In the latest round of arguments against the Campus Carry bill now making its way through the Texas legislature, Newsweek magazine suggests allowing law-abiding citizens to carry guns on campus could result in fearful professors giving students higher grades than they otherwise deserve.
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On April 25 a Tinicum Township, Pennsylvania, an alleged armed home invader confronted a couple in their kitchen to demand money, holding them at gunpoint for approximately 20 minutes. The boyfriend was eventually able to retrieve a gun and held the suspect at gunpoint until police arrived.
Everytown for Gun Safety researcher Ted Alcorn recently refused to debate Crime Prevention Research Center’s John Lott on CSPAN’s Washington Journal, but he assured viewers that his group is more than willing to debate any “credible scientist” who does not “minimize the issue of gun violence.”
On April 22 a customer at a Kroger in Little Rock, Arkansas, saw an elderly man surrounded by “seven people,” so he drew his gun and intervened to protect the gentleman.
Videos of rioters wreaking havoc in Baltimore and photos of them risking the lives of innocents by punching, throwing objects, and, in one instance, drawing back a knife with which to stab a bystander were reminders that Stand Your Ground laws are an antidote for brazen in-your-face attacks on city streets.
Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America launches “World’s Longest Receipt” campaign to teach Kroger a lesson for not banning guns.
On April 23 an alleged 18-year-old home invader ‘chose the wrong house’ for a daylight robbery in Arlington, Texas, and was shot and killed by the homeowner, who was in the residence at the time.
On April 24, Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America expressed its “deep disappointment” in Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam (R) for signing into law a bill that allows mothers to carry guns in parks for self-defense.
On Monday, a would-be robber put a knife to the throat of a 74-year-old Fort Worth, Texas, grandma — and the grandma responded by pointing a gun at the robber’s face and telling him to “back off.”
On April 19, a Huntsville, Alabama, man with a restraining order against him allegedly broke into the home in which his wife was staying and chased her into the garage where she allegedly shot him in the chest with a shotgun.
Ann Arbor Catholic Priest Edward Fride recently sent a letter to his parishioners, warning them that the right solution to rising crime is not only to believe in God but also to carry a concealed handgun.
The case against Wilmington, California, pawn shop owner Arturo Rios has been thrown out. Rios was being sued by the estate of Brandon Lincoln, a suspect who was shot and killed during an attempted armed robbery of Rios’s shop in August 2010.
On April 20, The Washington Post ran a column showing that campus carry has been the law of the land in Colorado since 2003, and the results have not been anything like those currently fighting against campus carry claim it should be.
On April 13, a 17-year-old allegedly broke into an Gadsden, Alabama, home and raped the female homeowner at gun point, only to be shot and killed by the homeowner’s neighbor. According to WBRC 6, the 17-year-old and two other suspects
Rhode Island State Representative Edith Ajello (D-Providence) is pushing a bill to repeal the state’s current law that allows civilians with concealed carry permits and off-duty police officers to carry firearms on school campuses for self-defense.
On July 17, country singers Tim McGraw and Billy Currington will headline a fundraiser for gun control group Sandy Hook Promise in Connecticut.
On April 5, a grocery store owner in York, Pennsylvania, pulled a gun and a foiled an armed robbery in defense of “family” and “community.”
On April 4, a 45-year-old man allegedly forced his way into a Boyd County, Kentucky, home, “engaged in a physical altercation with the homeowner,” and was then shot to death by that same homeowner.
On April 3 an armed bystander intervened after hearing a woman scream and seeing her on the hood of her own car as it was being driven away by an alleged carjacker.
On March 29, an Akron, Ohio concealed carry permit holder drew his gun to foil an alleged robbery attempt by two suspects, one of whom allegedly pulled a gun and demanded his “belongings” after he met them to buy a PlayStation game system.
On April 3, Fox News’ host Greg Gutfeld explained that the media’s gun control arguments increasingly fall on deaf ears because Americans refuse to feel guilty over using guns for self-defense.
On March 26, a drunk father who allegedly assaulted his own mother was shot by his son, then arrested.
On April 1, Cosmopolitan magazine examined the current NRA-backed push for campus carry in “12 state legislatures” and showed that Everytown for Gun Safety has been relegated to imploring students to defeat the NRA or else.
On April 2, NPR reported that concealed carry permits and gun ownership for self-defense is surging in the black community.
