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Almost Gun-Control Fails and Almost Armed Defense Saves Lives
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Gun-control advocates will tell you that the 23-thousand firearms regulations we have today aren�t nearly enough. In contrast, advocates of armed defense will tell you that the right to bear arms is horribly infringed. Both are telling the truth about what they want, but they can�t both be right.

Imperfect gun-control fails time after time and imperfect armed defense stops millions of violent crimes each year. The truth is obvious if we�re willing to look.

TN: Employee Says He Shot Suspected Shoplifter in 'Self-Defense'
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A Walgreens employee who shot and wounded a pregnant woman he suspected of shoplifting said he acted in self-defense after being pepper-sprayed, Nashville police said Thursday.

A Walgreens team leader followed two women to a vehicle in the parking lot Wednesday evening after watching them leave the store without paying for items, police said in a statement. He said he was recording the women on his cellphone and that he made his way to the rear side of a vehicle where they were placing the items in the trunk. One of the women then sprayed him with pepper spray, he told police.

MT: House signals approval for amended bill codifying students' right to self-defense
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A bill giving students the right to self-defense is one step closer to becoming law in Montana.

An amended version of House Bill 450, sponsored by State Rep. Jedediah Hinkle (R-Belgrade), passed second reading in the House Thursday, 68-32, and is due for a final reading on Friday.

The bill allows students who are physically attacked to use reasonable and necessary force for self-protection.

Student bystanders can physically restrain the aggressor to protect the victim.

GA: Georgia Resident Confronts Burglar Watching TV, Shoots Him in Self-Defense Submitted by: Mark A. Taff Website: www.marktaff.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
A man in Athens was shot on Monday after burglarizing a home and encountering a resident who was armed with a gun. The incident occurred at around 5:50 a.m. on Tallassee Road in North Athens, GA. The suspect, James E. Hill, was treated for an arm wound and then taken into custody. He remains in the Athens-Clarke County Jail without bond.

MO: Planned pardon in TX fatal shooting is the GOP's latest retreat from law and order
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Apparently, it�s open season on Black Lives Matter protesters in Texas. Gov. Greg Abbott didn�t even bother waiting for the sentencing of a man convicted of shooting and killing a protester supporting the movement before announcing he plans to pardon the shooter. Never mind that a jury has unanimously determined that the shooting was not, as the man claims, in self-defense. The case confirms yet again that the GOP�s once-consistent stance for law and order is now politically situational.

OK: Murder charges dismissed against man involved in New Year's Day 2022 shooting in OKC
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Prosecutors have dropped murder charges against a man involved in a road rage-related double shooting on New Year's Day in 2022.

Scott Thomas Brown, 34, was charged with multiple felony counts, including murder, in connection with the shootings of his best friend, Jonathan Camren, 26, and Christopher Ward, 19, at the time. But the Oklahoma County District Attorney's Office dropped the murder charges against Brown after prosecutors determined he had acted in self-defense.

NC: Marines spring into action after a shooting near a smoke shop
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Witnesses said the alleged shooter felt threatened by a man with a knife.

Two U.S. Marines from a recruiting center across the street were outside when they heard a confrontation and saw a man get shot.

�We heard it first,� said Sgt. Anthony Beckford, a U.S. Marine. �We heard the yelling and the cursing, and someone telling the other person to get back. And then we were like, �What�s going on?� And we heard the first shot.�

TN: Gun Lobby Calls Lee�s Gun Proposal a �Knee-Jerk, Emotional Response�
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The Tennessee Firearms Association (TFA) is trashing Gov. Bill Lee�s push for what it calls a �red flag law,� saying he wants to pass an unconstitutional measure as an emotional reaction to the Covenant School shooting.

�Governor Lee called for the Legislature to react to the emotional response of some citizens after the Covenant murders and more particularly after the expulsion of two Democrat House members who demanded gun control,� TFA Executive Director John Harris said in a Wednesday statement.

CA: What are homeowners rights during home invasions? Submitted by: Mark A. Taff Website: www.marktaff.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
Wednesday afternoon, a home invasion ended with the intruder being stabbed and killed by the man inside the house he broke into. According to the Bakersfield Police Department, the intruder violently assaulted the man, but BPD could not say exactly how. That's when the man inside the home grabbed a knife and stabbed the man, which led to his death.

MO: Missouri House advances bill allowing guns on buses, inside churches and synagogues
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Missourians would be allowed to carry guns on public buses and inside churches and other places of worship under a bill advanced by the Missouri House Thursday.

The bill, sponsored by Rep. Adam Schnelting, a St. Charles Republican, would allow people with concealed carry permits to carry guns on public transit in the state.

�We all have the potential of running into situations where we have to utilize self defense to protect ourselves and those we love,� Schnelting said on the floor Thursday.

NJ: Vineland, NJ Man Found Not Guilty In Stabbing Death Of Corrections Officer
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A teenage male from Vineland on trial, accused of killing a corrections officer in a 2020 altercation, has been acquitted of reckless manslaughter.

On Thursday, a jury found 20-year-old Zachary Latham not guilty in the stabbing death of 50-year-old William T. Durham Sr.

The men got into a fight on the night of May 4, 2020 which reportedly escalated into a melee involving several family members outside Latham's home in Vineland, according to NJ.com.

VT: Vermont House gives preliminary approval for bill to ban paramilitary training camps Submitted by: Mark A. Taff Website: www.marktaff.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
A bill that would ban paramilitary training camps in Vermont received preliminary approval on Thursday in the Vermont House of Representatives. The legislation came in response to increasing concerns about extremist paramilitary organizations across the country and in our own backyard.

TX: Keep your weapon safe while wearing sportswear�Alexo Athletica
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With her products, she�s helping other women have a sense of security and peace of mind when they take to the streets.

Inside DFW host, Jenny Anchondo talked to Amy Robbins Founder and CEO of Alexo Athletica.

Alexo Athletica is a sportswear that can hide and conceal your weapon while you�re working out or while running errands

Sportswear is usually made of lightweight, breathable material, it can be difficult to conceal the outline of a weapon.

IN: FedEx shooting families, victims file lawsuit against gun manufacturer
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Survivors of the Indianapolis FedEx mass shooting along with families of the victims have filed a lawsuit against American Tactical, Inc. accusing the gun importer and manufacturer of selling the high-capacity magazine used by the gunman despite �knowing that mass killers are attracted to high-capacity magazines.�

The lawsuit quotes famed firearms manufacturer William B. Ruger in stating, �No honest man needs more than 10 rounds,� and accuses the company of being negligent and reckless by not only providing 60-round magazines, but by specifically targetting �impulsive young men who feel they need to harm others in order to prove their strength.�

IN: Top 2024 hopefuls to address NRA convention after shootings
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Last year it was Uvalde. Now it's Nashville and Louisville. For the second year in a row, the National Rifle Association is holding its annual convention within days of mass shootings that shook the nation.

The three-day gathering, beginning Friday, will include thousands of the organization�s most active members at Indianapolis� convention center and is attracting a bevy of top Republican presidential candidates � enough that it could help shape the early part of next year�s GOP primary race.

It illustrates the stark reality that such shootings have become enough of the fabric of American life that the NRA can no longer schedule around them.

TX: Juror says Texas Gov. Abbott�s rush to pardon shooter a �travesty�
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An alternate juror in the trial of a U.S. Army sergeant convicted of murder said Wednesday that Texas Gov. Greg Abbott�s rush for a pardon is an �egregious overreach� to wipe aside the jury�s unanimous decision over a 2020 shooting during a Black Lives Matter protest.

In an interview with The Associated Press, Jere Dowell said prosecutors put on a convincing case against Daniel Perry, who was in his car working as a ride-share driver when he shot 28-year-old Garrett Foster, who had been legally carrying an AK-47 while marching with demonstrators through downtown Austin.

Brendan Buck Should Stop Being A Tool For Democrat Disinformation
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For example, Todd led a subliterate discussion about Tennessee on Sunday. In the real world, the situation was that a trans-identified shooter in Nashville murdered three Christian children and three of their caregivers. Left-wing activists, including three elected Democrats, responded by orchestrating a takeover of the legislature in an attempt to restrict self-defense rights. The manner in which they led this takeover of the legislative assembly included violations of rules for which they were removed from committees and, in two cases, the legislative body. Many in the propaganda press have willfully lied about these facts to push a left-wing narrative.

PA: Using public health to address gun violence
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On Friday, Jan. 6, a 6-year-old student at Richneck Elementary School, Newport News, Va., shot his teacher in front of his fellow classmates and put her in a hospital with life-threatening wounds. Perhaps this shocking event is the best evidence of how competently we have failed to deal with gun violence. Anger, frustration, revenge, and lax parental control are issues law enforcement cannot effectively address. Yet, daily, gun violence snuffs out Americans� lives and incapacitates so many more. We reach in vain for more stringent laws to solve the problem while we suffer the ignominy of the world. Why is it that this most advanced of advanced countries tolerates unrelenting, persistent murders in our homes and schools daily?

MI: Whitmer signs gun safe storage, background checks; House OKs 'red flag'
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Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Thursday signed into law gun safe storage and universal background check legislation, calling the measures a �common sense� approach to deter firearm violence.

The second-term Democrat signed the bills inside Spartan Stadium at Michigan State University, two months to the day after a gunman terrorized the campus, killing three students and injuring five others before killing himself several miles away.

MA: Court says way Boston man was convicted on illegal gun and ammo charges violates the Second Amendment
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The Supreme Judicial Court ruled today that a Supreme Court decision last year that lets people pack guns for protection outside the home means it has no choice but to overturn a Boston man's conviction for the gun and bullets Boston and Watertown police found in his glove box - but the court upheld his 2 1/2 to 3-year sentence for one of the magazines they also found.

The ruling does not strike down the Massachusetts gun-control law, one of the strictest in the nation, but means prosecutors will have to present evidence that somebody they are prosecuting broke the law by not getting a permit for the weapon. Before today's decision, it was up to defendants to prove they had a license...

IN: Chicago concealed carrier shoots 18-year-old male trying to break into business � the latest example of city residents using guns for self-defense
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A Chicago concealed carrier shot an 18-year-old male who was trying to break into a business Sunday night, police told WFLD-TV. It's the latest example of city dwellers using guns to defend themselves.

A man inside a closed business in the 2600 block of West Lawrence Avenue in the Lincoln Square neighborhood heard a noise at the back door around 11:50 p.m. and found a male trying to break in, police told the station.

Smart Guns � A Sign Of Cutting-Edge Defense Technology Making Its Way To American Gun Owners Submitted by: Mark A. Taff Website: www.marktaff.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
But until now, advancements like the one Biofire is now offering have previously been restricted to less critical aspects of firearms such as accessories or tweaks to the usability of a particular firearm rather than the internals of a firearm itself. The Smart Gun offers a fundamental leap forward in terms of safety, reliability, seamless experience and speed of access. Ed.: LOL

MS: NSSF Applauds Mississippi Governor Signing Second Amendment Financial Privacy Act
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NSSF�, The Firearm Industry Trade Association, applauds Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves for signing the Second Amendment Financial Privacy Act, HB 1110, into law. This law takes the necessary steps to ensure that financial institutions and credit card companies are prohibited from sharing customers� private financial information when purchasing firearms, ammunition and other related components and accessories. The Second Amendment Financial Privacy Act is necessary to prevent the potential exploitation of customer privacy and denial of services by politically-motivated activists.

The Misunderstood .45 Colt +P
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It is safe to say that the advent of smokeless gunpowder has been especially effective at boosting the performance of yesteryear�s cartridges. And the continued evolution of smokeless powder appears to have sparked ballistic improvements in a variety of handgun cartridges, especially big-bore types such as the .45 Colt. These advanced powders generate higher velocity than ever before thought possible, which translates to greater levels of impact energy over its blackpowder counterparts. But with these higher velocities comes increased operational pressures. And if the level of pressure produced by the cartridge exceeds that of the firearm�s allowable threshold, then there's a serious risk of catastrophic failure�the gun may blow apart.