‘Gun control fails,’ say statistics from … gun-control advocates

After the Newtown, Connecticut mass murder, anti-rights politicians and media shifted into high gear. The only “solution” for such a tragedy was another gun ban; within two days, Senator Dianne Feinstein introduced her version. Pundits like the Washington Post’s Ezra Klein politicized the tragedy by claiming that America is an unusually violent place, with the only answer being more gun control.

Opposing view: Guns in schools can save lives

• Disarming law abiding citizens left them sitting ducks.

City Attorney Tells San Bernardino residents To ‘lock their doors,’ ‘load their guns’ because of police downsizing

SAN BERNARDINO (CBSLA.com) — The city attorney of San Bernardino is under scrutiny for telling residents to “lock their doors and load their guns” during a city council meeting.

Crime is up on anniversary of AB 109

• Sen. Runner: Prison realignment may adversely affect low-income neighborhoods

Sheriff: Time for citizens to arm themselves

• Sheriff Chuck Wright Doesn’t Hold Back

Norway and gun control

• Gun laws do not hit their target.

Gunman killed at Sullivan Central

On Monday morning, Thomas Richard Cowan loaded 13 bullets into two handguns, left his German shepherd chained to the fence and drove eight miles from his home in Kingsport to Sullivan Central High School. […]

Robber shot during Omaha Walgreen’s robbery justified

• Police officers investigate after Monday night’s shooting at the Walgreens drugstore at 6101 Northwest Radial. When two robbers entered the store, a 32-year-old customer shot one of them to death. He caught the other one in the store and held him for police.

Shots Fired: Palm Desert, California 03•30•1996

• A quiet shopping trip ended in a furious gun battle when Dep. Jason Hendrix tried to stop an angry man from killing several hostages.

Store owner’s friend shoots gunman

A man entered the Golden Market in Richmond, VA, with his revolver out, told everyone to get on the floor, and then walked over to the store’s owner and shot him twice without provocation. The shooter then moved over to a teenager and raised his gun to shoot him when another customer pulled out his concealed weapon and fired. The bad guy ran to the back of the store and found another innocent man lying prone and attempted to shoot him, until the hero distracted him and shot at him again.

Fact Sheet: Guns save lives

A. Guns save more lives than they take; prevent more injuries than they inflict

District of Columbia et al v. Heller

Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

Danger! Gun Free Zone

When thoughtful people consider the concept of “gun-free zones,” words like “futility” come to mind. But in light of recent horrific events, there is another word that more accurately sums it up: “dangerous.”

Would banning firearms reduce murder and suicide?

• A Review of International and Some Domestic Evidence

Why the gun is civilization

Human beings only have two ways to deal with one another: reason and force. If you want me to do something for you, you have a choice of either convincing me via argument or force me to do your bidding under threat of force. Every human interaction falls into one of those two categories, without exception. Reason or force, that’s it.

DOJ analysis of the Second Amendment

“The Second Amendment secures a right of individuals generally, not a right of States or a right restricted to persons serving in militias.”

Appalachian Law School shootings

Both Dr. John R. Lott, Jr., in his book The Bias Against Guns [© 2003, Regnery — Washington, D.C.] and Bernard Goldberg in his most recent book, Arrogance [© 2003, Warner — New York, N.Y.] discuss the shocking media bias and factual manipulation used by the Second Amendment-hating press to advance false information to fool the public. Both authors focused upon the same astonishing media manipulation that became evident in the case of the Appalachian Law School shootings back in 2002.

Lawsuits against gun industry make us less safe

Guns are used for self-defense somewhere between 800,000 and 3.6 million times per year …

Pennsylvania students cope with shooting spree

• 1 dead; 3 wounded; 14-year-old charged

Town tries to cope with school shooting

PEARL, Miss. (AP) — Stan Harrell swears he’ll never fuss at his daughter, 16-year-old Kelly, for being late to school again. If she had been on time on Wednesday, Oct. 1, she would have been in the line of fire when the shooting started.