http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/gunssavelives/ en-us Tue, 12 Feb 2013 15:03:11 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2987720/posts Full Title: A subreddit dedicated to cataloging incidents in the United States where legally-owned guns are used to deter or stop violent crime. Rules are few, but important: Posts should primarily be direct links to news articles describing the incident. Articles regarding defensive gun use statistics are also welcomed, as are stories of DGUs gone wrong, or incidents where the defensive gun user had no business pulling the trigger. Copy the headline from the article. Don't make stuff up or editorialize. Note the city/state if it's not part of the article's title, like this: (Birmingham, AL) Note the date of... Reddit http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2987720/posts#comment Tue, 12 Feb 2013 15:03:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2914836/posts Guns Save Life and their honcho John Boch have made plenty of news in the last few weeks. And a few waves, too. They’re the group that raked in thousands by hauling a load of busted junkers up north to Mogadishu on Lake Michigan, all to fund an NRA gun camp for kids. But not everyone was amused. So when the Champaign-Urbana area – that’s Guns Save Life’s back yard – held their own buyback yesterday (final tally: 104 guns collected), they were braced for a repeat performance. Here’s John’s account of one participant’s experience . . . The former... The Truth About Guns http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2914836/posts#comment Sun, 5 Aug 2012 13:52:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2795045/posts EAST NAPLES — A clerk at a landmark East Naples corner store shot and killed a man Tuesday as he attempted to rob the family-run shop and flee with her 1-year-old daughter. The man, whose name was not released, demanded money from Elizabeth Easterly, a clerk at Del’s 24 Hour Food Store, and then grabbed a stroller that held Easterly’s baby, said Del Ackerman, the store’s owner and Easterly’s grandfather. Easterly, 22, was alone during a shift change, running the shop with her 1- and 2-year-old daughters there, Ackerman said. “I almost lost my two babies,” Ackerman said of his... Naples News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2795045/posts#comment Wed, 19 Oct 2011 16:26:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1918236/posts On Sunday, Bob Mette and his son, Mike, 30, will go to the game at Soldier Field to watch the Bears play the Lions. On Monday, Bob will drive Mike to Iowa, to prison. Mike Mette, until recently a Chicago police officer, is scheduled to begin serving a 5-year prison sentence. His crime? According to the judge's ruling, Mike threw one punch at an angry drunk who chased Mike down the street and attacked him verbally, physically, repeatedly. The drunk is fine now, golfing, having attended college in Dubuque. The last time I checked he was adding to his resume... Chicago Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1918236/posts#comment Tue, 30 Oct 2007 04:38:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1888344/posts Few tragedies make their victims feel more helpless than multiple-victim shootings. Imagine the terror: Unable to escape, simply waiting for the killer. Virginia Tech’s just released report on how to stop future tragedies was pretty disappointing, and this coming week’s Virginia Governor’s task force report isn’t likely to be any better. The university proposes more counseling ... But one glaring omission remains: The report failed to ask whether there were any common features or similarities among the different multiple-victim public shooting tragedies. And what happens if these policies fail? Should there be some ultimate protection upon which the university can... FOX News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1888344/posts#comment Wed, 29 Aug 2007 16:52:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1376507/posts An east side homeowner confronts burglars with gun in hand, for the second time in four days! George Shandy grew up in the home on Dawson, and still takes care of it. That's what he was doing on Saturday, when he shot a burglar in the arm. That suspect was arrested. When Shandy went to the home Tuesday, he noticed the front door was open, and someone had stolen a China hutch. The burglars had left a washer and dryer, as well as a refrigerator, in the center of the living room. Shandy had a hunch the crooks would be... WOAI-TV http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1376507/posts#comment Sun, 3 Apr 2005 13:57:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1350343/posts <p>Shots have been fired at the Smith County courthouse. Four shot, two confirmed dead. Suspect is in custody at Highway 271 and Gentry. Stay tuned to KLTV and KLTV.com for more.</p> kltv.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1350343/posts#comment Thu, 24 Feb 2005 20:04:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1328982/posts Tuesday, January 25, 2005 · Last updated 7:09 p.m. PT Dozens turn out in opposition to gun control bills By RACHEL LA CORTE ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER OLYMPIA, Wash. -- Dozens of gun control opponents packed a Senate hearing Tuesday on several bills that would ban assault weapons, close the gun show loophole and ban weapons from the Capitol. In the largest committee meeting since the legislative session began Jan. 10, about 200 people filled the Senate judiciary hearing room and an overflow room. Citizen opponents appeared to far outnumber the proponents, who were mostly lawmakers, public officials and antigun groups.... Seattle Post Intelligencer http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1328982/posts#comment Wed, 26 Jan 2005 16:42:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/944846/posts One man was shot to death and another was wounded after they forced a man inside his East Memphis home Friday night, police said. The shooting was at 4555 Dunn near Perkins and Willow. Insp. Richard Sojourner said the shooting came after two men confronted the resident of the Dunn home at a Union Planters ATM at Perkins and Quince. They ordered him to withdraw money, but the machine kept his ATM card. They forced the man back into his car, Sojourner said, and went to another ATM, where the same thing happened with a second ATM card. The two... Memphis Commercial-Appeal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/944846/posts#comment Sat, 12 Jul 2003 13:35:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/765882/posts Newspaper carrier kills gunman at Birmingham store The Associated Press 10/8/02 1:50 PM BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) -- A newspaper carrier filling racks at a convenience store became a hero to the clerk by gunning down a robber who had put a shotgun to the clerk's head. Sam Harper, 43, was filling racks with Monday's edition of The Birmingham News when he saw a man put on a wig, burst into the store screaming and aim a shotgun only inches away from clerk Tom Burtnett. Harper grabbed his gun, went inside and fired. "I just reacted," Harper said. "It was total... Birmingham News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/765882/posts#comment Wed, 9 Oct 2002 15:52:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/652199/posts MIDI - TEDDY BEARS PICNIC She's well-prepared and would take them on at L.A.'s own Harbor College To argue with the gun grabber crowd, it's great to be armed with knowledge There is one thing that she has learned right Don't use a knife if it's a gun fight Today, our AnnaZ had ripped them a new one She and Herrst did an awesome job…poor Jennifer started crying When Blek came out there was no surprise…immediately he's lying There is one thing that she has learned right Don't use a knife if it's a gun fight Today, our AnnaZ... DFU SONG PARODIES http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/652199/posts#comment Sat, 23 Mar 2002 18:50:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/651979/posts MIDI - CAMP GRENADA Oh my goodness…Sarah Brady…of a weapon…you're afraidy For your husband, we feel sorry…but, my dear, that's only part of this whole story Bad guys have guns, and you know it…good guys need them…you can stow it Use your head, dear…think about it…guns each year prevent a million crimes, don't doubt it It's amusing…for your child…over rifles…he's gone wild You're the straw man…for the buying…we are laughing so darn hard that we are crying Hypocrite witch…that is fitting…we were asking, are you kidding You are shouting from the steeple…guns are for my son but not for... DFU SONG PARODIES http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/651979/posts#comment Sat, 23 Mar 2002 04:54:44 GMT