MI: Senior with pacemaker fights off intruders: "Fight, die or give in. Faced with those choices, a 61-year-old West Bloomfield man parried away a shotgun barrel as it fired, forcing a buckshot load of lead over his shoulder. The township man then drew his own handgun and shot an intruder inside his garage in the 4800 block of Trailview at 3 a.m. July 4. 'I love this guy,' said West Bloomfield Lt. Tim Diamond. 'He made a move on the gun with his arm in a sling. That's a guy with cojones.' The resident's arm was in a sling because a pacemaker was installed in his chest the week before. Despite all that, his bullet struck the intruder. But the resident, who owns a bar in Detroit, soon found out there were actually three would-be robbers waiting for him when he returned home from work. A struggle ensued with the resident trying to fend off two of the intruders. The suspects eventually got control of both the handgun and the shotgun. 'It was a calamity of errors,' said Diamond. 'There could have been two people killed.' Shot and bleeding profusely, one suspect needed medical attention fast so all three fled taking the guns with them."


California corruption "Pistol seller SigArms Inc. has gone to court to stop the California Highway Patrol from taking delivery of its new pistols, alleging that the department's recent $5.3 million order for Smith & Wesson guns violated state contract rules.... With the help of the state's purchasing arm, the Department of General Services, the CHP in May ordered 9,736 Smith & Wesson 4006TSW pistols from All State Police Equipment Co., a Southern California distributor. The CHP also arranged to trade in its older Smith & Wesson 4006 pistols under the same deal.... The Bee reported June 11 that the CHP restricted public bids for its new pistols to a single Smith & Wesson gun, even though SigArms offered almost identical weapons for $2.2 million less."