FL: Homeowner shoots would-be intruder: "A homeowner confronted a pistol-wielding, bandana-wearing man at his front door, wrestled the weapon away and shot the would-be intruder late Saturday, deputies said. The Manatee County Sheriff's Office said Christopher Mullins, 23, answered the door at his Bradenton home about 11 p.m. Saturday and found Tron Calloway, 26, on the doorstep. The two struggled over Calloway's gun and Calloway fired several shots, wounding Mullins, the sheriff's office said. Mullins got control of the weapon and shot Calloway. Mullins was treated and released from Bayfront Medical Center in St. Petesrburg, the sheriff's office said. Calloway was taken to Tampa General Hospital, where he is listed in critical but stable condition. No charges have been filed and the investigation is continuing."


CA: Suspect Leads Deputies On Wild Foot Chase; Homeowner Shoots: "A suspect wanted on charges of armed robbery led deputies on a foot chase through a McFarland neighborhood Sunday night and one homeowner opened fire. Residents said at about 10 p.m. Sunday their neighborhood was swamped with deputies looking for 37-year-old John Henry Lopez. Deputies said they recognized his car on the 200 block of Brentwood Court. Deputies said they detained his 16-year-old son who was sitting inside the car, but Lopez began running through back yards to evade deputies. They said Lopez tried to get into one home, but the owner fired a single gunshot and missed. Another neighbor said he was watching TV when he heard the gun shot, then his wife heard someone trying to get into their house through a side door. The neighbor said he went outside to see who was there, and then he saw Lopez jump off his roof. Deputies were able to tackle Lopez to the ground after he jumped."


TN: Veto of “guns in bars” bill may not stick : “Gov. Phil Bredesen vetoed a bill Thursday that would have allowed handgun carry permit holders to take their weapons in bars and restaurants that serve alcohol, sending a message that may prove only symbolic. Bredesen delivered the veto before an assembled group of law enforcement officers, saying that he opposed the bill while supporting Second Amendment rights. … The veto is the sixth of Bredesen’s tenure. He has never been overridden. Nashville attorney John Harris, executive director of the Tennessee Firearms Association, said Bredesen’s veto was ‘futile’ in the face of lawmakers’ previous support.”


Obama’s court nomination validates America’s rush to buy firearms: “President Barack Obama’s nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to replace retiring Justice David Souter on the U.S. Supreme Court validates the concerns of millions of American citizens who have been rushing to gun shops for the past seven months, fearing their Second Amendment rights are in jeopardy, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said today. Judge Sotomayor was part of a Second Circuit Court panel that ruled in January that the Second Amendment does not apply to the states, in Maloney v. Cuomo.”