Louisiana: Fatal shooting was self defense: "Authorities say they believe a 49-year-old woman shot and killed her 26-year-old boyfriend in self defense Sunday morning in Denham Springs. Mark Lockwood was dead at his girlfriend's home when deputies arrived and a spokesman for the Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office says Suzanne White told them Lockwood had put a knife to her throat and demanded that she tell him the location of the gun used in the shooting. She told authorities she convinced him to remove the knife from her throat, but he was still holding it when she reached the gun and shot him. Investigators believe White shot Lockwood in self defense and Jason Ard, a spokesman for the sheriff's office, said no charges have been filed."


Georgia: Restaurant Manager Shoots at Would-Be Robber: "The manager of a popular restaurant exchanged gun fire with a man trying to rob his store, Atlanta police said. Authorities said a masked gunman grabbed an employee taking out the trash at the Taco Mac at 1006 North Highland Ave. around 3 a.m Sunday. The gunman was planning on robbing the place when the store's manager grabbed a gun and starting shooting at the robber. He fired back and managed to escape. Police don't know if the suspect was shot. They are looking at surveillance tape to determine his identity. No injuries were reported inside the restaurant."


Gun show loophole: “I have mentioned before that I believe that the front on which the gun prohibitionists have the greatest chance of success (at the federal level) is closure of the mythical ‘gun show loophole.’Such a measure is not their first choice–they have made very clear that banning so-called ‘assault weapons’ is what they really want (the ‘jewel in the Obama crown,’ as my colleague David Codrea called it). The gun haters seem to be coming to grips, though, with the realization that for the time being, at least, support for such a radical measure just isn’t there.”


A peek into a liberal’s strange mind: “My sister, who lives in a large east coast city, is a dyed in the wool liberal … What makes her wonderful is that she is very intelligent and widely read, and is willing to hold forth on long conversations regarding difficult topics. … I put a question to her that I thought would crystallize our differences and it did. My question: Would you kill to avoid being killed? That is the acid test. If you answer no, then all that you profess makes sense for you. … Her answer: ‘I think that most any creature, if faced with a life and death situation, would instinctively try to save itself. This is instinct, not reason. That is why I would never carry a gun. This way I don’t have to make horrible choices.’”