TX: Pregnant woman shoots would-be carjacker : "Houston police say a pregnant woman shot and killed a man trying to break into her car. The shooting happened on Pinemont near Alabonson in northwest Houston last night. Investigators say a woman who is eight months pregnant saw a group of men breaking into a neighbor’s car and then the crooks turned toward her vehicle. ‘She looked out the window. She watched them break in to one car. And then, she watched as the males went over to her car. That’s when she retrieved the gun and fired one shot at them,’ said Sgt C.D. Howard with the Houston Police Department. The woman hit one of the men, killing him instantly. The others got away. The case is expected to be referred to a grand jury without charges.”


Ammo sales, prices skyrocket : "U.S. firearms owners have bought an estimated 12 billion rounds of ammunition during the past year, gun industry analysts said. The figure far outstrips the 7 billion to 10 billion rounds sold in a typical year, The Washington Post reported Monday. The spike in sales began when people started to take seriously warnings from the gun lobby that with Democrats controlling the White House and Congress there would be new restrictions on gun ownership, the newspaper said. As consumers stepped up purchases, supplies tightened, prices went up and a shortage developed. The shortage has begun to ebb and gun-control advocates are expressing concern about the record amount of stockpiled ammunition, the Post said.”


The “no guns” insult : "How does it make you feel when you start to walk into a business and see a ‘No Guns’ sign prominently posted? Are you angry? Offended? Indifferent? … Do you just turn around and take your business elsewhere? Complain to the management? Just ignore it and go on with your business? The members of the Virginia Citizens Defense League take ‘No Guns’ signs as personally offensive and they let their offense be known — to the business, to fellow VCDL members, and anyone else who’ll listen — or read a web page. VCDL maintains a list of anti-rights Virginia businesses on their web site, www.VCDL.org, and encourages gun owners and rights supporters to avoid these businesses except to let them know that their policy is offensive.”


One step closer to self-defense in restaurants in Ohio: "Ohioans For Concealed Carry is reporting that what some have come to call "Applebee's Carry" is one step closer to reality in Ohio as House Bill 203 will receive its first hearing this Thursday, November 5th. Current Ohio law prohibits firearms by law abiding citizens in almost any commercial establishment that serves alcohol for consumption on premises if anyone in the facility is consuming, even if the armed citizen is not. The only current exception for most people is retail stores such as a grocery store doing a wine tasting. In that situation, a person can carry as long as they do not drink any liquor. HB 203 would extend that exception to restaurants, again provided that the person carrying a firearm for self-defense does not drink."