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Via TTAG In the quiet outskirts of Elizabethtown, Kentucky, past the end of the paved road, a vagrant had been wandering around creepily for a day or two. This put the neighborhood on edge. As Trooper Scotty Sharp observed, “it’s very rural, but they look out for each other back in that area.” On Friday,…
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The 2nd annual NRA Carry Guard Expo, which highlights everything in the concealed carry world of firearms, has been cancelled due to Hurricane Florence and it’s impending landfall. The expo was scheduled in Richmond, Virginia September 14th thru the 16th. See the Press Release below: RICHMOND, Va. – The National Rifle Association has cancelled the…
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LOUISVILLE, KY — A man was thrown into custody after starting a firefight in a local car dealership parking lot after a fight over, of all things, a temporary tag. The shooting ended up with two employees seriously injured, an an already convicted felon in a world of trouble. As WDRB reports: According to an…
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By Robert B. Young, MD In April, we wrote about the unpublished Centers for Disease Control survey from 1996-1998 that evidently confirmed the findings of Gary Kleck, PhD and Marc Gertz, PhD from 1992 that there were likely about 2.4 million civilian defensive gun uses (DGUs) each year in the United States. Dr. Kleck discovered that CDC data…
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ESCAMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA — A man accused of strangling his girlfriend to the point of unconsciousness was pistol whipped by a 3rd party inside the home. The 3rd party has not been identified, but police say that they will not be facing any charges. The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office responded to Atmore Community Hospital where…
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TAMPA, FLORIDA — A 3 am parking spot dispute led to a concealed carrier firing her gun. Although the discharge was unintentional, the woman did draw her firearm before the trigger was pulled. The bullet, however, struck her girlfriend. Local media reports; “He hit me, and my first reaction is ‘I’m going to protect myself…
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TOLLAND, CONNECTICUT — A man called police to say that he had fired at an intruder inside his home, but after police found no evidence of a break-in, the man later said that it must have been a ghost. And it’s not the first time this man has called police to report a non-break-in. Christian…
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CINCINNATI, OHIO — As unarmed security tried to help get people out of harm’s way, a man in a button-down shirt walked through the bank and fired his handgun at people as they tried to flee. It wasn’t until police arrived that the man was taken down, so that he couldn’t hurt anyone else. He…
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FRESNO, TX — When a would-be burglar kicked in the door of a family home in Fresno, Texas, he likely wasn’t expecting to meet much resistance. If he didn’t want resistance, however, he probably shouldn’t have picked the home of a responsibly-armed citizen who recognized that he needed to act to protect his family. As…
