NM: Robber makes off with cash from register... but leaves part of his FINGER behind: "Police in New Mexico say a robbery suspect may have left a piece of his finger behind at the crime scene. Police arrived at the Up in Smoke Smoke Shop in Albuquerque after a report of shots fired Saturday night. According to a police spokesperson, the suspect fled the scene after emptying the register, but they believe he left behind his severed finger tip inside a glass display case. Finding an opportunity to fight back, a struggle ensued between the store clerk and the suspect. Producing a shot gun, the clerk told the suspect to drop his weapon of a hand gun which the man did not. Firing once, the clerk believed he shot the suspect but police responding to the scene were not able to find any sign of the suspect having been wounded. Police responding found the finger inside the display case with the clerk, while having cut himself, not missing any. No arrests have been made."


NC: Woman to 911 operator: “I just shot him”: "Kenneth James Cox, 28, broke into a woman’s home in the 4700 block of Chapel Grove Road in Gastonia shortly after 1 a.m., according to the Gaston County Police Department. Police say Cox and a woman at the home confronted each other the break-in, and the woman shot Cox. 'I'm in my room with the gun pointed at the door,' the woman told a 911 operator. 'I just shot him. He tried coming into my bedroom,' she said, just moments later. The woman was not injured, and Cox was pronounced dead on the scene."


PA: Business owner stands up to robber: "The owner of the store said that the robber came in with a gun and demanded money. That is when the owner pulled out his own gun. When the robber saw that the owner's gun was much bigger than his, the robber ran away. This is how the owner said the incident went down, 'He came running in the door there, he had a gun wrapped in a towel and said don't move don't move just give me the bag. So I reached down, got my gun, said some words and he ran.'"


Federal judge: Maryland gun law is unconstitutional: "Maryland residents do not have to provide a 'good and substantial reason' to legally own a handgun, a federal judge ruled Monday, striking down as unconstitutional the state's requirements for getting a permit. U.S. District Judge Benson Everett Legg wrote that states are allowed some leeway in deciding the way residents exercise their Second Amendment right to bear arms, but Maryland's objective was to limit the number of firearms that individuals could carry, effectively creating a rationing system that rewarded those who provided the right answer for wanting to own a gun."