 | Son Saves His 83 Year Old Mother From Armed Home Invader Using a Gun (TN)
OpSD --"A carry permit holder was in just the right place at just the right time to save his elderly mother from a home invader armed with a knife and a shovel."
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Comments and Commentary • Second Amendment Foundation Racking Up The Victories In 2014
• ‘Pro-gun Democrat’ once more places Obama administration over gun rights
• Questions Grow Over Armatix ‘Smart Guns’
• Wisconsin anti-gunner blows it: People do want guns
• Gun rights come with responsibility for safety
• New Jersey state senator's self-serving 'evolution' on magazine bans is typical
• Open Letter to New Jersey Governor Christie Regarding Banning Standard Capacity Magazines
• What We're Up Against
Guns 'n Gear: New, Reviewed and Revered • Gear Review: Ghost Inc. Evo Elite Trigger Connector for GLOCKs
• IWA: The Most Beautiful Rifle I’ve Ever Seen
• The Truth About Kel-Tec
• Sweater drawstring causes Glock accidental discharge (video story)
Armed Self-Defense *Works* • TN: Son Saves His 83 Year Old Mother From Armed Home Invader Using a Gun
Editor's Choice • As Many As 350,000 Gun Owners In Connecticut Are Suddenly Felons
• No militia means more intrusive law enforcement
• TTAG Exclusive: Kirsten Joy Weiss Shoots An Egg Upside Down in A Tree (video story)
From the Enemy Camp • Gun Tweet of the Day: Shannon Watts Edition
• How to tackle gun violence without violating 2nd Amendment rights? Legal leaders share strategies
• Obama Surgeon General Nominee Wants Doctors To Keep Gun Registries (video story)
• Obama’s Surgeon General Pick Has an Interesting Take on…Gun Control
• One Kentucky Church's Outreach Now Includes A Gun Giveaway
Election News and Views • Stop Obama From Taking Your God-Given Rights, CPAC Presidential Straw Poll Winner Rand Paul Says
• Rand Paul: One of the Early Republican Frontrunners
• Does Mitch McConnell own a gun? His campaign won't say
• Dr. Ben Carson Against Gun Registration: We 'Should Be Really Concerned' About Martial Law
• AL: Would you vote for a 'gun-toting governor'? Stacy Lee George gets new look
• KS: Obama’s Tea Party cousin joins ‘big black scary gun community’ with pre-campaign rifle buy
• PA: Vote Ron Miller for state Senate
Politicians and Legislation • NRA Seeks To Block Gun Magazine Ban
• Obama's Anti-Second Amendment Nominee For Surgeon General: Guns Are a Healthcare Issue
• CO: Oppose misguided mental health legislation
• FL: A rift with State Rep. Dane Eagle kills gun bill
• FL: Fla. looks to expand controversial Stand Your Ground law (video available)
• FL: Mothers of Trayvon Martin and Jordan Davis team up to stand up to "Stand Your Ground" law (video available)
• FL: State legislature debates bills allowing guns in school
• GA: Is the Fix In to Prevent a Pro-Gun Bill in GA From Making It Past the GOP Controlled Senate?
• IN: Administrators and school board members could carry firearms
• IN: Austin upset over gun law
• IN: Gun Bill Appears Headed for Senate Floor (audio available)
• IN: Guns in school lot stir debate
• MD: Maryland legislators move to close gun law ‘loophole’
• MI: Battle underway to repeal Michigan's stand-your-ground law (video available)
• MO: This State Could Jail U.S. Agents Who Enforce Federal Gun Laws
• NH: ‘No compromise’ gun groups shoot themselves in the foot
• TN: Making laws like it's 1949
The "Authorities" • NYPD Union Joins The Lawsuit Against the NFL in Regards to Their Gun Carry Policy
• AZ: Bill Montgomery Won't Release List of Self-Defense Shooters He's Prosecuted
• DC: D.C. residents who witnessed brawl fault police response
• FL: Petulant Judge Returns Guns, Destroys Ammunition
• GA: Former Alpharetta Cop Faces Charges of Selling Firearms to Felon
• MA: Fall River Man Arrested For Videotaping Police Officer (video available)
• MI: East Lansing Police Tackle Suspect, City to Pay $35,000 to Settle Complaint (video available)
From the States • California store's sale of smart guns prompts backlash
• CA: California flooded with concealed carry applications
• CA: CGF Publishes New Resources To Help Californians Acquire A Handgun Carry License
• FL: Gun show switches venues after George Zimmerman controversy
• ID: Guns on Campus dialogue continues with local law enforcement
• IL: Survey: Support rises for concealed carry in Illinois
• NY: Grace Baptist Church To Give Away AR-15 Semi-Automatic Rifle For Second Amendment Rights (video available)
• VT: Gun Owners Rally At Statehouse To Protest Fee Bill, Burlington Charter Vote (video available)
• WA: Washington CPL rush slows, but crime news may perk it back up
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Firearms, Freedom and General Interest • Questions grow over gun range’s relationship with UN-supporting Armatix (video available)
• Smart Guns: A Dumb Choice
• Backlash: Facebook's gun decision hit by anti-gun group as NRA wins
Warnings of Another American Civil War • An Open Letter to Lt Vance of the CT State Police (video story)
• Connecticut Politicans Inch Closer to War on Gun Owners
• Molon labe: Connecticut's terrifying start of gun confiscation
Editor's Choice • A Movie That Gets It Right
• It Should Have Been A Defensive Gun Use: Bus Terminal Octogenarian Head Stomp Edition
Praxis • Project Build: Faux Integrally Suppressed SBR 9mm AR-15 (video available)
• Aftermath of a Defensive Gun Use: A Law Enforcement Perspective
• IWA: NiteSite IR-Based Night Vision ‘Scope’
From the Enemy Camp • Gun Grabbers Disrupt the Gun Lobby at SXSW. Or Not. (videos available)
• Protect UA students’ First Amendment rights: Keep guns out of classrooms
• Facebook, Wash. DV law update delusional gun control ‘wins’
• Why You Shouldn’t Send Your Child to An Idaho College
Politicians and Legislation • AK: University of Alaska turns to legal arsenal to defeat campus carry measure
• CO: Colorado Liberals Play ‘Mental Health’ Card v. Gun Rights
• CT: Confusion reigns as gun control law takes effect in Connecticut
• ID: Idaho House Votes For Campus Carry 50-19
• IN: Controversy surrounds bill that allows guns in cars at schools
• IN: Legislators considering stiffer penalties for gun crimes
• NJ: Sweeney's stance on gun magazine limits is altered by politics
• TN: Haslam no fan of guns-in-parks bill
• VA: Praise The Lord And Pass The Ammunition: VA Allows Sunday Hunting
• VT: Hundreds rally for gun rights, against Burlington charter change (video available)
• WA: Dueling gun initiatives happening in Olympia
The "Authorities" • ATF raids '80% complete receiver' manufacturer, looking for 'illegal guns' (video available)
• Vet: Conn. Cop said 'I cannot wait to get the order to kick your door in' (video available)
• FL: Titusville officer indicted on charges of dealing cocaine (video available)
• GA: Unbelievable: Cop who wrongly killed teen had history of blunders, was fired from last job as cop
• KS: $560K settlement for mother of woman fatally shot by Prairie Village police
• NY: Police officer arrested in beating of accused shoplifter at Target store near Yankee Stadium
From the States • Kentucky Southern Baptists Draw Crowds With Gun Giveaways
• NY: Pastor of Troy Church weighs in on gun giveaway
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| | Fatal shooting in Birmingham ruled justifiable (AL)
OpSD --Birmingham police say a man who fatally shot another man Saturday, March 1 was acting in self-defense. Harold Eugene Davis, 34, was gunned down in the 900 block of Erie Street in Wylam. The following day, Birmingham police released a picture of a car believed to be connected to the case.
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Firearms, Freedom and General Interest • Connecticut halts plans to round up firearms after finding most cops in the state are on the list
• Huckabee: Second Amendment ‘the only last resort’ to protect freedom
• NRA not always “unflinching and unapologetic” for the Second Amendment
Armed Self-Defense *Works* • AL: Fatal shooting in Birmingham ruled justifiable
Supreme Court News • NRA Asks U.S. Supreme Court to Block Enforcement of Sunnyvale Gun Law
Court Cases and News • Federal Judge upholds Sunnyvale town ordinance banning 10-round magazines
News and Views from the Antis • FL: Florida mayor fights backyard gun ranges in 'Gunshine State'
• IN: Guns on campus increases risk of violence
Politicians and Legislation • AL: CPD Chief, sheriff, candidates weigh in on gun bill
• CA: Donnelly lists Obama, Hitler, Stalin as gun control advocates
• FL: 10 pro-gun bills passed by committees this week
• FL: Florida warning-shot bill advances in state senate
• ID: Idaho House passes bill allowing concealed guns on college campuses
• TN: TN Gov. Haslam concerned about GOP efforts against park gun ban
• WA: Legislature: Domestic-violence order should require surrending guns
The "Authorities" • MI: Detroit cop accused of raping woman in her home after she called 911
• MI: Two Romulus police officers found guilty of misconduct, neglect of duty
From the States • CA: 5 Things to Know About Concealed Guns in SD
• FL: Judge rules against ‘Stand Your Ground’ defense in cop shooting
• FL: One nation, under no duty to retreat
• FL: Zimmerman a factor in moving gun show?
• IL: Woman Killed When Gun Left In Clothes Goes Off At Thrift Store
• OH: Concealed gun permits soar in Clark, Champaign
News and Views From Abroad • Ukraine: Ukrainians Want to Arm Themselves to the Teeth
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Latest Armed Self-defense News Stories: • 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)
• Deputies: Thurston Co. homeowner shoots intruder (WA)
• Sheriff: One dead, another injured when homeowner shoots intruders (TX)
• Jacksonville, Fla. Homeowner Michael Jay Acord Shoots And Kills Would-Be Burglar (FL)
• Homeowner shoots intruder, then uses Facebook to summon help (PA)
• Clearlake man shoots suspected intruder (CA)
• Failed Armed Robbery Suspect Arrested (FL)
• Townwood Court Home Invasion, Homicide Investigation Continues (VA)
• Clearlake man reportedly shoots home intruder (CA)
• Family Friend Fatally Shoots Boy Scout's Attacker: Police (CA)
• Burglary binge in Citrus, Hernando counties leaves one suspect dead (FL)
• Two break-ins in less than 24 hours, 77-year-old Phoenix homeowners fatally shoots intruder (AZ)
• 3 burglars scurry after homeowner fires shot (OH)
• Armed Jewelry Store Owner Chases Two “Smash and Grab” Robbers From His Store (GA)
• Police say Louisville home invasion victim pulled gun, shot suspect (KY)
• Resident shoots and kills masked intruder who burst into Dorchester home; second suspect is captured (MA)
• Concealed Carrier Shoots and Kills Armed Robber in PA (PA)
• Teenager Home Alone Opens Fire on Home Invader Who Cut Power Before Kicking in Door (CO)
• Intruder reportedly shot in Des Moines home invasion (IA)
• INTRUDER SHOT: Home Owner Shoots Man Busting In (IA)
• Customer shoots, kills gunman at Orrville Dollar General (AL)
• Neighbor: East Allentown man traded shots with robbers before killing one (PA)
• Knoxville homeowner shot by suspects returns fire killing one (TN)
• Laundromat owner, 90, scares off robber with gun (OH)
• Home Invasion Suspect Shot By Homeowner (PA)
• Armed Bystander Stops Mass Shooting at Portland Strip Club – Where is the Mainstream Media? (OR)
• Man pulls shotgun out on would-be car jackers (VA)
• Man shoots home invader smashing in windows (TX)
• 63 Year Old Grandmother Shoots and Kills 16 Year Old Home Invader Armed With a Shotgun (LA)
• Defensive Gun Use Of The Day: Seven Isn’t Heaven Edition (CA)
• Police: Shooting in Killeen leaves intruder dead (TX)
• Police say violent home invasions are rare in Shreveport (LA)
• Florida Homeowner Uses AK-47 to Shoot and Kill 1 of 3 Armed Home Invaders (FL)
• New Year’s Eve Stabbing Ruled Self-Defense (OH)
• Man shoots at shoplifting suspects outside Arrowhead Towne Center (AZ)
• Fatal shooting of Manchester man called self defense (KS)
• Suspected burglar shot by business owner dies (GA)
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