Guns
Bureau of Justice Statistics reports that gun-related homicides have declined
Oops. The Bureau of Justice Statistics reports that gun-related homicides have declined 39% from 1993 to 2011. The report offers no reasons for the steep decline, but most certainly will have some effect on the gun debate – like fixing things that aren’t broken. For both fatal and nonfatal firearm victimizations, the majority of the […]
NRA’s Life of Duty; Frontlines Special Report: Boston
The folks at the NRA send us a link to their report on the Boston marathon bombing; NRA Life of Duty presented by Brownells, Inc. and FNH USAhave teamed to bring you a special report straight from the Frontlines of the Boston Marathon. For those present, it was the most horrific experience of their lives. […]
Tuesday feel good story
Chief Tango sends us links to the story about a Lubbock, TX homeowner who heard his dogs barking in his yard and went to investigate when he encountered an intruder forcing his way into the house. Police say a suspect, whose name has not been released, forced his way into the home through the front […]
Kokesh to march on DC again
Folks have been sending me links all day about Adam Kokesh’s plan to march on DC with loaded guns from Virginia on July 4th. He’s hoping to assemble a thousand of his followers – in fact, he says he won’t march if he doesn’t get at least a thousand. From Salon; Whether Kokesh actually goes […]
Cruz challenges Bite Me to debate
Politico reports some of the best blogging news I’ve heard since the 2012 vice presidential debate between Paul Ryan and Joe Bite Me. Senator Ted Cruz who almost made Dianne Feinstein cry during their discussion of gun control, has challenged Joe Bite Me to a “discussion” on reducing crime (i.e. gun control); Cruz indicated that […]
Music store owner assaulted with club, shoots criminal
UpNorth sends us the news from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette that music store owner Alfred Armen and his wife were assaulted in their business by a man with a club; The man stayed in the store for two or three minutes, went outside to his car, and came back in with some type of wooden club, […]
Wednesday feel good story
Fox News reports that Shawn Schank, an Iraq veteran, stopped a gas station robbery with an evil scary black rifle and his foot in Shingleton, Michigan on Sunday; State police said Shawn Schank was inside the gas station about 4:10 a.m. Sunday in Shingleton, an Upper Peninsula community in Alger County, when two people wearing […]
Tuesday feel good story
Chief Tango sends us a link to the story of a shop owner in Alabama who was forced to shoot a man who held a shot gun to the owner’s head while the thief attempted to rob him; “He had a shot gun and held it to my head. I saw my life passing by […]
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