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Firearms Instructor Candy Petticord brings us four new stories of armed defense. Some of us are not safe at home. What should we do if we were in their place?
Text and original sources are on the episode webpage. 24 minute audio podcast. |
How Gun Control Creeps In
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There are no seasonal natural disasters—no hurricanes, tornados, blizzards or wildfires—such as there are in various areas of the United States. But an idea that the government should be given so much power that it could take away every right of the individual citizen—even their right to self-defense—did lead to the country’s ruination.
As a former citizen of Venezuela who became a U.S. citizen, I am now hearing many of the same things I heard in Venezuela from certain anti-Second Amendment politicians. I was an Olympic shooting competitor representing Venezuela and am now a lawful gun owner here in America. I don’t want to see this right being threatened again. |
CA: Newly formed gun owners group in Tuolumne County meets to discuss goals
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Tuolumne County Gun Owners, a new group forming in the Mother Lode, held a meeting Sunday evening in Sonora to recruit new members and raise awareness about potential legislation they fear could negatively impact concealed-carry permit holders and businesses in the county.
About 20 people attended the meeting that began at 6:30 p.m. in the Sierra Building at the Mother Lode Fairgrounds on Southgate Drive. |
NJ: Why we should be able to carry guns in New Jersey
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The Supreme Court said in June that Americans have a right to carry firearms in public for self-defense, striking down a New York gun law. The decision came out as Congress and states debated gun-control legislation. So in reaction to that, the New Jersey Assembly passed legislation that makes it even tougher for legal gun owners to carry a firearm.
According to Michael Symons' article on nj1015.com, "The bill requires more comprehensive background checks, requires people to go through training and buy liability insurance, raises costs for permits, and prohibits permit holders from carrying guns in many areas deemed sensitive". Among them are places of worship, where some have come under attack. |
CA: Police say fatal Dublin shooting appears to be self-defense
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A fatal shooting at an apartment complex in Dublin following a domestic dispute is being investigated as a case of self-defense, according to police.
The Dublin Police Department said a fight happened between two men at the Sofi Apartments on San Ramon Road Sunday. Authorities said the fight stemmed from a domestic dispute between an estranged husband and his wife. |
NY: Two Federal Judges Say New York's Presumptive Prohibition of Guns on Private Property Is Unconstitutional
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Yesterday a federal judge issued a preliminary injunction against enforcement of that provision, which had already been blocked by another judge. Both judges said New York had failed to show that the private property rule was "consistent with this Nation's historical tradition of firearm regulation." That is the constitutional test prescribed by the Supreme Court's June 23 ruling in New York State Rifle and Pistol Association v. Bruen, which upheld the right to carry guns in public for self-defense and overturned New York's requirement that residents show "proper cause" to exercise that right. |
You can’t be pro-LGBTQ & against gun safety laws anymore
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Another week in the United States means another mass shooting, this time at the hands of an alleged anti-gay, anti-trans 21-year-old NPR says “evaded” Colorado’s red flag gun laws after reportedly threatening his mother with a bomb. His alleged crimes in Club Q in Colorado Springs were so clearly motivated by bigotry that state officials threw the book at him nearly immediately with murder and hate crimes charges. |
AZ: Phoenix Store Clerk Shoots Man During Altercation, Claims Self-Defense
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An altercation between a Circle K store clerk and another man led to a claimed self-defense shooting. The incident occurred at around 2 am Thursday, November 10th at the Circle K, located at 35th Avenue and Greenway.
Phoenix police responded to a call of a shooting at the location per Sgt Melissa Soliz with Phoenix PD. When officers arrived, they discovered a man shot and the store clerk. The two had been in an altercation and during that altercation, the clerk shot the man. The clerk stated he shot him in self-defense. |
IL: Concealed carry to the rescue! Chicago woman shoots gunman as armed gang tries to enter her parked vehicle
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A woman with a concealed carry license reportedly shot a gunman in the head after he and three others tried to get into her vehicle on the south side of Chicago early Wednesday morning, November 23.
The 23-year-old woman, who hasn't been identified for legal reasons, was sitting in her parked car at around 2 am in the 1300 block of East 89th Street in the Calumet Heights neighborhood when four men exited a black sedan and one of them reportedly tried to enter her car while brandishing a handgun. Police said the woman shot the gunman once in the head, after which he ran from the vehicle. One of the other men then started shooting at the woman, striking her once in the left arm. |
Fiocchi Shooting Team Wraps Up 2022 Season with Winning Performances
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Fiocchi, a global leader in defensive, target, and hunting ammunition, would like to congratulate three of its competitive shooting team members for an outstanding job this year.
Haylyn Hanks of Huntsville, Texas, scored several top positions in this year’s sporting clays competitions. Haylyn was the 2022 National Sporting Clays Lady Champion, Top 10 finisher in the Kreighoff Cup, Top 5 finisher in Lady 5 Stand, Lady Super Sporting Runner Up, Ladies Cup 3rd Place finish, and Lady All-Around 3rd Place finish. |
OH: Law professor says high-capacity magazine ban in Measure 114 could be most vulnerable
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While votes were still being counted after Election Day this month — and well beyond — the fact that gun control initiative Measure 114 was projected to narrowly pass proved enough for some of Oregon's arcane administrative mechanics to begin churning.
According to the Secretary of State's office, laws passed via initiative petition like this one go into effect precisely one month after the election: midnight on Thursday, Dec. 8. Even the authors of Measure 114 said that they thought it would become effective a month after the vote was certified.
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NY: Judge blocks New York limits on carrying guns on private property
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A federal judge has blocked New York from restricting the carrying of guns on private property under a Democratic-backed law adopted following the U.S. Supreme Court's June ruling that struck down the state's strict gun permitting regime.
Tuesday's ruling by U.S. District Judge John Sinatra in Buffalo struck down a provision in the law that made it a felony for a licensed gun owner to possess a firearm on any private property unless the property owner allowed it with a sign or by giving express consent. |
NY: Federal Court Strikes Down N.Y.'s Gun Control on Private Property Law
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Another New York gun control law has been struck down in federal court, this time surrounding the right to carry a firearm on property owned by private business owners.
Judge John Sinatra from New York's Western District ruled in favor of private citizen Brett Christian, declaring that, although property owners have the right to exclude, "the state may not unilaterally exercise that right. |
MD: Why did a 14-year-old have a gun?
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Whether the teen squeegee worker should be tried in adult or juvenile court and whether he acted in self-defense or not are both legitimate issues worthy of discussion (”The case of the teen squeegee worker accused of fatally shooting Timothy Reynolds will remain in adult court, a judge rules,” Nov. 18).
However, why is no one — not the attorneys, not the media and not the concerned public — raising what should be one of the most important questions: Why did a 14-year-old kid have a gun in his backpack? Why isn’t that scandalous and incomprehensible fact being addressed by anyone? |
GA: Dawson County Sherriff’s Office Hosts Community Firearm Trianing
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When a local business owner reached out to inquire about a possible firearms training, Captain Goodie took the opportunity to educate the group on more than just guns. By combining several different classes, to include firearms training, self defense, situational awareness and others, a revised, three-part-series of tactics designed to focus on the individual as a form of target hardening, was born. |
OH: Lawyer: Delhi man, acquitted of all charges, shot brother in self-defense
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More than a year after he was accused of trying to kill his older brother, a Delhi Township man was acquitted last week of all charges, according to documents filed in Hamilton County Common Pleas Court.
Wayne "Wes" Ross III, 24, was found not guilty of two counts of felonious assault and a single count of discharging a firearm on or near a prohibited premises, the court records show.
Judge Jennifer Branch delivered the judgment on Nov. 18 after a three-day bench trial and a review of video evidence submitted to the court, John O'Shea, Ross' lawyer, told The Enquirer on Wednesday. |
KS: Man who fatally shot person breaking into Kansas home acted in self-defense: prosecutor
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The Leavenworth County Attorney declined to file charges against a man who fatally shot an intruder allegedly trying to force his way into the resident’s home, according to a letter released Wednesday. “There is no way to show that the resident’s intent was anything more than trying to deter someone, who had just gone through his vehicle, from attempting to violently enter his home in the middle of the night and that he felt that his life was at risk,” Leavenworth County Attorney Todd Thompson wrote in the letter. “Due to all of this, we do not believe we legally and ethically can file charges.” |
What does it take to get rid of AR-15’s?
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What more needs to happen? Are we at a point in society where this is normal?
Politicians can work together to fix this epidemic of mass shootings. Banning automatic assault rifles should be first on the list. Again, AR-15s are weapons of mass destruction that are used by the military while at war, and this specific weapon is meant to cause life-changing damage to any human being.
Some politicians say that easy accessibility to guns can prevent mass shootings. |
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