On September 24, an alleged home invader in Port Arthur, Texas, was shot when the homeowner–an off-duty police officer–heard the suspect using a hammer to gain entrance through a window in the front of the house.
On September 25-27, the Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) sponsored their 30th Annual Gun Rights Policy Conference which surveyed the state of gun rights in America, including glimpses at areas in which gun rights are secure and areas in which they are under threat.
Americans for Responsible Solutions–the gun control group founded by Gabby Giffords and Mark Kelly–tweeted numbers from the Center for American Progress Action Fund (CAP) claiming armed citizens in America have killed more people since 1989 than all wars since 1776 combined.
On September 23, a scrapyard worker at Tucson Iron & Metal was killed after the torch he was using caused a 500-pound bomb to detonate.
A Rasmussen poll released September 24 shows that a majority of likely U.S. voters would not support a Muslim for President of the United States.
On September 24 a Huntington High School student received instant justice for allegedly punching and “beating” a blind classmate. The student was also arrested by police. According to ABC 7, the fight took place “on the [school] campus at about
On September 22, an elderly man in Carter County, Kentucky, grabbed his rifle and confronted an alleged home invader who was going through drawers, looking for valuables in an unused room of the house.
On September 24 Daily Mail editor Piers Morgan claimed that Pope Francis used his speech to the U.S. Congress to eviscerate “gun-toting, blood-thirsty…bigots” vying for conservative leadership and suggested the Pope’s approach shows Democrats the way to defeat Republicans in coming elections.
On September 24, Pope Francis scolded Congress for guns and weapons which are manufactured in America and sold around the world.
On September 23 Missoula, Montana’s Public Safety and Health Committee passed a private gun sale ban which has the backing of Mayor John Engen (D) and Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America.
On September 24 the gun control group founded by Gabby Giffords and Mark Kelly used Pope Francis’s address to Congress as an opportunity to request a $3 donation from gun control supporters.
On September 23, former Border Patrol Agent William Castano broke down in tears on the witness stand as he described searching for a bullet wound in fellow agent Brian Terry the night Terry was murdered with guns from Operation Fast and Furious.
On September 22 at around 10:20 a.m., an alleged home invader ignored the warnings of an elderly Phoenix homeowner and was shot. First responders later found him in critical condition.
With Florida Republicans working anew to pass legislation that will make it legal for women to be armed against sexual predators on campus, Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey stresses that Campus Carry is part of exercising the Second Amendment. He believes Open Carry is part of exercising the Second Amendment too.
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Florida has fast-tracked nearly 8,000 concealed carry permits since a policy shift allowing the special handling of permits for military personnel was announced on July 27.
On September 21, Black Lives Matter activists took part in a protest on Oregon’s Portland State campus in hopes of securing a policy change that will disarm police on the university campus.
On September 23, Rasmussen released a poll which shows only 34 percent of likely voters believe the federal government should be involved in gun control.
Donald Trump is being given credit for a new L.A. County policy that lets federal agents “interview [jail] inmates who have committed serious crimes” to gauge if they need to be deported.
On September 23 the Los Angeles Times editorial board restated the paper’s position that the individual right to keep and bear arms was created by the Supreme Court via District of Columbia v Heller (2008).
On September 21 an alleged home invader entered an Indianapolis home and pointed a gun at the head of an elderly woman only to be shot “multiple times” by her husband.
On September 21, a trainee working in an emergency response center that oversees a group of military bases–including Camp Pendleton–accidentally signaled an “active shooter” alert.
On September 21, an alleged bank robber in Warren, Michigan, pointed his gun at an elderly customer, who pulled his own gun and shot the suspect in both arms and one leg. The alleged robber then “staggered” out of the bank and collapsed.
On September 21, a Greenwood, South Carolina, man was sentenced to 40 years in prison after a woman hired him to killed her husband. Adding to the tragedy, the man he killed turned out to be the wrong one.
On September 20, U2 canceled a concert in Stockholm after reports that an off-duty officer made it through security with a gun on his person.
