G. Halek
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Texas Lawmakers At Odds Over Unlicensed Open Carry Proposal — Beginning Of Talks About Permitless Carry?
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AUSTIN, TEXAS — In 1995, Texas lawmakers finally allowed legally licensed gun owners to carry concealed throughout the state. By 2016, Texas gun owners could carry concealed on state college campuses. As much as Hollywood likes to depict Texas as a gun friendly state, it’s really only been a recent stark shift in politics that…
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I’ll never completely wrap my head around it. There’s a class of Americans that are treated as second class citizens for the rest of their lives despite the fact many of them never hurt a hair on anyone’s head. Basic rights are taken away and they are extremely expensive to regain. Permanent black marks trail…
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Texas Law Could Allow Concealed Carriers To Lock Up Their Guns In Their Car While On School Property
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AUSTIN, TEXAS — The school nurse just called. Your kid has a fever of 102ºF and needs to go to the doctor. If you’re like most concealed carriers, that means leaving work and high-tailing it over to the school. There’s a catch. That gun in your car? It can’t be there when you pull into…
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“Give it up or I am going to kill you.” — What Do You Say To That?! One Homeowner Had The Right Response…
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PETERSBURG, VIRGINIA — When a homeowner heard the door to her home get kicked in by an intruder, she rolled over and got her gun. She didn’t have to wait too long to determine if it was friend or foe, though. Upon entry, the intruder let off a shot into the ceiling to let everyone…
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Domestic Assault Spills Over Into Neighbor’s Yard, He Tries To Intervene And Gets Assaulted — And That’s When He Gets His Gun…
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GREENVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA — Pitt County Sheriff’s Office responded to a late night domestic dispute that spilled over into a neighbor’s yard. The neighbor, seeing a man beating a woman on his property, tried to step in and break it up. He got assaulted for his troubles. Realizing simple diplomacy doesn’t work so well against…
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Officer Has Negligent Discharge At Home, Now His Boss Wants To Implement More Firearm Safety — Uh, You’re A Little Late
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GREENFIELD, INDIANA — A police officer allegedly trying to “clear his gun” ended up negligently discharging it into his knee cap. He was supposedly sitting in his car, trying to make sure the gun was clear, and somehow managed to lay his finger on the bang switch. The Hancock County Sheriff’s Department responded and noticed the…
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LIMESTONE COUNTY, ALABAMA — The Alabama Senate recently passed a bill that would remove the need for a concealed carry permit for residents. The vote passed 25-8 but has drawn criticism from some law enforcement officials as they figure out how they’ll accommodate the potential new changes coming down the pike. The Sheriff of Limestone County,…
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If Armed Robbers Stole Your Gun AND You Watched Them Trying To Enter, Your Gun Was Probably In A Bad Location
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KISSIMMEE, FLORIDA — A woman is believed to have coordinated a complex armed robbery event on her ex-boyfriend, pulled off by her current boyfriend. A series of texts between Bianca Schaefer, 19, and her boyfriend, Kenneth Santiago-Morales, 18, allegedly helped police uncover at least the name of one of the robbers and certainly one of the conspirators.…
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HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA — Imagine, if you will, the very worst scenario takes place right inside an elementary school. Two armed gunmen enter the property of a rural Pennsylvania elementary school and open fire. Teachers scramble to lock down their classrooms and attempt to preserve the lives of their students and themselves. They lock the doors…