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I think I am going to need a holster. Something that will allow for my little S&W Model 39 with its 4.5" barrel to ride comfortably under my left arm. It would be best if I could wear it under a Levi Jacket in the summer and a Down coat in the winter. Mostly just for walking the dog in the woods and going down to get the mail about 100 yards from the house. I located one like this and I am curious if anyone here has tried one like it. I'm kinda partial to things painted Marine Corps...

MARTIN COUNTY — We entrust teachers with the lives of our children and give them enormous responsibility. We expect them to not only teach "reading, writing, 'rithmetic" and a dozen other subjects, we increasingly expect them to handle responsibilities like sex education and "anger management" and other issues that used to be dealt with in the home. Why then do we deprive teachers of their basic right to self-defense? Take the question further. If it involved self-defense at a school campus, the lives of our children are probably at stake as well — and we're going to expect teachers to...

With Kidnappings and Violence on the Rise, Demand for Weapons Permits Grows Article LAHORE, Pakistan -- After escaping kidnappers who chained him to a bed for 25 days, Mohammad Javed Afridi pressed Pakistani law enforcement for swift justice. The police offered him something else: temporary permits for four automatic assault rifles. Since Mr. Afridi's ordeal ended in mid-October, police in his hometown of Peshawar, in northwestern Pakistan, haven't made an arrest in his case. They raided the kidnappers' hide-out, but the captors got away, a senior Peshawar police official says. So the cops allowed Mr. Afridi to arm himself against...

JACKSON, Ohio (WSAZ) -- Deputies say a bizarre shooting Sunday night involved a 4-year-old wielding a shotgun. The Jackson County, Ohio, Sheriff says some teenagers were babysitting some younger children in a mobile home just outside Jackson. The police report says a 4-year-old got angry after 18-year-old Nathan Beavers stepped on his foot. The reports say the boy then went into a back room, loaded a shell in a 20-gauge shotgun, came out and shot Beavers in the arm. The babysitter was hospitalized, but the injury was not life-threatening. Another teen was also hit with shotgun pellets. The sheriff says...

Just when you thought you'd heard everything comes an incident that shows our violent society can reach new lows you may not have expected. Police in Jackson, Ohio, a small town near Columbus, are trying to figure out what to do with a 4-year-old boy accused of shooting his babysitter. The child apparently became incensed on Sunday when 18-year-old Nathan Beavers, who was looking after him, accidentally stepped on his foot. Cops say the enraged youngster ran to a nearby closet, grabbed a gun that was stored inside of it, and fired it at his temporary guardian. The victim suffered...

OCOEE, Fla. -- A man shot and killed a suspected robber during an attack on a clerk at a convenience store late Monday night. The man said he saw the armed robber beating the clerk with what he believed was a gun and when the robber turned toward him he opened fire.

Michelle Malkin, Fox News Contributor, syndicated columnist, and blogger, has highlighted a few familiar blogs for their original, breaking stories concerning gun rights. Malkin's objective in the piece is to show that conservative bloggers do real news stories, including investigative reporting and tracking down facts that lead to breaking news reports one can't find anywhere else. Among those listed are 3 bloggers with whom most of us are very familiar: Several blogs did enterprising work on Obama’s proposal to ban guns within 5 miles of schools: Arms and the Law, Volokh Conspiracy and Outrageous Malfunction (here and here) broke the...

Just got out of a meeting that Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle held with the state Capitol press corps. cagle.jpg The lieutenant governor was emphatic about one issue in particular. A bill to expand the public areas in which a permitted, concealed weapon can be carried will be going nowhere. State Sen. Mitch Seabaugh (R-Sharpsburg) has been working on the measure to revamp the state code so as to permit concealed weapons licensees to pack heat in churches and on university campuses. “Let me be very clear. I have no appetite for it,” Cagle said. Last year, the Legislature finally passed...

A man was in critical condition late Monday after being shot in the head by his wife, police said. The man, whose name was not released but who police said is 44, was shot once during an alcohol-fueled fight with his wife about 10:30 p.m., Tulsa Police Capt. Jonathan Brooks said. The 58-year-old woman, whose name also was withheld, told police that she had taken the handgun away from her husband and fired in self-defense, Brooks said. She and her 30-year-old daughter were taken to police headquarters for questioning along with a third person who had information about the attack,...

PHOENIX -- The 61-year-old owner of a Phoenix jewelry store shot and wounded two would-be robbers who walked into the business and pepper sprayed him in the face, police said. The men entered the store near 32nd Street and Bell Road Monday afternoon and attempted to sell a watch, said Detective Cindy Scott of the Phoenix Police Department. The owner said he could not purchase the watch and both men left the store, Scott said. "About ten minutes later, the suspects returned and pepper sprayed the victim in the face," Scott said. One of the men then removed a metal...

Street Officers Swab Every Gun For Evidence INDIANAPOLIS -- A new program that collects DNA evidence from firearms is already on its way to putting more criminals behind bars, police said. The Marion County Crime Lab has several gun cases investigated under the new DNA pilot program heading to court right now, Indianapolis police spokesman Lt. Jeffrey Duhamell told 6News' Jack Rinehart. The program, which just entered its fifth month, makes Indianapolis the only place in the country where street officers routinely collect DNA evidence from firearms, linking the guns to the suspects 80 percent of the time. "It's better...

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. -- Vic Scuderi is loaded with weaponry. His booth is stocked full of customers who are looking to wipe out his arsenal of firearms. It's business he won't shoot down. "I've probably seen a 25 percent increase in sales from last year," said Scuderi. While the economy may be wounded, gun dealers say sales are exploding at the annual Arms Fair at the City Center in Saratoga Springs. "This is my best show ever. I've sold more ammunition and more magazines than I've ever sold, so in that regard it's been a very good show for me,"...

Inquirer Trenton Bureau New Jersey could soon become the fourth state to limit handgun purchases to one a month, a move aimed at fighting "straw" gun buyers who purchase weapons legally and pass them to criminals. The plan, backed by officials in Camden, Newark, Jersey City and other cities, follows calls from urban leaders across the nation, including Philadelphia, to crack down on gun trafficking that they say fuels violence. There is much debate over whether such laws work, however, and opponents say a limit would infringe on a constitutional right in a state that already has rigorous screenings for...

Interview with a Gunfighter January 5th, 2009 Although I would not recommend that you ever sit down for an interview with the news media after killing two armed home invaders, the following unedited news video will teach you many important lessons. The most important lessons you will glean from this personal, lethal encounter report include: Mindset is everything. (Note what he said to himself when he made the decision to fight.) Training is only second to mindset. (Note what he says about his training.) Action always beats reaction. (As long as you hit with your first shot.) In a Gunfight,...

Block Holder - Act Today! Just 2 items in this Alert: 1. Personal note and appeal from Jeff Knox 2. Holder Confirmation Hearing scheduled for January 15!! Happy New Year!!! ::::::::::::::: snip ::::::::::::::: Congress is planning to hit the ground running in a few days. The new Congress will be sworn in on January 6 and the Senate Judiciary Committee has set a date of January 15 for confirmation hearings on Barack Obama's pick for Attorney General, Eric Holder. Gunowners need to be pushing members of the committee very hard to delay and block the confirmation. The Democrat members of...

Gun sales reached record levels in Colorado in 2008, a spike many attributed to fears that Barack Obama's election will mean tougher firearms laws. Background checks to clear buyers exceeded 200,000 for the first time in history. More than a quarter occurred after the Nov. 4 election. At the Crossroads of the West-Gun Show of the Rockies on Sunday at an Aurora hotel, gun dealers and Second Amendment advocates alike said there is a direct relation between the election results and firearms sales. Jimmy West of the Firearms Coalition of Colorado, a gun-rights group, said business has been noticeably more...

CEDAR RAPIDS - An apartment building in the Cedar Trail Village on Boyson Road was evacuated for six hours Sunday after police found potentially dangerous materials. KCRG-TV9 reported an apartment resident called police after he heard what sounded like a gun being cocked in a neighbor’s apartment. He had gone to the apartment to complain about loud banging noises about 3 a.m. The man did not reply when police arrived so they kicked in his door. Police evacuated the building after they found a loaded handgun and a safe marked “explosives” inside the apartment. No charges had been filed as...

A 12-year-old boy had to surrender his toy rifle to police amid tight security around the Queen's visit to church at Sandringham. Jacob Young said he handed in the wooden weapon so he could see the Queen without giving her or her bodyguards any cause for concern. He said: "When I got to the park gates I handed my gun to the policeman and he hung it on the fence. "I didn't want anybody to think I wanted to shoot the Queen. I didn't mind handing in my gun. I knew it would be safe with the police."

My middle school son has a project due which requires a survey about gun ownership. He has a survey up here: Survey MonkeyThere are only 3 or 4 questions. You have to have a legit email address in case the teacher checks the link, but you can certainly use a fake name. If you have a throwaway email and would like to help him out we would greatly appreciate it. He needs a dozen or so more responses and has run out of people to ask,

I want an unequivocal statement from each candidate on the right to keep and bear arms. I should note that Mr. Blackwell looks good*, and Mr. Steele's bizarre advocacy that "society should draw line" about the right to own semiautos** makes him about as acceptable to gun owners as Barack Obama. Do you really want the RNC to select its chair without significant input from gun owners?

Seven New Orleans police officers fired their weapons at a 22-year-old man who was killed early Thursday while sitting in a car outside his grandmother's house, Superintendent Warren Riley said Saturday. The seven were among nine officers reassigned in the wake of the fatal shooting.Riley said Adolph Grimes III sparked a "gunbattle" with officers when he fired at an unmarked police vehicle that pulled up next to his car. The officers, who were involved in undercover patrols, were wearing street clothes. Grimes died in the shooting near North Claiborne Avenue and Gov. Nicholls Street.Orleans Parish Coroner Frank Minyard said Grimes...

SEATTLE – A college student dressed in a vintage German military uniform who was fatally shot by police on New Year's Day was a harmless, eccentric history buff, his family and friends said Friday. Miles Murphy, a University of Washington senior, was shot several times at his apartment early Thursday after police said he pointed a rifle affixed with a bayonet at officers and refused orders to drop the weapon....Murphy emerged from inside and pointed what was later identified as a World War II Kar 98 German infantry rifle at the officers, police said. When he refused several orders to...

The 22-year-old man killed early Thursday in a police shootout was wounded 14 times, with 12 of the bullets hitting him in the back of his body, Orleans Parish Coroner Frank Minyard said.After releasing a terse statement about the shooting Thursday morning, New Orleans police officials ducked questions about the shootout Friday. Meanwhile, the family of Adolph Grimes III, a Brother Martin High School graduate, demanded a thorough criminal investigation, including a federal inquiry and an independent autopsy.Minyard said Friday evening that Grimes died after suffering 14 bullet wounds. Two bullets hit him in the front torso, and 12 struck...

1. Winchester Model 70 (pre-1964) It was not even an original design. The Model 70 was an improvement of Winchester's Model 54, which in turn was based on the Mauser Model 98. But upon its birth in 1936, it kindled a love affair that has never died. Winchester advertised it as "the rifleman's rifle,-¿ and the slogan stuck. This was the big-game rifle by which all others were measured, and it is still, in my opinion, the best factory bolt action ever made. ------------------------------------------------ 2. Mauser Model 98 Imagine someone building an automobile two years before the end of...

Those jokers! I thought they'd send "an S&G," Sargent and Greenleaf, a standard safe lock found on almost everyone's safes. But those comic tricksters sent me the bottom-of-the-line LP Lock — a plastic piece of apparently made-in-China crap that you might find on those $29.95 "safes" available from the office supply store. At first, I was taken in...I thought they actually sent me this...toy...as a lock...then I realized the joke...it's an homage to rapper Flavor Flav, whose signature outfit always included a huge clock necklace. While the original failed KABA lock is all metal, weighs almost a pound, is contoured...

Wash. student was armed with WWII rifle, wearing Germany army uniformSEATTLE - A college student dressed in a vintage German military uniform who was fatally shot by police on New Year's Day was a harmless, eccentric history buff, his family and friends said Friday. Miles Murphy, a University of Washington senior, was shot several times at his apartment early Thursday after police said he pointed a rifle affixed with a bayonet at officers and refused orders to drop the weapon.

The lesson here is, don’t mess with The King. Or at least don’t mess with Elvis Smith. Comments There are 14 responses to this article. Click here to join the conversation » STORY TOOLS E-mail story iPod friendly Printer friendly More Greater Memphis Clerk charged in year's first homicide Health Department funding in limbo Reunion mends hole in mom's heart Share and Enjoy [?] Around 5:30 p.m. today, Smith, 49, and his two brothers were cleaning up a lot in North Memphis when a man approached them with a gun. “He tried to rob them and one of the gentlemen...

A Covington man shot a burglar in his home Dec. 28, sending the perpetrator to the hospital, where officers with the Covington Police Department arrested him.  According to the incident report, the victim was asleep when he heard someone kick open his front door and enter his home. He said the grabbed his handgun from under his pillow, loaded the weapon and ran into the living room, where he saw the burglar standing in the foyer. The victim said he fired four shots and the intruder ran. The victim then grabbed his high-powered rifle and stood guard outside his home,...

.... it seems clear to me that some people simply shouldn't have guns. I trust no one will be surprised if I say agree with her?

Pick up the morning newspaper or turn on the evening newscast and the story that you’re bound to see is that America is facing an economic recession of historic proportions. Consumer spending is down and unemployment is up, but there is one item that Americans are rushing to buy -- guns. Why? Well, as NRA-certified instructor Joel Rosenberg told the Minneapolis Star Tribune, “It’s the Obama effect.” Gun sales have skyrocketed ever since it became clear that Barack Obama was going to win the White House and be able to govern with Democratic majorities in both houses of Congress. The...

A Danish man of Palestinian origin has been arrested on suspicion of shooting and wounding two Israeli salesmen at a shopping centre in Odense in Denmark. Police said they were unsure what the motive was, but Danish media have speculated it may have been a protest against Israeli air raids in Gaza. The 27-year-old suspect turned himself in. He reportedly denies trying to kill the men but admits carrying a gun. The men were shot on Wednesday while selling hair products. One was hit in the arm and the other in the le

Wiping the gun clean has long been considered best practice for villains but may soon become a quaint custom that will ultimately prove fruitless. Researchers have developed a method to ‘visualize fingerprints’ even after the print itself has been removed by measuring the corrosion of the surface by deposits from the fingerprints. The technique can enhance – after firing– a fingerprint that has been deposited on a small caliberhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caliber metal cartridge case before it is fired. The technique promises the ability to reopen many cases and solve cold cases around the world because the “underlying print never disappears” according to...

Oscar Grant, 22, was shot once while on the platform after a BART officer drew his gun during what officials called a volatile and chaotic scene. A gravely wounded Grant was taken to Highland Hospital, where he died.

One minute, Suzanne was eating lunch with her mother and father. The next, the happy hubbub of the restaurant was silenced when a pickup truck crashed through the brick, mortar, and glass. How could that happen? The driver emerged, but Suzanne noticed he wasn’t dazed or drunk; he was angry and purposeful. Then, she saw the guns. He stepped over the debris and began to shoot patrons. She must be dreaming. Her father leaped to his feet, charged the gunman, was shot, and fell to the floor. When the gunman turned his back to shoot others, she remembered: she had...

So forgive me a hearty BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! when word of Mr. Bane’s travails with his Cannon Electronic Keypad Safe reached my neck of the woods. Really, BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

"AND WHO could blame him?" That was Wednesday's headline in an Irish newspaper about our new local hero, James Cialella, who last week courageously defended the rights of movie-goers everywhere by shushing a noisy patron with a .380-caliber handgun. --snip-- And a "twinge of sympathy"? How about an avalanche of accolades? Even a relative of mine – a gentle, decent man who's never said a vulgar, impolitic or unkind word in my presence - gave the mandatory disclaimer about guns and violence and then said, "I understand why he shot the guy. I really do."

Police say a man concealing a weapon walked into the KLBJ radio station demanding to speak with Radio Talk-Show host Jeff Ward Tuesday afternoon. According to a spokesperson with the Austin Police Department, a man by the name of Rocky Perez Lopez asked to speak with Jeff Ward at approximately 2:45 p.m. Tuesday. When Ward was unavailable, police say the individual was lead into the conference room to speak with one of the producers. Police say Lopez then went on a tirade discussing his anger about the government. Lopez then said he was getting ready to “go postal,” according to...

A federal appeals court panel has ruled that a defamation case brought by gun store owners against New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg should proceed in Georgia's Cobb County Superior Court, not federal court. Finding that the federal courts don't have jurisdiction over the matter, the Dec. 19 ruling by the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ordered the lawsuit be sent back to Marietta, where it was filed originally. Jasper lawyer Edwin D. Marger, who represents the gun store and its owners, said his clients "absolutely" have a better chance of prevailing on their defamation suit in Cobb County...

As the new year dawns, America's sportsmen and the wildlife resources we treasure face an uncertain future. In a few weeks, President-elect Obama will be inaugurated, and he, along with members of his new administration, will take control of the country's helm. It's then that campaign rhetoric finally will give way to reality, and we will get the first clear look at what the next four years will hold. Sportsmen face two primary issues. On one hand is our collective concern for the future of the constitutional right to own the firearms we use for hunting and personal protection. On...

A man was shot and killed early this morning outside a New Year's Eve party at a hillside home in Coldwater Canyon, police said. The body was found slumped on a curb across the street from the four-story tan stucco home in the 3900 block of Avenida del Sol, just east of Harvard-Westlake School and St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church. Police have not publicly identified the victim. The large home on the winding street of three- and four-story houses, in sight of ridgetop spreads with canyon views, had been rented by three men, one of whom was out...

Related Articles Dec 30: Pounding on the wrong door a fatal mistake in Springs Springs homeowners kill burglary suspect Dec 29: COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.—Prosecutors are considering whether a Colorado law meant to protect homeowners against intruders applies in the case of a man killed outside a house he thought was his. The parents of 22-year-old Sean Kennedy said detectives have told them their son, who had been drinking, was shot Sunday night after breaking a window to try to get in through the back door of a house a block away from where he lived. -------------------cut----------------------------- "It gets murky if...

Sheriff’s deputies were looking Tuesday for a burglar who was shot at by an armed homeowner in the 13000 block of Telegraph Road, authorities said. The homeowner was alerted by a barking, growling family dog about 1:30 a.m. Tuesday, the Sheriff’s Department reported. The homeowner, armed with a handgun, walked down her hallway and found a man who had apparently forced his way into the house, deputies said. Deputies said the burglar “brazenly and antagonistically challenged the homeowner.” “Threatened by the aggressive behavior and fearing for her life,” the homeowner “fired in self-defense at the confrontational suspect,” the sheriff’s report...

This was a hard piece to write, because guns by definition are manly, except for Berettas, gold-plated TEC9s, .25 caliber pistols or anything made by the French. To simplify things, I have limited it to modern cartridge firearms a man might, can, and should collect and shoot. There are certainly other manly weapons, and you may have a different list. As long as the list contains nothing French, gold-plated, .25 or with pearl grips (which Patton correctly observed are the mark of a New Orleans pimp), it is a good list. #10: SMLE The 10 SMLE was the other great...

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NEDERLAND, Colo. – A gunman who broke into a staff meeting at a Colorado ski resort ranting about religion asked the manager what he believed and shot him twice when the victim responded he was Catholic, according to reports published today about the tragedy. The gunman later was shot and killed by a sheriff's deputy in a firefight alongside a snowy mountain road, authorities confirmed. The Boulder County coroner identified the gunman as Derik A. Bonestroo, 24, who had been living in Nederland. According to a report in the Boulder Daily Camera, witnesses said Bonestroo burst into the staff meeting...

WASHINGTON - The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence sued the Bush administration yesterday in hopes of stopping a new policy that would allow people to carry concealed, loaded guns in most national parks and wildlife refuges. "The Bush administration's last-minute gift to the gun lobby, allowing concealed semiautomatic weapons in national parks, jeopardizes the safety of park visitors in violation of federal law," said Paul Helmke, the group's president. "We should not be making it easier for dangerous people to carry concealed firearms in our parks." An Interior Department spokeswoman refused to comment on the lawsuit, saying the department...

One minute, Suzanne was eating lunch with her mother and father. The next, the happy hubbub of the restaurant was silenced when a pickup truck crashed through the brick, mortar, and glass. How could that happen? The driver emerged, but Suzanne noticed he wasn’t dazed or drunk; he was angry and purposeful. Then, she saw the guns. He stepped over the debris and began to shoot patrons. She must be dreaming. Her father leaped to his feet, charged the gunman, was shot, and fell to the floor. When the gunman turned his back to shoot others, she remembered: she had...

Right to Keep and Bear Arms "The most foolish mistake we could possibly make would be to allow the subject races to possess arms. History shows that all conquerors who have allowed their subject races to carry arms have prepared their own downfall by so doing." -- Adolph Hitler, Hitler's Secret Conversations 403 (Norman Cameron and R.H. Stevens trans., 1961) What the Framers said about our Second Amendment Rights to Keep and Bear Arms"I ask, sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people, except for a few public officials." — George Mason, in Debates in Virginia Convention on...

While I think this is a good thing, I have to wonder how publicly and forcefully he has lobbied for his students and professors to have the same right to self defense and 2nd Amendment Protections he so obviously enjoys? Academic Freedom and all that sort of thing!

BY DAVID SMILEY Shedahe ''Roman'' Abdel has worked in convenience stores the past seven years and has seen his fair share of robberies. So he knew what to do when two men rushed into his Pembroke Pines Stop-N-Go on Monday night and ordered him to open the register. With one man forcing two customers and two employees to the floor at gunpoint and the other suspect standing behind him, Abdel did what he was told. But the $300 or so in the register wasn't enough. Open the safe, he was ordered by the gunman. With a revolver in his face,...