John Falkenberg
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When it comes to firearms, Chicago sucks. That ain’t news. What might be news, however, is that there are some parts of the system meant to take firearms out of citizens’ hands that can totally be used to our advantage, and they’re kinda awesome. Take a Chicago gun buy-back, for example. As Block Club Chicago…
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NEW ORLEANS, LA — An early morning slumber turned into hell on earth for a woman sleeping in the comfort of her bed when a gunman burst into her room and opened fire, The Times-Picayune reports. If she didn’t have a friend in the house who was armed, she almost certainly would have died. As…
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NASHVILLE, TN — A Nashville man was denied a firearm purchase because he sparked a few red flags on Tennessee’s background check, according to WZTV. That banned sale prevented him from buying a gun, but didn’t stop him from killing his former boss with a hatchet. As WZTV reports: Four days before Metro Nashville Police…
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Every now and then, a NICS check will get denied for a reason that’s not legitimate. It could be that a criminal has stolen someone’s identity, or something as simple as a bad guy having a similar name as a law-abiding citizen. No system is perfect. That’s why the FBI should be examining NICS appeals —…
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DEERFIELD, IL — A massive, wildly illegal ordinance in Deerfield, Illinois that prescribed the banning of “assault” weapons was smacked down by a circuit court judge less than 24 hours before it would have gone into effect, Vice News reports. According to Townhall, Deerfield had defined “assault” weapons as any firearm that had a detachable…
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CENTER CITY, MN — One man who defended his life against a neighbor’s deadly threat nearly lost a sizable portion of his life behind bars — all because Minnesota can’t get its Stand Your Ground act together. The two men lived in neighboring properties, and when his assailant threatened his life just outside of his…
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CHICAGO, IL — A 63-year-old man was forced to use his concealed firearm against an armed robber earlier this month, resulting in a 16-year-old being shot. The boy wasn’t alone — he and three others brandished weapons and demanded valuables. Aside from one of their intended victims being a concealed carrier, these punks were sporting…
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CAPE CORAL, FL — One armed thug is lucky to be alive after threatening the wrong people with a gun and getting a very loud and defensive response, WINK reports. Instead of accomplishing whatever he was looking to do — scaring folks into submission one way or the other — he ended up with multiple…
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NASHVILLE, TN — A group of armed teens on a rampage in Nashville very easily could have killed four people, and only one person in three altercations was able to present a firearm and defend themselves. In every single instance, the robbers presented a deadly threat — even when they didn’t need to to accomplish…
