IN: Man shot after breaking into ex-girlfriend's home: "A restraining order didn't keep a woman's ex-boyfriend from breaking into her home this morning, where she shot him. Wounded and in handcuffs, 32-year-old Jeffery Seats was taken first to Wishard Hospital, then to jail. "She's got a right to protect herself and her children and he forced his way in there, so she shot him," said IMPD Lt. Jeff Duhammel. Around 11:30 Sunday morning, police say Seats kicked in his ex-girlfriend's door at the Cold Springs Manor apartment complex. He grabbed her and hit her with a chair, all in the presence of their two young children. "She gets away from him, goes upstairs, grabs a gun and then, either he was pursuing her upstairs but she fired a shot, just graze wounds on his head. That's when he takes off," Lt. Duhammel said. Police found Seats' pick-up truck at an apartment complex at 59th and Georgetown Road. They found Seats upstairs in one of the apartments at a friend's home. "They observe the truck here, they see blood inside the truck, he comes to the door and he is wounded to the head," Lt. Duhammel said. Police say the couple has a history of domestic violence and that the woman had a restraining order against Seats. While it may not have kept Seats away from the woman, the order made it clear to police who was the victim and who was the suspect. They say he's going to jail because she acted in self-defense."


VA: After hearing 911 call, Judge tosses murder charge: "In a recorded 911 call played in court yesterday, a shaken 35-year-old Arlington County man said he had just killed a man. What he said next persuaded the judge to dismiss the murder charge against him: `He was going to kill me.' . Police had charged Willie Donaldson . in the Dec. 8 shooting death of Matthew Hicks, 32, of Loudoun County. Hicks was found dead of gunshot wounds in Donaldson's home. About 4 a.m., Donaldson called 911, saying he killed a man who had beat him and was trying to rob him. In court yesterday, prosecutors played a recording of the call, in which Donaldson could be heard saying, `I just shot and killed someone in my house.' . At one point, his voice shaking, Donaldson said: `He's dead. He's dead.' But immediately after General District Court Judge Thomas J. Kelley Jr. issued his ruling during a preliminary hearing, prosecutors said there was no evidence that the killing was done in self-defense and that they would seek an indictment from the grand jury when it meets Monday." [This case previously mentioned on Dec. 17, 2008]


Women arming themselves in India: "Neglected and exploited by patriarchal society for centuries, the long-suffering women here seem to have wised up to the fact that virtue may not be its own reward, but gun ownership certainly is. So, in both the urban and rural areas, they are fast arming themselves. A rise in women's applications for gun licences at the offices of district magistrates confirms this fact. In rural Meerut, of 9,000 registered arms, 1,000 are owned by women. In Meerut city, out of 11,000 gun owners, at least 900 are women, and according to police sources, some 7,000 applications for gun licences from women are pending approval. The numbers have shown a 20% increase per year since 2006, with at least 700 women applying for licences in 2008 alone. Out of every 10 applications for purchasing firearms in Meerut district today, at least three are filed by women."


More gun control is looming . a call to action : ""More Gun Control is Looming . you can bet your last bullet on it. This new leadership in the House, Senate and White House led by President Obama and his Attorney General, Eric Holder will go the `extra mile' in doing what they've been delayed in doing for the last few years - control as many guns in as many ways as they can - it's coming."