GA: Attempt to rob didn't reckon with off-duty officer: "Authorities say it was a failed robbery involving an off duty Atlantic County Corrections Officer that resulted in the shooting there just before 9:00 Thursday night. 25 year-old Sean Czerwinski was accompanying a family member, who had put headphones up for sale on craigslist, when he was asked to meet in Pleasantville to make a potential sale. "At some point, according to the facts we have now, at least one of the males who came walking down West Jersey Avenue (the men who were interested in buying the item) in discussing the sale, produced a handgun, pointed it at the fellow attempting to sell the headphones and demanded money," said Atlantic County Prosecutor, Ted Housel. Authorities say moments later, Czerwinski, a two-year veteran at the Atlantic County Jail, opened the door, and fired, killing 20 year-old Richard Roe of Atlantic City"


IL: Fatal shooting was self-defense, judge rules: "A Cook County judge ruled today that a South Side man acted in self-defense when he fatally shot a man who accosted him and his daughters at a bus stop on Super Bowl Sunday last year. Elliot Mayfield, 53, looked back at his family in triumph and then dabbed at his eyes with a tissue after Judge Maura Slattery Boyle acquitted him of first- and second-degree murder in the Feb. 7, 2010, slaying of Samuel Fullilove, 33. According to testimony in the bench trial, Fullilove had been celebrating the Super Bowl victory by the New Orleans Saints and was extremely intoxicated when he approached Mayfield and his two daughters -- 15 and 11 -- and their young friend as they waited for a bus at 6114 S. King Dr. After Fullilove became aggressive, Mayfield showed him the gun and said, “I’ll use it.” Fullilove walked away but came back moments later and was captured on a city surveillance camera swinging his fists at Mayfield. Mayfield did not face weapons charges."


PA: Homeowner shoots at intruders: "The homeowner told officers that he was in bed sleeping when he was awakened around 3:40 a.m. by a noise outside his home. 'He noticed there was some activity outside the residence with several flashlights, and moments later, a male opened the door that had previously been damaged in the first burglary,' Mascellino said. The man told police he got a handgun and fired two shots at the man, who yelled toward at least one other person and then ran into some nearby woods."


MT: Gun activist takes aim at US regulatory power: "With a homemade .22-caliber rifle he calls the Montana Buckaroo, Gary Marbut dreams of taking down the federal regulatory state. He's not planning to fire his gun. Instead, he wants to sell it, free from federal laws requiring him to record transactions, pay license fees and open his business to government inspectors."