Guns Saving Lives
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An Inmate, Just Released, Is Shot After Attemping A Car Jacking. Right Back To Prison He Goes.
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PHILADELPHIA, PA — A former prisoner got himself shot in the chest after attempting to carjack a prison guard not even an hour after being released for parole violation, NBC Philadelphia reports. Apparently, he felt the crushing need to resume his criminal career just too great to wait for the next day. As CBS New…
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DECATUR, GA — An armed bystander very likely saved the life of a store owner who was ambushed at his liquor store, 11 Alive reports. Apparently, these robbers were more than happy to shoot a man in the chest so long as it meant a payday for them. Someone who watched the owner horribly attacked…
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So-called ‘stand your ground’ laws have been allegedly controversial since the Trayvon Martin/George Zimmerman case back in 2012. The fact that the Florida’s stand your ground law was never used as a defense during the Zimmerman prosecution didn’t seem to matter. Anti-gunners seized on the issue — now on the books in twenty-four states —…
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ORANGE COUNTY, NC — Coyotes are increasingly becoming a problem as metro areas expand, bringing with them pets, garbage and other potential food sources. It’s happening nation-wide with the critters being seen — and attacking people and eating family friends — from Boston to Austin to the Twin Cities to LA to Seattle. Keep in mind that the…
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TAMPA, FL — A man trying to make some quick cash at a local gas station wound up terrified for his life when he encountered an armed clerk who was not afraid to pull the trigger on the man facing him down. The fact of the matter is the man is lucky to be walking…
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AUSTIN, TX — An Austin man was forced to shoot and kill a man who attacked him in the middle of an apartment parking lot, KXAN reports. Fortunately, that man was a licensed carrier, and police are taking his side. As KXAN reports: Austin police identified the man who died as Darwin Jimenez, 21. They…
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ADAMS COUNTY, MS — How often do you make the effort to get to the range — especially in the winter — to get in some quality trigger time? When you do, is it with a purpose or do you just plink mindlessly, pumping random holes into paper? Indoor ranges aren’t the best environment for…
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COLLINSVILLE, IL — Being in reasonable fear of death or grievous bodily harm is generally the standard by which a defensive gun use is judged. If someone threatens you with, say, a can of bean in his hand, you may have trouble convincing a prosecutor that shooting him was a reasonable course of action. There…
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FRIDLEY, MN — Every time there’s a proposal to reduce restrictions on gun ownership and expand the right to carry a firearm, our friends in the Civilian Disarmament Industrial Complex trot out the same old tired talking points to argue why less regulation is a really bad idea. Besides wrote predictions of Dodge City-like violence…
