http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/gun/ en-us Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:50:41 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050045/posts A mother of young children. A retired corporate executive. A victim of violent crime. Number of right-to-carry permits issued from 4/28/2003 to 12/31/2007 County Number Rate per 1,000 Dodge 166 8.5 Fillmore 160 7.6 Goodhue 387 8.4 Houston 246 12.6 Mower 233 6.1 Olmsted 1,140 8.2 Wabasha 287 12.8 Winona 487 9.8 Total valid permits in Minnesota: 51,347 Source: Minn. Bureau of Criminal Apprenhension These are just some of the people seeking permits to carry handguns whom Sue Bierly has trained at the Minnesota Southern Sportman's Club in Rochester. "They come from all walks of life and professions," said Bierly,... Postbulletin.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050045/posts#comment Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:50:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050007/posts This past Tuesday a University student, Cassie LeBlanc, was robbed while getting into her car after leaving the library around 9:30 p.m. The robber forced her against her car and asked for her wallet, then he discovered there was no cash. He decided he didn't want it, but after seeing text books on the front seat, the thief decided to take those instead. I was very glad to hear LeBlanc was alright, but a very important question came to mind: What if she had a firearm to defend herself? Would this incident have happened? My answer is probably not. The... Daily Reveille http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050007/posts#comment Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:45:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049993/posts EL PASO -- Police have hot filed charges against a Northeast resident who allegedly shot a man in self-defense. The police department's Drive-by-Shooting Response Team (DSRT) was called to assist with a "shots fired" call at the 9500 block of Iris at about one Saturday morning. Officers discovered a 19-year-old man had been shot in the ankle and forearm at a residence in the area. An investigation revealed the victim went to a party at the residence and engaged in an argument that escalated into a physical confrontation, police officials said. Police said a resident of the home grabbed a... kvia.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049993/posts#comment Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:16:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049990/posts MIAMI-DADE, Fla. -- A homeowner shot a would-be burglar in Southwest Miami-Dade on Sunday, police said. Police said the man shot was one of two thieves who tried to burglarize a house in the 2400 block of 117th Avenue about 2 a.m. Related Content: Images He was taken to Ryder Trauma Center, where he was listed in stable condition. The second man apparently got away. Neighbors said the house, which sits on the side of the street nearest the interstate, has been hit by thieves before. Police said two children, ages 5 and 9, were inside the house when the... NBC6.net http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049990/posts#comment Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:10:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049039/posts A man is cleared in a fatal York County shooting. He shared his story with CBS 21 News. Brian Fentiman found himself in the type of situation many of us have thought about and wondered what we would do. He chose to take action and that decision resulted in the death of 42-year-old Douglas Need. Fentiman says it all began on June 28th when he was driving after dinner with his fiancée Maria. He says, “He ran back to the car, reached through the window and started hitting them.” He says he saw Douglas Need attacking two women on east... WHPCBS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049039/posts#comment Mon, 21 Jul 2008 22:46:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047461/posts In one of Senate candidate Al Franken’s literary efforts titled “Rush Limbaugh Is A Big Fat Idiot,” he reveals his personal feelings about a topic important to many Minnesotans. In Chapter 12 of his book, I learned that candidate Franken is against private ownership of guns due to his belief that firearms in the home are “too dangerous.” I believe these views are more consistent with California or New York, where Mr. Franken still maintains corporate interests. His problem is Minnesota has always been a pro-gun state. Remember, a bipartisan majority passed “conceal and carry.” I called the National Rifle... Albert Lea Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047461/posts#comment Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:23:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047455/posts Mayor Adrian Fenty and his feisty attorney general, Peter Nickles, stood on the steps of the Wilson Building this week ostensibly to announce how the District will comply with the Supreme Court's rejection of Washington's ban on handguns. But really, they were delivering very much the opposite message: With only the narrowest of exceptions, we're sticking with our gun ban. Don't like it? Sue us. The Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047455/posts#comment Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:12:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047445/posts On June 26, the last day of the 2007-2008 term, the Supreme Court of the United States affirmed a lower-court ruling striking down a 33-year-old handgun ban in the nation's capital. District of Columbia v. Heller was the first Second Amendment case that the court has heard in 70 years and represents the first time the court has ever addressed the question of whether the Second Amendment protects an individual's right to bear arms for private purposes. In a recent interview with NationalJournal.com's Mary Gilbert, Adam Winkler, professor of law at University of California, Los Angeles, discussed the historical context... National Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047445/posts#comment Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:00:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047386/posts William Greene would like to register his guns with the city of Chicago. So would Charles Wilson, Ronald Wallace, Alberto Ortega, J. Anthony Clark, Nashaat Mhanna, Thomas Scileppi and Darrell Powell. And for the life of me, I don't really understand why we shouldn't let them. Each of the eight men appeared before a city hearing officer Tuesday to argue that the Chicago Police Department erred in rejecting their efforts to register -- or in many cases re-register -- their firearms. I was in attendance mostly by accident, thinking I'd be seeing cases brought under the city's handgun ban ordinance.... The Chicago Sun-Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047386/posts#comment Fri, 18 Jul 2008 11:17:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047380/posts MEMPHIS, TN – Police say a Memphis store clerk shot a 17 year-old boy during a robbery. According investigators, it happened around 8:50 p.m., Monday, July 14, 2008, at the Margarita Market in the 6000 block of Knight Arnold Road. Police say the teen and three other men were shoplifting at the store when the clerk confronted them. The four suspects, ages 17, 19, 20, and 28, attacked the clerk during the confrontation, according to investigators. Police say that is when the clerk shot the 17 year-old in the leg. Police say the teen was taken to the hospital in... Eyewitness news http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047380/posts#comment Fri, 18 Jul 2008 11:03:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047376/posts I know VCDL doesn't specifically encourage or discourage open carrying...and i agree with that policy; it's a personal choice...and we are pro-choice. I, personally, open carry in the summer almost daily. It's just more convenient and comfortable than concealing when wearing shorts and a T-shirt. I was going to relate this story the other day, but got sidetracked and never got it put up. A post and subsequent conversation with an Ohio blogger regarding that state's fledgling open carry movement brought it to the forefront of my mind again. Last week, I was shopping for a birthday gift for my... The Sentinal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047376/posts#comment Fri, 18 Jul 2008 10:54:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2044788/posts Chris Grissom and his wife were sitting up in bed at the Hotel Blake the evening of July 3 watching "The Late Show With David Letterman" as their two children, ages one and four, slept in the next bed. That's when they heard what Grissom said sounded like a firecracker in the next room. » Click to enlarge image Tennessee native Chris Grissom posted a video to YouTube that shows how a bullet hit the Hotel Blake and traveled through his family's hotel room and ended up in the room adjacent to theirs. (YouTube.com) RELATED STORIES Weis meets with aldermen... Chicago Sun-Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2044788/posts#comment Sun, 13 Jul 2008 13:46:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2044390/posts When the U.S. Supreme Court agreed last year to hear a Second Amendment challenge to Washington D.C.’s ban on handguns, gun rights groups called it a step towards challenging California’s gun laws. Last week, the court overturned the D.C. ban. But gun control groups and others say the court’s ruling was too narrow to overturn any state laws. Meanwhile, some in the gun-rights movement are urging people to be careful about what lawsuits they file in the wake of Heller vs. D.C. One thing no one contests is that the June 26 ruling in Heller vs. D.C. was a major... CityWatch http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2044390/posts#comment Sat, 12 Jul 2008 13:17:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2044297/posts A new Ohio law signed into effect this week, not only gives property owners the right to shoot intruders, but it's also changing Ohio's concealed carry law. whiznews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2044297/posts#comment Sat, 12 Jul 2008 04:28:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2044165/posts Gordon Brown said the attacks were "shocking and tragic" as he also promised the first ever "cross-government youth crime plan" would be published later next week. A teenager was among four victims of separate fatal stabbings which took place in London over the past day, as a fifth man fights for life. Telegraph http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2044165/posts#comment Fri, 11 Jul 2008 22:20:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2044240/posts Gordon Brown declared tonight that new anti-knife crime measures will be announced next week after four men were stabbed to death in separate attacks across London in just 24 hours. The Prime Minister said the latest spate of murders was “shocking and tragic” a few hours after the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police issued a rare appeal for calm in the capital. Jacqui Smith, the Home Secretary, will set out the Government’s latest initiative on Monday. Later in the week, the first ever cross-government youth crime plan will be published with new enforcement and sentencing measures. It will also include... Times Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2044240/posts#comment Sat, 12 Jul 2008 01:12:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2044079/posts And now a fifth person has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the Borough of Dickson City and members of the Dickson City Police Department over the “Dickson Dozen” incident. The plaintiff, Edward Kraft, Jr., of Clifford PA, seeks compensatory and punitive damages as a result of civil rights violations suffered during the police response to a call about a group of people peaceably eating dinner, some of whom were openly carrying holstered handguns. Kraft's action, filed in United States Federal District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, follows a similar lawsuit filed by four other patrons on... OpenCarry.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2044079/posts#comment Fri, 11 Jul 2008 19:04:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2043858/posts An incident recently occurred at an outpatient imaging center in western New York State, in which a firearm spontaneously discharged in a 1.5-T MR imaging environment with active shielding. To our knowledge, this is the first documented case of such an occurrence. ------cut--------- An off-duty police officer went to an outpatient imaging center (not affiliated with our institution) in western New York State to have an MR imaging examination. The facility housed a 1.5-T MR unit (Signa; General Electric Medical Systems, Milwaukee, WI) with active shielding. The officer was carrying a model 1991 A-1 compact.45 caliber semiautomatic pistol (Colt's Manufacturing,... American Journal of Roentgenology http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2043858/posts#comment Fri, 11 Jul 2008 11:23:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2043849/posts NEWPORT NEWS - An armed-robbery suspect was shot by his potential victim Tuesday, the second time in a week where the tables were quickly turned, police said. Just after 3 p.m. Tuesday, a 16-year-old was shot in his upper right leg as he attempted to rob a man at gunpoint in the backyard of a 25th Street home, police spokesman Harold Eley said. The teenager, whose name wasn't released by police because he's a juvenile, survived his injury and was released from a local hospital into police custody. Maurice Edward Simpson, a 19-year-old from Newport News, wasn't so fortunate. Police... dailypress.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2043849/posts#comment Fri, 11 Jul 2008 10:57:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2043791/posts A San Bernardino County sheriff's deputy fatally shot a man who turned toward him holding a gun late Tuesday, officials said. Press Enterprise http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2043791/posts#comment Fri, 11 Jul 2008 04:23:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2042623/posts Mayor Daley acknowledged today that there was a gang presence at this year's Taste of Chicago, but he insisted that Chicago Police officers were powerless to stop it. "You come out of the L. You're a gang-banger. But, what is a gang-banger? Is [it] a kid that has pants, a hat and a shirt? He thinks he's a gang member. ... Can you see the police stopping every person coming down who looks like a gang-banger [based on] how people dress?" Daley said. Chicago Sun-Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2042623/posts#comment Tue, 8 Jul 2008 22:39:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2041467/posts A man shot and critically wounded by police early Sunday on the city's Southwest Side has died, according to the Independent Police Review Authority. A spokesman said the victim was an adult male and that a gun was recovered at the crime scene. At about 2:13 a.m., police responded to a call of shots fired in the 6100 block of South Kedzie Avenue, the Chicago Police News Affairs office said in a release. Police and the armed person exchanged gunfire. The suspect was struck and transported to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn in critical condition, according to police. Chicgo Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2041467/posts#comment Sun, 6 Jul 2008 15:47:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2041152/posts The Oakland Tribune, in an apparent effort to elect a gun-control advocate as the city's next mayor, doctors their reporting and then reneges on promises to publish opposing views. The paper's editor was directly involved - mreynolds@bayareanewsgroup.com. ------------- It never troubles me to call out a liar. When they work in the media it is a downright pleasure. In May the Trib ran an article penned in tag team by two of their journalist. I misuse the term journalist herein because what they wrote in no way resembles reporting. ... I will not accuse these literary desperadoes of prostituting themselves... Cowboy Confessional http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2041152/posts#comment Sat, 5 Jul 2008 17:20:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2041090/posts The Second Amendment provides that “a well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.” In District of Columbia v. Heller, the Supreme Court held that the plain language of the amendment recognizes a personal right, belonging to “the people,” to possess firearms. The court rejected arguments that the Second Amendment simply permits the states to form, arm and maintain their own militias or the modern National Guard. Heller arose out of the district’s complete ban on possession of usable handguns in the... The Herald News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2041090/posts#comment Sat, 5 Jul 2008 14:25:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2040979/posts ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. -- A new state law went on the books Tuesday saying people could bring guns to work if they kept them locked in their car. Disney, though, said it was exempt from the new law and its 62,000 employees needed to keep their guns at home. Friday, a worker who protested the park’s decision told Channel 9 he was suspended. The worker was well aware that he could end up losing his job when he took the gun to work Friday morning, but said that the principle at stake means enough to him that he was willing... wftv http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2040979/posts#comment Sat, 5 Jul 2008 04:48:35 GMT