Va.: Kid shot mother's boyfriend in self defense: "The 15-year-old acted in self defense on the September night when he fired pistol blasts at his mother’s boyfriend, Augusta County Judge Charles L. Ricketts III found. She testified that she handed her son the weapon and instructed him not to let the man inside. Gary Wayne Ralston, 54, of Waynesboro, was critically wounded in the shooting outside the home where the boy and his siblings and mother live just north of town. Ralston survived. More than 10 people took the stand, including the teen’s mother, who said Ralston ignored her request earlier that evening to stay away from her home. The mother described Ralston as abusive, controlling and jealous of the time she spent with her children. The woman testified she locked the gate to her driveway, but fell into a frenzy when she heard the sound of Ralston’s car approaching. She said she handed her son a Glock .45 handgun. “What did you instruct [the teen] to do?” Weidner asked. “Don’t let him in the house,” the woman answered. The boy didn’t." As Ralston stepped onto the porch, the teen fired three times, hitting the man in the back, leg and arm. The shots knocked Ralston to the ground"


WA: Evidence suggests self-defense in fatal shooting: "Prosecutor Dave McEachran said the evidence indicates that David H. Baily was acting in self-defense when he fired the fatal blast, which struck William C. Clement, 30, in the abdomen. Jorge Salazar, 19, brought a shotgun over to Baily's house early the morning of Aug. 19 and stored it in an upstairs bedroom. Baily remained upstairs while Salazar returned downstairs. When he got downstairs, Salazar began fighting with Clement. To escape the fight, Salazar ran back upstairs, and Clement pursued him. Once Baily heard the fight, he grabbed the shotgun and ran to the top of the stairs, where he met Clement.
Clement attempted to wrestle the shotgun away from Baily. During their struggle it fired, striking Clement."


Ex-cop shot, killed armed robber: "A former Detroit police officer -- who was acquitted in 2004 of federal civil rights violations -- shot and killed a man on Detroit's east side Wednesday morning during a robbery near his home, police said. Detroit police spokeswoman Sgt. Eren Stephens -- who did not confirm the identity of the former cop -- said two men, one armed with a gun, robbed the former officer at gunpoint. As one of the suspects fled, police said, he fired shots and the former officer returned fire, killing the man. The dead man was identified by the Wayne County Medical Examiner's Office as Prez Holmes, 20, of Detroit. Michigan Department of Corrections records indicate his first name may be spelled "Perrez," and that he may have a criminal history of felony firearm and receiving and concealing stolen property."

FL: Armed homeowner is cleared in electricity company face-off: "FPL employees Bruno Berrio and Timothy Pyke traveled to Vino's trailer home at the Jones Fishing Camp. Pyke and Berrio, both in FPL uniform, told police that Vino confronted them and they immediately identified themselves as FPL employees. Then Vino -- still pointing his gun -- ``marched them" off his property, slapping the helmet off Pyke before shooting the rifle in the air. But the judge discounted the FPL employees' version. "Mr. Vino, upon recognizing that Mr. Pyke and Mr. Berrio were FPL employees, lowered his weapon and asked [them] why didn't they call him before entering his property," Judge Thornton wrote in his ruling, adopting the defendant's more benign version of events. Vino ``escorted" them to the fence before he fired ``one shot, not at Mr. Pyke or Mr. Berrio, but up in the air," Thornton wrote. The judge ruled that Vino was immune from prosecution ``up to the point where he realized the two reasonably believed burglars were in fact FPL workers," meaning the shot fired in the air could still be an unlawful discharge."


“Winning firearms freedom, one lawsuit at a time”: "Ten years is a very long time, during which a political landscape can change, and so can the judicial arena. Ten years ago, if someone had suggested that the politically-fashionable handgun bans in Washington, D.C. and Chicago could be struck down on Second Amendment grounds, he might have been laughed out of town. Today, a herd of municipal attorneys for cities and towns large and small are paying a lot closer attention to firearms regulations.”


Concealed carry for modern America: "My wife is forcing me, against my will, to get a CCW. I don’t acknowledge the right of the state to grant this right, as the 2nd Amendment states ‘The Right of the People to Keep and Bear Arms Shall Not be Infringed,’ and being forced to buy a license IS infringing. But she’s tired of my bitching about the license, and thinks I need to carry as the society deteriorates, so we’re gonna get the licenses together.”

TX: Suspected intruder shot, killed by resident: "Residents living along the 1300 block of Belmont Drive in San Marcos were stunned to learn that a teenager was shot multiple times in an apparent home invasion on their quiet street. ‘I’m just shocked that there would be that type of criminal and crime going on in this neighborhood and in San Marcos,’ Evelyn Johnson said. The suspected intruder was 19 year old Elijah Espinoza. Commander Chase Stapp with the San Marcos Police Department says Espinoza was shot by a resident as he tried to enter the back door of the home around 3 a.m. Sunday.”


NC: Pipe mistaken for gun leads to shot fired as warning: "A pickup driven by David Dunnigan of King cut off another pickup driven by Ricky Lee Stanley of Advance about 1:30 p.m. near the westbound rest area on I-40, about 8 miles east of Mocksville, said Sheriff Andy Stokes of Davie County. Both vehicles then continued to travel west on I-40. As the vehicles approached the Farmington Road exit, a pipe that Stanley thought was a gun was pointed at him from Dunnigan’s pickup, Stokes said. Stanley then applied his brakes and tried to pull over, trying to avoid Dunnigan’s pickup, Stokes said. But Dunnigan stayed with Stanley’s vehicle. Stanley then fired a shot from his .44 caliber handgun in the air to warn Dunnigan and Brandon Dodson, a passenger in Dunnigan’s pickup, Stokes said. No charges have been filed against Stanley or Dobson, Stokes said, adding that he will discuss the matter with the Davie County district attorney’s office. “Once he (Stanley) saw what he thought was a barrel of a gun, he was placed in the position of self-defense,” Stokes said."


SCOTUS OKs longer prison terms for druggies: "The Supreme Court has upheld longer prison sentences for people convicted of carrying or using a gun while committing drug trafficking crimes. The court voted 8-0 Monday to affirm lower court rulings involving defendants who had five years tacked onto their drug trafficking prison terms because they had a gun with them."


Pa.: State House approves 'stand your ground' self-defense bill: "By a more than 4-1 margin, the state House tonight sent to Gov. Ed Rendell a bill that expands the use of self-defense in Pennsylvania. Called "stand your ground" legislation, the bill enables people to use lethal force to defend themselves without retreat outside their homes. Currently the law allows those protections within one's home. The bill was approved by a 161-35 vote. Gun groups, many of them from Western Pennsylvania, pushed for the bill's passage over the past five years. Rendell on several occasions has said he will have to review the bill before deciding whether to sign or veto it. The Pennsylvania District Attorneys Association opposed the bill. But Rep.Mike Vereb, R-Montgomery County, a former police officer, noted that the Fraternal Order of Police and Pennsylvania State Troopers Association did not oppose the bill."

IA: Concealed Carry Law Changed

(Des Moines, Iowa) Effective January 1, 2011, a revised law for concealed weapons permits will take away discretionary authority from county sheriffs.

Changing the language of the law from "may" to "shall" in Senate File 2379 "standardizes the issuance of concealed weapons permits across the state," according to state Rep. Clel Baudler, R-Adair, who was active in the bill's construction.

"The law was drafted in a way to keep some groups of people from keeping weapons concealed - a certain class of people," Baudler said. "Hopefully, now there will be no room for discrimination. The old law was highly discriminate."

Baudler said, in its early years, the concealed weapons laws in this state were primitive compared to today's qualifying standards. The sheriff of each county could essentially pick and choose who was fit for carrying concealed weapons and who was not - sometimes based on personal and discriminatory points of view, he said.

The level of difficulty in obtaining a permit depended, for one thing, on the county in which the applicant lived. Laws were not consistent or balanced across the state, Baudler said.

It's possible that some of the sheriffs won't like the change.

WA: Man Kills Brother In Self Defense: "Spokane County Sheriff's Sgt. Dave Reagan said when deputies arrived at the home they found a 41-year-old Riverside man dead from a single gunshot wound. The victims brother told detectives he was attacked by an unknown man with a club when he stepped outside of the home earlier in the evening. The man told deputies he went back inside the house and grabbed a gun and fired a single shot at his attacker, later realizing it was his own brother. During the interviews, detectives determined the man acted in self defense when he fatally his brother."


National Ammo Day is November 19th : "The next National Ammo Day is November 19 2010, National Ammo Day has been an unofficial grassroots holiday since 2002 and is growing in celebration each year.”


Why did ATF issue — and then rescind — a ruling declaring air guns “firearms?”: "The fact remains — ATF has the testing conclusions to execute this aborted ruling if and when they wish to — in fact, if their analysis about what constitutes a United States Code-defined ‘firearm’ is ‘correct’ — and if they don’t know, who does? — this could be a Sword of Damocles hanging over the heads of airgun dealers and owners that could be dropped at any time.”

New Orleans homeowner shoots intruder who allegedly tried to attack, burglarize him: "Lewis said he was inside his FEMA trailer about 7:50 a.m. when he heard someone outside kick down a wooden board restricting access to the space below his two-story house in the 1900 block of Desire Street. Lewis feared someone was after the house's copper pipes. He grabbed his cell phone and a handgun from his trailer and stepped outside to investigate. As a school bus rumbled down the street, he slowly approached a doorway leading into the home and saw Thomas. "Don't move," Lewis said. The intruder was surprised, but he did not obey. He reached for a nearby two-by-four, charged Lewis and swung. Lewis ducked the blow. Thomas raised the piece of wood again; Lewis aimed his gun at Thomas' leg, fired and wounded him. Lewis scurried back outside and called 911. Police and paramedics soon arrived; Thomas was arrested and taken to the LSU Trauma Center"


AL: Liquor store robber killed: "According to Florence Police, 41-year-old Christopher Wade Martin walked in, purchased a soft-drink, then asked for a single beer. Police say when Martin returned to the counter, he attempted to strong-arm the clerk. "He had been in twice before," said Florence Police Investigator Craig Blasingame, "he came in a third time and attempted to take the money out of the register." Police say the package store clerk struggled with Martin over the money and then produced a gun. As Martin tried to escape with what he could grab, the clerk stopped the would-be crook in his tracks. "The robber was shot several times," said Blasingame, "2 or 3, possible all three, but at least twice that we know about." Florence Police say Christopher Martin had been formerly convicted on felony robbery and burglary charges, and was on probation. The case will be presented before the Lauderdale County Grand Jury, but the Chazz Package Store clerk will likely face no charges."

OH: Robbery suspect charged with murder of alleged accomplice: "Akron police have filed murder charges against a robbery suspect whose alleged partner was shot to death by their intended victim. Larry V. Adams, 24, of Cleveland, is being held in the Summit County Jail on charges of murder, aggravated burglary, aggravated robbery, tampering with evidence and receiving stolen property. Akron police contend that Adams and Delwin Isaac Jr., 21, of Richmond, Va., went to a Wilson Street home in Akron on Nov. 5 intending to rob suspected drug dealer Darnell Roper. During a confrontation inside the home, Roper, 21, drew a gun and opened fire, striking Adams and Isaac. Adams recovered, but Isaac, who was hit in the neck with a bullet, died later at Akron City Hospital. Roper has not been charged in the death."


WA: Near-fatal attempted robbery: " Shortly after 4 a.m., Slanaker came to the door displaying a gun and allegedly pistol-whipped Landacre before shooting him multiple times, according to court documents. Landacre grabbed a nearby handgun and fired back, hitting Slanaker multiple times. Slanaker’s injuries were described as life-threatening at the time. A check of four major hospitals in the Vancouver-Portland area indicated that Landacre was not a patient at any of them. A deputy prosecutor said it wasn’t immediately known what, if any, charges he could face."

FL: Buy A Truck, Get A Free AK-47



(Sanford, Florida) Nations Trucks is offering a free assault weapon with each used truck purchase. According to general manager Nick Ginetta, customers will "have to jump through all the usual hoops of buying the weapon according to state laws."

Ginetta acknowledges that it's a publicity stunt and he doesn't have a stockroom full of AK-47s, rather each customer will receive a voucher worth $400 at a local gun store. Heh.

AL: Robber shot in self defense by Church's Chicken customer: "It was business as usual Thursday at Church's Fried Chicken on Michigan Avenue. A much different scene from the night before when Mobile police said the tables were turned on a would be robber. Authorities say 46-year-old Randall Ford went to the restaurant on Michigan Avenue just before 11 p.m. Wednesday, and tried to rob a man who was leaving the store. Police say Ford was using a box cutter as a weapon. That's when the 32-year-old potential victim pulled out a gun and shot Ford in the neck. Ford was taken to USA Medical Center and treated for the non-life threatening injury. He was arrested and charged with first degree robbery."


TX: One man is dead after police said he was shot by his landlord: "Police were called out to an apartment complex off West Cypress around 3:00 a.m Thursday morning. Investigators told us the landlord called them and admitted to shooting a tenant who was making racial slurs in the courtyard area of the complex. Police had already been called to the complex earlier in the night because that same man had been playing music loudly and yelling in the courtyard. Investigators said the man broke into the landlord's apartment, the two struggled over a shotgun, and the landlord shot the man in the chest. Police told News 4 WOAI the landlord acted in self defense and will not face any charges."


Caretaker and burglar shootout. Both killed: " Investigators are still on the scene of a home in Oakleaf where a burglary suspect and the caretaker of a home were killed during a shooting Wednesday night. When the deputy arrived, he found two armed suspects, and the home's caretaker shot and injured. Shots were fired and the deputy was able to capture one suspect who was injured, according to the sheriff's office. The caretaker/victim and the other suspect died at the scene. The caretaker is being identified by the CCSO as Leroy McDonald, 33, of Orange Park. The suspect is Todd Bradshaw Jr., 24, of Jacksonville. The surviving suspect was taken by medical helicopter to Shands Jacksonville with non life-threatening injuries. The sheriff's office said the female owner of the home is deployed overseas."


FL: Open Carry advocates gear up in five states: "Having held five events over the weekend, Second Amendment advocates continue to promote changing laws in Florida to allow citizens to openly carry holstered handguns. Open carry was legal in Florida until 1987 when Janet Reno, then an assistant state attorney in South Florida, lobbied the Legislature to ban the practice save in some situations — namely hunting, fishing and at firing ranges. … Right now, there are seven states that do not allow open carry — and there is a chance that number will decrease soon.”

SC: Poker game killing was Self-Defense: "A man who shot and killed another during a poker game acted in self-defense, according to the Anderson County Sheriff's Office. Investigator Chad McBride said the two men were with four others, playing poker inside a building at 115 Commerce Blvd. just before 7 a.m. Tuesday. McBride said Jermaine Scott pulled a handgun, trying to recover lost money and rob the others. McBride said another player, who had a concealed weapon permit,pulled his own gun and the two men opened fire. Scott later died at the hospital. The coroner said the cause of death was multiple gunshot wounds. McBride said another man was shot in the hand and treated at the hospital.


MS: Store clerk acquitted on murder charges: A Jackson convenience store worker has been found not guilty in the 2008 shooting death of a shoplifter. A Hinds county jury found Sarbrinder Pannu not guilty in the murder of 36 year old James Hawthorne. Pannu shot Hawthorne after he stole a case of beer from the J and S Food Mart on Medgar Evers Boulevard. Prosecuting attorneys argued that Hawthorne was unarmed when he was gunned down. In closing arguments defense attorney Tom Fortner said Pannu feared for his life when he saw Hawthorne reaching for what he thought was a gun. Defense attorney Tom Fortner told reporters leaving the courtroom, "I think this verdict sends the message that people are tired of the crime, they are saying stop the robbing, stop the stealing."


FL: Self-defense law gets man released from jail: "Gunfire erupted on a Newtown street in May, leaving Patrick Barbour dead on the road and Alphonse Gallo in jail facing a murder charge and the possibility of life behind bars. But a judge listened to the details of the killing and ruled that Gallo, 35, should not be prosecuted for murder because of Florida's stand-your-ground law, which allows people to use deadly force to defend themselves. Gallo testified that Barbour and several other men confronted him May 15 near the intersection of Martin Luther King Jr. Way and Pershing Avenue about 2:30 a.m. The two had a minor fight about 30 minutes earlier. Gallo testified that Barbour, 24, threatened to rob him and then pulled a handgun from a pocket. Gallo, who had a concealed weapons permit to carry a handgun, said he drew his own gun and fired at Barbour three times."


AZ: “Guns save lives educate your kids” officially censored: "After rounds of meetings and phone calls, the city of Phoenix, perhaps prophetically on Election Day, Tue., Nov. 2, passed final judgment and decided that censorship of our bus-stop advertisements would remain final. ‘Educate Your Kids’ with the big red ‘Guns Save Lives’ heart, which they tore down more than a week ago, were deemed unacceptable and would stay down. They blamed CBS Outdoor with the ‘error’ for having put them up.”

AL: Shooting at bar leaves robber dead: "The shooting happened in the upstairs part of Humphrey's Bar & Grill on Washington Street around 2:15 a.m., 15 minutes after the bar's posted closing time, said police spokesman Harry Hobbs. A robber walked up to two maintenance men upstairs, pulled a gun and shot one of them, Hobbs said. The second maintenance man struggled with the robber taking his gun and fatally shooting him, authorities said. The robber, identified as Damian Marcos Antony King, 32, died at the scene, and the wounded maintenance man, John Joseph Mullins, 40, is being treated at Huntsville Hospital with a non-life-threatening gunshot wound, Hobbs said. The second maintenance man is in the custody of Huntsville police but has not been charged with a crime."


Guns on campus mean safer campuses 2011: "Guns on campus is in the news again. In my ongoing series on Guns On Campus, I answer issues that somehow seem to be guesswork on the part of non-gun owner students and trustees. I say this because anti-liberty reasoning sounds like good faith dealings at first, but when assumptions are corrected and excuses run out, trustees play the one card which vexes adults: No guns on campus. This disturbing final maneuver gives credence to the claims of abuses of power as it continues to avoid the practical solution to violence, and that is recognizing the adult student’s authority over the violent situation.”


MI: Gun safety not part of many parents’ conversations with kids: "‘When more than half of non-gun owning parents have never discussed gun safety with their children and nearly 1 in 5 gun-owning parents have never discussed gun safety with their children, many children may be unprepared to understand and follow the basics of gun safety,’ Davis says. ‘Parents need to learn how to talk to their children about gun safety whether they own a gun or not, to be sure their children are prepared should they ever encounter a situation where a gun is present.’ … Regardless of gun ownership, parents who have talked to their children about gun safety guidelines are more confident that their kids will practice gun safety than parents who have not talked with their children.”

UT: Homeowner shoots young intruder: "Police say Poulton was killed as he and 18-year-old Derek Sego tried to break into the home near 5600 South and 5100 West. Lt. Don Hutson of the Unified Police Department says the homeowner was unaware of another burglar, but investigators were able to track Sego down after talking with acquaintances of the young men. Around 3 a.m., police say the Kearns homeowner heard noise and saw a person trying to break in the rear glass door. Earlier, a mysterious ring of the doorbell had awakened the family. The homeowner told police at that time, he went outside to look around; so when he later heard the noise out back, fearing an intruder, he armed himself with a handgun. "He fired one round through the glass," Hutson said. "The person ran away, and he immediately called 911." Police found Poulton dead in the street. A local attorney and author believes the homeowner will not be charged with a crime".


NYC gun registry challenged in state’s top court: "The New York Police Department’s four-year-old registry of gun-toting criminals, meant to curb city violence, faces a legal challenge in the state’s highest court. … ‘This court should not allow New York City or any other local government to act without authority in fashioning their own rules to deal with convicted felons in their communities and then argue that these local schemes are beyond review of this court,’ attorney Bruce Austern argued in his brief on behalf of Sean Smith.”

TX: Deadly home invasion suspects had history of breaking law: "A homeowner on Creath Place said he had no choice but to shoot at the men early Wednesday morning when they kicked in the door to his home. According to the homeowner, he had argued with the men earlier that evening, and he feared the two would return. They did, and were allegedly carrying a knife. Zapata died at the scene from a gunshot wound. Sosa was shot by the homeowner, and he remains in the hospital.”


TX: Vengeful invader killed: "A man was shot and killed between midnight and 1 a.m. Sunday morning in New Fairview. Marcus Lee Little, 50, was shot in the head after he broke into a home just off Farm Road 2264. According to Sheriff David Walker, Little confronted his ex-girlfriend in the home and was looking for the man she is now dating. Occupants of the home told officers that Little “had a knife and a gun,” and he was making threats. Walker said a man who is a brother to the ex-girlfriend shot Little, but no arrests have been made at this time because it appears to be self-defense."

WA: Intruder shot and killed: "The Pierce County sheriff’s office says an intruder was shot and killed during a home invasion robbery near Puyallup early Wednesday morning and police are searching for a second suspect involved in the invasion robbery. Sheriff spokesman Ed Troyer said two masked men broke into the home about 6:30 in the morning and pistol-whipped a man who was home with his girlfriend, demanding to know where “the jewelry” was. The invaders did obtain some jewelry and one of the masked men walked outside to load some things into his car, which is when the girlfriend of the man who was pistol whipped grabbed a shotgun from under a bed and handed it to her boyfriend and gunfire erupted between the homeowner and the robbers. Each fired several shots at the other and one of the robbers was hit but police later learned the robber was hit by a bullet fired from his accomplice’s gun."


WA: Resident shoots back: "A man who returned fire against an intruder was transported to an area hospital with non-life threatening injuries, according to a Vancouver Police Department news bulletin. The suspect was shot “multiple times,” police said. He suffered life-threatening injuries in the shootout at a home in the 1400 block of Northeast 131st Avenue.... at about 4 a.m., an unknown male came to the door displaying a gun and shot at the resident, according to police. The resident grabbed a nearby gun and fired back, hitting the suspect multiple times."

Huge Victory for Pro Gun Candidates in Iowa: "Tuesday was a huge victory for pro-gun candidates across the state of Iowa! Gun owners across the state, and Iowa Gun Owners members and supporters in particular, have dealt a telling blow to the anti-gunners in the State of Iowa. In a nutshell though, pro-gun candidates that IGO ran our election program for picked up 14 additional seats in the House! These are candidates that have answered perfectly on our candidate survey. 2 additional seats were picked up by marginally pro-gun candidates that will likely support us when the time comes. In the Senate, pro-gun candidates that IGO ran our election program for picked up an additional 6 seats!"


British police admit that stricter laws would not have stopped shooting rampage: "Firearms laws should be strengthened in the wake of the murderous rampage in Cumbria by Derrick Bird, an independent report said yesterday. But only "far more fundamental changes" on private ownership of guns could have prevented the tragedy, the UK's senior firearms licensing specialist concluded. Neither measure would have stopped Bird, who had few dealings with the health service and gave relatives no sign of the apparent breakdown which overwhelmed him – probably because of an impending tax inquiry. Whiting told a press conference at Penrith yesterday: "I do not think there are any immediate changes that could be implemented urgently that would have prevented these appalling offences."

CA: Homeowner dies but shoots robber: "Emilio Franco, the 54 year old movie actor who also owned two night clubs in Los Angeles, was shot dead in his own home by two suspects in what appears to be a robbery attempt. A businessman and actor, Franco who took part in several Mexican movies died in the wee hours of the morning when he tried to confront two suspects as they were trying to rob his house in Downey. Reports indicate that Franco was attacked by two people- one was wounded in a gun battle and left injured on the spot while the other ran away... Relatives have confirmed that Franco’s wife and daughter were inside the house when the shooting took place"


PA: Federal Court rejects suit filed by woman who carried gun at soccer game: "A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by a Lebanon woman who openly carried a loaded handgun to a child’s soccer game in December 2008. The lawsuit brought by Meleanie Hain and her husband Scott sought $1 million in damages after Lebanon County Sheriff Michael DeLeo revoked her permit to carry a concealed firearm. A county judge later overturned the revocation and reinstated Hain’s permit.”


Was election a victory for gun owners?: "Republicans have taken the House. While Democrats retained the Senate, the balance of power is too close for them to steamroll anything through. Add to this mix "pro-gun" Democrats and Second Amendment-friendly leadership in both chambers (assuming Sen. Reid still feels he needs to be), and yesterday appears to have been a good day for gun owners. At the federal and state levels."


WA: Arizona Man Arrested After Guns Found in Truck: "U.S. Park Police say an Arizona man has been arrested after guns and ammunition were found inside a truck hauling a camper parked along the National Mall. The truck was parked along the National Mall near the National Air and Space Museum Wednesday afternoon, when an officer noticed something suspicious inside. A bomb disposal unit was called in. Sgt. David Schlosser says no explosives were found, but a handgun and more than one rifle were found inside. Schlosser says the unidentified man would be charged with unregistered ammunition and firearms offenses." ["unregistered" ammo?? And have the goons forgotten that guns are now allowed in National Parks?]

CA: Magnum-toting woman kills robber: "One Sacramento man is dead and three others are in custody following an apparent home invasion robbery attempt in Laytonville Saturday morning. When deputies responded to the Laytonville residence following the 7:21 a.m. 9-1-1 call, they found the masked body of Timothy Burger, 21, of Sacramento, lying just outside. Jill Cahill, of Laytonville, who lives at the residence, had two friends visiting at the time of the robbery. She told deputies the three masked men broke into her home, sprayed them with pepper spray, and then shot one of her visitors in the leg, sparking the ensuing firefight. She told deputies she fired at the three masked robbers with her .357 magnum pistol and believed she killed one. The other two masked men fled on foot."


OH: Pill dealer shoots robber: "Ford was killed at 11:26 p.m. on Oct. 21 at Dayton's home at 70 Wisconsin Ave. Dayton said he shot Ford after he answered a young woman's knock on his door. His gun in a pocket, he opened the door. "She had stepped up to block the screen door from being closed," he said. Dayton said he didn't see Ford until he moved in and struck Dayton on the head with a handgun. The two struggled for several seconds before Dayton shot Ford. "I wasn't trying to kill the guy," he said. "I feel bad about what happened." Because Dayton said he acted in self-defense, police said the case will be presented to a grand jury that will determine whether any charges should be filed."


IN: Self-defense shooter released: "Cooper and his cousin, Doug, were driving down Pulliam Road on Sunday night to go spotlighting for deer, the illegal practice of shining bright lights at night to watch the activity of deer for hunting. They were stopped by Cherry, according to a news release from the Clark County Sheriff’s Department. Cherry told investigators that Cooper was sitting in the driver’s seat and pulled out a long rifle and threatened to kill him. However, police questioned his story when they did not find any weapon in Cooper’s vehicle. Police found the shotgun that Cherry had alleged Cooper was holding at another person’s house. Mull said the cousins drove by a friend’s house and threw the shotgun in a field while on the way to the hospital. The person at a nearby residence apparently picked up the weapon and brought it inside the house... Cooper has had numerous legal issues in the past."


DE: Woman shoots ex: "New Castle County police say a woman shot and killed her ex-husband after he broke into her home and beat her. Fifty-seven-year-old Gregory Thompson of New Castle was found dead at the unidentified woman’s home. It happened Thursday about 11:30 p.m., when police received a 911 call from the woman. Police say Thompson, who was wanted for violating a protective order his ex-wife had against him, used a ladder to get into the victim’s third-floor bedroom. Police say Thompson entered the home through a window and began punching the woman in the head … in her bed. The woman got a gun and shot Thompson.”

FL: Homeowner shot would-be teen burglar: "Miami-Dade police say the homeowner confronted a potential burglar Monday afternoon by shooting him twice sending the juvenile to the hospital. The teen was shot in the leg and was taken to Miami Children's Hospital. The teen is expected to survive. Police say the events that led to the shooting began shortly before 2 p.m. on the 26200 block of Southwest 128th Court in Cutler Bay. That's when the homeowner heard a noise and armed himself with a gun. He was confronted by two juveniles and told police that he feared for his life and opened fire twice, striking one of the two male teens. Police say they were able to arrest all three suspected burglars. One of the juveniles, police said, was not within earshot of the homeowner because he was serving as a lookout."


SAF Sues Eric Holder, FBI Over Misdemeanor Gun Rights Denial: "Acting on behalf of a Georgia resident and honorably discharged Vietnam War veteran, the Second Amendment Foundation today filed a lawsuit against Attorney General Eric Holder and the Federal Bureau of Investigation over enforcement of a federal statute that can deny gun rights to someone with a simple misdemeanor conviction on his record. In July 1968, Schrader, then 21, was found guilty of misdemeanor assault and battery relating to a fight involving a man who had previously assaulted him in Annapolis, MD. The altercation was observed by a police officer, who arrested Schrader, then an enlisted man in the Navy, stationed in Annapolis. The man he fought with was in a street gang that had attacked him for entering their "territory," according to the complaint."

One dead in botched North Philadelphia robbery attempt: "Police said an employee of the Super Pro shoe store, at 22d Street and Indiana Avenue in Swampoodle, fatally shot a man who entered shortly before 1 p.m. Police said the man told the store employee he wanted to buy a pair of sneakers, but then brandished the handle of a gun and demanded money from the register. According to Lt. Raymond Evers, a police spokesman, the store employee gave the man money from the register and a "struggle" ensued. Evers said the store employee then fired at the man, striking him at least one time in the torso. The alleged robber was pronounced dead at Temple University Hospital. The gun, the handle of which he displayed, was a BB gun, according to Evers."


VA: Shooter claims self-defense: "A Hampton man, suspected of shooting a Newport New resident on Sunday night, has turned himself in to police and says that he fired in self-defense. A 20-year-old Newport News man was shot in the arm just after 9 p.m. at a location on Madison Avenue. The suspect, a 28-year-old Hampton man, called police moments after the shooting and said that he had fired only after the Newport News man had pulled a gun on him. The suspect surrendered to police near the intersection of 16th Street and Roanoke Avenue. He told police that he took the victim's gun after shooting him. The suspect was found to have two guns in his possession. The suspect has been questioned, but Thurston said no charges have been filed."


ME: Police officer with gun denied ballot by petty official: "A Bangor police officer says he wasn’t allowed to cast his ballot when an election warden refused to let him vote while wearing his service revolver. James Dearing said he was patrolling his beat Friday when he stopped to vote at the Bangor Civic Center. He said that’s where warden Wayne Mallar said he couldn’t vote unless he turned over his weapon. Dearing refused, and then wrote a letter to Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap. Dunlap told the Bangor Daily News yesterday there is no state law prohibiting officers from carrying firearms while voting.”

AL: Man shot, killed while burglarizing home: "Mobile police say a man who was burglarizing a home off Dauphin Island Parkway was shot and killed Thursday night. A resident of the home on the 1300 block of Driftwood Drive North shot and killed 19-year-old Marcus Steele as he was trying to enter the home, said Mobile Police Officer Chris Levy. Police arrived to the scene around 9:48 p.m. and found Steele lying in a driveway. Steel was taken to the University of South Alabama Medical Center, and he died later from his injuries. At this point, no charges are being filed against the shooter, whom police would not identify. "We’re going to continue the investigation. If we determine that there should be charges, then there will be," Levy said. "Right now, we know Marcus Steele was committing a burglary and during his committing of that, he got shot."


Framed: The campaign to portray gun dealers as criminals: "The Washington Post has, over the course of this week, run what they’re calling an ‘investigation’ — a multi-part hit piece on gun dealers, blaming them for ‘gun crime.’ The series starts with Sunday’s five-page article about Realco guns, in Forestville, Maryland, which has, according to the article, sold more than 2,500 ‘crime guns’ over the last eighteen years. What the article does not do, however, is present any evidence of wrongdoing on the part of the owners/operators of Realco — just the opposite …”