Rocky Mount United Methodist Church decided what to do with the gully behind their church–they built a gun range and launched a gun range ministry “in the name of Jesus Christ.”
On August 13, PEW Research Center released a new poll which shows the majority of Americans are convinced gun ownership protects them from crime.
On August 11, a homeowner under attack in Lorain, Ohio, was able to retrieve a handgun hidden by his front door and kill the alleged intruder.
On August 13, Florida’s League of Women Voters (FLWV) will “start building a coalition” to oppose Republicans’ push to arm women for self-defense on college campuses.
On August 6, an armed homeless man intervened, saving a woman who had been thrown to ground where she was allegedly being beaten and kicked by her ex-boyfriend.
On August 9, Norman, Oklahoma resident Kenny Childers told an alleged home invader he would let him go if he could get to the end of the driveway before Childers caught up with him. The invader fled, and Childers jumped on a four wheeler and chased him down before he reached the end of the driveway, then held him at gunpoint until police arrived.
On August 6, Star Trek star George Takei waded into the debate between gun rights’ supporters and gun control proponents by mocking the idea that armed citizens make a country safer.
On August 1, The Economist claimed America averages one mass shooting a day, and they countered the impulse to use a gun to defend oneself from mass shooters by suggesting “the impulse to self-defense… is natural, but mistaken.”
On August 5, a man and woman were getting out of their car at an apartment complex in Las Vegas “when three black males came up”—one of whom allegedly had a gun—and demanded the woman hand over her purse. The man then pulled his own gun and shot the alleged armed robber, causing the other two to flee.
On the morning of July 31 Ron Henrick heard someone “bust” into his home. Henrick grabbed a 12 gauge shotgun and said, “I was going to shoot his a**.”
The Contra Costa Times is asking if Reagan’s fiscal success was a contributing factor in this heinous crime.
An 82-year-old Henrico County, Virginia, grandma is going gun shopping after a stranger allegedly broke into her home on August 2 and climbed into bed with her.
Speaking from the presidential campaign trail on August 1, Governor Chris Christie (R-NJ) pledged more pardons for law-abiding citizens charged with carrying guns they legally purchased and possessed in states other than New Jersey.
On July 29, Tennessee Attorney General Herbert Slatery issued an opinion in which he said private companies sponsoring events in Tennessee parks cannot ban citizens with concealed carry permits from carrying guns.
When gun scholar John Lott met Barack Obama for the first time in 1996, he said Obama told him, “I don’t believe that people should be able to own guns.”
On July 25, an escort in Charleston, West Virginia, shot and killed Neal Falls, a man she met via a website and whom she claims was determined to kill her from the moment she answered the door. Police now believe the man may be linked to as many as six deaths in the last 14 months.
On July 27 The Washington Post surveyed the political landscape post-Lafayette and said gun control is going nowhere–mainly because Americans do not want it. They want more guns instead.
On the night of July 26, concealed carry permit holder Patrick Ewing drew his gun and shot Thomas McCary, who allegedly shot at Ewing. McCary reportedly then stood with a gun in each hand, shooting at Ewing’s sister and her one-year-old baby, as well.
On July 24, personnel from the Manchester, Tennessee, police department and other city employees delivered “approx 300” sandbags to the city’s Army recruitment center that were used to line the bottom third of their front windows to stop potential incoming rounds.
After years of female demand for guns changing the way the firearm manufacturers make and market their products, gun stores are now indicating that senior buyers are becoming more and more prevalent.
Pastor Brenda Stevenson says she does not believe church-goers in Charleston would have been easily killed if they had been armed and she is going to lead by example and arm herself in the pulpit.
The Lafayette, Louisiana, Grand Theatre–site of the tragic July 23 attack in which a gunman killed two, wounded at least seven others, then took his own life–is a gun free zone.
On July 18 a “well armed” business owner was shot on the streets of Montebello by two allegedly armed men who wanted his wallet and other valuables. The business owner was able to return fire and kill both men.
On July 17, armed Vietnam veteran Don Rogers intervened by opening fire after seeing an alleged robber holding a clerk at gunpoint. The incident occurred in Sycamore, Georgia, and the alleged robber is in critical condition. According to WALB 10,
On July 15, a customer retrieved a gun from his car after witnessing the alleged robbery of a New Orleans gas station, chased down the robber, and opened fire.
