Greg Raven – Page 55 – One Armed Man

Why don’t the heroes who stop mass murderers get better press?

If I say Columbine, Virginia Tech, Sandy Hook, and Aurora you will most likely think of the mass shootings that took place there.

I also think about all those places being gun free zones and how well that worked out.

Detroit police chief: Legal gun owners can deter crime

Detroit — If more citizens were armed, criminals would think twice about attacking them, Detroit Police Chief James Craig said Thursday.

Study: Murder Rates Lower Where Concealed Weapons Allowed

A recent study showing a reverse correlation between concealed weapons and murder rates has renewed the contentious national debate about the effect of gun controls on violent crime.

Reason magazine reported last week on economist Mark Gius’ study of gun controls, published in the journal Applied Economics Letters showing states with restrictions on concealed weapons had higher gun-related murder rates than other states.

The four rules of gun safety

Treat all firearms as if they are loaded.
Never point the muzzle at anything you are not willing to destroy.
Keep your finger off the trigger until your sights are on the target and you are ready to fire.
Be sure of your target and what is beyond it.

Be prepared: Wall Street advisor recommends guns, ammo for protection in collapse

A top financial advisor, worried that Obamacare, the NSA spying scandal and spiraling national debt is increasing the chances for a fiscal and social disaster, is recommending that Americans prepare a “bug-out bag” that includes food, a gun and ammo to help them stay alive.

David John Marotta, a Wall Street expert and financial advisor and Forbes contributor, said in a note to investors, “Firearms are the last item on the list, but they are on the list. There are some terrible people in this world. And you are safer when your trusted neighbors have firearms.”

Congressional Study: Murder Rate Plummets as Gun Ownership Soars

A Congressional Research Service (CRS) report shows that while gun ownership climbed from 192 million firearms in 1994 to 310 million firearms in 2009, crime fell—and fell sharply.

Why good people should be armed

“Saying ‘I don’t want a firearm because I don’t want violence and bloodshed,’ is no more rational than saying ‘I don’t want an airbag, because I don’t want to crash.'” — Josie the Outlaw

Label your in-car gun carrier

Courtesy of Front Sight.

If you have a lockable gun safe in the trunk of your car, as is often required when transporting a weapon, put a sticker on the outside with the following text:

Injured robber’s family says armed citizen should have ‘just left the store’

The family of a suspect who was shot by an armed customer while attempting to rob a Family Dollar store in Mobile, Alabama earlier this month told Fox 10 that the Good Samaritan should not have gotten involved and “just left the store.”

It was Tuesday, Nov. 12, when the armed citizen, whose identity has not been revealed, noticed 18-year-old Adric White wearing a mask and pointing a gun at employees towards the front of the store.

Foiled carjacking

A man driving with his vehicle’s windows down was stopped at a red light when he was approached by another man he did not know.
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