AWR Hawkins - Page 277

An armed citizen cornered armed robbers and told them, “My gun is bigger than yours.”

North Carolina-based grocer The Fresh Market says it will refuse to serve law-abiding customers who carry guns for self-defense. The decision came amid pressure from the Micheal Bloomberg-funded group, Moms Demand Action, which claims to have “gathered nearly 4,000 signatures

Campus carry for colleges and universities in Tennessee cleared another hurdle Tuesday and now heads to the Senate for a vote.

On March 31 Governor Terry Branstad (R) signed the Hearing Protection Act, making Iowa the 42nd state to legalize the sale and possession of suppressors for firearms.

A Rasmussen Reports poll released March 31 shows slightly more than four out of five Americans reject the plan for Democrat-run cities to pay killers not to kill with guns.

On March 29 the Mississippi Senate passed a bill that will allow each church to designate a certain number of congregants as armed guards for the defense of the congregation as a whole.

On March 30 a disabled veteran outside of Savannah survived an alleged home invasion and afterward credited his gun with saving his life.

On March 26 a 16-year-old suspect in a hoodie walked up to a grocery store counter and drew a fake gun, only to have the store clerk pull a real one and end the ruse.

On March 29 The Guardian pointed out that although Hillary Clinton is running on a gun control platform in 2016, she ran against excessive gun control in 2008.

On Wednesday the Observer reported that the petition to allow guns at the RNC Convention was created by a “liberal Democrat” who is a supporter of Hillary Clinton. On March 25 Breitbart News reported on the existence of the petition

Donald Trump tells attendees at the CNN GOP Town Hall in Milwaukee, “we have to cherish our Second Amendment.”

Over the weekend, a 61-year-old woman awoke to two suspects, unloaded her gun on them, and plans to buy “another gun” in case such an incident occurs again.

A Minnesota man has created a two-shot carry pistol shaped like a smartphone, which he calls “Ideal Conceal.” The gun’s designer, Kirk Kjellberg, said the idea for the gun arose after someone made a scene over the fact that he

On Tuesday, California Assemblyman James Gallagher (R-Plumas Lake) is introducing legislation to help protect domestic violence victims by carving out an exception for them to carry a gun for self-defense on college campuses.

On March 24 a 54-year-old man intervened to save his elderly mother by shooting an alleged intruder who was climbing through the apartment window.

Chattanooga’s New 12 Now reports the shooting suspect who allegedly pulled a gun at the U.S. Capitol visiting center on Monday has been identified as Larry Dawson of Antioch, Tennessee. News 12 Now tweeted tweeted a photo of the suspect: https://twitter.com/wdefnews12/status/714568136385626112

On March 28 the U.S. Secret Service reacted to a petition for personal firearms at the RNC Convention by making clear that no such firearms will be allowed, period.

On March 25 Idaho Governor Butch Otter signed permitless concealed carry legislation which makes the Second Amendment the official carry permit for state residents 21 years and older.

On March 28 U.S. District Judge Ramona V. Manglona ruled that a Northern Mariana Islands handgun ban violates the Second Amendment.

The owner of Downs Bait and Guns is being praised for refusing a gun sale to a suspected mass shooter who passed an FBI background check for his firearm.

On March 27, Democrat presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton wrote an op-ed listing numerous incidents of gang violence and arguing that universal background checks are part of the solution to such violence.

On Friday night a taco stand employee shot and killed one of three men during an alleged attempted robbery of the street-side business in South Los Angeles.

On March 23 Nebraska state senator Ernie Chambers (I-Dist. 11) said he would grab “a semiautomatic weapon” and “mow everybody down” if he were a white guy.

Thousands of individuals have signed an online petition seeking to nudge Ohio Governor John Kasich (R) into allowing concealed carry firearms into the Republican National Committee Convention in Cleveland.

Gun-controlled San Francisco far and away leads the nation in the list of cities with surging rates of property crime.

A “140 percent” increase in concealed handgun license applications puts Texas on the verge of surpassing a total of one million license holders in the state.

An Indianapolis mother shot a man “multiple times” after he allegedly broke into the home through the window in the baby’s room.

Republican Senators are moving to block an Obama gun ban that will otherwise prevent over a quater of a million military veterans from owning guns. The gun ban for veterans is being handled the same way as Obama’s gun ban

A well-regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.

Late Tuesday night, four juveniles allegedly invaded a home and were met with a burst of .380 gunfire, which wounded two, while the other two fled unharmed.

On Sunday, 27-year-old Don William Alvarez U-turned, followed 28-year-old Jack Bellino home, and was shot dead in what law enforcement describes as self-defense.

On Tuesday the Iowa House concurred with the Senate, and a bill to allow the sale of suppressors in the state is now on its way to Governor Terry Branstad’s (R) desk. Titled the Hearing Protection Act, the bill focuses

On March 22 The Washington Post ran an opinion piece which contended it is patriotic to question late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia’s pro-gun rulings and worldview.

A couple with a papasan chair mounted atop a motorized cart have been spotted riding around in West Los Angeles and Santa Monica.

Senator Pat Toomey (R-PA) is running a pro-gun control ad in hopes of attracting Democrat voters in the buildup to Pennsylvania’s April 26 Primary.

The March 21 shooting on the Georgia State University (GSU) campus in which two were wounded is a stark reminder that “gun-free zones” are not gun free.