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9-year-old accidentally shoots instructor

| August 27, 2014 | 50 Comments
9-year-old accidentally shoots instructor

Folks have been sending us this link yesterday from Fox News about the 9-year-old girl who accidentally shot her instructor in the head with a fully-automatic Uzi submachine gun. No one has mentioned the caliber, but I’m guessing it was a nine millimeter version, but I know Uzis come a .380 caliber and .45 caliber […]

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Good guys in Ferguson

| August 13, 2014 | 42 Comments
Good guys in Ferguson

While rioters and looters tore up Ferguson, Missouri, the suburb of St Louis, while they seek some sort retribution for the youngster gunned down by a police officer, there were some businesses that were untouched for very good reasons according to the Washington Times; Mike Gutierrez, owner of the tattoo shop, rounded up his friends, […]

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NC sheriff: Arm yourselves

| August 6, 2014 | 15 Comments
NC sheriff: Arm yourselves

According to the Washington Times, yet another lawman has come out to urge residents of his county to protect themselves until his deputies can get to the scene. Harnett County Sheriff Larry Rollins told a crowd Monday night at the Spring Hill United Methodist Church that there has been an explosion of violence and crime […]

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More open carry antics

| August 5, 2014 | 35 Comments
More open carry antics

Remember last November when Paul Anthony Ciancia took his scary black gun in the Los Angeles airport and shot up the place? He killed one TSA agent and wounded two others. I guess that wasn’t on the mind of Peter Nathan Steinmetz when he made his “political statement” on July 25th when he strolled around […]

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Judge Frederick J. Scullin institutes stay in DC gun ruling

| July 30, 2014 | 6 Comments
Judge Frederick J. Scullin institutes stay in DC gun ruling

Whoops, DC almost had a little freedom there for a moment, until U.S. District Judge Frederick J. Scullin at the request of the city attorney, instituted a 90-stay of execution to his ruling that DC’s gun ban laws were in contradiction to the Second Amendment. From the Washington Post; D.C. Police Chief Cathy L. Lanier […]

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Metro DC police won’t enforce gun ban

| July 28, 2014 | 21 Comments
Metro DC police won’t enforce gun ban

The Washington Post reports that Chief Cathy Lanier of DC’s Metropolitan Police Department has instructed her officers that DC’s residents who are in possession of legally registered gun outside of their homes won’t be subject to the gun laws that were overturned this weekend. The lifting of the ban includes non-residents of the District. In […]

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DC gun ban on carrying weapons falls

| July 27, 2014 | 29 Comments
DC gun ban on carrying weapons falls

So this happened this weekend in Palmer v. DC; IV. CONCLUSION Having reviewed the parties’ submissions and the applicable law, and for the above-stated reasons, the Court hereby GRANTS Plaintiffs’ motion for summary judgment and DENIES Defendants’ cross-motion for summary judgment; and the Court further ORDERS that Defendants, their officers, agents, servants, employees and all […]

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Background check fail

| July 23, 2014 | 13 Comments
Background check fail

AW1Ed sends us a link to Newser and their story about 18-year-old Elijah Williams who sold a gun to 24-year-old Tyrone Moore who was out on the street as a parolee. Young Elijah has since regretted the ownership transfer of his firearm to Tyrone. Investigators believe that Williams and another 18-year-old, Moore’s cousin Hailes Cole, […]

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