WA: homeowner fires shots at two armed masked invaders: "Two armed men in ski masks were fired on - and apparently wounded - by a rural homeowner after they were caught attempting to rob the premises Thursday night. Larry Kunzler, owner of the 7-acre property just north of Sedro-Woolley, said he confronted the two men shortly before 11 p.m. Thursday after hearing his wife scream. Kunzler, a well-known researcher on Skagit River flood issues, told the Skagit Valley Herald that he fired several shots at the men, both of whom were carrying weapons. Sheriff's Office deputies and Mount Vernon police arrived at the home with a canine unit. Officers found a gun nearby that they believe belongs to the suspects. A couple hours later, a 36-year-old Auburn man arrived at United General Hospital in Sedro-Woolley with a gunshot wound in his torso, Reichardt said. The man is considered a suspect"


FL: Concealed weapons permits, applications skyrocketing: "Cynthia Jones doesn’t need a fancy gun. ‘Just so when I fire it, it brings somebody down,’ said the 50-year-old single mother. ‘It’s not something that needs to make a fashion statement for me because it’s not something people will see.’ ‘In fact, the less people see of her gun the better, she said.’ That won’t mean the Ocala woman will hide her purchase under her mattress or in the drawer of her night stand. It will more than likely end up holstered on her hip or strapped to her ankle. ‘I just want to be able to protect myself and my daughter,’ said Jones, who recently finished firearms training and is applying for a concealed weapons permit.”


Campus gun ban at CU Boulder ignores reality: "A recent motion from the Boulder Faculty Assembly (BFA) supports a campus gun ban — as if someone intent on killing would comply with a campus gun ban, let alone regret breaking one. CU has banned people from carrying guns on campus since 1970. In April, a Colorado Court of Appeals ruling found that the ban violated the state's 2003 Concealed Carry Act. Hence, CU must allow those with concealed-carry permits to be armed on campus. Last month the CU Board of Regents voted to appeal the ruling the Colorado Supreme Court. This followed a motion in April by the BFA to maintain a "weapon-free campus." A "weapon-free" campus invites rapists and murderers to prey on defenseless victims. Campus gun bans did not stop mass murders at schools such as Columbine, Northern Illinois University and Virginia Tech."


NRA Protects Second Amendment Rights Of Residents In Public Housing: "Gun owners and sportsmen earned a victory this week as the House Financial Services Committee considered and adopted an amendment offered by Congressman Tom Price (R-Ga.) to protect the Second Amendment rights of public housing residents. His amendment to H.R. 4868—the Housing Preservation and Tenant Protection Act—was adopted by a voice vote on Tuesday evening. The measure would restore and protect the right to possess and lawfully use firearms for self-defense and other legitimate purposes in federally assisted housing, and would bar housing authorities from restricting residents’ legal ownership of guns."