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In almost 14 years as prosecutor and as head of the Homicide Unit of the Wayne County (Detroit) Prosecutor’s Office, I never saw anyone charged with murder who had a license to legally carry a concealed weapon. Most people who want to possess guns are law-abiding and present no threat to others. Rather than the […]

DC Gun Ban in the Supreme Court
Written by Jeff Knox, on 11-21-2007 04:20
Since the Supreme Court announced that they are going to review the DC gun ban case, now is probably a good time to review the case and its convolutions.
This case has been in the system for a number […]

Here’s the situation:

Two men suspected of burglarizing a residence in a southern Pasadena [Texas] subdivision were shot and killed by a nearby resident Wednesday afternoon, police said.
This, after the elderly [? 61] man confronted the pair with a firearm in the 7400 block of Timberline in the Village Grove East neighborhood.The owners of […]

 
By Greg Stohr
Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) — The U.S. Supreme Court will consider whether individuals have a constitutional right to own firearms, agreeing to hear arguments on the District of Columbia’s decades-old handgun ban.
A ruling against Washington would give gun-rights advocates a long-sought legal victory and raise question about weapons restrictions […]

At the last session with Jim Higginbotham, we were doing the “tactical reload with retention” and I asked, “What if you are carrying a five-round gun and you have fired three rounds in a confrontation – should you reload at that point?” His answer was simple, “You go to your second gun.” The logic is […]

Volume 271, 11/17/07
I DON’T CARRY A GUN…http://www.snubnose.info/wordpress/rkba/i-dont-carry-a-gun/
SUPREME COURT COULD TAKE GUNS CASEhttp://tinyurl.com/26k3wq
SCOTUS: WILL THEY OR WON’T THEY?http://www.alphecca.com/?p=521
UNHOLSTER THE 2ND AMENDMENTby Robert A. Levyhttp://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=8794
THOSE SPRINGFIELD MIL-SPEC 1911’Shttp://tinyurl.com/2o6e83
STI TRIODefense, Target And Tactical!http://www.americanhandgunner.com/FTR0108.html
KALIFORNIA VS STIhttp://jerrythegeek.blogspot.com/2007/11/kalifornia-vs-sti.html
GUNS LINKED TO PANCHO VILLA AUCTIONEDhttp://tinyurl.com/2f7k2b
A WINNING HANDWhen it comes to defensive pistol shooting, the […]

Friday, November 16, 2007
You may recall that in concluding a YouTube interview last May, the former Senator engaged in a segment called “right or privilege.” During this segment, the interviewer peppered Edwards with a series of questions asking if he considered each a right or a privilege. In response to the proposition of […]

… to kill people. I carry a gun to keep from being killed.
I don’t carry a gun to scare people. I carry a gun because sometimes this world can be a scary place.
I don’t carry a gun because I’m paranoid. I carry a gun because there are real threats in the world. […]

Supreme Court takes no action in handgun case
by James Oliphant
The U.S. Supreme Court has apparently yet to take action on the high-profile handgun-ban case out of Washington, D.C.
While it was believed the justices considered taking up the matter at their regular conference on Friday, today’s list of orders came made no reference to […]

“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 […]