Guns can save a lot of trouble: "There are numerous ways to communicate from one vessel to another when at sea: maritime radio, lights flashing Morris code, semaphore flags, flaghoist signals, and gale pennants and hurricane flags. But when facing down a Johnny boat full of pirates motoring through light chop toward our stern, the Captain improvised his own communication. He snatched the shotgun from my hands and held it over his head like a victorious minuteman. After the pirates got a good look, he grabbed the weapon by the forearm, again with one hand, and pumped a round into the chamber with a flick of his arm. Without aiming, he discharged a single shell from his hip over their heads. Without deliberation, the pirates veered away.”


TX: Bank allows customers to carry: "A bank in Chappell Hill is taking the second amendment out of the vault by letting their customers carry guns inside. At first glance, you might not notice anything unusual about the Washington County bank, but take a closer look. ‘If you’ve got a handgun carry license I don’t have any problem at all and I encourage you to bring it in the bank,’ Chappell Hill Bank President Edward Smith said. Chappell Hill Bank is one of the oldest banks in Texas, and it’s also one of the first banks to encourage the right to bear arms. ‘I’ve been looking at what’s been happening in this country; lawlessness, and we’ve been robbed several times, so I changed it to reinforce the second amendment,’ Smith said.”


Embracing the gun; States loosen laws on open and concealed weapons: "In the red rock and sand of the Arizona desert, just past the retirement villages … that have made this sun-worshipping city famous, sits the biggest public shooting range in the United States. … Residents have the right to carry handguns openly, and starting last month residents … also are able to carry concealed weapons just about anywhere, without the bother of getting a permit. The full embrace of firearms is just as fervent to the north in Montana, where nearly two-thirds of all households have firearms. Montanans feel so strongly about their right to own guns … that lawmakers passed a measure last year that challenges the federal government’s authority to regulate guns made and kept in their state.”


Canadian cops want gun registry scrapped: "A national survey conducted by an Edmonton police officer reveals that 92 percent of police officers in Canada want Members of Parliament to vote in favour of scrapping the long-gun registry in September. Constable Randy Kuntz, a 22-year veteran with Edmonton Police Services (EPS), says the survey he conducted last year should be embraced by M.P.s when they vote on Bill C-391 that advocates dispatching the registry. "The CACP is not some mindless group of misguided men and women who strive to oppress," says Kuntz. "There are many things they do very well as a unit. They simply have this one matter very wrong. The idea that the firearms registry is necessary and useful is wrong. They claim that they speak for all police officers on this matter. I think I have shown that they don't."