 | Gas Station Fight Stopped with One Shot (TX)
OpSD --Then a witness pulls out a pistol and fires one shot at the windshield. ... He's wearing a white hat and black clothing. Police tracked the pickup over to Portland where they discovered the driver had been shot in one hand. Back at the Stripes store, police released the shooter because he has a concealed handgun permit and officers felt he was acting in self-defense.
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| NY Pizza Delivery Man Stops Robbers With Concealed Carry Weapon (NY)
OpSD --A man delivering a pizza late at night in upstate New York looks like an easy target for a robber — and he probably is without a gun. The good news is, the pizza delivery man attacked by four armed robbers outside a house in Buffalo Monday did not go to work that day unarmed.
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| Newslinks for Friday, April 18
Firearms, Freedom and General Interest • More Glock 42 complaints
• Nullification: Massachusetts in 1855 and Missouri in 2014
• Shooting around Corners: The ‘Practical’ Handgun Sport
• The Second Amendment and the Inalienable Right to Self-Defense
• Watch as Anti-NRA Protester Explains Why You Shouldn’t Be Able to Protect Yourself With a Gun If Your Life Is in Danger
Armed Self-Defense *Works* • NY: NY Pizza Delivery Man Stops Robbers With Concealed Carry Weapon
• TX: Gas Station Fight Stopped with One Shot
Self-Defense News and Views • MI: Fatal Shots Fired In Another Case Of Detroit Homeowner Standing Ground
Court Cases and News • NY: Judge upholds New York state gun law
News and Views from the Antis • FL: They chose the NRA over your safety
• IN: Another setback for our home rule
• NV: After Nevada ranch stand-off, emboldened militias ask: where next?
• PA: Mayor Nutter Joins Anti-Gun Coalition
• Talk to Conflicted Voters
News from the Campaign Trail • CA: Gun rights, centralized dispatch debated by Merced sheriff candidates
• CO: GOP outreach tool: Gun sweepstakes
• CT: McKinney would give ‘deference’ to repeal of gun-control law
Politicians and Legislation • AZ: Brewer signs bill protecting private gun clubs
• AZ: House gives final approval to pro-gun bill
• FL: Tell Florida Lawmakers to Protect the Right to Bear Arms for Self-Defense
• IL: Gun language scrubbed from medical marijuana program rules
• WI: Shooting Range Protection signed by Governor Walker
From the States • CT: We need to expand the Second Amendment, not curtail it
• GA: Retailers running out or limiting sales of ammo
• IA: Iowa father asked to leave gun range, discovers law doesn’t allow children under 14 to use a handgun
• MA: Second Amendment Showdown – Today at the Massachusetts State House
• NH: Second Amendment Sisters prove guns aren’t just for guys
• NY: Arnold to head up 'shot heard' rally
• PA: Mention of Mass Stabbing Curiously Missing From Obama's Pennsylvania Speech
• VA: Constituent Blasts Democrat Sens Warner, Kaine for Voting to Submit Gun Rights to UN
• WV: Charleston Mayor Reponds to AG Motion to Dismiss Lawsuit on Gun Law
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| | Detroit police: 1 dead after shootout between homeowner, home invaders (MI)
OpSD --"'There were shots fired in the home before the two suspects busted through the front door,' said Sgt. Woody. 'That’s when the two suspects fired shots at the homeowner from outside, the homeowner returned fire striking the driver in the car.'"
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| Elderly man baits burglars, opens fire (AL)
OpSD --"An elderly Jefferson County, Alabama man had been burglarized twice in just the past two weeks and he was sick and tired of it. So he set a trap."
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| Newslinks for Thursday, April 17
Comments and Commentary • Raid on brass processor attributed to lack of subservience to government
• Kansas Jewish facility shootings show 'Never again' must be more than words
• Why is This Right Different From All Other Rights?
• Truth, lies and guerilla politics over gun control v. ‘gun safety’
• Report: FBI Visiting Gun Shops to Investigate “People Talking About Big Government”
• Pro-Gunner Snipes ‘Everytown for Gun Safety’ Facebook Page
Armed Self-Defense vs. Disarmed Defenselessness • AL: Elderly man baits burglars, opens fire (video available)
• MI: Detroit police: 1 dead after shootout between homeowner, home invaders (video available)
• Mexican Self Defense Groups Refuse to Register and/or Turn Over Their Weapons to Government
• MD: It Should Have Been A Defensive Gun Use: Bicycle Edition (video available)
Court Cases and News • Supreme Court May Decide if it Will Hear Gun Case as Early as Tomorrow
• NY: Attorney going to Court of Appeals in SAFE Act case
Praxis • First Impressions: SIG SAUER P320
• Rich Grassi: Unload and Show Clear?
• Too Old to Shoot Prone? Here’s an Option
News and Views from the Antis • Bloomberg Bankrolls More Gun Bans
• Bloomberg thinks new gun control effort will buy his spot in heaven
• Jack Abramoff Speaks Out Against Michael Bloomberg's Gun Control Initiative (video story)
• Nutter Joins Everytown for Gun Safety
• AZ: Tucson group protests in favor of stricter gun background checks (poll available)
Politicians and Legislation • Congressman Introduces Bill to Deny Federal Funding to States That Require Gun Registration
• GOP fears executive order on biometric guns (video available)
• Texas Senator John Cornyn Sends Letter to Eric Holder Demanding Answers About Smart Guns
• VA: Constituent Blasts Democrat Sens Warner, Kaine For Voting To Submit Gun Rights To UN
The "Authorities" • How to record police encounters without losing your video
• KY: Taped confrontation between teens, police leads to arrest, questions about First Amendment rights (video available)
• MI: Officer facing marijuana charge has checkered past of impaired driving, job suspensions
• PA: Trooper cleared after stomping on innocent man’s skull while handcuffed
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| | Flint homeowner shoots and kills teen during alleged break-in, police say (MI)
OpSD --"The homeowner was sleeping when he awoke Tuesday just after midnight to the sound of his home being broken into, police say. The man fired his gun, striking one of the intruders inside the home on Bradley Avenue near Court Street."
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| Jewelry Store Owner Shoots and Kills Burglar With Shotgun, Suspects Family Speaks Out (TX)
OpSD --"Trevino was facing the owner and holding a hammer in his hand. That’s when the owner fired a single shot that police say killed the suspect instantly."
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| Newslinks for Wednesday, April 16
Firearms, Freedom and General Interest • Alarms being raised over new government ammo buys
• The Second Amendment right to firearms commerce
• Second Amendment Patriot’s Jim Tomes to Speak at NRA Annual Meetings
• Grand Funk Railroad's Mark Farner makes no apology for gun rights anthem; says everyone should be 'packing heat'
Industry News • Freedom Group Killing AAC?
• New from SIG SAUER: Elite Performance Ammunition
• ShootingTheBull410: 9mm Ammo Quest – Winchester Ranger (video story)
Armed Self-Defense vs. Disarmed Defenselessness • MI: Flint homeowner shoots and kills teen during alleged break-in, police say
• TX: Jewelry Store Owner Shoots and Kills Burglar With Shotgun, Suspects Family Speaks Out (video available)
• Defensive gun reports for the month of March
• It Should Have Been A Defensive Gun Use: Florida Bear Attack Edition
Editor's Choice • Ron Paul On Bundy Ranch: Feds Won’t Give Up Easily, May Return With Waco-Like Force
• Daily Digest: Death & Taxes Edition
From the Enemy Camp • Dr. Laura Hayes: I’m OK, You’re A Potential Spree Killer
• Inside the Twisted Mind of a Gun Control Advocate: President Obama Edition
• Michael Bloomberg Is Starting A Gun Control Organization To Take On The NRA
• Michael Bloomberg On Gun Control: 'This Is A Battle For The Hearts And Minds Of America'
• Michael Bloomberg: 'I Have Earned My Place in Heaven'
• The 'public health crisis' that is America's gun culture
Gun Rights Civil Disobedience In the News • CT: Authorities not yet enforcing weapons law
• NY: Angry New Yorkers shred gun registrations in deadline day protests
• NY: Despite deadline, protesters ‘will not comply’ with SAFE Act
• NY: Gun owners shred documents to protest SAFE Act
• NY: Report: Up to one million New York gun owners set to disregard gun control law
Shrieking Hysteria From the Antis • Studs packin' heat
• AK: Second Amendment enforcer
• AZ: Aggressive gun-handler worse than aggressive panhandler
• TN: Open-carry firearms are too provocative
Election News and Views • How did John Boehner's opponent get his campaign ad to go viral? Humor. (+video)
• AR: Colonel Conrad Reynolds Preparing for 2nd Congressional District Race (video available)
• ID: PRIMARY: Back these 6 candidates
• NC: NRA endorses U.S. Senate candidate Thom Tillis
• PA: Tom Wolf wrong for Pa.
• WA: Dueling Gun Initiatives Could Both Pass
• WA: Wash. gun control backers plan Wednesday event on heels of poll
• WV: Mingo’s Marcum receives ‘A-plus’ from NRA
Politicians and Legislation • ‘Small Arms Treaty’ a violation of rights
• AK: Big ideas, little support for them: But volatile subjects in Legislature did lead to good public involvement
• AK: Coghill’s campus guns bill halted
• CO: Castle Rock council approves open carry special election
• MO: Senate Debates Bill Nullifying Federal Gun Laws
• NY: NY Safe Act's chance of repeal? 'Highly unlikely,' say some behind the effort
• TN: Constitutional Open Carry defeated in House committee
The "Authorities" • Bundy Ranch - What You're Not Being Told (video story)
• Documents: 'Fast and Furious' guns found their way to El Paso and Columbus, NM
• IL: Chicago Police Supt. Blames Lax Gun Laws for Weekend Shootings, Murders
• KS: Wichita Cops Take Aim at Black Men
• MN: North Mankato cop faces drug charges
• NY: Federal Agent Tried to Blame Him for an Accident — Little Did He Know This Key Piece of Evidence Existed
• NY: 'I will never know why I got in the car'
• OH: Timberlake police chief, officer arrested and jailed in Lake County
• PA: Legal experts question prosecuting South Fayette boy for recording bullies
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Latest Armed Self-defense News Stories: • NY Pizza Delivery Man Stops Robbers With Concealed Carry Weapon (NY)
• Gas Station Fight Stopped with One Shot (TX)
• Elderly man baits burglars, opens fire (AL)
• Detroit police: 1 dead after shootout between homeowner, home invaders (MI)
• Jewelry Store Owner Shoots and Kills Burglar With Shotgun, Suspects Family Speaks Out (TX)
• Flint homeowner shoots and kills teen during alleged break-in, police say (MI)
• California Jewelry Store Owner Wins Gunfight With Armed Robber (CA)
• 92 Year Old WW2 Vet and Armed Wife Chase Off Armed Robber – “I Was Gonna Work Him Over Real Good” (OH)
• Deputies: Lynnwood homeowner shoots 2 burglars (WA)
• Detroit homeowner opens fire on suspected intruders, kills 1 (MI)
• Entire Family Opens Fire on Early Morning Home Invader (FL)
• Robbery suspect shot after trying to rob store with knife (MO)
• St. James man arrested for burglary (MO)
• Retired nurse gets mob in Detroit to back off, stop beating driver (MI)
• 83-Year-Old Homeowner Shoots Home Invader, Huntsville, Alabama (AL)
• First Defensive Gun Use in Chicago Illinois by Carry Permit Holder! (IL)
• DA finds fatal shooting justified (OK)
• Landowner, neighbor hold robbery suspect at gunpoint (MO)
• Glenville woman confronts alleged intruder with gun (PA)
• Homeowner kills intruder, two others arrested (TX)
• ‘Make My Day’ Law Likely After Homeowner Shoots Burglary Suspect (CO)
• Home invasion in Mercer County results in 2 shot (ND)
• Florida man shoots suspected female intruder, self-defense or homicide? (FL)
• Jet's Pizza deliveryman shoots robbery suspects (MI)
• Detroit homeowner fatally shoots 2 suspected home invaders (MI)
• Detroit homeowner holds teen robber at gunpoint until police arrive (MI)
• POLICE: Man caught shoplifting at Roseville store stabs loss prevention agent with dirty syringe (MI)
• Homeowner in Illinois Shot Man Who Broke Into His Home (IL)
• Intruder calls 911 after getting shot during break-in attempt (LA)
• Sheriff: Corvallis resident who shot intruder was victim (MT)
• Campbell: Man freed in stabbing of 16-year-old after prosecutors agree with self-defense claim (CA)
• Man fatally shot in possible self-defense incident identified (CO)
• Homeowners awake to security alarm, find 2 suspects attempting break-in; homeowner fires at suspects (OK)
• Police: Tulsa Homeowner Shoots At Burglar In His Home (OK)
• Missoula man shot, killed while burglarizing Corvallis home (MT)
• PCSO: Homeowner shot suspect in Apache Junction (AZ)
• St. Charles Twp. homeowner shoots intruder (IL)
• Deputies: Homeowner fatally shoots intruder in north Harris County (TX)
• Gun-toting woman kills intruder in Montgomery County (TX)
• Homeowner shoots armed man in self-defense (FL)
• Man Shoots Neighbor’s ‘Menacing’ Pit Bull In Macomb County (MI)
• Man Who Shot & Killed 2 of 3 Teens Beating Him With Baseball Bat is Being Held in Jail (WI)
• Son Saves His 83 Year Old Mother From Armed Home Invader Using a Gun (TN)
• Fatal shooting in Birmingham ruled justifiable (AL)
• Detroit homeowner shoots at intruders, hitting one in latest home invasion (MI)
• Intruder shot, killed in North Port (FL)
• 81 Year Old Landlord Shoots Boyfriend of Tenant Who Was Allegedly Attacking Girlfriend (FL)
• Washington state girl, 11, shoots cougar that stalked her brother (WA)
• Retired couple, armed, apprehended home intruder (FL)
• Homeowner Holds Burglar at Gunpoint Until He Tried to Run Away… And Got Hypothermia… (MN)
• Livingston PD: Property owner claimed he shot armed robber in self defense (TX)
• Homeowner shoots and kills armed robbery suspect (MI)
• Three Arrested, One Killed When Armed Homeowner Fights Back Against Armed Home Invaders (NC)
• Armed Woman Defends Family From Home Invaders, St. Louis, Mo (MO)
• 15 Year Old Shoots and Kills Man Who Was Trying to Kidnap Woman in Wyoming (WY)
• Homeowner’s friend shoots alleged intruder/robber, sends another fleeing (WA)
• Detroit homeowner kills 1 intruder, wounds another (MI)
• San Jose: Police investigating alleged self-defense fatal shooting in East Foothills (CA)
• Armed elderly woman scares off snow shoveler trying to shake her down (MA)
• Must See Surveillance, Mom Uses Semi Auto Rifle to Defend Children Against 3 Home Invaders (MI)
• Grand jury won't indict man, self-defense cited (OR)
• Holiday shooting in chiropractor's office was self-defense, authorities say (FL)
• Self-defense cited in Flowery Branch shooting (GA)
• Police: Arizona Walmart Shooting Was Self-Defense (AZ)
• Bouncer's killer freed; self-defense declared in deadly downtown stabbing (CA)
• PA man shot dead on Valentine’s Day (TX)
• Calif. man kills suspect in home invasion robbery (CA)
• Man Shot by Homeowner after Allegedly Breaking into Home (OK)
• Houston, TX – Armed Store Clerk Shoots Armed Robber Multiple Times (TX)
• 76 Year Old SC Resident Shoots and Kills Suspect Who Tried to Attack Him With a Stun Gun (SC)
• Orangeburg County woman killed boyfriend in self-defense, sheriff says (SC)
• ‘I’m not a sitting duck’: Woman uses shotgun to send intruders running (CA)
• San Marcos homeowner who killed intruder may not face charges (TX)
• Police: Homeowner fatally wounds intruder near 21st, Grove (KS)
• They Saw Three Teens Trying To Break Into Their Neighbor’s House — Then They Armed Themselves And Confronted The Crooks (AL)
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