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Making Guns Great Again Submitted by: David Williamson Website: http://libertyparkpress.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
A friend of mine treated himself to a new revolver for Hannukah, a Smith & Wesson .44 Magnum. He and I took it to the range a few days ago to break it in. For the uninitiated, the S&W .44 Magnum is the gun Dirty Harry describes as the �the most powerful handgun in the world; would blow your head clean off.� It�s unbelievable fun to shoot, and, as you might guess, very, very loud.

Toy Guns and Real-Life Tragedies Submitted by: David Williamson Website: http://libertyparkpress.com	There is 1 comment on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
Should police officers making life-and-death decisions in a split-second be forced to distinguish between a real gun and realistic looking toy? California lawmakers finally said no after the 2013 death of Andy Lopez in southwest Santa Rosa.

Texas Gun Bill Would Prohibit Gun Ownership Inquiries by Doctors Submitted by: David Williamson Website: http://libertyparkpress.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
A gun bill in Texas has been pre-filed which, if passed, would prohibit a physician from inquiring into whether a patient has a gun in their home.

Liberty University Targets Campbell County for Shooting Range; Hearing on Tuesday Submitted by: David Williamson Website: http://libertyparkpress.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
A state-of-the-art shooting range for Liberty University students and Campbell County residents will be up for approval by the Campbell County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday. If approved, the facility to be built off Camp Hydaway Road would be used to help train LU students to use guns properly and host firearm sporting events on the collegiate level.

CT: Local Gun Owners Could Get Around New Laws Submitted by: David Williamson Website: http://libertyparkpress.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
For Kings County gun owners, the raft of new gun control laws passed in California this year may not have much impact in 2017, according to Kings Gun Center Owner Todd Cotta and Kings County Sheriff Dave Robinson.

MO: New Concealed Weapons Law to Take Effect Submitted by: David Williamson Website: http://libertyparkpress.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
New laws ranging from an overhaul of the state's criminal code to a measure that will allow people to carry concealed weapons without a permit will take effect in Missouri Sunday. Here's a breakdown of some of the new laws.

One Man's Ammo is Not Necessarily Another Man's Ammo
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This past fall in an Open Season column, I lauded the performance of Federal's Premium Trophy Copper sabot slugs on the shooting range. The particular round was the 12-gauge, 3-inch with a 300-grain bullet and an advertised muzzle velocity of 2,000 feet per second, putting it neck and neck with the fastest slugs available. I like high-velocity ammunition for hunting because if the accuracy is there, the bullet will shoot flatter and have more down-range energy and killing power than the same weight bullet traveling at a slower speed.

MD: Handgun Purchases Move from Paper to Online Applications Submitted by: David Williamson Website: http://libertyparkpress.com	There is 1 comment on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
To buy a handgun legally in Maryland, you'll now have to go online first. Beginning New Year's Day, all handgun purchase applications must be submitted through the Maryland State Police Licensing Portal. The old handwritten forms will no longer be accepted.

Colt Cobra�A New Factory Double-Action Colt
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To do this job right, one has to keep secrets. And Colt dropped the biggest secret of 2017 on me, then told me to keep my yap shut�until now. Finally, the biggest news in new gun introductions is out. Colt is back in the double-action revolver business. The new gun, harkening back to a �snake� name (ever heard of a Python?), is called the Colt Cobra. I was able to examine the prototype at Colt�s offices while filming for �American Rifleman Television� last year.

WA: Sequim Man Claims Self-Defense, Trial To Begin January 9 Submitted by: David Williamson Website: http://libertyparkpress.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
A Sequim man charged for firing a semi-automatic handgun at a South Barr Road resident and pointing the weapon at another man last February will soon have his day in court. Keith Roberson, 55, will claim self-defense in a one-week trial that begins Jan. 9, court papers said.

Lubbock Ends 2016 With Second-Lowest Homicide Number in 5 Years Submitted by: David Williamson Website: http://libertyparkpress.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
During the early morning hours of Jan. 15, 2016, Lubbock police responded to a stabbing at a bar on Broadway to find 20-year-old Zachary Kafer stabbed numerous times � wounds he would succumb to shortly after being taken to a Lubbock hospital. His would be the first of eight deaths ruled as a homicide in 2016 in Lubbock.

IL: Chicago- 2016 Ends With 762 homicides; 2017 Opens With Fatal Uptown Gunfight Submitted by: David Williamson Website: http://libertyparkpress.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
An argument between two men at an Uptown bar in the early hours of Jan. 1 ended with the two shooting at one another, leaving both dead. Their deaths ushered in the new year, marking the first and second homicides of 2017 and keeping up 2016�s pace of violence � levels that haven�t marred the city for 20 years.

NY: Man Tried Stealing Three Officers� Guns in Times Square
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An unhinged man tried to steal the guns of three cops just hours after the New Year�s Eve ball drop in Times Square, police sources said. Scott Zaleski, 40, first tried to take the firearms from the holsters of two uniformed officers at West 37th Street and Broadway about 1:30 a.m. Sunday, the sources said. The man failed to swipe those guns, so he ran down to West 36th Street where he targeted another cop.

NC: Cherryville New Year�s Shooters Start Celebration Early in Lincolnton Submitted by: David Williamson Website: http://libertyparkpress.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
No one knows exactly when the tradition of the Cherryville New Year�s Shooters started, but it is known that the practice of shooting black powder muskets on New Year�s Eve was brought to North Carolina by the early German settlers. �Some people say we are re-enacting but we�re not re-enacting � we�re still doing it,� Cherryville New Year�s Shooters secretary Gary Dellinger said.

GA: Gun Supporters Rally Around Waitress
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A local waitress who fired her gun at three fleeing robbers and lost her job over it is finding support from other gun owners.
Heather Burkinshaw-Stanley, known as �Shorty� to her friends and customers, had been working third shift for the Waffle House on 1363 S. Highway 29 [Newnan, GA] for almost two years.
On Thursday morning, Stanley was doing prep work when a man approached the cashier after finishing his meal. Along with two other men, he produced a note demanding money from the cashier or everyone in the restaurant would be shot, according to Stanley. ...
Stanley stopped what she was doing, ran to her car in the parking lot and grabbed a 9mm pistol and fired a single shot toward the fleeing robbers.

North American Arms Ported Pug Carry Submitted by: David Williamson Website: http://libertyparkpress.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
The .22 Win. Mag. Rimfire cartridge is the subject of much debate when it comes to self-defense. Some ask "why?" and others say "buy." But that doesn�t stop North American Arms from providing a catalog of ultra-small revolving-cylinder pistols that conceal easily in the smallest of pockets.

Endorse the Second Amendment Submitted by: David Williamson Website: http://libertyparkpress.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
Rights positions of President-elect Donald J. Trump are all that we would want them to be. America will be a safer place with our Second Amendment rights endorsed, better respected and protected. These are his own words: �Defend the Second Amendment of our Constitution. The right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed upon. Period.

MA: New Bedford Police Seize 2 Guns, Weapons, Arrest 5 in Sweep
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Narcotics investigators arrested four men and one juvenile on drug and weapon charges and seized two handguns Friday afternoon as part of a street-level investigation, police said. Detectives with the department's Organized Crime Intelligence Bureau seized multiple bags of marijuana, weighing more than 123 grams; $760 in cash; two guns; illegal knives; and brass knuckles, according to Lt. Amos Melo, a spokesman for the New Bedford Police Department.

Beware of Wolves . . . Submitted by: Liston Matthews Website: knoxgunguy.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
Group purports to support the Second Amendment, but close examination reveals they are still gun grabbers.

IL: Pair Ticketed for Shooting Guns into River, Kane County Official Says Submitted by: David Williamson Website: http://libertyparkpress.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
Two men shooting into the Fox River Friday night were ticketed by the Kane County Sheriff's Office, the department's public information officer said. County deputies were called to an area of South End Park at about 9:50 p.m. after several residents reported hearing gunfire, according to a Facebook message posted by the village of West Dundee.

New Gun Law Goes into Effect with Start of New Year
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Saturday was the absolute last day Californians could pick up a Armalite Rifle, or AR-15, with a bullet button legally within the state. Starting Sunday, state Senate Bill 880 becomes law reclassifying "bullet button" firearms as assault weapons. Since Governor Jerry Brown signed that bill into law in July, gun stores across the state have been reporting record sales of the AR-15. But the new law has left many with questions about what they can sell in 2017.

TRUMP�S PROMISE: His First Day Offensive Against Gun Control
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Donald Trump says he will eliminate gun free zones, which is where the majority of mass shooting have happened. He was incensed that soldiers on US Military bases aren�t allowed to carry firearms. Referencing the five highly trained soldiers who were slaughtered on a US military base by a lone gunman because they didn�t have weapons, and referencing that the majority of gun violence occurs in places with the strictest gun laws, Trump stated...

GA: Waffle House Waitress Fired for Shooting Gun During Robbery
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While Georgia authorities continue to seek three robbery suspects who threatened to shoot everyone inside of a Waffle House, the waitress who fired one shot into the air while the men ran to their car has been fired. The robbery happened around 2:30 a.m. Thursday at the restaurant on U.S. Highway 29 in Newnan. Coweta County deputies said the robbery suspects gave a note to a waitress in which they threatened to shoot everyone unless she gave them money.