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Reality Check: Guns Sales Up, Crimes Committed With Guns Down.

Earlier this week, Michael Bloomberg’s new anti-gun Everytown released a bogus report claiming since Newtown in December 2013, 74 school shootings have taken place. The report was so bogus, even CNN went out of the way, twice, to correct the record. More from Ed Morrissey: For the second time in two days, CNN went out […]

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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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Murder rate drops as concealed carry permits rise, study shows.

Published July 09, 2014 FoxNews.com A dramatic spike in the number of Americans with permits to carry concealed weapons coincides with an equally stark drop in violent crime, according to a new study, which Second Amendment advocates say makes the case that more guns can mean safer streets. The study by the Crime Prevention Research […]

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When a Gunman Started Shooting at People Leaving a Party, a Military Member With a Concealed Carry Permit Sprang Into Action.

The Fourth of July ended in fireworks for many Americans, but for one group of Chicago partygoers, the night ended with something else: a firefight. Two side-by-side parties provided the scene of the Friday confrontation, the Chicago Tribune reported. A group of four people, including one military member, was leaving one party when one of […]

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Target releases a statement on guns that Second Amendment supporters may not like.

Retail giant Target announced Wednesday that it is asking people not to bring firearms into its stores, even when those stores are located in towns that allow “open carry.” “Our approach has always been to follow local laws, and of course, we will continue to do so,” interim Target CEO John Mulligan said. “But starting […]

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In 2012, Gun-Wielding Criminals Robbed This Store Owner of Nearly $30K in Goods. This Time, He Was Prepared.

A store owner in Dayton, Ohio, shot and killed an armed robbery suspect on Monday. The Step-N-Style store had already been robbed of nearly $30,000 in goods back in November of 2012, prompting the owner to arm himself in self-defense. Police say 16-year-old Isiah Haggins and a second suspect entered the store at around 11 […]

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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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Gun Groups to Sheriff: Start Granting Carry Permits, Or Else.

Second Amendment advocates put Riverside County’s handgun carry license policy in their crosshairs. (Roseville, CA, and Riverside, CA – June 24, 2014) – Riverside County Sheriff Stanley Sniff may have recently won re-election, but he’s not out of the woods yet, two gun rights groups say. The Calguns Foundation (CGF) and California Association of Federal […]

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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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How Women Are Concealing Firearms in Some Interesting New Ways.

As the number of women holding concealed carry permits surges, ladies are confronting a problem: where should they actually conceal and carry their guns? Nearly 67,000 Texas women obtained concealed carry permits in 2013, WFAA-TV reported, and many are finding existing holster options insufficient. “Most holsters have been built for men’s bodies,” firearms instructor Karla […]

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