 | Aurora store owner shoots, kills robbery suspect (CO)
OpSD --"The owner of a check-cashing and cigarette store shot and killed an armed robber in his store early Monday afternoon ..."
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| Criminals Shot During Jewelry Robbery in East Memphis (TN)
OpSD --"... a jewelry vender was doing business inside the building just before the shooting happened. The man told police that he had been followed by four men, but didn't know how long they were watching him. ... when the man left the building, the four suspects tried to rob him. The vendor then pulled his gun and shot two of the would be robbers ..."
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| Worker Shoots Burglary Suspect During Break-In (AR)
OpSD --"Two other suspects inside the pick up then drove away. Ceasaer saw Patterson crouching down outside. Ceasaer told police he feared Patterson may have had a weapon, so he fired shots at him."
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| Newslinks for Saturday, July 11
Firearms, Freedom and General Interest • Does the Second Amendment work?
• Fighting the law-abiding doesn't fight crime
• Ammunition law shows gun owners must act locally
• Tipping further
• MA: Records Show Relatively Low Gun Ownership in Brookline
• TN: Follow rule of law regarding gun rights
Armed Self-Defense vs. Disarmed Defenselessness • AR: Worker Shoots Burglary Suspect During Break-In
• CO: Aurora store owner shoots, kills robbery suspect
• TN: 2 Criminals Shot During Jewelry Robbery in East Memphis
• New Life Security Guard Speaks to Local Group About Shooting
• Three years later, Pinnacle Lake Trail murders still unsolved
Supreme Court News • Buckeye Firearms Association joins groups opposing Sotomayor confirmation
• GOA and NRA keeping up pressure on Sotomayor nomination
• Key Questions for Sonia Sotomayor
• Showdown looms over Sotomayor nomination
Thoughts on Equipment and Training • Remington R-25 Multi-Caliber Semi-Auto AR-10 Crossover Rifle for Tactical AND Hunting Applications
From the Enemy Camp • Josh Sugarmann: Only a 'Madman' Would Oppose All Gun Control, Says Gun World Editor
• Obama's Gunna Gitcher Guns and Steve King joins the Confederacy
• Right to bear arms is a relic
• Senate May Try to Override State Concealed Weapons Restrictions By Amendment To Defense Authorization Bill
Politicians and Legislation • FL: Firearms Freedom Act Introduced in Florida
• NY: New York State Rifle & Pistol Association Urges Governor to Sign Hunting Bill
• TN: Bristol Exercised Its Right On Gun Ban
The "Authorities" • Where Does YOUR Attorney General Stand on the Second Amendment?
• LA: NOPD cops lied about bar brawl, inquiry says
• MA: Officer accused of beating wife's pal
• MT: MT's Bullock joins other AGs on gun case
• NJ: Turn In Your Neighbor For $1000
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| | Attempted robbery leads to deadly shooting (LA)
OpSD --"... around 2:00 Wednesday morning two men rushed into a home attempting to rob the people inside. Police say an 18-year-old inside the home grabbed his gun and started shooting, but so did a 38-year-old robber. The robber died at the scene, while the 18-year-old remains hospitalized fighting for his life."
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| Business owner foils robbery try (LA)
OpSD --"... Officers learned that three men wearing ski masks, one armed with a sawed-off shotgun, had tried to rob the owner as he closed the business. The business owner said he pulled out his handgun and fired two shots at the robbers, who ran off. The business owner was not injured."
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| Clerk shoots suspect during armed robbery (LA)
OpSD --"Police say a clerk fired shots at two black males who entered the store with handguns and took some merchandise. One of the men was shot in the hip, Goodin said."
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| Homeowner Exchanges Gunfire With Would-Be Robber (GA)
OpSD --"The homeowner told Channel 2 Action News her husband was in the living room watching television when he heard a noise outside the house. He grabbed his gun to check it out and that's when the gun battle erupted."
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| Intruder Shot North Of Whitney (TX)
OpSD --"The 46-year-old Whitney man struggled with the 43-year-old homeowner before he armed himself with a .22 caliber pistol. One shot was apparently fired, striking the older man in the abdomen."
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| Man Shoots Intruder In Self-Defense (FL)
OpSD --"West said he shot the intruder who was later identified as 25-year-old Gerald Wright."
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| Newslinks for Friday, July 10
Firearms, Freedom and General Interest • Alan Gura: "Heller and the Triumph of Originalist Judicial Engagement"
• Barrett elected to NRA board of directors
• How well does the government protect us?
• Ted Nugent Slams Gun Control (Video)
• The Brady Campaign to create 'gun crime'
• LA: Concealed weapons permits explode in LA
• IA: Gun control group disbands after losing funding
Armed Self-Defense vs. Disarmed Defenselessness • FL: Man Shoots Intruder In Self-Defense
• GA: Homeowner Exchanges Gunfire With Would-Be Robber
• LA: Attempted robbery leads to deadly shooting
• LA: Business owner foils robbery try
• LA: Clerk shoots suspect during armed robbery
• TX: Intruder Shot North Of Whitney
• OH: Akron police investigate teen mob attack on family
Supreme Court News • Sotomayor rejects Second Amendment rights
• Judiciary Panel Releases Witness List for Sotomayor Hearing
• Millions Of Gun Owners Reject Sotomayor
• New York State Rifle & Pistol Association Urges Supreme Court to Hear NRA Second Amendment Incorporation Case
• Two-thirds of State Attorneys General File Amicus Brief Supporting Second Amendment Incorporation
Thoughts on Equipment and Training • Praxis: "The Switch to Local Manufacturing"
Book Reviews • The County Sheriff - America's Last Hope
Politicians and Legislation • Amendment Revising Federal Switchblade Act Introduced
• House Panel Adopts Amendment Allowing Guns in Public Housing
• Summer visitor fights Tennessee gun law
• MA: Massachusetts Newly Proposed Bona Fide Firearms Collector Regulations
• NY: Lawmaker Perry now against periodic pistol-owner checks
The "Authorities" • CA: Anaheim police chief's gun disappears. Twice.
• CA: LAPD's public database omits nearly 40% of this year's crimes
• CA: Lunches ordered from Wrightwood fuel Jackson memorial controversy
• MI: A stand for principle on gun rights
• NJ: SPCA Investigating Police Dog's Death
• NY: ATF Shares 2008 NY State Crime Gun Data
• NY: City sets Aug. 15 for gun buyback
• NY: Gun buyback program in Buffalo
• PA: NAACP to governor: Declare martial law
Well Thank Heavens They Have *Gun* Control There! • UK: Gang jailed for murder of innocent teenager Shaquille Smith
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| | No charges filed against Sneads Ferry man who shot intruder (NC)
OpSD --"Landon Crews, of Crows Nest Lane, shot 18-year-old Cyle Norris early Monday morning. Detectives with the Onslow County Sheriff's Department said Norris was trying to crawl through a broken window when Crews shot him in the right forearm with No. 7 shot from a 12-gauge shotgun."
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| Shots fired during home invasion (MD)
OpSD --"... a white man of medium build, between 25 and 30 years old, broke into his mother and his uncle's home between 2:30 a.m. and 2:45 a.m. by breaking a lock and window in the back door. Snyder said both residents are in their 80s and his uncle is wheelchair bound. His uncle fired two shots from a 38-caliber revolver at the intruder who then fled the scene ..."
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| Two injured in early-morning shootings in KC (MO)
OpSD --"Moments later, police received another call from a man who heard a commotion outside his home ... The homeowner saw a man running with a shotgun and told him to drop the weapon. The man with the shotgun allegedly threatened the homeowner and the homeowner shot him."
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| Newslinks for Thursday, July 9
Firearms, Freedom and General Interest • Beware William Tell's Second Arrow
• Mexican Standoff On Second Amendment
• CO: Guns popular along the Teller County frontier
• OH: Get Inside: Mountain Man Tradin Post
• OH: Middletown shotgunner wins third state trapshooting title
• TN: Tennessee law a gauge for gun rights support
Self-Defense In the News • Arizona hiker gets new trial in fatal trailhead shooting
• MD: Shots fired during home invasion
• MO: Two injured in early-morning shootings in KC
• NC: No charges filed against Sneads Ferry man who shot intruder
Supreme Court News • Faux pro-gun group endorses Sotomayor for U.S. Supreme Court
• Gun rights a growing issue for Sotomayor hearings
• Gun rights leaders tell US Senate 'No" on Sotomayor nomination
• NRA's Past President Takes Action
• States urge high court to limit gun bans
• Two-thirds of State Attorneys General File Amicus Brief Supporting Second Amendment Incorporation
• Will Congress ask Sotomayor my question?
Thoughts on Equipment and Training • Shooting Illustrated Looks At AR-15 Slings
Court Cases • NY: Nassau Handgun Ban Lawsuit Benefits Gun Owners – AGAIN!
News and Views from the Antis • From Coast to Coast, State Lawmakers Categorically Reject Forcing Guns Onto College Campuses
• Where do we draw the line on guns?
"Obama is the best gun salesman we've had in the last 50 years" • NY: Rising gun sales make some LIers uneasy
Oath Honoring LEOs and Their Disreputable Colleagues • The Police And Weapons Confiscation
• LA Sheriff Reports on 'Street Justice' Nostalgia
• OH: Judge Acquits Newburgh Heights Cops Accused Of Going Taser Crazy
• WV: McGraw backs NRA in Chicago case
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Latest Armed Self-defense News Stories: • Criminals Shot During Jewelry Robbery in East Memphis (TN)
• Worker Shoots Burglary Suspect During Break-In (AR)
• Aurora store owner shoots, kills robbery suspect (CO)
• Business owner foils robbery try (LA)
• Clerk shoots suspect during armed robbery (LA)
• Intruder Shot North Of Whitney (TX)
• Homeowner Exchanges Gunfire With Would-Be Robber (GA)
• Man Shoots Intruder In Self-Defense (FL)
• Attempted robbery leads to deadly shooting (LA)
• Two injured in early-morning shootings in KC (MO)
• Shots fired during home invasion (MD)
• No charges filed against Sneads Ferry man who shot intruder (NC)
• Charges filed in shooting (TX)
• Arrest made in Cape home invasion (FL)
• Shooting raises questions over self-defense (NM)
• Man forces open front door, gets shot by brother-in-law (AL)
• Alerted by dog, Sugar Land man shoots intruder (TX)
• Clarksdale Store Owner Kills Robber (MS)
• Guard shoots man during attempted grocery store robbery (MD)
• Clerk kills would-be robber and critically wounds another, police say (KS)
• Police: Shop Owner Shoots Would-Be Robber (OK)
• Business owner shoots intruder (NC)
• One dead after botched home invasion (NC)
• Woman Kills Husband in Apparent Self-Defense (MD)
• Dogs help couple fend off cougar attack (OR)
• Officer fires after being assaulted (CA)
• Man shoots and kills large rabid possum (CA)
• Home invasion suspect fatally wounded (TN)
• Neighborhood watch president shoots, kills dog; its owner disputes the need (MI)
• Clerk's gun scares off would-be robber (IA)
• Prosecutor Declines Charges In Sequoyah Shooting Death (OK)
• Would-be Burglar Shot to Death (MN)
• Blountville homeowner holds burglary suspect at gunpoint until deputies arrive (TN)
• Homeowner Kills Robbery Suspect In Altamonte Springs (FL)
• Man Shoots Pit Bull Attacking Teen (OH)
• Woman stabs daughters boyfriend in self-defense (TN)
• Woman Kills Husband in Apparent Self-Defense (MD)
• Resident Opens Fire During Home Invasion (NV)
• Bear shot to death after breaking into home (CO)
• Harris man fatally shoots teen at home (TX)
• Police: Suspect treated for gunshot wound then jailed (TX)
• Man Shoots, Kills Robbery Suspect (SC)
• Princeton Woman, 77, Escorts Armed Intruder From Home At Gunpoint (ME)
• Homeowner With Shotgun Kills Intruder (AZ)
• Concealed weapons permit holder stops would-be robbers (UT)
• Woman Shoots 2 In Home Invasion (TX)
• DA: Feud, threats support self-defense claim (SC)
• Oakland Man Fatally Shoots Intruder (TN)
• Police: Man who shot carjacker had permit (TX)
• Attempted robbery leads to gun fight (VA)
• Robbery attempts foiled (NC)
• Intruder shot dead at southside Oklahoma City house (OK)
• Citizen holds suspected burglar at gunpoint, aids in arrest
• Gunshot scares off intruder (IN)
• Winston-Salem resident shoots armed intruder (NC)
• Holocaust Museum shooting short-circuited by a gun
• Armed customer stops robbery (GA)
• 2 shot during robbery had BB guns (WI)
• Pistol-packing patron shoots robbery suspect (TX)
• Homeowner captures burglar, holds suspect at gunpoint (WI)
• Burglar shot in home invasion (OH)
• Alleged intruder shot by homeowner (NC)
• LI deli owner pulls gun, pays robber (NY)
• Police say Fort Worth homeowner shoots, kills backyard intruder (TX)
• Man claims shooting was self defense (FL)
• Fortunately this student was armed (GA)
• Fearing for life, pharmacist kills gunman (TX)
• Oklahoma City Home Owner Shoots Intruder (OK)
• Oklahoma pharmacist kills armed robber, saves the lives of his staff (OK)
• Teen accused in Sacramento County homicide (CA)
• Police: Cross-Dressing Man Robs Macon Store (GA)
• Homeowner takes a shot at burglar (OK)
• Resident shoots man trying to break into Berkeley Heights home (NJ)
• Deputies: Shop Owner Kills Burglary Suspect (CA)
• Sheriff: Man Apparently Killed In Self-Defense (FL)
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