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FL Homeowner Pretends to Have a Gun and Captures Three Burglary Suspects

Mon, 09/29/2014 - 00:13
A homeowner in Florida apparently didn’t even need a gun to capture burglary suspects in his home late last week. The man came home to find three masked intruders in his home. He acted quickly and called police, however that wasn’t the only action he took. According to ABC13, The man said he grabbed a […]

Restaurant in Louisiana Offers Discount to Customers Carrying Firearms

Mon, 09/29/2014 - 00:03
With the huge pushing being made by Bloomberg’s gun control groups to get corporations to ban legally carried firearms on their property, other companies are coming out in favor of legal gun carry. We’ve already published stories about restaurants that welcome or even encourage customers to legally carry their firearms and now we have a […]

Follow Up: Woman Who Shot Stalker in the Chest Posts Chilling Account Online – “I Shot My Stalker”

Fri, 09/26/2014 - 16:01
Earlier today we reported that a Las Vegas woman shot a man who had been stalking her once in the chest as he tried to break into her apartment. We now have a lot more insight than was provided by the police or local media. The woman in this case actually posted about her stalker […]

[Video] Woman Shoots Ex-Boyfriend in the Chest After Police Didn’t Arrive in Time to Stop Him

Fri, 09/26/2014 - 14:43
A Las Vegas, Nevada woman has to use deadly force to defend herself when her ex-boyfriend kicked down the door of her apartment in the middle of the night. The woman called police when the suspect started banging on her door, but they didn’t arrive before he broke through. The woman fired two shots from […]

California Woman Had Gun Held to Her Head by Armed Robber, but She Has a Surprise…

Fri, 09/26/2014 - 10:43
TURLOCK, CALIFORNIA – A California woman who had a gun held to her head by an armed robber remained calm and realized that she had to get her gun. The woman told the suspect that her valuables were stored in a safe. When she went to open it she didn’t pull out money or jewelry, […]

Good Guy With a Gun Shoots Stabbing Spree Suspect Multiple Times at OK Factory

Thu, 09/25/2014 - 23:49
First off, I have to point out that this incident was originally reported as being an active/mass shooter by many people on social media and even in some media outlets. In reality what we have here is another bad guy who would have hurt a lot more people had it not been for the presence […]

[Video] 11 Year Old Girl Shoots Man Who Attacked and Stabbed Her Mother, Saves Her Life

Thu, 09/25/2014 - 01:39
Heroes come in all sizes and all ages, as illustrated by this story. An 11 year old girl in Oklahoma has certainly earned that title after her brave actions to defend her mother yesterday. After a violent ex-boyfriend came to Brandy Moreno’s home (who she had a protective order against), he attacked and stabbed her. […]

BREAKING: PA Mom Who Was Arrested in NJ For Her Legal Gun Will Be Allowed to Do Pretrial Diversion

Thu, 09/25/2014 - 01:26
The Philadelphia mother facing prison time for bringing her legally registered gun into New Jersey will be allowed into a diversion program, Atlantic County Prosecutor Jim McClain has announced. McClain originally denied Shaneen Allen pretrial intervention because he said the state’s Graves Act did not allow for the exception. But, today, the attorney general released […]

Moms Demand Action Activist Allegedly Says Nazi Leaders’ Words are “Words to Live By”

Wed, 09/24/2014 - 09:12
An activist who works with Moms Demand Action, had an interesting conversation on Twitter earlier this week with some pro-gun folks. She allegedly actually admitted that she agreed with Nazi Minister of Propaganda Joseph Goebbels’ quote that “If you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear”. She has since changed her Twitter username […]

[Video] Senator’s Live Pigeon Shoot Fundraiser Draws Criticism from Animal Rights Groups

Wed, 09/24/2014 - 01:53
US Senator James Inhofe is taking some heat from animal rights groups. Apparently the senator hosted and took part in a pigeon shoot to raise money for his reelection campaign. We aren’t talking clay pigeons here either. We’re talking live birds being thrown into the air (much like clay pigeons) and shot by participants. The […]

Truck Stop Employee Shoots One Armed Robber While Another Employee Tackles a Second

Wed, 09/24/2014 - 01:50
Yeah, yeah, cue the one-armed robber jokes. A pair of would-be armed robbers certainly had their hands full with the employees of a truck stop in Kentucky. According to Kentucky.com, Two men had entered the truck stop, and the one holding a gun demanded money. “The store owner had a weapon and fired at the […]

New Jersey Newspaper Calls For Australian Style Gun Confiscations in America

Wed, 09/24/2014 - 01:37
Well, that escalated quickly. Instead of the normal debates about universal background checks and semi-auto weapons bans, NJ.com went straight for the jugular of gun owning Americans. In a recent op-ed, the news website (which is also associated with several print papers) called for the nuclear option in the gun control debate – mandatory gun […]

Discovery Channel Shopping Around for “Sons of Guns” Replacement?

Wed, 09/24/2014 - 01:01
It seems that Discovery might be shopping around for a new gun related show to replace the recently canceled “Sons of Guns”. The following call for a location and subject is apparently out on the interwebz. I am currently on the hunt for a family owned and operated trading post, gun store or all in […]

Armed Robbers in St. Louis Rob 3 Elderly Couples Saying “This is For Michael Brown!”

Wed, 09/24/2014 - 00:55
Apparently some people in the St. Louis, Missouri area think that the best way to honor the deceased Michael Brown is by robbing elderly couples at gun point. According to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, A gunman who robbed six people leaving a restaurant in St. Louis Saturday night told them “this is for Michael Brown” […]

TIME Magazine Comes Out for Banning Private Sales…Again

Wed, 09/24/2014 - 00:47
The following article is via the NRA-ILA, With apologies to popular songwriter Paul Simon, Time magazine is apparently “still crazy after all these years.”  Crazy about gun control, that is. On Monday, Time, which has supported gun control for decades, ran an article subtly promoting “universal background checks” on firearm transfers.  Titled “How Little Has Changed on Gun […]

Washington DC City Council Votes to Legalize Concealed Carry… Kind Of… Not Really…

Wed, 09/24/2014 - 00:42
As we suspected last week an extremely strict set of laws governing the issue of concealed carry permits in Washington DC was passed unanimously by the city council yesterday. The move is meant to put DC in compliance with a ruling in the Palmer v DC court case which states that having absolutely no way […]

[Video] Store Clerk Shoots and Kills 2 of 3 Armed Robbers in Gunfight

Tue, 09/23/2014 - 15:27
A Marathon gas station clerk in Canton, Ohio found himself in a gunfight with three armed robbers last night. Despite the odds being stacked against him, it was the would be robbers that ended up on the losing end of the fight. The clerk struck two of the suspects. All three suspects were able to […]

NY Anti-Gun Activist Illegally Carries Gun on School Property, Gets Slap on the Wrist Community Service

Tue, 09/23/2014 - 12:30
Dwayne Ferguson, an anti-gun activist in Buffalo, New York “accidentally” carried his gun into a school last year. He was arrested and was just sentenced today. He got three years of probation and 100 hours of community service. I wonder if a pro-gun advocate would get a similar sentence in New York? Don’t get me […]

[Video] Manager of Meat Market Shoots Armed Robber in the Back of the Head, Saves Teenage Clerk

Tue, 09/23/2014 - 04:13
An armed robber entered a Houston, Texas meat market that has been open for over 60 years and demanded money from a teenage clerk. The manager of the business was in an office across the room from the counter with a window facing the action. After observing what was going on, the manager grabbed a […]

Man Shot in Target Parking Lot in GA Just Weeks After Target Requests “No Guns” in Their Stores

Tue, 09/23/2014 - 04:01
I guess that bad guys with guns don’t read corporate memos. It looks like we have another shooting in a Target parking lot, just weeks after Target requested that gun owners leave their guns at home (Target’s policy is not a ban). According to the Atlanta Journal of Constitution, Sandy Springs police have arrested a […]

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