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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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Label your in-car gun carrier
Courtesy of Front Sight.
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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.”
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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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Foiled carjacking
Tariq Bell and his 13-year-old daughter had just left a music store when they were approached by a 40-year-old stranger.
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It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia: Gun Fever Too — Still hot
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Liquor store clerk defends himself
A Marionville, Mo., liquor store clerk was working his shift on Sunday night when a would-be robber walked in smoking a cigarette, according to WUSA.
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CDC Study: Use of Firearms For Self-Defense is ‘Important Crime Deterrent’
(CNSNews.com) — “Self-defense can be an important crime deterrent,” says a new report by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). The $10 million study was commissioned by President Barack Obama as part of 23 executive orders he signed in January.
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Rethinging gun control
- Surprising findings from a comprehensive report on gun violence.
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Every mass shooting shares one thing in common & it’s NOT weapons
Manasquan, NJ — (Ammoland.com) — Nearly every mass shooting incident in the last twenty years, and multiple other instances of suicide and isolated shootings all share one thing in common, and it’s not the weapons used.
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Burger King diner defeats would-be robber by shooting him
A father who was trying to eat with his family at Burger King was able to defeat an armed robber by pulling his own weapon and shooting at him, Miami police said.
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Joe Biden advises women on self-defense weapon choices
Vice-President Joe Biden appeared at an online town hall on gun control and offered advice on his weapon of choice.
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Armed citizens stop massacres
August 1995 — Muskegon, Michigan: Plans to slay everyone in the Muskegon, Michigan, store and steal enough cash and jewelry to feed their “gnawing hunger for crack cocaine” fell apart for a band of would-be killers after one of their victims fought back. Store owner Clare Cooper was returning behind the counter after showing three of the four conspirators some jewelry, when one of the group pulled out a gun and shot him four times in the back. Stumbling for the safety of his bullet-proof glass-encased counter, Cooper managed to grab his shotgun and fire as the suspects fled.
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History of gun confiscation
In 1929, the Soviet Union established gun control. From 1929 to 1953, about 20 million dissidents, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.