NC: Women thwart would-be robber: "Three women in northeast Charlotte overpowered a robbery suspect Sunday night and then held him until police arrived. According to a police report, the three women were walking near Sipes Lane, just after 9:30, when a man with a handgun approached them. The women were able to take the gun from the suspect and then restrain him until police officers got to the scene."


MT: Gun ownership not a partisan issue in rural America: ""Gov. Brian Schweitzer won't say exactly how many guns he owns, other than it's 'more than I need, but less than I want.' An unabashed shooter, hunter and gun-fancier in a state deeply in touch with its Old West heritage, Schweitzer is a member of the National Rifle Association and was happy to receive the NRA's endorsement for governor in 2004. He is also a Democrat. Like many Democrats, especially those beyond the nation's big cities and urban coasts, Schweitzer doesn't see gun ownership as a partisan issue. 'Republicans try to make the case that 'Democrats will take your guns away.' I say, 'Yeah, Democrats like Giuliani, Pataki and Schwarzenegger,'' Schweitzer said, naming prominent Republicans from New York and California. While leaders in urban areas, faced with a rising number of gun-related slayings and injuries, call for tougher gun laws, their counterparts in more rural states insist that criminals, not guns, are the problem."