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…Both suspects have severe injuries to their faces, but the victims - we're told - are doing just fine. …
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.…
…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.…
…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." …
[Oklahoma] Legislation authorizing medical trials for children with severe forms of epilepsy by using an oil derived from the marijuana plant has been signed into law by Gov. Mary Fallin. … Fallin says she remains opposed to legalizing marijuana for recreational or medicinal purposes.
…Hillary Clinton thinks that “gun free zone” signs work, twice claims that modern sporting rifles are “automatic weapons,” and states that owners of the most popular rifle sold in the United States today are a small group “that terrorizes the majority of people.” … June 17, 2014 interview … Clinton went on to bizarrely claim that those who do not bow to her views on gun control are “prone to violence.” …
…"Newsflash to CAIR: Because of years of death threats against me by muslims, I have been under the watchful eyes of federal law enforcement authorities for a long time… LONG BEFORE I EVER OWNED A GUN RANGE.
"Due to those threats, I live my daily life under a federal microscope. I have nothing to hide. I have no secrets from the federal government.
"Agents with the counter-terrorism unit of the FBI call me on my cell phone about my public activities and islamic militants who might want to kill me.
"So, do you really think the idea of 'more monitoring' of my daily life is somehow a threat to me in any way?…"
—Jan Morgan, owner of Gun Cave Indoor Shooting Range in Hot Springs, Arkansas
…Neither severe weather nor a shattered wrist suffered in a fall just a few days prior to this spring’s show has stopped Wanenmacher from hosting his event. Roughly 35,000 people attend the show during its two-day run — a far cry from the days of a show that actually lost/cost money from 1955 through the early 1970s. But he said he never expected to have his name on the world’s largest gun show. “Not in my wildest dreams!” he said, laughing, and explained that watching the faces of visitors is like seeing wide-eyed kids in a candy store for the first time…
…the man was shot after he and group of men approached a couple as they were returning home. The group of men was allegedly armed. … husband then fired one shot at a group of men, hitting one in the nose. His injuries are non-life threatening.…
…“He stood there and we talked for a while, [him] just asking for directions and me giving them to him…. Never thought that when I turned my head that that young man would stick a knife to my throat.” … Turner remembered that earlier that very day she felt the need to bring her small pistol along with her…. “I just reached down, got the gun and turned around and pointed it to his face. And I told him, I said, ‘You back off, or I’ll blow your head off.’ And his eyes got big and he just backed up and he took off walking down the street like nothing happened.”…
…An Alabama woman survived both a home invasion by her armed estranged husband, only to be shot by a police officer responding to her mother’s 911 call.…
…Many on the political right solidly oppose federal mandates applied to a wide variety of issues, including education, the environment, the economy, monetary policy, and so on. However, when it comes to drugs, their logic flips on its head. Suddenly, conservatives become the strongest advocates of heavy-handed, unconstitutional federal power. What is going on here? … The drug war is undeniably rooted in a collectivist mindset. It is progressive to the core and follows the same reasoning as other big-government policies, from federal health care to gun control. …
President Barack Obama… is warning Christian parents that the federal government wants their kids. This is not how the story is being reported, however. …
…With the backing of the National Rifle Association and California Rifle and Pistol Association, Roberts filed a federal lawsuit in May 2014, over the $15,500 worth of firearms. In the end he got the money, but not the guns. The police had had them destroyed.
Second Amendment lawyers say his case is not rare.…
[Retired teacher turned writer in Montana has panic attack seeing someone openly carrying in the furniture department.] …How was I to know that the person carrying that gun was someone I could trust? Would he, at any moment, misread a stranger’s comment or movement, pull his gun and blast him/her away? … The absurdity of “protecting” us from some government which will take our guns away makes me question the sanity of these proponents. … Others packing guns do not make me feel safe; they make me feel as if we’re living in some kind of kill-or-be-killed, Mad Max post-apocalyptic horror film. We’re not. [(Emphasis added.) Sure, it's a perfect world until you get held up, honey. You're living in irrational fear. Let's take it further. "I saw a man with bare hands… Would he, at any moment, misread a stranger’s comment or movement, and try to strangle me?" What about the driver in the oncoming car? People walking behind you. Better never leave the house! Sheesh!]
Police in Edmond, Oklahoma on Friday busted what they claimed the biggest marijuana growing operation they had ever come across, local media reported. Police said the operation, hidden inside a well-maintained and unremarkable home, contained about 500 plants. …
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday left intact an appeals court ruling that school officials in California did not violate the free speech rights of students by demanding they remove T-shirts bearing images of the U.S. flag at an event celebrating the Mexican holiday of Cinco de Mayo….
The decision not to charge a Colorado woman with murder for the death of an unborn seven-month-old baby has reinvigorated a debate over when states should legally recognize a fetus as a human being….
Variable potency in buds means edible pot products' effects are unpredictable...
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"...As THC levels climb, the levels of cannabidiol, or CBD, have been declining. That's problematic for medicinal marijuana users since it is more often associated with medical benefits than THC."
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They've only begun testing for contaminants - "traces of butane... Bacteria and fungi...." [possibilities of] "E. coli or Salmonella...."
…Lee says he saw the man reaching for his waistband and believed he had a gun -- so he slammed the guy down to the ground.
Turns out, Lee's instincts were right ... the guy did have a gun -- which was quickly recovered by one of the cooks.
Cops were called to the scene and arrested 18-year-old Arnez Harper on a count of felony aggravated unlawful use of a weapon.
"He (my husband) used to be a bouncer when he was a young lad," Victoria says of her hubby ... "I think that guy crossed the wrong person." …
…At that point, authorities say, another unidentified man took out his own gun and the shot the gunman multiple times in the chest. He was rushed to Presbyterian Hospital where he later died from his injuries.
The man who shot and killed him later surrendered to authorities at 16th District headquarters, but it wasn’t immediately known if he would face any charges.
“The person who responded was a legal gun permit carrier,” said Philadelphia Police Captain Frank Llewellyn. “He responded and I guess he saved a lot of people in there.”
Police say there was a crowd of patrons inside the shop at the time of the shooting, including several children, but no one else was injured. …
Mar. 16, 2015 – Today, the North Dakota state Senate gave final approval to a bill authorizing the farming, production, and sale of industrial hemp in the state, effectively nullifying the federal prohibition on the same.
…"He started banging on the door really hard, messing with the doorknob, saying, 'Let me in, baby, please. We're OK.'" Allie explained. "I glanced through the peephole and I had no idea who he was at all. So I grabbed my phone, called 911. I ran to the back room to get my gun."
"I heard a loud crash, and by the time I came back to the end of the hallway, he was just a few feet from me. And I had no idea who he was, he kept coming at me. So I shot him twice."
One shot went through the man's hand into his abdomen and the other hit him in the groin.
"The only thought that I had was to make sure he didn't get up again. I kept my gun trained on him. And I was on the phone with dispatch the whole time…."
Birmingham has been chosen as one of six cities nationwide to serve as a pilot site for a national initiative on restoring relationships between law enforcement and citizens.
Attorney General Eric Holder made the announcement today. The $4.7 million National Initiative for Building Community Trust and Justice was announced in April and is a partnership between federal officials and criminal justice experts focused on providing training, policy and research to address distrust between citizens and law enforcement.
The other pilot cities are: Ft. Worth, Gary, Indiana, Minneapolis, Pittsburgh and Stockton. The initiative comes after several high profile fatal police-involved shootings.
[Thus, we see why the tyrants in office have been fanning flames of racial discord.]
"…man attempted to rob a woman at a drive-up ATM in South Carolina by threatening her with a needle. …pulled her handgun on the robber… police were able to track the man down and he has been arrested. …"
"A bill introduced in Texas would remove all penalties for the possession and distribution of marijuana from the state criminal code, effectively nullifying the federal prohibition on the same. … 'I don’t believe that when God made marijuana he made a mistake that government needs to fix,' Rep. Simpson said…"
"The New Hampshire state House approved a bill today that would remove the ban on industrial hemp in the state… opens the door for a full-scale commercial hemp market in the state by treating it as any other crop for farming. … now moves to the state Senate for further consideration. …"
"An Oklahoma lawmaker is moving forward with a bill that would allow businesses to refuse service to potential customers if they find their 'sex, gender, or sexual orientation' offensive due to their religious beliefs…."
"Ten sheriffs from three different states sued Colorado Thursday for legalizing marijuana. The sheriffs from Colorado, Kansas and Nebraska say that Colorado's 2012 marijuana legalization vote violates federal law and shouldn't be permitted. …"
[They've certainly got a point there!]
"…Once considered a potential successor to Russia’s first post-Soviet president, Boris Yeltsin, Nemstov became an opposition politician and fierce critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin.…"
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