arms for years. This would be her first handgun. In Texas, for a concealed carry permit, she must test with a caliber larger than .22. If she tests with a revolver, her carry permit is only good for a revolver. She is relatively small, so please no suggestions for .45s, .50 Desert Eagles, etc. (Like that ever stops anyone from suggesting them anyway ;o>).

A man who deputies say was trying to break into a North Valley home was shot and killed early Thursday. Bernalillo County deputies report that they found 43-year-old Dimas Apodaca, dead in a front yard at Pueblo Luna near Second Street and Osuna. Neighbor Orlando Lucero said that he heard “three loud thumps, sounds like they kicked the door in. Come to find out it was a sledgehammer followed by four or five shots and a car speeding off.” Sergeant Mark Kmatz of the Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office says people at the scene have been detained. “We’ve made contact with...

When they came for the “assault weapons” I said nothing for I had only “sporting arms”. When they came for the FFL’s I said nothing for I did not have an FFL. When they came for me there were none to help for they were all in jail. Welcome to Obamageddon boys and girls! If it ain’t on in your neighborhood now it will be soon. (more…)

<p>A resident shot and killed a man attempting to break into his home early Tuesday morning, Las Vegas police confirmed.</p> <p>Police said the incident happened at about 12:14 a.m. in the 700 block of Clarkway Drive, near Bonanza Road and Rancho Drive.</p>

From ValleyCentral.com: Three men are being held for a Palmview home invasion where an 11-year-old boy was shot defending his mother. Hidalgo County Sheriff’s Office deputies told Action 4 News that it happened off Minnesota Road and 8 Mile Line between Palmview and Mission around 12:30 a.m. Friday. The homeowner said she and her 11-year-old son were in bed when she heard banging coming from the front door. She got up to check and she saw two Hispanic males men wearing masks and armed with handguns walking towards her. She quickly closed the bedroom door but one of the men...

A Kansas City, Kansas convenience store clerk reportedly used his gun to stop an armed robber. Police say that a robber, who was armed with a rifle, entered a store on the 5900 block of Leavenworth Road just after midnight. The clerk is said to have spotted the robber and fired one shot in self defense, causing the robber to flee. The clerk, who had a valid concealed carry permit, was unharmed, and the robber is being sought, according to police. Once again, concealed carry has allowed a law abiding citizen to stop a violent criminal. Rather than being shot...

Welcome to the 21st Century! Instead of those annoying Police Helicoptors chasing bad guys day and night your city may soon join the list of cities with a 24 hour aerial surveillance capability. (more....)

Apparently the wizards at Remington have finally made a truly modular component rifle. (more…)

So as I study pictures of this strange revolver which promises better ergonomics and control over recoil because the bore is in line with the web of the shooter’s hand, it occurs to me the one additional feature to include would be the equally innovative Medusa Revolver Cylinder which can fire up to 25 different cartridges in the .38 Special-9mm range.

Intruder was wearing ski mask, rubber gloves, police say CORPUS CHRISTI — A 24-year-old homeowner awakened by intruders kicking in his door shot and killed one of the men, police said. Two to three men forced their way into the home in the 3200 block of Crestwater Drive about 4:40 a.m., police said. The homeowner and the men exchanged gunfire, police said. One of the men was shot multiple times and taken to Christus Spohn Hospital Memorial where he died, authorities said. At least one other man fled before police arrived, authorities said. Police identified the dead man as Rudy...

A Houston, TX homeowner reportedly used his shotgun to save himself and his wife from a violent burglar. Police say that the husband and wife, who own a home on Cloverleaf Street in Houston, were awakened by the sound of breaking glass and their home security system siren. The wife reportedly noticed an intruder, and yelled for her husband to grab his shotgun. Shotgun in hand, the husband is said to have seen a burglar dressed in black, who was brandishing a fire extinguisher. The husband reportedly fired one shot in self defense, hitting the burglar in the hip and...

During Christmas week, a registered sex offender with a conviction for attempted murder used a gun to take three hostages at a Wytheville, Va., post office. Not too surprisingly, the national media gave the crime extensive news coverage. Such sensationalism leaves a distorted image about what happens with guns every day in the United States. When guns work to stop crime, there's not nearly as much drama to sensationalize and, as a result, that much less coverage. In Oklahoma City the previous week, an armed citizen singlehandedly stopped an attack that surely would have resulted in a multiple-victim public shooting....

Remember these headlines in the Sentinel from three years ago? " FBI: Murder rate soars in Orlando." "Armed robberies shatter calm." They make headlines such as these from recent weeks all the more striking. "Odd recession perk: Crime actually falls." "FBI: Orlando violent crime drops 30%." Crime is down in most cities across the nation this year, despite the job loss and other hardships created by the recession. New York, the nation's largest city, is headed for its lowest murder count since 1962. Theories behind the crime drop include better security measures, stiffer sentencing and an aging population. But it...

A homeowner shot two masked men who pushed their way into a far north suburban Wauconda house early Saturday night, sending both suspects to the hospital, police said. A trail of what appeared to be frozen blood ran from the front door of a home in Wauconda on Sunday, but the people in the home declined to talk to the media. A piece of metal appeared to have been broken off of the door. Wauconda Police Sgt. Tim Burke said the names of alleged victims and suspects would not be released until or unless charges were filed. He added that...

ANDERSON – A Pizza Hut delivery person shot a man who allegedly tried to rob the store Wednesday, according to police. A police report said Spencer Simmons, 44, attempted to rob the Pizza Hut on Broadway Street at about 11 p.m. Wednesday. The report said Simmons pointed a .25 Raven Arms semi-automatic handgun at the store’s cashier and demanded money. The cashier loaded about $720 into a small bag. Simmons wasn’t aware that a delivery man, Michael Shaker, had heard the commotion and snuck to the back as well, the report said. “Seconds later, Simmons left the register area, and...

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Prosecutors won't file charges against an Omaha business owner who shot and killed a suspected burglar over the weekend. Douglas County Attorney Don Kleine says he believes the shooting was justified. The owner of Bazar Latino who shot the man has not been named. Police say 23-year-old Jesus Franco was found dead Saturday morning. His body was in the snow about 30 feet from a south Omaha business that had reported a burglary. The owner told officers he fired his gun during a confrontation with a suspected burglar, who then fled.

A 31-year-old man said he intended to fire only a “warning shot” when he accidentally killed a woman who’d been part of a group who robbed him Tuesday night on the South Side. “I’m trying to fire a warning shot — like stay the hell back,” the man said in an interview Wednesday. He did not want his name printed. Police say the man’s story appears to check out. The dead woman was identified as Barbara McComb, 21, of the 4200 block of South Calumet Avenue, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office. She was pronounced dead early Wednesday...

Bitterwallet posted video of this infomercial-esque product called The Back-Up. It's a $40 shotgun rack that slides between your bed's box spring and mattress - easy access for when you need to blow an intruder's face apart. According to The Back-Up's official website, research shows: If a shotgun is in the corner of a room or under the bed, one must turn their back on a perpetrator to access it The BackUp allows for 2 second accessibility when in need. The Back-Up provides this from a lying position in bed. Just reach 8 inches along the side of the mattress,...

Though gun rights haven't (yet) been among the chief freedoms President Barack Obama (D, China) has taken on or nationalized, it may only be a matter of time. Defending the Second Amendment now may save us more trouble down the road. That's why I'd like to take this opportunity for a shameless plug and announce TheArmedCitizen.com, a new website based on an old idea, the idea of broadcasting the stories of everyday citizens whose lives or well-being were saved by using guns. Recently, the Violence Policy Center made headlines (headlines...!) when they announced a "body count" of murders committed by...

Now THIS is refreshing! A youngster in school whose extracurricular activities include marksmanship. Rally round boys, we need to nurture all the gems we find!

MARION COUNTY, Fla. (WOFL FOX 35) - A Marion County man shot at two men, killing one of them, who invaded his home late Monday night. The Marion County Sheriff’s Office says 62-year-old Gary A. Wroblewski, who uses a wheelchair, answered a knock at the door of his home in the Silver Springs Shores area. The man at the door asked for some help with his car and when Wroblewski declined assistance the second suspect came through the door, wearing a mask and attacked him. Wroblewski had a handgun and fired at the men killing the second suspect. The second...

But now I believe the comments to be authentic because they perfectly mirror the mentality that made my phone calls to the Senator’s office so memorable. CLICK LINK HERE The blather starts almost from sentence one, message one and continues through sentence last, message last.

man who attempted to rob a Marrero couple at gunpoint Saturday night died after one of the robbery victims, who was armed, shot him, according to the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office. The man was reported shot in the chest at 34 Azalea Court around 8 p.m. He was taken to University Hospital where he was pronounced dead shortly after arrival, said Col. John Fortunato, JPSO spokesman. Investigators learned that the man was one of three male suspects who tried to rob the couple as they were walking from their driveway to their home. But the male robbery victim was also...

In research sponsored by the U.S. Department of Justice, in which almost 2,000 felons were interviewed, 34% of felons said they had been “scared off, shot at, wounded or captured by an armed victim" and 40% of these criminals admitted that they had been deterred from committing a crime out of fear that the potential victim was armed. Allowing law-abiding people to arm themselves offers more than piece of mind for those individuals -- it pays off for everybody through lower crime rates. Statistics from the FBI’s Uniformed Crime Report of 2007 .....

Memphis, TN - Sheriff's detectives say a woman shot a man who tried to rob her husband at their house. Just after 10:30 p.m. on Monday, December 7, 2009, two men walked up to Mike Murik as he got out of his car in the 4300 block of Whispering Bend Drive. Detectives say as Murik scuffled with the attackers, one of them, Richard Crawford shot Murik in the leg. His wife, Maria Lopez-Guerrero heard the shot, grabbed a pistol and opened fire on the robbers. About thirty minutes after the robbery attempt, Crawford checked himself into Delta Medical Center on...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Shelby County Sheriff's detectives say that a woman shot a man who tried to rob her husband outside their home Monday. The incident occurred just after 10:30pm on the 4300-block of Whispering Bend Drive. According to investigators, two suspects approached Mike Murik as he got out of his vehicle in front of his home. Murik tried to fight off the attackers, and was shot in the leg during the scuffle. Murik's wife, Maria Lopez-Guerrero, heard the commotion, retrieved a gun and fired at the suspects. Approximately 30 minutes later, 36-year old Richard Crawford checked himself in to...

A 56-year-old woman prayed to God while a "crazed" man tried to break in to her home, telling a 9-1-1 dispatcher, "I don't want to have to kill this man, but I'll kill him graveyard dead" – and within minutes, she blasted the relentless intruder in the chest with her shotgun. Cushing, Okla., resident Donna Jackson shot and killed Billy Dean Riley, 53, a man with a long history of alcohol and drug convictions, after the belligerent man hurled a patio chair through her glass patio door on Dec. 4. Jackson remained calm as she spoke with a 9-1-1 dispatcher...

ST. PETERSBURG — Now that surveillance cameras are watching virtually every store and parking lot, it's increasingly common to see footage of robberies, fights and even shootings. But the disturbing video of a double murder in downtown St. Petersburg is something different. In graphic detail, with eight different cameras and relatively good sound, the video shows the entire August 2008 robbery of Central Food Mart, and the shootings of three men. Even in an era when video has become ubiquitous, prosecutors say this stands out as perhaps the clearest and most complete recording ever of a local murder — and...

These are the times that make men vomit. Have you seen the latest Gunowners Of America Alert? Mr. Milquetoast himself, Harry Reid, may pass some version of ObamaNationCare because NOT ONE Senate Republican has the brass to stand up and just say NO.....not one more lie....not one more penny... not one more day.... not one more usurpation. What possible power does this pantywaist Reid have over Senators like North Carolina's Richard Burr to silence him into submission? The State that gave the nation Jesse Helms (Senator NO), now has Richard Burr (Senator Go-Along-To-Get-Along).

Submitted by .Sean on November 19, 2009 - 4:24pm The Lafayette County Republican Central Committee is proudly celebrating a new crazy billboard on I-70 near Grain Valley. It calls for citizens to "starve the beast" and "vote out incumbents" -- and if that doesn't work, "PREPARE FOR WAR."

Of all the sinister intrustions and usurpations of Government over the past few decades, the War On Food must rank as among the most bizarre. Included are updates for the Stowers Family Saga which began almost exactly a year ago and some other background and explanatory links.

A hardware store clerk in Nacogdoches, Texas used his handgun to fend off a knife wielding criminal. Police say that a man in the Cason-Monk Hardware store on the 300 block of Commerce St became upset and was asked to leave. The man reportedly left, only to return armed with a knife, which he used to threaten the life of a store clerk. The clerk is said to have grabbed a handgun, causing man to flee. The clerk, who didn't have to fire a shot, was unharmed. Police are seeking the suspect, who was described only as a Caucasian male...

EAST ST. LOUIS — A store clerk in East St. Louis killed robber Larando King, but it was holdup accomplice Michael T. Hunter Jr., who was charged Friday with first-degree murder, officials said. CRIME STATS bullet Get the breaking news from our St. Louis Crime Beat blog bullet See stats around St. Louis and the nation in our searchable database. A person committing a felony can be charged with murder under Illinois law for the death of anyone during the crime. St. Clair County State's Attorney Robert Haida, whose office filed the charge, said in a prepared statement: "I commend...

Robbery victim won't be charged. Prosecutors have decided not to file charges against the man accused of killing 18-year old Tim Jackson, saying he was acting in self-defense. Investigators say Jackson and another man tried to rob a man identified as P.W. as he walked in the Midtown Greenway near 28th Ave. and Hiawatha in Minneapolis. P.W. told police he stabbed Jackson in the stomach as Jackson tried to hit him in the head. "Minnesota law is pretty clear, folks are entitled to walk in the streets, if someone assualts you, you have a right to respond with reasonable force"...

The lesson from an unsuccessful pirate attack in the Gulf of Aden this week was simple: Guns talk. The Maersk Alabama, the American-flagged ship infamously attacked by pirates in April, was attacked again Monday when Somali pirates opened fire on the ship in an attempt to board it. But the pirates didn't get far this time, after a four-man security team aboard the ship fired back, thwarting the attack. It's the first time a large cargo ship with an armed security team aboard is known to have repelled an attack, says Vice Adm. William Gortney, who commands the Pacific region...

An elderly Las Vegas, NV homeowner used his gun to fend off multiple home invaders early Thursday morning. Police say that an unknown number of intruders kicked in the door of a home near Rancho and Vegas Drive at 5:30AM. The intruders are said to have attacked the elderly homeowner, prompting him to grab his gun and fire in self defense. One of the attackers was fatally wounded, and the other criminals fled, according to police. The homewoner was unharmed. It is a sad fact that criminals prey on senior citizens, seeing them as easy targets. Unarmed senior citizens can...

In any case it is certainly not the job of We, The Abused to walk on eggshells lest we somehow be condemned for our righteous wrath when They, The Abusers are unpunished, unrepentant and unrestrained. If that is the message of Mike Vanderboegh he must be ignored. Miniature Fort Sumters occur around us all every day, from the unprovoked SWAT assault on a completely innocent family based on the undocumented testimony of a “Confidential Informant” CLICK LINK HERE to the unprovoked investigation of a family for “illegal food sales”.CLICK LINK HERE or CLICK LINK HERE They all share the same...

An armed Columbus, OH home invader was fatally shot in self defense by one of his victims. Police say that several people were inside a home on Northglen Drive when an armed home invader and at least one accomplice rushed in through the door and threatened the lives of those present. One of the victims reportedly grabbed his self defense handgun and shot one of the armed robbers in self defense. Police arrived to find one home invader lying dead on the living room floor, and another suspect hiding in a bathroom. The surviving suspect was apprehended, and police say...

Jacksie King was an elderly grandmother who lived in a small Illinois house on dead-end Gaty Avenue since her youth. At 87, she mostly stayed at home and enjoyed frequent visits from her daughter. Her life changed one December night when an unidentified intruder cut her phone lines, pried the security bars off her window and invaded her home. After severely beating her, the man robbed her house and escaped. The case was never solved. Two months later, King awoke to the sound of an intruder breaking through her storm door at 2 a.m. As before, the bars were pried...

A patient at a Massachusetts General Hospital bipolar clinic stabbed his psychiatrist during a treatment session yesterday afternoon, and was then shot dead by an off-duty security guard, in a frantic scene that a colleague later described as “every psychiatrist’s worst nightmare.’’ Dr. Astrid Desrosiers, a 49-year-old instructor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, the mother of grown children, and a celebrated doctor in the city’s Haitian community, was in stable condition at MGH and recovering from her wounds, relatives, colleagues, and hospital officials said. Police identified the assailant as Jay Carciero, 37, of Reading. Relatives described him as a...

TOLEDO, Wash. — A homeowner shot and killed a stranger he caught coming up the stairs inside his residence in Toledo. The Lewis County sheriff’s office says the 62-year-old resident was awakened about 10:40 p.m. Tuesday by the sound of someone breaking into his home. When the intruder refused two commands to “freeze,” the homeowner fired once. The suspect died at the scene.

A College student who has been robbed four times formed a self defense group called “University of Washington Campus Vigilantes.” Their goal was to patrol the area surrounding campus with other students who had concealed-pistol permits. It's currently illegal to carry guns on campus. The group started a Facebook page under the name of “University of Washington Campus Vigilantes.” Don't bother going to Facebook to see the page now because it was removed by Facebook site administration due to a "Violation of Terms of Service." They had 15 members before being TOS'ed by Facebook officials. The group may not officially...