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It’s stuff straight out of a Bond movie. And now it’s being trumpeted once again by the Obama administration, specifically Eric Holder, to talk about gun issue.

What is it? Technology that prevents a gun from being fired by anyone but the lawful owner.

“I think that one of the things that we learned when we were trying to get passed those common sense reforms last year, Vice President Biden and I had a meeting with a group of technology people and talked about how guns can be made more safe,” Holder told Congress on Friday.

“By making them — either through finger print identification, the gun talks to a bracelet or something that you might wear, — how guns can be used only by the person who is lawfully in possession of the weapon,” he added. “It’s those kinds of things that I think we want to try to explore so that we can make sure that people have the ability to enjoy their Second Amendment rights, while at the same time decreasing the misuse of weapons that lead to the kinds of things that we see on a daily basis, where people where, kids especially, are struck down.”

A knife-wielding criminal, who police say tried to force his way into a Alabama woman’s home after claiming he needed help, is no longer living. He was shot dead by the female homeowner who feared for her life and that of her niece.

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Another suspect was arrested and charged with first degree robbery in connection with the case on Friday morning.

Police say 18-year-old Mikel Steven Smith, of Marbury, Ala., first knocked on the door of the woman’s Autauga County home and told her he needed help and was “broke down.” When she came to the door, Smith pushed the door open and entered the home with a knife.

With her life clearly threatened, the armed wom

Retired Col. Jack Jacobs, a Medal of Honor Recipient, clearly does not like to be interrupted while he’s talking. It’s an understandable reaction given his storied military career.

He made that much clear during a debate on MSNBC over whether or not soldiers should be armed on military bases in an effort to prevent tragedies like the Fort Hood shooting. Author and gun rights advocate John Lott cut him off when he said arming soldiers is a “foolish response” — and that’s when things got a little tense.

“Arming everybody on post seems to me a very foolish response,” Jacobs said.

“Well, I—“ Lott began, but was quickly shut down.

“No, be quiet,” Jacobs replied sternly, turning to the camera and pointing his finger at Lott.

On July 9, 2013, a bill to recognize Illinois gun owners’ right to carry concealed firearms was passed by both chambers of the state Legislature. Illinois became the last state in the nation to allow public possession of concealed guns.

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Gun control advocates warned that high-crime areas, like Chicago, would only see more violence if residents were allowed to carry guns in public.

In reality, the opposite appears to be happening.

On Tuesday, the Chicago Police Department announced that the city experienced its lowest murder rate since 1958 in the first quarter of 2014. There were 6 fewer murders than the same

If there’s one place that you definitely shouldn’t lose it and start stabbing someone, it’s in front of the police headquarters of a major city. One suspect in Dallas found that out the hard way on Friday.

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It all started when two employees of a trucking business saw a man acting suspiciously within a fenced-in area near the property. When they attempted to escort him away, Lt. Max Geron — a spokesman with the Dallas police — said he pulled out a knife and started repeatedly stabbing one of the employees.

One of the employees, a woman, began screaming

Criminals, crazed maniacs, and terrorists always obey the rules.

After all, Sandy Hook Elementary School’s gun-free policy deterred Adam Lanza from his sadistic plot to slaughter children in Newtown, Conn. The same policy at Rocori High School stopped Jason McLaughlin from pulling a gun on his fellow students in my childhood home of Cold Spring, Minn. In the same vein, the Cinemark Theater chain’s gun-free zone policy certainly dissuaded James Holmes from his plan to walk into a dark room of unsuspecting movie goers in Aurora, Colo. and blast the life out of them.

Indeed, criminals, crazed maniacs, and terrorists always obey the rules.

Right.

Here’s a concept—murder is also against the law. Yet thousands of people are murdered every year in the United States. Just because something is “illegal” or “banned” stops few who want to get away with it (or at least make the attempt) if they really want.

A Missouri-based gun manufacturer announced this week the release of a line of “New York Compliant” rifles, a market-based response to the Empire State’s strict new gun laws.

“With the continual trampling of the 2nd Amendment in New York, Black Rain Ordnance is proud to announce their ‘New York Compliant’ rifles,” the group said in a statement on its website. “These rifles feature all of the quality and craftsmanship of the standard BRO-lines, but with the added features that allow for legal possession.”

Features that make Black Rain Ordnance’s new rifles compliant with New York’s guns laws include: No pistol grip, a non-threaded muzzle fixed stock, 10-round low capacity approved magazine and a Lo-Pro gas block “without the evil bayonet lug.”

Staff Sgt. Alonzo Lunsford (Ret.) was shot seven times when gunfire rang out at Ft. Hood in 2009. And on Thursday morning in the wake of the latest tragedy on the base, he offered a solution to protecting military members on bases that’s sure to rile the anti-gun crowd: arm the soldiers.

“I am extremely angry,” he said on “Fox and Friends.” He went on to criticize the government for giving people “what they wanted to hear” instead of fixing the issue.

“We are trained to be able to be able to operate these weapons and make good decisions with the weapons. As I stated before, guns don’t kill people, people kill people,” he explained. “But if you are allowed to carry the weapons on the base, that’s a deterrent. Even if you have a terrorist that’s going to try to do something against our country they won’t do it because they know what the end result will be. Or if you have a disgruntled person, they won’t do it because they know what the end result will be.”

He also went on to say that the process for soldiers with PTSD needs to be assessed, since those who go in for help don’t immediately get it.

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Danny Jones, the mayor of Charleston, W.Va., completely lost his cool during a debate over recently-passed legislation intended to make gun laws more “uniform” across the state. The interview aired on WOWK-TV on March 16.

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Joining him on the program was West Virginia Senate Majority Leader John Unger (R), who sponsored the new law intended to keep local governments from crafting gun rules stricter than their state’s or the federal government.

With Democratic Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin’s approval earlier this month, West Virginia nixed the right for cities to outlaw guns at their swimming pools, tennis courts, after-school centers and similar city venues. Under the new law, concealed carry permit

A San Antonio man was reportedly arrested while openly carrying his rifle while on a walk near his home on Monday. The incident, which was video recorded by the gun owner, started out as a calm and reasonable conversation but ended dramatically with cops tasing the man before they put him in handcuffs.

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While it is perfectly legal to openly carry a rifle in Texas, police reportedly arrested Henry Vichique, 19, under a local ordinance that apparently prohibits residents from carrying a loaded rifle or shotgun within city limits.

In a video posted on YouTube Monday, Vichique is seen being approached by officers and immediately ordered to put his rif

MIDDLETOWN (TheBlaze/AP) – Connecticut State Police are reminding firearms owners that state regulations on long guns will change Tuesday.

Antique gun collector Mark Witaschek has been at the center of a legal controversy in Washington, D.C. that has spanned roughly two years. His story made national news after his home was raided by more than 30 police officers in full tactical gear searching for “firearms and ammunition … gun cleaning equipment, holsters, bullet holders and ammunition receipts.”

Witaschek says he and his girlfriend were handcuffed and had guns pointed at their heads, and his son was yanked out of the shower and treated similarly.

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A trio of criminals reportedly broke into a North Beaver Township, Pa., home early Friday morning and pistol-whipped one of the residents.

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However, when the man managed to get his hands on a rifle, the thugs’ demeanor changed completely.

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A businessman and avid antique gun collector received some bad news this week when a Washington, D.C., judge found him guilty of “attempted possession of unlawful ammunition” — or more precisely, antique replica muzzleloader bullets.

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Mark Witaschek was sentenced Wednesday to time served, a $50 fine and enrollment within 48 hours in the Metropolitan Police Department’s firearm offenders’ registry, the Washington Times reported.

You may recall the 2012 police

In what could be a future case study on firearms, fatal self-defense shootings are on the rise in Detroit. Instead of victims, criminals are increasingly facing armed citizens determined to defend themselves and their homes.

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On Tuesday, a Detroit man reportedly shot and killed two men he said tried to break into his home. Assuming the shooting is ruled self-defense, that means there have been 10 fatal self-defense shootings in Detroit in 2014 so far.

“Detroit has traditionally had a large percentage of the nation’s justifiable homicides by citizens. In 2012, the last year for which natio

A gun owner in Flint Township, Mich., has filed a lawsuit claiming he was stopped and arrested while legally openly carrying his pistol back in December. He ended up spending Christmas in jail.

Flint Township police say the man’s gun was covered by his coat, making the arrest legal. The police dashcam video of the incident doesn’t prove either side’s story conclusively, but it does provide some additional insight.

In the video, John David McMorris, 21, can be seen stopping and putting his hands over his head when an officer turned on his police car lights. The gun appears to be visible on his right hip in the video — and Michigan is an open carry state.

Jim Fuller is a retired electrician. He spent years wiring, welding and learning the high art of attention to detail in his craft. But for years he dreamed of a different line of work; he wanted to open up a company to build and sell reliable firearms. And in 2007, he and his wife Karen did just that.

“In my lifetime, we’ve gone from seeing people have large, nice walnut cases where they displayed their firearms; it was a status symbol,” Fuller, the president of Rifle Dynamics, told TheBlaze. “Nowadays people have to hide them in a locked case under the bed.”

Jim Fuller, the 68-year-old (and bearded) president of Rifle Dynamics, instructs an AK-47 build class. (Image via Rifle Dynamics)

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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A California state senator who authored gun control legislation asked for campaign donations in exchange for introducing an undercover FBI agent to an arms trafficker, according to court documents unsealed Wednesday.

FILE – In this May 25, 2012 file, State Sen. Leland Yee, D-San Francisco, speaks at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif. Yee was arrested Wednesday, March 26, 2014, during a series of raids in the San Francisco Bay Area. FBI spokesman Peter Lee declined to discuss the charges, citing an ongoing investigation. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

The allegations against State Sen. Leland Yee were outlined in an FBI affidavit in support of a criminal complaint. The affidavit accuses Yee of conspiracy to deal firearms without a license and to illegally import firearms. He was arrested Wednesday.

Alabama congressional candidate Will Brooke has released a light-hearted new ad in which he has some fun exercising his Second Amendment rights in order to “do some damage” to Obamacare.

“We’re down here to have a little fun today and talk about two serious subjects: the Second Amendment, and see how much damage we can do to this copy of Obamacare,” he says in the video.

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A pizza delivery driver is probably thankful he had a license to lawfully possess a firearm, after he used his gun to defend himself against two would-be robbers Saturday night.

According to the Detroit Free Press, the Jet’s Pizza driver was making a delivery to two individuals posing as customers. That’s when one of them reportedly grabbed him and another pulled a handgun on him, demanding money.

The driver then pulled out his own gun and shot at the suspects, police said, before dialing 911.

The suspects fled the area in a vehicle.