Friday, February 25, 2011



FL: Intruder was killed with own gun: "Jacksonville police released new information today in the Feb. 17 Palafox triple shooting that shows it was a self-defense killing of an intruder. Laterance Willie Sellers [above], 26, was attempting a home-invasion robbery in the 2000 block of Palafox off Kings Road about 5:15 a.m., according to the Sheriff’s Office. One of the occupants of the home overpowered Sellers and shot him with his own gun, killing him. Two female victims also were shot during the struggle but weren’t critical. Sellers, whose last known address was the 2000 block of West 13th Street, had done prison time for drugs and carjacking and most recently got out in December 2010, Department of Corrections records show."


WY: House gives first OK to concealed guns bill: "Wyoming residents could carry concealed guns without a permit under a bill that cleared its first hearing in the state House of Representatives on Wednesday. The House voted 48-8 in favor of the bill after stripping off a proposed committee amendment that would have disallowed people from carrying concealed guns if they were too intoxicated to drive a vehicle"


Data Shoots Holes in Bloomberg´s Billboard Campaign: "While anti-gun New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg is sending a moving billboard truck around the country claiming that 34 Americans are "murdered with guns every day," the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms says the mayor is selectively ignoring the hundreds of lives saved every day because firearms are there when needed. CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb, citing research that places the number of lives saved annually with firearms at between 800,000 and 2.5 million - frequently without even a shot being fired - said that translates to "lives saved that Bloomberg chooses to ignore." "If you take the estimates and divide them by 365," Gottlieb observed, "you realize that between 2,100 and 6,800 people successfully defend themselves every day of the year with firearms in the United States."

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