The adult male caller, who admitted to discharging his handgun, stayed on-site and cooperated with investigators.
Police say Nunez and the caller were in a domestic relationship.
Preliminary findings indicate that Nunez forcibly entered the victim’s apartment, where an altercation ensued, during which she was shot.
Detectives from the Homicide Unit are continuing their investigation. No charges or arrests have been made.
Officers arrived and spoke with the homeowner who stated an unknown male suspect was in the homeowner’s backyard with a machete in his hand and made several threatening movements towards the homeowner. The homeowner advised he feared for his safety as well as the safety of his family, retrieved a firearm and shot at the suspect who was threatening them. It is unknown if the suspect was shot but the suspect fled from the backyard into the neighboring field.
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The world famous Lithgow Small Arms Factory Museum (LSAFM) in Australia is under threat from a combination of police bureaucracy and French/industrial clueless or hostile management. On August 25, 2024, thieves broke in and stole 27 antique and collectable pistols. At this time 18 of the pistols have been recovered.
This correspondent visited the wonderful museum in 2019. It is an incredible example of cultural heritage and history. It contained thousands of invaluable historical artifacts of firearms and their technology. Here is a summation from the save the museum site, as of 30 October, 2024:
Following a break-in on 25 August, making national and international news, urgent security upgrades are needed. Approval for these upgrades has still not been given by the site owner. This is despite their knowledge that the museum’s future is now at risk. Delays and uncertainties regarding site ownership threaten conservation and education on this remarkable site.
NSW Police have ordered security upgrades to protect the historic firearms collection. Three of these are critical for safe-keeping of the historic firearms. Another 14 are necessary before rebuilding of the displays can begin. Without these upgrades, LSAFM risks losing its firearms permits, which would lead to the confiscation of its collection and the death of the Museum. The historic firearms were the Factory’s major product and remain a key drawcard for visitors.
The multinational Thales Group, the building owner, has prohibited any work, even minor cosmetic fixes, from proceeding without their approval. For the critical security upgrades, LSAFM volunteers worked urgently to submit the highly detailed quotes and specifications demanded by Thales. It has now been over eight weeks without approval. Thales is aware of the financial strain—$5,000 per week for night security guards—and the impact on volunteer morale and stress.
Meanwhile, the Museum remains closed, and we have no income. The volunteers are eager to start rebuilding the exhibits, but their hands are tied.
Thales is a major technology and defense company partially owned by the French government. Thales Australia currently owns the property on which the Lithgow Small Arms Factory Museum is located. The property and the Museum cannot be reasonably separated. There was a in process agreement to transfer the property where the museum is sited, and which is an integral part of the Museum, from Thales to the Museum for a nominal fee. With a change in the administration of Thales, that agreement has stalled.
It appears the police requirement for security upgrades, combined with either indifference or hostility from Thales Australia management, has placed this cultural treasure in imminent danger of extirpation. The combination of police requirements for security upgrades and the glacial response of Thales Australia management is causing the Museum to hemorrhage cash. $5000 a week for security is not sustainable.
According to New South Wales law, local police are able to require and enforce security measures for firearms storage. One of the requirements for collection and display is that handguns be permanently rendered inoperable (primarily by means of welding). This destroys the value of collectable firearms. It was reported to this correspondent an exemption had been granted to the LSAFM in 2019.
There are two different petitions available for people to sign to let authorities know they believe the museum is valuable and worth saving. One of these petitions is online to the New South Wales Parliament. When this correspondent clicks on the link, access is denied for security purposes. This petition may be limited to residents of New South Wales.
There is a Global online petition to secure the future of Lithgow Small Arms Factory Museum. The global petition appears to be available to everyone.
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WARSAW, Mo. (KY3) - One man has died and another one injured after a fight at a Motel in Warsaw on Friday.
According to Benton County Sheriff Eric Knox, the incident happened at the Lake Hills Motel on Highway 83.
Sheriff Knox says an argument escalated into a fight between a 55-year-old man from Illinois and 55-year-old Kevin Noland of Warsaw. Noland was stabbed and died on the scene from his injuries.
Authorities believe the man who stabbed Noland was the man from Illinois. Another man, a 61-year-old from Warsaw, intervened and shot the suspect in the leg.
The police said the man who lived at the home thought the intruder had left and checked his backyard shed.
He then walked toward the street to see if his car had been broken into.
“He was confronted by the suspect. The suspect came toward him. He, in fear for his life, fired three shots from this firearm,” Englewood Police Chief Corey Follick said.
The man killed was identified as 43-year-old Matthew Culham.
Follick said his actions were unusual for a burglar.
“Most burglars, if they determine the home is occupied, once they’re detected they flee the area,” he said.
Follick said the evidence gathered at the scene did support the couple’s version of what happened.
Police can’t explain Culham’s actions at this time.
Soto-Mella
On December 27, 2024 WFIN in Florida quoted Manatee County Sheriff Rick Wells about a recent home invasion and shooting. The Sheriff said:
“This is the state of Florida,” “If you want to break into someone’s home, you should expect to be shot.”
The incident happened on December 26, 2024 about 9 p.m. From wfin.com:
“He knew something bad was about to happen and he didn’t stall,” MCSO Sheriff Rick Wells said during a press conference Friday. “He grabbed his firearm [and] told his wife to get into a safe spot.”
The homeowner fired multiple rounds, hitting Flores-Toledo “several times,” while Soto-Mella fled the scene, according to the sheriff’s office.
“I sat down next to the lanai, the door was open,” John Nuceder, who was visiting a family member in the neighborhood, told Fox 13. “I vividly heard three gunshots.”
Authorities said Flores-Toledo was initially reported to be in critical condition before being transported to Sarasota Memorial Hospital, where he died Friday morning.
“This is the state of Florida,” Wells said. “If you want to break into someone’s home, you should expect to be shot.”
Deputies tracked down Soto-Mella, who was in the country illegally after his 90-day visa expired in September, using K9 units and arrested him a few blocks away, according to the sheriff’s office. The scene was secured and everyone involved was accounted for, posing no threat to the community.
The man who was killed, Flores-Toledo, was from Mexico. His immigration status was not mentioned. The man with him is from Chile and was in the country illegally.
Analysis:
Situational awareness is key. The homeowner noticed the two suspects before they broke in. This gave him time to access his firearm, gain tactical advantage, and advise his wife to seek shelter. It seems likely the couple had a plan for such a situation, because they acted quickly. Too often, people see danger forming and refuse to accept what is happening. This leads to dangerous delays in an effective response. The United States is one of the very few jurisdictions which protect the inherent right of people to use firearms to defend themselves and, to varying degrees, their property.
Neither Mexico or Chile have anywhere near the concentration of firearms in private hands which exists in the United States. A homeowner in the United States who shoots and kills a home invader is not particularly uncommon. A sheriff who openly celebrates homeowners defending themselves against criminals, by exercising their Second Amendment rights, is becoming more common. There have been several instances over the last few years.
For 150 years, the ability and willingness of Americans to defend their homes with deadly force was applauded. From about 1965 on, there was a growing trend to denigrate American citizens use of firearms to defend themselves, to denigrate the Second Amendment, and to slowly disarm Americans. That trend is dead. While not fully restored, the Second Amendment is being restored in legislatures and by the courts.
Kudos to Sheriff Rick Wells. He is an American politician/lawman who is stating the obvious. I expect him to be re-elected. He has been in office for almost eight years. He is married to Lupita Wells and has three sons.
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ARLINGTON, Va. – The Arlington County Police Department’s Homicide/Robbery Unit is announcing an arrest in the January 1, 2025, shooting inside a residential building in the 1000 block of N. Glebe Road. Malachi Rawlings, 21, of Washington DC was arrested and charged with Aggravated Malicious Wounding, Use of a Firearm During the Commission of a Felony, and Felon in Possession of a Firearm. He is being held without bond in the Arlington County Detention Facility.
At approximately 1:11 a.m., police responded to the report of an assault with a weapon. The preliminary investigation indicates the male suspect became engaged in a verbal dispute with a group of individuals inside a common area of a residential building. The male suspect then brandished and discharged a firearm, striking the victim. One member of the group then discharged a firearm, striking the suspect.
The victim, an adult male, self-reported to an area hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
The suspect was located at the intersection of N. Glebe Road and 11th Street N. Medics transported him to an area hospital for treatment of a non-life-threatening gunshot wound. Following medical treatment, he was arrested and charged.
This remains an active criminal investigation. Anyone with information related to this incident is asked to contact the Arlington County Police Department’s Homicide/Robbery Unit at 703-228-4180 or ACPDTipline@arlingtonva.us or anonymously through the Arlington County Crime Solvers hotline at 1-866-411-TIPS (8477).
In the Arctic winter of 1970 to 1971, a trapper/hunter in the Svalbard Achipelago had to protect himself from polar bears several times. This is not particularly unusual. It was unusual for Ivar Ruud to keep a detailed diary, make a movie and have a book published about his experiences. Most arctic trappers and hunters do not keep detailed diaries, make movies, and write books. Ruud had an older partner, Fredrick Rubach. In their first year together, they harvested over fifty polar bears. After the first year, they moved into separate cabins about 15 miles apart along the coast. They would only see each other when they were dropped off, at Christmas, and when picked up in the summer.
While researching defenses against bears in the arctic, this correspondent found the account of Ivar Ruud referenced in the Polar Bear Human-Information Management System (PBHIMS) data base. The PBHIMS was obtained through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) by AmmoLand. Used copies of The Year-Long Day are sometimes available on ABE Books or Biblio. My copy was found in very good condition for $25 and shipping. The book is fast paced. It mentions enough of the daily grind to inform the reader, but is successful as adventure story telling.
The year of the account is, apparently, 1970-1971, according to this source. It matches with the authors description of it being his fourth year at Hornsund fiord, starting in 1967-68, when he was about 21. His last overwinter at Hornsund fiord appears to have been 1971-1972. Polar bear hunting in the Svalbard Archipelago was outlawed in 1973.
The book is a very well written, non-fiction account of adventure and survival. It is a page turner which captured this writer for several hours. At least five instances are documented of Ivar Ruud shooting polar bears as they charged him. Two of those were while hunting the bears. The other three were from bears hunting Ivar, or at minimum, investigating Ruud as potential food. When a polar bear is attempting to enter your cabin with you inside, it is a serious threat.
For those interested in factual accounts of survival, hunting, and adventure, this is a wonderful book. Ivar would be about 78 today. An online source says he became a successful real estate agent in Southern California.
Of particular interest to this correspondent, the incidents in the book are not well matched with entries in the PBHIMS. The database includes one predatory attack while Ruud was in a tiny cabin. It includes one charge while Ruud was actively hunting polar bears. It does not include a predatory incident where Ruud was not hunting polar bears and had to shoot one at under 15 feet in the polar night while on a trail, or another incident where a polar bear was shot charging at him when he was on top of a cabin and the bear was only a few feed away.
This correspondent suspects a great many attempts of predation by polar bears on humans were stopped because the humans were armed. The vast majority of those were never recorded or published. If anyone knows if Ivar Ruud is alive or available, this correspondent would love to interview him.
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Emergency services are responding to a shooting incident involving a homeowner and a suspect during a break-in attempt.
Investigators say a domestic dispute involving one man and two women ended with a former girlfriend shot dead and a current girlfriend taken to police headquarters for questioning along with the boyfriend, who police describe as a witness.
The victim's name has not been released, but FOX 5 Atlanta has been told she is 28 years old.
The Atlanta Police Department now classifies the deadly shooting as a "Felon Killed by Private Citizen."
This correspondent walks into a Walmart about once a week to monitor local ammunition prices. Long experience has demonstrated that no gun signs are seldom noticed. Some effort is expended, attempting to do better at noticing them. At the entrance of Walmart, a sign mentioning a firearm was noticed, in relatively small letters, among other information, toward the top right corner of the entryway. The notice said:
Kindly refrain from openly carrying a firearm.
This correspondent is armed nearly all the time. Whether a firearm is carried openly or concealed or firearms are carried both ways, depends on what is deemed most advantageous for the particular time and place. Open carry is especially effective as a political statement. Open carry is not as necessary or useful in Arizona since the state restored Constitutional Carry in 2010.
Astute readers will notice the current Walmart signage is a polite request, not a demand or a command. The request only required a minor shifting of clothing to accomplish. A polite society is a positive value. Acceding to a polite request does not mean it must be followed if it becomes burdensome or dangerous to do so.
There are only four states where open carry is generally banned by law. They are California, Florida, Illinois, and New York. One of those states is not like the others. Florida has permitless carry, but bans most open carry of firearms.
“Florida Carry is gonna continue this fight,” said Friday. “We are going to get the right to open carry because currently, there is no right to carry a shotgun or rifle in the state of Florida outside of your home if you are not hunting. That is an unconstitutional deprivation of that right.”
Eric Friday makes a legitimate point. Carrying long guns concealed is much more difficult than carrying a pistol concealed. Carrying long guns concealed generally makes them much slower to bring into action. Bans on the carry of long guns are not supported in the legal history of the United States.
Open carry is a method of carry which has been honored in the United States of America for centuries. It is only in recent years when it has been banned in a few places. Even in the 1950’s in New York City it was not illegal to openly carry long guns.
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A short time later, one of the three people who were robbed returned with a gun, and confronted the robber who was still there. A police spokesperson said the two began shooting at each other on the 500 block of Diamond Street.
At least 14 shots were fired in the incident.
The robbery suspect, a 30-year-old man, was shot in the side and the leg and was taken by police to Temple University Hospital. Police said Tuesday morning he is now in stable condition.
The armed victim, a 29-year-old man, was shot twice in the chest and also taken to Temple Hospital by a private vehicle. He's in "extremely critical" condition, Pace said.
Police are holding both victims as the shooting investigation division handles the case.
The robbery and shooting were captured on surveillance cameras.
Police say the preliminary investigation indicates the victims were sitting in their vehicle eating food they had just ordered when they saw a vehicle approaching them from the opposite direction. As the vehicle approached, some individuals inside began shooting at them, according to the department.
Officers say one of the occupants in the victim’s vehicle returned fire at the suspect vehicle and left the scene before police arrived. They say the suspect vehicle also left the scene.
On January 1, 2025, New Hampshire employers will be required to respect employees' Second Amendment rights in locked vehicles in parking lots.
On May 22, 2024, the New Hampshire legislature passed House Bill 1336. The bill was signed into law on July 7, 2024, by Governor Sununu. The bill will go into effect on January 1, 2025. The bill passed with reasonable margins. 201 - 172 in the House, 14 - 10 in the Senate. From the text of the bill:
159:27 Stored Firearms in Vehicles.
I. Any public or private employer that receives public funds from the federal or state government or any subdivision thereof, whether such funds are in the form of payment for contractual services, grants, or in any other form however denominated, and irrespective of the amount or level of such funding, or any agent of such an employer, shall not:
(a) Prohibit an employee who may legally possess a firearm from storing a firearm or ammunition in the employee's vehicle while entering or exiting the employer’s property or while the vehicle is parked on the employer’s property as long as the vehicle is locked, and the firearm or ammunition is not visible.
(b) Take any adverse action against any employee who stores a firearm or ammunition in accordance with this section.
The bill prohibits employers from requiring an employee to answer questions as to whether the employee has weapons in the employee's vehicle. Employers are given immunity from lawsuit for any damages which result from an employee's actions involving a firearm or ammunition stored in their vehicle.
A number of states have enacted such laws in order to ensure employees are able to exercise their right to be armed en route to and from work. As Second Amendment supporters work to restore Second Amendment rights, impediments to the exercise of Second Amendment rights are being challenged across the United States.
Analysis:
The strategy to make the carry and use of firearms difficult and legally dangerous is clear. The theory is simple: if people who wish to be armed for defense of self and others are placed in legal jeopardy in enough places, they will cease to carry arms with them. People will become used to being unarmed and will become less dangerous to each other and, especially, to government agents.
The theory does not hold up in practice. When firearms are hard to acquire and/or access, homicide and suicide are not reduced. Homicide and suicide committed with firearms may be reduced, but overall homicide and suicide remain the same, within measurable limits. This is partly because of substitution of methods, and partly because firearms are useful for both defense and offense. When firearms are not available, mere physical size, strength, skill and agility become far more important. The counter to the case made to disarm the public was made by Cesare Beccaria in Crimes and Punishments, first published in 1764. The book had significant impact with the founders of the American state.
False is the idea of utility that sacrifices a thousand real advantages for one imaginary or trifling inconvenience; that would take fire from men because it burns, and water because one may drown in it; that has no remedy for evils except destruction. The laws that forbid the carrying of arms are laws of such a nature. They disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes.
Disarming the public is a strategy long employed by tyrants and autocracies as a means to enhance their safety and their control over the public. One of the benefits of an armed public is an increase in individual responsibility and civic virtue. Legally armed citizens, which in the United States excludes non-criminals, (correction, criminals) children, and those mentally incompetent, have an exemplary record of following the law.
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The neighbors said the unidentified man got in a car and tried to run over the employee.
They said that’s when the employee pulled out a gun and shot at the car.
“I heard the crash while I was in the house. My wife came and got me because she thought someone hit our car. I ran outside and saw the car crashed right there. The dude was in the car and saying, ‘Hey, somebody call the police, I‘ve been shot. Please call the police. I’ve been shot,‘” The neighbor said. “The neighbor right here called the police. When they came, he was responsive. I thought he was going to make it. Then next thing I knew, other officers pulled up and put tape around it. He didn’t make it.”"The individuals inside the house were being beaten with the baseball bats and punched by the whole group. Eventually, the female inside the house had a gun also, pulled it out in defense of, I believe, her husband who was being beaten and then the shots were fired at her. She was hit in the abdomen area," Douglas County Attorney Don Kleine said.
Prosecutors said Nwet was born in Thailand, but has lived in Omaha for 14 years. He has a felony assault conviction from 2023 and unlawful possession of a handgun in 2021.
December 31, 2024 – Tuolumne County Sheriff's Office officials report that on Saturday, December 28th, 2024, at about 6:25 a.m., TCSO deputiesand a California Highway Patrol Officer responded to the area of Black Road and Highway 120 in Groveland on the report of a shooting. The reporting party told dispatch a man with a gun had been beating on his camper, and he had shot the man, and the man ran away on foot.
CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, S.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — An alleged armed robber is dead after being shot and killed by a store clerk, Chesterfield County deputies say.
On Saturday, Dec. 28 around 8:47 p.m., officials responded to an armed robbery at the Highway 9 Mini Mart & Tobacco store at 28495 Highway 9 in Pageland.
Upon arrival, deputies discovered a deceased black male with gunshot wounds.
The store clerk stated to sheriffs that the suspect had entered the store, put a gun to his head and demanded money. The clerk then produced his own handgun and fired multiple shots at the robber, which was confirmed by the store’s surveillance video.
JStark1809 was a firearms enthusiast and innovator who wanted all people to have access to effective firearms. He lived in Europe, in a country where access to firearms is strictly controlled.
JStarkw1809 was passionate about owning firearms. He taught himself the technology of 3D printing and electro-chemical machining. He perfected the most successful 3D printed/hybrid design thus far, the FGC-9. JStark1809 is no longer with us, but his design lives on. FGC is an acronym for F*ck Gun Control. The FGC-9 is a semi-automatic pistol/carbine designed to be chambered in 9mm.
3Dprint.com has published an article explaining the use of FGC-9 pistol/carbine firearms in the Myanmar conflict. From the article:
In a 2020 documentary by POPULAR FRONT, filmmaker Jake Hanrahan met up with the gunsmith, who told him that “to bear firearms is a human right. The government or the entity that has rule over you has an executive force. The police, the military—they have firearms. To be able to escape that injustice, [citizens] need to have that same force on an individual level.”
Jake Hanrahan has published video of the use of the FGC-9 in a firefight.
Video of FGC-9 being used in combat in Myanmar, as filmed by Jake Hanrahan and shown on X.
JStark1809, released his software and owners manual for producing the FGC-9 on DEFCAD in 2020. An article was written about the innovative design and published on AmmoLand July 9, 2020.
Improvements to the original design came quickly. FGC-9 MKII includes an enclosed ejector assembly, an improved magazine, an upgraded stock and a full length top rail. The original FGC-9 used a fire control system from the AR-15 type platform or a slightly modified fire control system from an airsoft gun. A 3D printed fire control system makes the design less dependent of firearm related parts.
Filmmaker Jake Hanrahan interviewed JStark1809 and documented his achievement in November of 2020. The next year, German police were able to track down JStark1909. His apartment was raided. He was reported to die of a heart attack in a vehicle in front of his parents home. JStark1809 was 28 years old. The coroner ruled the death was not a homicide.
JStark1809 is dead. His concept lives on. It is being used around the world to arm people whose government prohibits them from having weapons.
The design is a hybrid design which takes advantage of the ubiquity of small welders, existing commercial steel tubing, electro-chemical machining and 3D printers. The detailed instructions produced by JStark1809 allow a person of ordinary intelligence to produce a reasonably reliable firearm for about $600 and a couple of weeks of effort. All the skills needed to produce the firearm can be gained in the process of producing the firearm.
For an individual, several attempts may be required to achieve a successful and functional FGC-9.
In the original AmmoLand article, published in 2020, this correspondent noted a small group could produce FGC-9 carbines in a more efficient and cost effective manner:
For a small organization or shop, producing multiple copies of the FGC-9 takes minimal organization. One person needs to have basic 3D printing skills. One person needs to be able to produce simple welds. One person needs access to purchase materials over the Internet.
For an outlay of a couple of thousand dollars, and a five-meter by five-meter (16 x 16 ft) space with electricity, a small shop with two or three workers could produce 3-4 complete FGC-9 carbines a week. The limit would be the print time on the 3-D printers. Half a dozen 3D printers would not take up much space and would add flexibility and redundancy. Add another half a dozen 3D printers for another $1,500, and increase the production to one FGC-9 per day. Very little hand fitting is required.
Once mastered, 10 barrels for this application could be produced by one person in a day.
The resistance movement in Myanmar is using this concept to produce the FGC-9 for combat. The FGC-9 is not a perfect combat weapon. It is an effective weapon. It is more effective in most circumstances than a homemade muzzleloader, or a commercial double-barrel shotgun.
Ammunition can be a limiting factor. There are several methods for obtaining 9mm ammunition other than traditional purchases. Ammunition can and has been made by hobbyists. Homemade ammunition is a topic for another article.
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HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) -- Three boys ages 12 to 15 are in the hospital, having been shot by a man Harris County investigators believe they attempted to rob at gunpoint Christmas evening.
The shooting happened at the Willow Plaza Apartments on N. Houston Rosslyn Road near Smiling Wood.
ABC13 spoke off camera with the girlfriend of the 25-year-old man who allegedly shot the three boys.
She said the couple was coming home from a Christmas party at the time of the incident.
The woman said she had fallen asleep, and her boyfriend opened the vehicle door to carry her inside when at least four armed boys surrounded them.
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