VA:Dad says he killed intruders while defending his home

PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY, Va. (WTVR) – The 25-year-old father who said he shot and killed two men who broke into his Prospect-area home Sunday morning told CBS 6 senior reporter Wayne Covil he did not know the men he killed.

The man said he and his two-year-old son were sleeping when he heard a loud crash inside his home off Route 460 early Sunday morning. The man said he grabbed a handgun and left his room to investigate. Soon he found three men inside his home.

The men exchanged gunfire that lasted less than a minute, the man said.

One of the intruders died in the man’s home, a second man died in the front lawn. The third suspect got away from the home.

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CA:Robber Shot Dead During Alleged Rancho Cordova Robbery

A man shot dead at a Rancho Cordova business was trying to rob the store, according to the storekeeper who reportedly shot him Sunday, sheriff's officials said.

Investigators called to 8975 Folsom Boulevard about 3 p.m. found a man dead inside a business, reportedly shot by a storekeeper while trying to rob the place, said Sacramento County sheriff's Sgt. Jason Ramos.

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AR: Burglar tries to grab gun, gets shot

GARLAND COUNTY, Ark. (KTHV) - A homeowner said he arrived at the site of his home, which is being constructed, and found two burglars stealing supplies.

"We never intended to shoot him," said Dr. David Brewer, homeowner and Malvern dentist. Dr. Brewer said he and a friend were coming to pick up an RV that burglars had broken into Saturday.

It happened around 4:45 p.m. Sunday afternoon at a home on Vista View Point. Lt. James Martin with the Garland County Sheriff's Department says deputies received a call about a theft in progress.

The caller indicated that the suspects in the theft, 35-year-old Michael Freeman and 44-year-old Anna Childers, were being detained. Freeman had been shot.

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CO:87-Year-Old Fires Shot, Stops Drunk Home Invader

We’re hearing from the family of a man whose home is at the center of a scary late-night encounter with a total stranger.

Police say a man was so intoxicated he thought he was trying to get into his home, which is actually a block away.

But the elderly homeowner thought he was a burglar, so he fired a warning shot through his front door.

It happened around 1 a.m. Saturday off West Platte Ave in Colorado Springs.

A drunken man mistook the house for his. Knocking on the door turned into pounding, then running charges as he tried to get in, using the full force of his body to bust it open.

Actions that terrified the 87-year-old homeowner and his 80-year-old wife who live there.

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The reporter thinks this is not covered under the Colorado Castle Doctrine, so the homeowner could be charged. It appears to me that the reporter is simply trying to put the legitimate defender in a legal pickle by influencing the prosecutor. Dean Weingarten

OH:Business owner shoots intruder

JEFFERSON TWP, Ohio (WDTN) - A business owner shoots an intruder in Jefferson Township after a breaking and entering.

Matthew Dale Foster was booked into Montgomery County Jail Saturday morning on breaking and entering, he has not been formally charged.

Deputies responded to the 6000-block of Dayton-LIberty Rd. early Saturday morning on reports of a breaking and entering in progress.

The owner had a suspect at gunpoint while officers made their way to the location. When law enforcement arrived, they discovered the suspect had been shot.

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OF MEDIA AND MONSTERS

The mainstream media marches in lockstep with the White House in an attempt to convince the public that good people must give up some of the most effective defensive firearms they can have to protect themselves and their families, because bad people have misused them. A Fox Channel regular noted last month that CNN has become pretty much a 24/7 telethon for “gun control.”

Everyone knows that the twisted Adam Lanza was the one who murdered twenty little kids and six helpless adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School, yet few in our society can name Dawn Hochsprung, the courageous principal who died trying to disarm him with her bare hands and save the children. I hope I’m not the only one who wishes that this brave woman might have had the wherewithal to press a trigger and save 26 innocent lives including her own.

Now comes a revelation: police investigators have learned that Lanza was obsessed with exceeding the horrible “record” of murder victims racked up by the massively-publicized mad dog killer Anders Breivik in heavily-gun-controlled Norway in the summer of 2011. See this:

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/02/18/adam-lanza-anders-breivik-norway-mass-killer/1929209/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter&dlvrit=206567

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Alaska moves to limit Federal Gun Regulation under the Constitution

JUNEAU, Alaska - A controversial bill that would criminalize federal gun regulation in Alaska is on track to be scheduled for a vote.

HB69, by House Speaker Mike Chenault, was moved from the House Judiciary Committee on Monday. It would make it a felony for federal officers to attempt to enforce any new federal laws, regulations, rules or orders that attempt to limit ownership of a semi-automatic firearm or magazine, or require a firearm, magazine or other firearm accessory to be registered.

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Push to keep feds out of state gun markets gains momentum

States across the country are trying to protect gun ownership from the long arm of Washington by proposing bills declaring that firearms made and kept within their borders are not subject to federal restrictions.

Nine states have proposed such legislation since President Obama and fellow Democrats in the Senate began trying to tighten federal gun laws in the wake of several mass shootings that occurred within months of each other.

“There’s a lot of momentum,” Montana activist Gary Marbut told FoxNews.com on Monday.

Marbut was behind the original Firearms Freedom Act, which says the Commerce Clause allowing Congress to regulate inter-state commerce does not apply to the in-state manufacturing, selling and ownership of firearms. Montana passed the bill in 2009.

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TX:Homeowner Shoots, Kills Man Climbing Through Window

A homeowner fatally shot a man as he climbed through a window and into his home Monday afternoon, Dallas police say.

The shooting took place at a home on the 2200 block of Morrell Avenue at about 4:15 p.m.

Police said the homeowner heard a noise inside his residence and shot a man, later identified as 33-year-old Deyfon Pipkins, aka BJ, as he climbed through the window.

"The homeowner heard a noise. He came around the corner, saw the individual trying to climb into the window and according to the law, the castle doctrine, he used deadly force," said Sgt. Calvin Johnson, with the Dallas Police Department.

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AZ:Prosecutors drop charges in Kingman shooting death

Mohave County prosecutors have dropped the second-degree murder charge against a north Kingman man who shot and killed his neighbor late Jan. 22 outside of a triplex on Dove Lane.

James Clifton Craft, 70, called 911 a little after 10 p.m. Jan. 22 and told dispatchers that he had just shot someone outside of his door. The man he shot, 27 year-old Matthew James Paulson, was declared dead at the scene.

"I shot him in self defense," Craft said.

Craft said he was in his residence that night when he heard a series of loud bangs, which sounded as if someone was pounding on the hood of a car. He said he opened his door to take a look at what was going on and saw his neighbor, Paulson, jumping up and down and pounding his fists into the hoods of the vehicles parked there. He was also screaming racial epithets, but it was unclear whom his rage was directed at, Craft said.

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MCSO's investigation into the shooting is closed, and Craft received all of the property deputies confiscated back except for the gun, which Craft said he doesn't want anyway.

Why are the authorities keeping his firearm? Dean Weingarten

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VA:Homeowner shoots 2 intruders dead, third runs off

PROSPECT, Va. (WTVR) – Sheriff’s deputies are investigating a deadly shooting and home invasion in the Prospect area of Prince Edward, according to Prince Edward County Sheriff’s Office.

Deputies responded to a call in the 5000 block of Prince Edward Highway regarding a home invasion.

The caller reported that three people with weapons entered his house and exchanged gun shots.

Officials say two of the suspects were shot and pronounced dead at the scene, while the third suspect fled on foot.

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SC:Myrtle Beach robber tells woman "you're dead," runs off after victim pulls gun

MYRTLE BEACH, SC (WBTW) - A would-be robber's attempt to take money from a Myrtle Beach woman early Friday morning ended after the victim pulled a gun on the suspect.

According to a Myrtle Beach police report, a woman going to work parked her car at the front of The Bagel Factory on 20th Avenue North around 3 a.m. The victim told police a man then opened her door, demanded money and then pushed her further in the car.

The victim kicked the suspect and he then told her "You're dead," the report said.

At that point, the victim was able to reach inside her glove box, pull out a pistol and point it at the suspect, police said.

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CO:Gun Rights Advocate Creates High-Capacity Magazine Contest On Facebook

DENVER (CBS4) – After hours of debate Friday night, the state House of Representatives gave initial approval to a package of gun control measures.

The four bills include limiting high-capacity magazines to 15 rounds, a ban on concealed weapons on public college campuses, expanded background checks to include private sales of guns, and making gun buyers pay for their background checks.

Pro-gun advocates are now firing right back at lawmakers.

“What Guns For Everyone is doing is basically giving away those same magazines they’re trying to ban,” Edgar Antillon of Guns For Everyone said.

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After the 'toughest' gun law, gun crime rose

by Jeff Jacoby

In 1998, Massachusetts passed what was hailed as the toughest gun-control legislation in the country. Among other stringencies, it banned semiautomatic "assault" weapons, imposed strict new licensing rules, prohibited anyone convicted of a violent crime or drug trafficking from ever carrying or owning a gun, and enacted severe penalties for storing guns unlocked.

"Today, Massachusetts leads the way in cracking down on gun violence," said Republican Governor Paul Cellucci as he signed the bill into law. "It will save lives and help fight crime in our communities." Scott Harshbarger, the state's Democratic attorney general, agreed: "This vote is a victory for common sense and for the protection of our children and our neighborhoods." One of the state's leading anti-gun activists, John Rosenthal of Stop Handgun Violence, joined the applause. "The new gun law," he predicted, "will certainly prevent future gun violence and countless grief."

It didn't.

The 1998 legislation did cut down, quite sharply, on the legal use of guns in Massachusetts. Within four years, the number of active gun licenses in the state had plummeted. "There were nearly 1.5 million active gun licenses in Massachusetts in 1998," the AP reported. "In June [2002], that number was down to just 200,000." The author of the law, state Senator Cheryl Jacques, was pleased that the Bay State's stiff new restrictions had made it possible to "weed out the clutter."

But the law that was so tough on law-abiding gun owners had quite a different impact on criminals.

Since 1998, gun crime in Massachusetts has gotten worse, not better. Instead of "lead[ing] the way in cracking down on gun violence," the state has seen gun violence shoot up. In 2011, Massachusetts recorded 122 murders committed with firearms, the Boston Globe reported this month – "a striking increase from the 65 in 1998." Other crimes rose too. Between 1998 and 2011, robbery with firearms climbed 20.7 percent. Aggravated assaults jumped 26.7 percent.

Don't hold your breath waiting for gun-control activists to admit they were wrong.

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When does a "soft tyranny" turn hard?

FL:Hundreds of teachers turn up for free gun safety course in Clearwater

In light of the Sandy Hook Elementary shooting, teachers in Pinellas County are looking at ways to protect themselves.

They were given a chance to take a free gun safety course Saturday and hundreds showed up.

They had to use their school identification card to take the gun safety course, which is not typically a requirement, but on Saturday, it was.

It all started in the classroom, and then a group of Pinellas County teachers got some hands on experience when it was time to actually pull the trigger.

Lenny Bogdanos, owner of International Executive Protection in Clearwater, offered up the free course to Pinellas County teachers interested in learning about carrying a concealed weapon.

The ad went viral and Bogdanos got hundreds of calls and emails.

“Hey if you guys want to learn how to carry a weapon in light of shooting, I can do that for you and help you,” said Bogdanos.

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MO:Homeowner Shoots, Kills Teen In Backyard After Break-In Attempt

ST. LOUIS, MO (KTVI) – A teenager is shot to death and his friend is charged with murder, even though he didn’t pull the trigger.

The circuit attorney’s office issued warrants for second degree murder and attempted burglary against 17-year-old Michael Bryant.

Police say Bryant and 15-year-old Demetrius Murphy were trying to break into a home on Tennessee early Friday morning.

Investigators say the 33-year-old homeowner heard them, went outside, and confronted the suspects.

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FL:Homeowner fires shot when wanted man bursts inside

White then burst into a home on Berkshire Road, trying to hide, police said.

"The guy is telling (the homeowner), 'The cops are after me, and I'm going to give you $1,000 to hide me.' This guy just got up. He's brushing his teeth," said Chitwood.

Police said the homeowner grabbed a gun.

"During the struggle that goes out on to the porch, the homeowner fires a shot at him, and the homeowner says, 'Look, I could have killed him. I didn't want to kill him. I could have killed him. I had the right to kill him," said Chitwood.

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Guns save two women

Two women were saved from mortal danger through quick thinking and the use of firearms this past week.

A Myrtle Beach woman was accosted in The Bagel Factory’s parking lot Friday morning. A man opened her car door, demanded her money, and shoved her into the other seat. When she kicked him in self-defense, he told her she was dead.

The victim opened her glove box, pulled out her pistol and pointed it at the suspect. He immediately withdrew from the car and fled. The victim was not harmed, but the suspect did leave behind a silver lock-blade knife.

In Roswell, NM a 24-year-old pregnant woman was doing laundry with her 3-year-old daughter when her 49-year-old neighbor Larry Stell confronted her. He took off his shirt and made sexual advances toward her. When she refused he pushed her to the ground. The woman took her daughter to her 87-year-old landlord’s house next door.

Stell followed her, forced himself inside and proceeded to punch her in the face. The landlord could not break up the fight, so he grabbed his shotgun and shot Stell in the torso. Incredibly, Stell still stormed toward the landlord, forcing him to shoot the attacker again.

Lt. Britt Snyder told local news it was good the landlord was armed.  "He certainly would have been no match for a man that's 40 years younger than him,” said Snyder. "Having taken action with a handgun may have prevented a possible murder, maybe the murder of both of them. We don't know."

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Several good deals made at Lansing Gun Turn in

Private Buyers Scored Bargains at Lansing Gun Turn In



In spite of snow and official interference, brave Michigan Second Amendment activists offered cash for good guns at the Lansing gun turn in last Saturday (February 9th, 2013).

One person turned in an old, RG .38, and used the money to buy ammunition.

Some guns purchased for more than the offered gift card included an M1 carbine in nice shape, some hunting rifles and shotguns, a .22 revolver, a Mosin Nagant, and an SKS with a case of ammunition. The M1 carbine was reported as the most expensive purchase at $200 or less, the .22 revolver went for $100, and at least one .22 rifle went for $50.

It appears that the people from Michigan Gun Owners had a good time, even if they had to stand in the snow.

Perhaps next year the organizers of the event would invite them inside. Their willingness to purchase the nicer items would help stretch the "buyback" dollars to remove more guns from the street, and sellers would have been able to obtain more money for valuable possessions.

On review, official interference only consisted of requiring that private buyers not make offers for firearms on the church property.

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