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D.C. Councilman Calls For Disarming Police Officers (Along With Civilians)
It’s no secret that the Washington DC City Council wants to disarm pretty much every citizen in the district, but now we have one of the members calling for even police officers to be disarmed. That’s right, independent Councilman David Grosso said at Wednesday night’s meeting. According to WJLA, Grosso said his staff has urged […]
Fisherman in California Catches ATF Agent’s Gun and Badge in Lake
Yet another fishing story where the catch ended up being a firearm. A fisherman at Castaic Lake in California was in for a bit of a surprise when he hauled in a backpack containing a handgun, a Dept of Treasury Badge, and a pager. According to the LA Times, California’s lingering drought has lowered the […]
Homeowner Shoots Armed Suspect Who Attacked and Pistol Whipped Him
Not a lot of info on this one as of right now, but it sounds like a good shoot from all info currently available. According to one local media report, According to the Boone County Sheriff’s Department, deputies responded at about 2:30 Saturday morning to a reported burglary in progress in the 5500 block of […]
Criminals Find a Way: Australian Police Crack Down on “Pen Guns”
Meanwhile, in the gun control utopia of Australia, police have arrested a man they say has been supplying biker gangs with dozens of compact guns. According to The Sydney Morning Herald, Police have smashed a Sydney pen-gun syndicate accused of supplying miniature weapons to bikies and organised criminals. The James Bond-inspired weapons are made to […]
FL Resident Who Shot Three Home Invaders, Killing Two, is Now Facing Drug Charges
While this is technically a defensive gun use, we’re not filing it in the database as one of our requirements is that the victim be a “law abiding gun owner”. In this case, it looks like the victim may have been involved in some illegal activities. While marijuana may be decriminalized in some states, Florida […]
MRI Machine Magnetically Grabs Officer’s Gun and Fires It
This is an incident from 2002, but we just saw it, so here it is. A police officer who was preparing to have an MRI scan performed found himself disarmed and his gun in the possession of the MRI machine, which fired it. Here is the full explanation from a paper written on the incident […]
Son Shoots and Kills His Abusive Father In Defense of His Mother
This is a sad story all around out of Bay County, Florida. However, without the son taking action, it is likely his mother would be dead or grievously injured today. Here is the press release from the sheriff’s office: The Bay County Sheriff’s Office responded to a 911 call at 2:39 p.m. today in reference […]
California Homeowner Defends Wife by Shooting and Killing Home Invader With 911 on the Phone
Yet another story that shows that when seconds count, the police are only minutes away. A husband had to use deadly force to defend himself, his wife and his home from a home invader earlier this week as his wife talked to a 911 operator. According to PE.com, About 10:45 p.m., a woman called 911 […]
WHY I CARRY: Father is Shot in Front of His Entire Family During Home Invasion
Here is another one of our “Why I Carry” stories. These stories, unlike our defensive gun use stories, take a look at situations that may have turned out very differently if the victim(s) had been armed. These stories are the “other side of the coin” so to speak and serve as an important reminder as […]
Kroger Manager Gives Moms Demand Action Cronies the Cold Shoulder
Moms Demand Action founder Shannon Watts took to Twitter this weekend to voice her displeasure over the fact that a Kroger manager in Ohio gave her cronies the cold shoulder when they tried to deliver some protest signatures to the store. Here is the tweet in question: .@Kroger mngr in #Ohio refuses to take @MomsDemand […]
FBI Report: You’re More Likely to Die From a Lightning Strike Than in a Mass Shooting
Mass shootings get a ridiculously disproportionate amount of coverage in the media. A single incident will dominate our 24 hour news cycle and headlines for days, if not weeks. However, how likely are you really to be killed in one of these events? A new FBI report shed some light on this question. According to […]
Good Samaritan Who Was Changing a Tire Was Shot During Robbery, but Managed to Return Fire
An unidentified good Samaritan in Cleveland, Ohio is in critical condition after being shot in the chest during an armed robbery attempt. It all started when the man tried to help two women change a flat tire. According to a local media report: The victim, who police say was assisting two females change a tire, […]
Alabama: Use of Firearm Suppressors for Hunting Legal as of October 1
It looks like the state of Alabama has joined several other states and it is now legal to use silencers (aka sound suppressors) during hunting. The following is via the NRA-ILA. On October 1, the use of firearm sound suppressors became legal for all hunting in Alabama. Previously, the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural […]
ABC Uses Entire Episode of Primetime Drama “Scandal” To Push Anti-Gun Agenda
ABC’s political drama “Scandal” focuses on a Washington DC crisis management firm that serves the White House and the fictional presidential administration. In the second episode of the show’s fourth season, in what is going to be the fictional president’s state of the union address, a school shooting mirroring the Sandy Hook shooting happened.
[Video] TX Homeowner Was Tied Up by Home Invaders, Manages to Escape, Shoots Two Suspects
A homeowner in the Houston area of Texas faced a terrifying situation when three armed men burst into his home in broad daylight late last week. The homeowner was home with one of his roommate’s sons when the suspects burst into the home, held the two at gunpoint and tied them up. Fortunately, the homeowner […]
[Video] Armed Bar Patron in Texas Ignores Carry Law, Shoots and Kills 2 of 4 Armed Robbers
What’s the saying? Better to be judged by 12 than carried by 6? While we don’t advise people to break carry laws it looks like doing just that might have saved some lives at a Texas bar. According to KHOU, Just after closing around 2:30 Saturday morning, four armed men barged in at EJ’s Place […]
WHY I CARRY: Man Released From Jail Early, Then Stabs His Wife Repeatedly, Despite Restraining Order
Here is another one of our “Why I Carry” stories. These stories, unlike our defensive gun use stories, take a look at situations that may have turned out very differently if the victim(s) had been armed. These stories are the “other side of the coin” so to speak and serve as an important reminder as […]
Resident Shoots 2 Home Invaders, Killing 1, as Family Member Begs 911 For Help
A mother and her 9 month old child hid in a closet, begging a 911 operator to send officers as two home invaders broke into her home. Fortunately, another person at the home was also armed and was able to open fire on the two suspects. According to LimaOhio.com, Sandra Wilson said 25-year-old Markquis Hall […]
[Video] Pro-Mag Leaves Anti-Gun California to Constitutional Carry Arizona
Pro-Mag, one of the largest manufacturers of magazines in the world has completely moved their operations from the anti-gun state of California to the state of Arizona. Arizona is regarded as being extremely pro Second Amendment and is one of only a handful of states with true constitutional carry. General manager Mike Kurvink said that […]
Son Defends His Mother and Young Girls, Shoots and Kills 1 of 3 Early Morning Home Invaders
An early morning home invasion in Texas turned deadly, for the suspects that is. Three men burst into a home around 4:30am in Harris County, Texas. According to KHOU, Family members told deputies that their mother was in the kitchen cooking breakfast with three young granddaughters when the armed men broke in. The woman’s adult […]