 | Newslinks for Tuesday, April 15
Comments and Commentary • Unfolding Sharpton snitch scandal could overshadow Yee allegations
• Civil Disobedience Grows as NY “Assault Weapon” Registration Deadline Approaches
• Attack at school in Pennsylvania: Mental illness root of problem
• Perspectives: That’s why we have the Second Amendment
Industry News • "Smart" Guns, Their Surprising Critics, and Powerful Allies
• MAC Confirms TTAG’s Take on the Remington R51 (video story)
• Remington Sells Out To NY For $80 Million "Sniper" Rifles Government Contract
• TROY Pump Action AR-15 – Another Gun Control State Compliant AR-15
Editor's Choice • On Respect for the Law and Respectable Laws
• TTAG Exclusive: Kirsten Joy Weiss Peep Mayhem! (video story)
Court Cases and News • No Justice Stevens, We Don’t Need To “Fix” The Second Amendment
• Stevens’ view of Second Amendment: Part denial, part grudge, all wrong?
• CA: Courts May Favor New California Gun Rights Push
News and Views from the Antis • America needs to find middle ground on gun control issue
• Gabby Giffords: Hold Hearings on 'Preventing Gun Violence Against Women'
• Justice Stevens Tries To Solve Gun Crisis The Dumbest Way Possible
• Moms Demand Action Demand Safety After KC Shooting
News from the Campaign Trail • CO: Mike Kopp Breaks Down His Agenda After Claiming Top Line At GOP Primary Ballot
• MS: As Primary Battle Escalates, Mississippi Tea Party Group Calls On State Chairman To Resign
• NC: Grass Roots North Carolina-PVF Alert 4-13-14: Candidate Recommendations
• NH: The second coming of Scott Brown
• OH: Tea Party Challenger Says Boehner Suffers 'Electile Dysfunction' (video available)
Politicians and Legislation • NY: SAFE Act repeal bills die in Assembly Codes
• RI: Rhode Island: Senate & House Committees to Hear Over a Dozen Gun Bills this Week
The "Authorities" • CO: Henry Ford arrested on child sex charges
• MI: Kalamazoo County sergeant, who had machine gun in locker, handed $250 fine at sentencing
• NJ: NJ Homeowner [Barely] Avoids Jail for Racking Shotgun at Intruders
• TX: Denton sheriff deputy charged with official oppression
• WV: Former police officer indicted on sexting charge
From the States • IL: ISRA URGENT ALERT: Suburban “town hall meetings” turning into recruitment drives for anti-gun activists
• MI: Michigan 2014 Second Amendment March Reminder
• NY: Good Morning to New York’s 1 Million New Illegal Gun Owners
• NY: Growing pains in gun groups
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| | California Jewelry Store Owner Wins Gunfight With Armed Robber (CA)
OpSD --"Two armed men attempted to rob the Hardy Nix Jewelry store, but were met with resistance by an armed owner."
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| Newslinks for Monday, April 14
Firearms, Freedom and General Interest • Why It’s So Hard to Discuss Guns Rationally With Some People
• The “Assault Weapon” Rebellion
• Reflections on Fort Hood Redux
• Blanchard: ‘I Am The Pastor Of Patriots’
• CA: California Jewelry Store Owner Wins Gunfight With Armed Robber
• The Power of Gun-Envy in California
Court Cases and News • Gun rights may return to Supreme Court's agenda
• Justice Stevens thinks he knows how to 'fix' the Second Amendment
• CA: New push on to overturn California 'open carry' ban
• CO: Arguments end gun laws trial; case far from over
• CO: Controversial gun laws under review by federal judge
Escalating Confrontation Between BLM and Ranchers • News Flash: General Bundy Defeats the FedCoats at Bunkerville!
• Why The Feds Chickened Out On A Nevada Ranch
• Is Bundy Ranch Standoff A Warm-Up?
From the Enemy Camp • Anti-gun Democrat caught in massive gun-running conspiracy ring: FBI
• Broaden the debate
• Guns are associated with dramatically increased suicide risk
• CT: State's gun law working as intended
Gun Rights Civil Disobedience In the News • As Many As One Million Armed New Yorkers Are About To Break The Law
• NY: Deadline leaves N.Y. gun owners with a choice
• NY: Deadline looms for SAFE Act assault rifle[sic] registration (video available)
News from the Campaign Trail • ID: Idaho governor candidate A.J. Balukoff spurns NRA questionnaire
• PA: Dem governor hopefuls state stances on guns
Politicians and Legislation • New push in state to carry guns openly
• MO: Missouri Lawmakers Seek To ‘Nullify’ Federal Gun Laws
• TN: Constitutional Carry possible in Tennessee?
• TN: Down to the wire: Tennessee lawmakers' schedule crammed in final days of session
The "Authorities" • IL: Country Club Hills To Pay $700K To Settle Wrongful Shooting Suit
• NJ: Former Plainfield officer sentenced for six years for sex assault, official misconduct
• TN: Knox County Sheriff's Office lieutenant charged with child rape
From the States • GA: Citizens need firearms to defend themselves (second letter)
• TX: Legislature likely to debate open carry, campus carry laws next year
• TX: Texas' open carry ban linked to 'Wild West' days, similar to more liberal states
• VT: Gun control—coming to a town near you
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| | 92 Year Old WW2 Vet and Armed Wife Chase Off Armed Robber – “I Was Gonna Work Him Over Real Good” (OH)
OpSD --"That’s when Ruby Mathis emerged from the bedroom wielding a gun and Kelly took off running. Based on Hugh’s next comments, it sounds like he made the right decision,"
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| Newslinks for Saturday, April 12
Comments and Commentary • Flower Shell project could end up buried by laws
• Oregon psychologist in ‘gun control’ documentary: ‘Violent people cause violence'
• You *Wish* Your “Grassroots” Organization Was as Big…
• Remington Recalls Model 700 and Model Seven Rifles for Trigger Trouble
Guns 'n Gear: New, Reviewed and Revered • New From Tacprogear: Pro Travel Bag
• Non-Pro Tip: Measuring Group Size Better
• ROBAR M1A Scout Squad
• TX: Texas DPS Ditches S&W M&P Handguns Over Reliability Issues
Armed Self-Defense *Works* • OH: 92 Year Old WW2 Vet and Armed Wife Chase Off Armed Robber – “I Was Gonna Work Him Over Real Good” (video available)
Editor's Choice • Charlton Heston Gets a Postage Stamp
• Daily Digest: Cost Of A Casket Edition
Escalating Confrontation Between BLM and Ranchers • Bundy Ranch: Cliven Bundy Feels He Is Being Pushed Off His Land For Refusing To Sell (videos available)
• Cliven Bundy and Eric Holder's 'Rule of Law'
• FAA Closes Airspace Over Federal Lands Near Bundy Ranch
• The Cliven Bundy Standoff: Wounded Knee Revisited?
News and Views from the Antis • 82 Anti-Gun House Democrats Urge Obama to Expand Gun Import Ban
• Guns galore won't make military bases safer: Our view
• NRA Gunning For More Than Just Right To Bear Arms
• Retired Justice Stevens: Second Amendment limited "for military purposes"
• With Guns, Suicide Is the Biggest Problem
Politicians and Legislation • CA: Anti-Gun California Senator Gets Ripped By His Colleagues, Lawyers Over Dumb Anti-Gun Bill (video available)
• FL: Over sheriffs' objections, House approves bill to allow concealed weapons during emergencies
• KY: NRA endorses McConnell in Kentucky GOP primary
From the States • The Truth About Gun Trusts: An Attorney’s Perspective
• Air Marshal director stepping down amid agency gun scheme probe
• NJ: 'A well-regulated militia' guards against tyranny (second letter)
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Latest Armed Self-defense News Stories: • 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)
• Machete-Wielding Suspect Gets A 2nd Amendment Lesson When He Targets The Wrong Woman (MI)
• Cops: Burglar shot to death by homeowner on West Side (IL)
• Homeowner Opens Fire on Two Robbery Suspects, Saves Roommate (OH)
• Police: Wayne Court shooting was act of self-defense (AL)
• Shooting on Fla. campus may have been self-defense (FL)
• Armed Store Clerk Opens Fire on Armed Robber Who Bit Another Clerk (VA)
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