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Lily4Liberty, Facebook • Fri 2016 Jan 8, 9:49am

…Where I came from, China had killed thousands of the students by its own government during the massacre of Tian An Men square in 1989. I surely wish my fellow Chinese citizens back then had guns like this one I am holding in the picture.

I am a Chinese immigrant and an American citizen by choice. I once was a slave before and I will never be one again.…

AWR Hawkins, Breitbart • Thu 2016 Jan 7, 10:58pm

On January 4, a 65-year-old grandmother in Manchester, New Hampshire, shot a man who followed her home from the gas station.… Grandma said, “Trying to literally take our guns away? It’ll never happen. He’s not going to take our guns away.”…

Donald Trump
AWR Hawkins, Breitbart • Sat 2016 Jan 2, 9:15pm

… Trump said, “I don’t like [what Obama’s] doing. I don’t like anything having to do with changing our Second Amendment.”

Trump said the the US already has “plenty of rules and regulations” and there are “plenty of things that [the Obama administration] can do right now that are already there.” But he pointed out that Obama is not doing those things–i.e., he is not enforcing the laws that are already on the books. Instead, he is seeking more and more regulations.…

Ringo, USACarry • Tue 2015 Dec 22, 3:54pm

The Immigration and Nationality Act passed June 27, 1952 revised the laws relating to immigration, naturalization, and nationality for the United States. That act, which became Public Law 414, established both the law and the intent of Congress regarding the immigration of Aliens to the US and remains in effect today. Among the many issues it covers, one in particular, found in Chapter 2 Section 212, is the prohibition of entry to the US if the Alien belongs to an organization seeking to overthrow the government of the United States by "force, violence, or other unconstitutional means." This, by its very definition, rules out Islamic immigration to the United States, but this law is being ignored by the White House…

Fox5DC • Mon 2015 Dec 21, 8:29pm

…Educators in a small Johnson County [Texas] school district will soon be allowed to carry guns. … When he was hired on three years ago, Superintendent Ricky Stephens was against arming anyone inside schools. Now, he says, the world has changed and so has his opinion.…

Will even provide the guns.
Fox29 • Tue 2015 Dec 15, 7:42pm

GWINNETT COUNTY, GA - Armed Gwinnett County residents packing heat, took action after hearing a man's cries for help. They credit their guns with saving the elderly man's life. … "Help, he is trying to kill me, help me, help me." …Duncan said she grabbed her purse with her gun inside and took off to find the man. "As I got closer I realized that there is this elderly gentleman laying on the ground with a younger man on top of him with a knife… I see blood and this big old knife." …She said she told him to stop, but he did not …"Finally I said, 'I'm getting ready to shoot you' and then he stopped… and he tossed the knife away… Her friend, Childress, who is a former law enforcement officer showed up right behind her. …While Childress pointed his gun at the man Duncan called 911.…

Kellan Howell, Washington Times • Mon 2015 Nov 30, 10:32pm

A federal discrimination lawsuit filed by a Muslim activist group against a Florida gun retailer owner who declared his shop a “Muslim-Free Zone” has been dismissed.

U.S. District Judge Beth Bloom ruled that Florida Gun Supply owner Andy Hallinan’s sign was protected by the First Amendment, and the activists couldn’t prove they were injured by the action…

Ray Rivera, WCSC FoxCarolina • Thu 2015 Nov 12, 7:49am

LADSON, SC (WCSC) - Authorities say one burglary suspect is dead and another arrested after a 13-year-old boy opened fire at a home in Ladson on Tuesday. … boy said one of the two suspects attempted to get into the home, at which time the teen said he feared for his safety, got his mother's gun and began firing …

Fox News • Mon 2015 Nov 2, 8:44am

Chicago… masked man… walked into the store and currency exchange… Saturday on the city's southwest side, displayed a handgun and announced a robbery to an employee… next pointed his weapon at another employee and forced her to the back of the store. … armed [concealed carry licensed] customer then fatally shot the man multiple times… [thief was] pronounced dead on the scene… had an extensive criminal history, including prior arrests for robbery…

"It's a slippery slope" when it comes to the question of whether citizens who are licensed to carry guns should intervene in dangerous situations, if at all, [police spokesweasel Anthony] Guglielmi said.…

No, it is not a "slippery slope," and certainly not in this case!
Fox News / AP • Sun 2015 Oct 18, 4:37pm

A former Army vet is recovering from stab wounds after putting himself between 16 terrified children and a knife-wielding teen determined to kill at an Illinois public library this week. “He actually ran into the room yelling, ‘I’m going to kill some people!’” James Vernon told the Pekin Daily Times Thursday.… After all the children fled, the knife-fight training Vernon learned in the Army five decades ago kicked in.…

Sarah Griffiths, Mail UK • Sat 2015 Oct 17, 9:55am

…The system, which is described as 'the first portable, accurate, rapid-to-use counter-weapon to stop suspicious or hostile drones in flight, providing critical security protection at home and abroad,' could be used by the US military as soon as next year.…

Deanna Pan, Post & Courier • Sun 2015 Oct 11, 8:13am

The Waffle House crew was busily going about its typical early-morning ritual… when a robber jolted them out of their routine. … A customer … opened fire in the North Charleston eatery, thwarting the holdup Saturday by fatally shooting the suspect.…

Just ate at a Waffle House in Missouri when we were on the road last week. Really nice folks there. I'd hate to think of this happening to them. But then, I can easily see some of their grizzled customers reacting just the same as this customer.
Neo-Neocon • Tue 2015 Sep 15, 5:45pm

This is the best interview I’ve seen with the three heroes of the French train terrorist attack. It’s with Megyn Kelly, and it’s the first time I’ve heard the three tell their story in such detail. …

[Video, 36:17, Facebookable, YouTube]

I admit I have not watched all of this. Need to skip past annoying Kelly questions.

AWR Hawkins, Breitbart • Thu 2015 Aug 13, 4:43pm

Norman, Oklahoma …Childers grabbed a lever-action rifle and chased the man down, but once he had him cornered he remembered the gun was not loaded. So he told the man to take off running, and said he would let him go if he got to the end of the driveway before Childers caught him again. In the interim, Childers grabbed ammo, loaded the rifle, and jumped on his four wheeler. He caught the alleged home invader before he reached the end of the driveway and held him at gunpoint until police arrived.…

Just how long was that guy's driveway?
AWR Hawkins, Breitbart • Mon 2015 Aug 10, 4:03pm

On August 6, residents and Bonner County Sheriff Daryl Wheeler lined up outside the Priest River, Idaho, home of veteran John Arnold to prevent the Veterans Administration (VA) from taking away his guns.…

Allen West • Sat 2015 Aug 1, 4:49pm

…At a time when our borders are unsecured, at a time when we have sanctuary cities providing free operating zones for criminal illegal immigrants being released by our government, at a time when we have the domestic threat of militant Islamic jihadists and at a time when we are decimating our U.S. military capacity and capability, we must reject the notion of making America defenseless.

President Obama and the liberal progressive left must never forget the reason why Americans stood at Lexington Green and Concord Bridge. A tyrant wanted gun control – the answer was the “shot heard ‘round the world.”…

Ryan Cummings, WDRB • Sat 2015 Aug 1, 3:05pm

…"Sunday afternoon, the kids – my girls – were out on the back deck, and the neighbors were out in their yard… And they come in and said, 'Dad, there’s a drone out here, flying over everybody’s yard.'" … VanMeter has a 16-year-old daughter who lays out at their pool. … "I just think you should have privacy in your own backyard," she said. …

"I went and got my shotgun and I said, ‘I’m not going to do anything unless it’s directly over my property.’ … Within a minute or so, here it came… It was hovering over top of my property, and I shot it out of the sky." … It wasn't long before the drone's owners appeared. "Four guys came over to confront me about it, and I happened to be armed, so that changed their minds…"

Fox News • Mon 2015 Jul 27, 9:51pm

A 62-year-old man with a gun in each hand fired at four people – including a 1-year-old boy – before a civilian with a concealed carry permit returned fire and wounded the shooter…

Sheriff Jimmy Harris • Sun 2015 Jul 26, 12:20pm

…The world is in a state of disarray and the United States is going down fast. We are losing everything that our Founding fathers based this Country on. Until last week almost all the bad terrorist or mass shootings were somewhere else and now they are in our backyard. Chattanooga TN is only about 35 minutes away from the DeKalb County line. As Sheriff I receive sensitive information from all over the United States almost on a monthly bases. I called a supervisor meeting last Friday to change the policy on our firearms. We are trying to raise the money now to buy every Certified Deputy a backup weapon to carry concealed on his person everywhere he goes. When people can walk into schools, movie theatres, recruiting stations ext. and pull a gun it’s time for all of us law abiding citizens to take a look at how we protect ourselves, family and friends. This Country is based on God, guns, and the right to protect ourselves. I think as Sheriff it is my place to protect the safety and security of our citizens. And help citizens in ways to protect their selves and their families.

When we have laws that will not allow our military personnel to wear a weapon on this soil that leaves them wide open and unable to protect themselves. 25 years or more when this law was written it wasn’t needed then and is surely not needed now. I ask each and every one of you to take a look at how you are prepared to protect yourself. If you are not prepared it is time that you get self-defense training or firearms training. As a Christian I ask you to put your faith in God, and as a life time NRA member it is time you learn to protect yourself by learning the proper and safe ways to handle a weapon.

Link is to PDF file.
Lisa Atkin, The Well-Armed Woman • Fri 2015 Jul 24, 6:17pm

Have you ever wondered what you would do if you were alone and your home was invaded by a stranger who was bigger and more powerful than you? …it actually happened to me. … If it had not been for the training, the planning, the practice, being aware of and exercising my Second Amendment rights, things could have ended in tragedy. …

Quora, Gizmodo • Thu 2015 Jul 2, 6:35pm

What Is The Best Thing To Do When A Grenade Is Thrown At You? … Head first. Your Kevlar helmet is specifically designed to stop shrapnel, …

Liberal Logic 101 • Mon 2015 Jun 29, 10:58pm

Timeline of the Fight for the 2nd Amendment…

Graphic
Moonbattery • Fri 2015 Jun 19, 7:39pm

Contrasting two church massacres highlights the difference between a world where the right of self-defense is respected, and one in which moonbattery has prevailed so that only criminals have guns.…

Brandon Rook, WATE • Tue 2015 Jun 16, 2:31pm

A man who attempted to rob an East Knoxville [Tennessee] convenience store early Monday morning was shot and killed by a bystander… was forcing the female clerk behind the counter at gunpoint. … male friend of the clerk… retrieved his handgun, entered the store and fired one shot…

Julián Aguilar, Texas Tribune • Sun 2015 Jun 14, 12:41pm

Calling it a salute to the “genius” of the country’s founding fathers, Gov. Greg Abbott on Saturday signed legislation allowing Texans with licenses to openly tote their handguns in a hip or shoulder holster. The signing… came at Red’s Indoor Range, a popular gun store and shooting range in Pflugerville. Abbott said he would also sign legislation later in the day that requires the state’s public universities and colleges to allow handguns on campus buildings and in dorms.

“There is nothing more important in democracy than the voice of the people stepping up and saying ‘We expect the Constitution of the United States of America to be our guiding doctrine,’” he said.

Okla Flag
AWR Hawkins, Breitbart • Sat 2015 May 23, 7:24pm

On May 12, Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin (R) signed House Bill 2014, legalizing armed teachers and staff on Oklahoma public school campuses. …“[authorizes] the carrying of a handgun onto school property by school personnel specifically designated by the board of education,” provided that person has undergone the training requirement and received the certification requisite to it. …

Henry Graff, NBC29 • Thu 2015 May 21, 8:51pm

…Both suspects have severe injuries to their faces, but the victims - we're told - are doing just fine. …

Peter Bernard, WFLA • Mon 2015 May 11, 11:35pm

Florida …Highlands County Sheriff's Office investigators say at 3:40 p.m. on Monday, May 4th, an online pizza order, for a small hand-tossed classic pizza with pepperoni, was received by the Pizza Hut in Avon Park. Under the comments section there was a message asking them to send help and call 911 as the customer was being held hostage.…

MyFoxAtlanta • Mon 2015 May 11, 10:25pm

…DeKalb County Police say two men walked into the store, pretending to be customers. They asked for the store owner to get them something from a shelf, and when he turned his back, one of the men pulled a shotgun and put it to the owner's head.

Police say when the owner realized what was happening, he turned around; and while moving the shotgun away from his head, he pulled out his own gun and shot one of the robbers dead.…

Paul Burton, WBZ-TV • Wed 2015 May 6, 4:31pm

…tried to grab the nonagenarian's wallet several times. … [WW2 vet] Kemberis heroically fought him off — and struck him several times with his walking stick. "He saw me coming up to strike him on the shoulders. I hit him three or four times…. He wasn't very aggressive, but I was."

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