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Intruders Shoot Their Way Into Apartment and Demand ‘Stuff.’ What Tenant Gives Them Leaves One Crook Dead, the Other in Critical Condition.

Two armed men who reportedly shot their way into a Pittsburgh apartment and demanded “stuff” from the tenant got the tables turned on them when the resident pulled out a shotgun and fired at the intruders, killing one and critically injuring the other. Police found the body of David Calhoun, 31, inside the apartment and […]

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The real gun problem is mental health, not the NRA.

(CNN) — Next time there’s a mass shooting, don’t jump to blame the National Rifle Association and lax gun laws. Look first at the shooter and the mental health services he did or didn’t get, and the commitment laws in the state where the shooting took place. Strengthening gun control won’t stop the next mass […]

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FBI: More People Killed with Fists & Hammers Than with Rifles & Shotguns.

Washington DC – -(Ammoland.com)- On January 3, 2013, Breitbart reported on the newest FBI crime statistics then available (2011) showing that more people are killed with hammers and clubs each year than are killed with rifles. [ Yet there are no calls to ban hammers..? ] With newer crime statistics now out for 2012, we […]

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The History Of Magazines Holding 11 Or More Rounds: A Response To California’s magazine ban.

Sunnyvale, California, has a ban on possessing magazines that hold more than 10 rounds, with no clause for being grandfathered in. The State of California has banned the sale, import and transfer of magazines with a capacity to hold more than 10 rounds, and in the case of the City of Sunnyvale, there’s a ban […]

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VICTORY: House Votes to Defund Eric Holder’s Anti-Gun Program.

The Second Amendment right to bear arms is one of the most critical rights guaranteed in the Constitution, as it enables citizens to protect themselves from an oppressive government. This is why the federal government tries so hard to pass strict gun control laws to make it difficult, almost impossible, in some places to own […]

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Sheriffs warn of violence from Mexican cartels deep into interior of U.S.

By Kelly Riddell The Washington Times Outmanned and outgunned, local law enforcement officers are alarmed by the drug and human trafficking, prostitution, kidnapping and money laundering that Mexican drug cartels are conducting in the U.S. far from the border. U.S. sheriffs say that securing the border is a growing concern to law enforcement agencies throughout […]

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Why a Police Rep Is Telling Citizens to ‘Get Yourself Some Firearms Because You’re Going to Have to Protect Yourselves’

Jul. 10, 2014 4:06pm Jason Howerton In order to avoid “yearly budget crises,” Miami-Dade County (Florida) may have to fire hundreds of police officers as part of a long-term budget strategy announced earlier this week. The proposal has been met with some criticism, with one police association spokesman telling citizens to “get yourself some firearms […]

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I Used To Come For Your Guns – Now I Support Your Right to Defend Yourself.

New York City in the early 1990s has been described as many things, few of them complimentary. The administration of Mayor David Dinkins was plagued with political and police corruption scandals, and some of the highest crime rates in the history of the city. Murders and violent crimes were up, tourism was down. The Mollen […]

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When a Convicted Felon Broke Into a Kentucky Woman’s Home and Found Her Hiding in the Closet, She Had a Little Surprise for Him.

A woman called police in Lone Oak, Kentucky at 4 a.m. Saturday, telling them that she was hiding in her closet and that someone had broken into her home. Moments later, the burglar entered the woman’s bedroom and opened the closet door — but she was waiting with a loaded pistol. The suspect fled the […]

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He Pointed a Gun at His Would-Be Victim and Said, ‘I Bet You Don’t Have One of These.’ He Lost That Bet Badly.

A suspected robber in Jackson, Mississippi, had to be hospitalized after his would-be victim called his bluff in a big way. The suspect first approached the man at a Motel 6 and asked for cigarettes, according to the Jackson Police Department. When the man, a hotel guest, said he didn’t have any cigarettes, he figured […]

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