SC: Two would-be robbers killed at poker hangout: "Two men who tried to rob several card players were killed in Denmark. The Bamberg County coroner's office says the home was known to host parties where people played poker and partied, and last night two men showed up with guns to try to rob the place. One of the men being robbed pulled out a gun and shot and killed the two would-be robbers. There's no word yet if the shooter will be charged".


PA: Idiot judge upholds irrational ban on firing guns: “A Lancaster ordinance barring people from firing guns has passed its first court test. Lancaster resident Curtis Swinton, who has a permit to legally carry a concealed weapon, was charged after he fired a gun in a restaurant parking lot in December 2007. He told police his cousin was being beaten up and he fired a warning shot to disperse the assailants. No one was injured. Swinton says only the state can make such gun laws and the ordinance bars people from defending themselves. But Lancaster County Judge Joseph Madenspacher this week upheld the ordinance, saying it has enough exceptions to allow people to defend themselves in court."


DC: AG decries pro-gun amendment to representation bill : “The nation’s capital would be more vulnerable to a terrorist attack if the District of Columbia’s gun laws were weakened, the city’s attorney general said Friday. Peter Nickles testified before a House subcommittee examining the potential effect of a gun amendment attached to legislation that would give D.C. its first full vote in Congress.”


Health care records leading to a gun database : “GOA has to inform you of yet ANOTHER threat to your privacy, the Second Amendment, and even your wallet. It is called an “individual mandate” or, alternatively, the “Massachusetts plan.” And over the weekend, both the Washington Post and the New York Times worked hard to build momentum for it. We alerted you a few weeks ago to the gun control provisions in the stimulus bill that President Obama signed in February. Our government will now spend between $12 and $20 BILLION to require the medical community to retroactively put our most confidential medical records into a government database — a database that could easily be used to deny veterans (and other law-abiding Americans) who have sought psychiatric treatment for things such as PTSD. Currently, gun owners can avoid getting caught in this database by refusing to purchase health insurance or by purchasing insurance with a carrier that has not signed an agreement with the government to place your records in a national database. But that’s all about to change. A budget resolution — to be voted on this Friday in the Senate — will be the first domino in a process that could FORCE you to buy government-approved insurance, thus making it impossible to avoid the medical database. What would all this cost? Based on comparable insurance currently on the market, it could cost $10,000 a year — or more."