A Crime Prevention Research Center (CPRC) study shows that concealed carry permit holders are among the most law-abiding of law-abiding citizens in the country.
Federal judge throws out effort by UT professors to overturn campus carry
A federal judge has dismissed a longshot lawsuit filed by three University of Texas at Austin professors seeking to overturn the state’s 2015 campus carry law, which allows people to carry concealed handguns inside most public university buildings.
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Excerpts from the Benitez injunction
[…] [a]s Heller explains, the Second Amendment takes certain policy choices and removes them beyond the realm of debate. Disarming California’s law-abiding citizenry is not a constitutionally-permissible policy choice.
Educated to the point of stupidity
“Perhaps the deterioration of American education is illustrated by the high correlation between the number of years a person has attended school and his inability to understand the words ‘the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.’ It is more likely, though, that those who interpret the Second Amendment to preclude an individual right to own guns are driven by their political agenda. Whichever the case, they do themselves no credit when they tell us that a simple, elegant sentence means the opposite of what it clearly says.”
Florida law shifts burden of proof in ‘stand your ground’
Bill requires prosecution to show defendant didn’t act in self-defense
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Prepare to defend yourselves from terrorists
Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey’s recommendations on how to defend yourself in the event of a violent attack.
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Ten Commandments for concealed carry
I’m not Moses, let alone God, but the following 10 bits of advice are written in stone nonetheless. Not by God, but by the vastly powerful mechanisms of logic, law, and reality.
Comparative effectiveness: Police and armed citizens
Responsible firearms ownership: I bought a firearm for self-defense, now what?
Make sure you know — memorize, review, and practice — the four cardinal rules of firearms safety
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Concealed Carry permit holder shoots, kills ‘active shooter’
The incident occurred around 6:15 pm. WFAA reported, “A man opened fire at the Zona Caliente Sports Bar … but police say a customer with a gun of his own put a stop to it.”
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