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What a Beast! 1890s 37mm �Pom Pom� Gun
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�Pom-Pom� was the name given to the 37mm Maxim gun by the Boers of South Africa, based on the gun�s sound. It was a Maxim machine gun scaled up to the quite impressive 37mm caliber, intended primarily for naval use defending large vessels against small torpedo boats. This particular example is serial number 2024, made in 1889 and then sold three twice before being ultimately purchased by the United States Coast Guard and installed on the USS Manning (along with a second gun, number 2026).

GA: Militia Group Plans Protest For Tuesday Evening
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County Board of Commissioners (BOC) was cancelled. a local militia group announced it will continue with a planned protest outside the Historic Courthouse Tuesday night. Georgia Security Force III% will conduct a protest at 6 p.m. Tuesday evening. Henry County resident Chris Hill, Georgia Security Force III%�s commanding officer, said the group�s purpose is to �use the Second Amendment to protect the First Amendment.�

CA: City Employees Wary of Concealed Guns
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A new survey indicates that a majority of employees who work in the Salina City County building do not want a policy change that would allow concealed weapons in the building.
On Tuesday Salina City Manager Jason Gage shared to the joint City and County Building Authority Board the results of a survey completed by employees who work in the building�for the City of Salina, the Building Authority and KSU Extension. County and court employees did not participate.

NC: Man Shoots Son In Self-Defense Submitted by: David Williamson Website: http://keepandbeararms.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
Gastonia father will not face charges after police say he killed his son in self-defense. Police were called Monday night to a home on Modena Street after 70-year-old Dwight Patterson shot and killed his 47-year-old son Steven Patterson during a confrontation. Police spokeswoman Donna Lahser said detectives have ruled this shooting an act of self-defense.

The Heckler & Koch MP5 Submachine Gun Submitted by: David Williamson Website: http://keepandbeararms.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
For a half century now, it has been a ubiquitous instrument of law and order. Adopted by West Germany�s Bundespolizei and Grenzshchutz in 1966, it has demonstrated itself an effective tool of counterterrorism.

KS: Judge Denies Self-defense Claim In Kansas Gun Store Shootout Submitted by: David Williamson Website: http://keepandbeararms.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
A judge has denied self-defense claims from one of four men charged in a fatal gunfight at a suburban Kansas City. De'Anthony Wiley, of Kansas City, Missouri, claimed that he was wounded and trying to surrender when Jon Bieker was fatally shot in January 2015 while defending his wife at the She's A Pistol gun store in Shawnee, Kansas.

IL: Park Ridge Businesswoman Mixes Concealed Carry With Female Fashion
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Marilyn Smolenski's line of body wear isn't the only thing her customers are concealing beneath their clothes. Sporting pockets on both sides, Smolenski's form-fitting top doubles as a handgun holster for one contingent of the concealed carry set: women. The Park Ridge entrepreneur launched Nickel and Lace, a company mixing concealed carry fashion with safety, in 2012 after reaching a frustrating conclusion: The holsters she borrowed from her husband for use in a self-defense and safety course just didn't hit the mark.

MO: Security Guard Shoots, Kills Man Outside Of Kansas City Apartment Complex Submitted by: David Williamson Website: http://keepandbeararms.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
Police say a security guard shot a man outside of a Kansas City apartment complex in self defense early Tuesday morning. The man died in the parking lot of Canyon Creek Apartments near 93rd Street and Bales Avenue.

AL: Students for Concealed Carry Planning Empty Holster Protest At South Alabama University Submitted by: David Williamson Website: http://keepandbeararms.com	There is 1 comment on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
Students for Concealed Carry at the University of South Alabama are planning an empty holster protest for October. The student group is holding a meeting at 6:30 Tuesday evening at the University�s Student Center to plan the protest. The group wants the university to consider allowing students to carry guns on campus. They say it�s important for self-defense.

MO: Sheriff Blasts Newspaper Editorial Scrutinizing Fatal Shooting By Officer Submitted by: David Williamson Website: http://keepandbeararms.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
A recent editorial in The Monett Times fired up a lot of opinions from readers, including one from the Lawrence County sheriff. "I had had enough of people bashing officers, telling officers that they did wrong, that they have done things wrong when they have absolutely no training, no background to explain how that officer did that or why that officer was there," said Sheriff Brad DeLay.

Second Amendment Group Sues Katie Couric Over Edited Gun Documentary
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Katie Couric received criticism earlier this year for her portrayal of gun owners in her documentary, �Under the Gun.� Now, it�s coming back to haunt her. Couric is now being sued for $12 million by the Virginia Citizens Defense League, a Second Amendment advocacy group. A few months after it was released in January, the documentary came under fire due to a scene in which Couric appeared to stump gun rights advocates with the question: �If there are no background checks for gun purchasers, how do you prevent felons or terrorists from purchasing a gun?�

MO: KC Mayor, Police Officials Urge Legislature To Sustain Nixon�s Gun Bill Veto Submitted by: David Williamson Website: http://keepandbeararms.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
On the eve of the Missouri legislature�s veto session, Kansas City Mayor Sly James joined law enforcement and women�s advocates Tuesday in urging lawmakers not to relax the state�s concealed carry permit law. James and others decried what they see as a �ludicrous and stupid� Senate Bill 656, which eliminates the need for training and a permit to carry a concealed firearm.

Private-Sector Innovation Needed to Address Mass Shootings
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Thanks to a new law that went into effect last month, college students starting a new school year in Texas will be greeted with the newest in campus mainstays: concealed weapons. Texas� �campus carry� law for the first time allows students to carry firearms on campus. Defended by Second Amendment advocates as �constitutionally sound,� opponents of the law are calling it �dangerously experimental� and �unsafe� � people like John Fox, a survivor of the 1966 University of Texas shooting.

TX: Gun-Rights Activist Slammmed For Graphic Film Portraying Shooting of A Student Protester Submitted by: David Williamson Website: http://keepandbeararms.com	There are 3 comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
The graphic video imagines the shooting death of a young woman during a home invasion. That much is not in question. What is in question: Whether the short film by a Second Amendment activist crosses a line by violently portraying the fictional death of a real-life student protester.

Australia: Illegal Firearm Owners Could Surrender Guns Without Penalty Under Proposed Amnesty Submitted by: David Williamson Website: http://keepandbeararms.com	There is 1 comment on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
The Coalition will also introduce legislation to Parliament this week that would mean tougher sentencing for people convicted of gun smuggling. Justice Minister Michael Keenan said he and his state police minister colleagues reached an "in-principle" agreement on a national amnesty, and confirmed there would be no buyback of illicit guns.

MT: Gianforte Campaigns On Gun Rights At Helena Shooting Club Submitted by: David Williamson Website: http://keepandbeararms.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
The Republican candidate for governor stood in faded blue jeans and worn brown leather boots as he fired dozens of rounds out a 12 gauge shotgun in Helena, Tuesday morning. Greg Gianforte called the press conference at the Helena Trap Club to tout his support of gun rights, Montana values, and to announce endorsements from pro-gun groups.

TN: State Now Leads Nation In Unintentional Fatal Shootings Submitted by: David Williamson Website: http://keepandbeararms.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
By a wide margin, Tennessee led the nation in fatal unintentional shootings in 2014, according to the most recent data from the Centers for Disease Control. The CDC counted 105 deaths from accidental gunshots in 2014. The year before that, there were 19 such deaths in the state, when Tennessee had ranked ninth.

This Legal Roadblock Infuriates Local Gun Prohibitionists
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It�s called state preemption, and anti-gun mayors, city councils and political police chiefs despise it nearly as much as the nation�s gun prohibition lobbying groups.

Everytown for Gun Safety dislikes these laws so much that they devote an entire page on their website to bashing the concept. Bloomington, Indiana Mayor John Hamilton railed against his state�s preemption law in a July 21 Op-Ed for the New York Times. Seattle Mayor Ed Murray�s attempt to skirt Washington�s 33-year-old preemption law by signing a �gun violence tax� into law last year is currently being challenged in court.

IN: County Looks At Knife Policy
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Visitors to the Montgomery County Courthouse must wait a little longer for commissioners to decide whether there will be changes to the courthouse security policy regarding pocketknives and other small weapons. On Monday, commissioners tabled an amendment to the policy that would have forced knife bearers, and other small weapons holders, to either take the weapons back to their vehicles or have them confiscated. Presently, small weapons are held in a drawer near the entrance and returned upon the owner exiting the building.

ID: Nampa Man Accused Of Shooting At Neighbor
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A man accused of opening fire on a Nampa cul-de-sac after a dispute with his neighbors was arrested Saturday night. The incident happened shortly before 9 p.m. in the 500 block of Winter Court. Officers say someone called 911 to report that the suspect - later identified as 37-year-old James Joseph Millett - had come out of his house and fired multiple shots. At about the same time, Millett also called police, telling dispatchers three men beat him up and took his gun.

NRA For Nevadans For Freedom Launches TV Ad
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NRA Nevadans for Freedom launched its first television ad this week against the Question 1 gun control ballot initiative. The 30-second ad will run in the state's two largest television markets, Las Vegas and Reno. �Stand With Law Enforcement,� features Attorney General Adam Laxalt alongside Nevada sheriffs Ken Furlong (Carson City), Chuck Allen (Washoe County), and Gerald Antinoro (Storey County). The state's top law enforcement officer and sheriffs make a powerful case for why Question 1 �is not going to do a thing to prevent crime,� and will instead turn well-meaning Nevadans into criminals.