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“New research conducted by the University of Pittsburgh bolsters a claim long made by gun rights advocates that lawful gun owners rarely commit crimes. In 2008, there were 893 firearms recovered from crime scenes in Pittsburgh. Of those cases, 79 percent of them involved a suspect illegally carrying a firearm. Only 18 percent of the […]

“Kirk Puckett, a spokesperson for the Alamance County Sheriff’s Office, said a pair of young sisters from North Carolina stopped a home invasion when one of the girls armed herself with a rifle for protection. It was around 12 p.m. Thursday when the 12 and 13-year-old girls, who were in their Snow Camp home on […]

“A 75-year-old Loris, SC woman is thankful she had the means to defend herself and her family from a violent assault when a pair of violent armed robbers broke into her home Sunday night. “God was with me, God was with us all,” the great-grandmother said. “He was watching over us. He can’t stop things […]

“After the usual “assault rifles” are “weapon of war” used by “mass murderers” anti-AR15 Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey dropped this bombshell at The Boston Globe. “The Massachusetts assault weapons ban mirrors the federal ban Congress allowed to expire in 2004. It prohibits the sale of specific weapons like the Colt AR-15 and AK-47 and […]

“The U.S. Agriculture Department’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service doesn’t seem like a Wild West sort of federal agency since its biologists mostly check on the human health impact of animal and plant species. But it reported buying $4.7 million in high-powered weapons, ammunition and military gear during the last decade, including shotguns, night […]

“Action movie actor Matt Damon spent his Fourth of July weekend in Australia, where he spoke to local media about the latest “Jason Bourne” film, as well as his views on gun control. The “Bourne” franchise star expressed his desire that the United States would conduct a massive confiscation of firearms akin to the 1996 […]

“An off-duty security guard who was on his way home shot one of four attackers who allegedly tried to mug him. Just minutes before the incident, which occurred across the street from a gas station in Detroit, Michigan, the clerk at the gas station said a group of men came inside and asked him for […]

From our friends at Aegis Academy Celebrating the Fourth of July and Gun Control As the Fourth of July approaches, many of us are preparing to celebrate this occasion with family barbeques, neighborhood parades, impressive concerts and colorful firework displays. I have to admit, it is one of my favorite holidays. No fanfare of gifts, […]

California Update: Gov. Brown Takes Action on Gun Control Bills The National Shooting Sports Foundation is extremely disappointed that Gov. Brown today chose to sign into law these highly restrictive and unneeded gun control measures, all of which will affect law-abiding Californians while doing nothing to stop the criminal misuse of firearms. By acting within […]

“Police said Jody Ray Thompson pulled out a gun during an argument in front of the Playoffz nightclub in Lyman, South Carolina, early Sunday morning and fired at a gathered crowd, hitting three people. Spartanburg County Sheriff’s deputies told WHNS-TV Thompson almost hit a fourth person — who just so happens to be a concealed […]