Guns Saving Lives
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By Dan Zimmerman via TTAG This is the kind of happy holiday season story that warms the cockles of your heart and renews your faith in humanity…not to mention the Second Amendment. Bruce McLaughlin, Jr. released himself on his own recognizance from a Pickens, South Carolina jail yesterday. He and another inmate beat up two…
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Via TTAG In Leavenworth, Kansas, this week, a 74-year-old woman was sound asleep with her .22 handgun when a burglar forced his way into her home. The handgun was a recently acquired bedfellow: The woman had bought it after reporting an attempted burglary just one week prior to this incident. It was about 1:15 a.m.…
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SACRAMENTO, CA — A man was shot and killed after he realized — way too late — that the owner of the business he was trying to rob was also armed and not going down easy, KCRA reports. His actions show all of us just how much of a difference we can make if we…
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POMPANO BEACH, FL — A man was shot and killed at his ex’s apartment after he showed up angry and was confronted by her current boyfriend, the Sun Sentinel reports. The former girlfriend, who had two children at the home, was extremely fortunate that her current boyfriend was armed and ready to defend the family.…
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PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS — An armed homeowner wasted no time and ran outside after hearing shots fired. What he came upon was a man who had just been shot, and the attackers were still there. The man told police he was approached by four men who stopped in the road, got out of their car…
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SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS — An argument between two people started in the parking lot of a bar, and ended with gun fire from a pair of security guards who witnessed the near-death experience of a man being dragged underneath a vehicle. Police said the shooting happened after a 25-year-old woman hit a man with her truck, dragging…
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GEORGETOWN, SOUTH CAROLINA — A man tried to pull a fast one by attempting to rob a Boost Mobile store at gunpoint, after he had stolen a car, but his crime spree was about to come to an end at the hands of his intended victim. A man dressed as a woman and wearing a…
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By Dan Zimmerman via TTAG After a hell of a long fight, concealed carry was finally legalized in the Land o’ Lincoln back in 2013. It’s not quite as easy to get a permission slip in Illinois as it is in other states — the powers that be made darn sure of that — but despite…
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HOOVER, ALABAMA — A shooting broke out at Riverchase Galleria, the largest mall in Alabama, when an argument apparently began between two individuals. Things escalated even more from there, and multiple armed shoppers were seen drawing their firearms in preparation for the worst. Innocent bystanders were caught in the middle, including a 12-year-old girl who was…
