IN: Suspects shot during attempted robbery: "Two men were shot, another arrested, after police say the men attempted to rob an apartment on the city's near north side. It happened just after 3 a.m. in the 4800 block of Park Forest Court. Authorities say three black males went into the apartment with a shotgun. Several shots were fired.However, it's the suspected robbers who were injured. Two are being treated at the hospital this morning. Police say their injuries are not life threatening."


TX: Pawn shop owner shoots black robbers: "A robbery suspect is in critical condition at a hospital after he was shot by a pawn shop manager during an attempted hold-up, Houston police said. The 17-year-old and two other masked men were holding pistols and rifles shortly before noon Wednesday when they forced their way into Mason's Pawn Shop on Cullen near Bellfort, police said. 'They immediately started yelling for everybody to get on the ground,' said Houston Police Sgt. Brian Harris. The teenager jumped over the counter and threatened to kill everyone inside the store, police said. 'The manager was able to pull a pistol and shoot the man,' Harris said."


CA Deputy shoots, paralyzes crackhead: "The San Bernardino County Sheriff's deputy who shot an unarmed Riverside man in November was "certainly acting in self-defense," according to a report from the San Bernardino County District Attorney's office. On Monday, November 19, deputies from the Hesperia station were called to the site of a single-vehicle traffic accident near the intersection of Highway 395 and Bolinas Street in Hesperia. The witness who called in the report allegedly told deputies he had tried to assist the pick-up truck's driver, Juventino Rodriguez, 50, but the Riverside man reportedly told him to back off and that he had a gun. "As the officers approached Suspect Rodriguez," Bailey's report reads in part, "All three of them observed the suspect to put his hands together, simulate holding a handgun, turn facing the officers and point towards them. Deputy Gregory Swoboda, fearing for his own safety and the safety of the other officers present, fired 4 to 6 rounds from his duty weapon."


The most honest among us: "I have worked on college and university campuses most of my adult life -- first as a student, now as a professor. I have grown quite accustomed to the idea of citizen concealed carry. I know that such policies ... do not increase crime; in contrast, data suggests these allowances deter all but the most brazen (or stupid) criminals. Most importantly, I also realize that criminals can and will carry weapons anywhere they wish, despite the law. Concealed carry is analogous to driving down the highway. I know that at any moment, any of the thousands of drivers could swerve and kill me head-on. ... But day after year after decade, they do not. Why not? They are decent people, and well-intentioned, just like you and me."