IL: Man shot during West Side home invasion : "A man was shot by a resident of a home he was allegedly invading on the West Side late Sunday. About 10 p.m., a man in his 20s was allegedly committing a home invasion and a resident inside the home at 4453 W. Cortez St. shot him, according to a Harrison District police lieutenant. Charges were pending Monday morning against the man shot, who was transported to Mount Sinai Hospital in an unidentified condition. Police have not ruled out the possibility that the shooter would face charges also."


TX: Dumb Hispanic muggers: "Three Grand Prairie men have been arrested in the mugging of a pair of tourists earlier this month. About 11 p.m. Jan. 9, a man and woman from Virginia were robbed at gunpoint in the parking lot of the Hilton hotel at 2401 E. Lamar Blvd. in north Arlington. The pair were walking from the hotel to a nearby restaurant to get dinner, the woman told the Star-Telegram. She asked that her name not be used for fear of reprisal. The robbers pulled up to the victims in a sport utility vehicle, she said. Two men got out, and one pointed a shotgun at the man's stomach, cocking it as they demanded the woman's Coach purse and the man's wallet. The victims turned over the items, which contained cash, personal identification, gift cards and a cellphone. The victims were able take down the vehicle's license plate number, which led police to Moises Lopez Moreno, 19, Arlington police spokeswoman Tiara Ellis said. He is cooperating with police and remained in the Arlington Jail on Tuesday with bail set at $15,000. Joe Phillip Garcia, 20, and Victor Hugo Torres, 20, were also arrested and remained in the Tarrant County Jail on Tuesday with bail set at $15,000, a spokesman said."


AR: Ad promotes Tuesday as "National Buy A Gun Day" : "On the eve of the inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama, an ad has appeared in local newspapers promoting Tuesday as `National Buy A Gun Day.' That message is being echoed in online postings as well. The ad also claims the Obama administration could be the most anti-gun rights team ever elected to the White House. Those behind the ad have been visiting local gun shops to trumpet that message as well. `He said he was going to place an ad to make a statement about the Second Amendment and people's right to keep and bear arms,' said Dan Mumaugh, who works at Ozark Armory, a gun shop in Springdale."


Remember MLK? Better yet, remember the Deacons: "In November 1964, a group of black American citizens in Jonesboro, Louisiana led by Earnest `Chilly Willy' Thomas and Frederick Douglas Kirkpatrick founded a militia to protect civil rights workers against the violence of the Ku Klux Klan. They called it the Deacons for Defense and Justice. Most of them were war veterans with combat experience from the Korean War and World War II, and they armed themselves with military pattern semi-automatic rifles, carbines and pistols. Ironically, these are the same types of firearms that liberal politicians are seeking to ban today as so-called `assault weapons.'"