Guns
Trigger control
From North Webster, Indiana comes the story of 25-year-old Allie Carter who was accidentally shot by her dog in an ironic accident. She laid her shotgun on the ground without the safe switch engaged and the excited dog took advantage of the opportunity to prance around on the gun until it discharged, injuring the young […]
ABC/WP poll; gun violence is mental health issue
ABC News releases their poll in conjuction with the Washignton Post which reveals that 63% of Americans see the issue of gun violence as a mental health issue rather than a gun control legislation issue. One reason is that 63 percent see mass shootings as more a reflection of problems in identifying and treating people […]
10,000 stolen guns found in South Carolina
SJ sends us a link to a story from Pageland, South Carolina about Brent Nicholson of Union County, North Carolina who was arrested for being in possession of more than 10,000 stolen firearms; “His name always popped up regarding stolen property and we finally got enough info for a search warrant,” Brooks said. Sheriffs deputies […]
Gallup: Americans think that more guns make us safer
This should have the anti-gunners in the media spinning like a loom. Gallup reports that in their latest poll (October 7-11) which asked Americans, with a random sample of 1,015 adults, aged 18 and older, living in all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia, if trained armed and licensed citizens would make us […]
Free 9mm Ammo; Ammo Ambassadors
The folks at Ammunition To Go wrote to tell us that they want to give you some 9mm ammo, so without further adieu; Here’s how it’ll work: Find a new shooter who hasn’t been to the range and experienced the joy of shooting before. Download a target off our site and take them to the […]
The Oregon shooting thing
This doofus took two handguns and a rifle to Umpqua Community College yesterday and if any of the news reports are to be believed, he killed about ten people and wounded a score. According to Yahoo News, he lined up his victims and asked them their religious preference and then shot all of the Christians. […]
UT Supreme Court: self-defense trumps company policy
According to Salt Lakes’ Fox 13 back in 2011, a group of Walmart employees were fired when they wrested control of a firearm from a disenchanted shopper. Apparently Walmart policy dictated that they should have disengaged, withdrew and alert authorities instead. Well, the Utah Supreme Court sided with those employees against Walmart and ruled that […]
19-year-old shoots himself while taking selfie
Bobo sends us a link from Houston, Texas where 19-year-old father of two Deleon Alonso Smith shot himself in the throat with a handgun that he and his cousin “found” earlier in the day. Smith was taking a “selfie” at the time of his negligent discharge, and he thought the gun wasn’t loaded. In the […]
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