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Doctor Seemingly Defies Hospital’s Policy Barring Him From Carrying a Gun. Police Say That Decision ‘Saved Lives.’

Jul. 24, 2014 8:57pm Jason Howerton DARBY, Pa. (TheBlaze/AP) — A psychiatrist who was grazed by gunfire from a patient at a suburban Philadelphia hospital Thursday helped stop the gunman by apparently using his own weapon to shoot and wound him, but not before a caseworker was killed, authorities said. A patient opened fire after […]

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The Incredible Story of How a Concealed Carry Permit Holder Gift-Wrapped Five Potentially Armed Suspects Who Eluded Cops.

Jul. 24, 2014 9:44pm Jason Howerton A concealed carry permit holder helped police nab five men who led officers in Iowa on a wild police chase that ended with the suspects crashing into someone’s yard in a residential neighborhood. The Linn County Sheriff’s office says the incident began when officers responded to reports of shots […]

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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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Doctor had gun, wounded hospital shooter.

DARBY, Pa. – A doctor wounded by a patient in a deadly shooting Thursday afternoon at a suburban hospital campus in Darby, Pa. returned fire and wounded the patient, authorities said. Investigators believe the doctor had his own gun and acted in self-defense, Delaware County District Attorney Jack Whelan said. The patient, who had psychiatric […]

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3 Reasons Why Outside-the-Waistband Holsters Are Better Than Inside-the-Waistband Holsters (And 3 Reasons Why They’re Not)

By Robert Farago on June 19, 2014 There are as many ways to carry a firearm as Israeli models worthy of linkage. But just as Bar Refaeli and Esti Ginzburg stand apart from their comely colleagues, inside-the-waistband (IWB) and outside-the-waistband (OWB) holsters are the go-to options for concealed carriers. Adherents of either method can choose […]

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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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