Defending Ourselves
After the attack at Pulse night club in Orlando, Hillary Clinton looked past the obvious enemy – radical Islamic terror – and instead said "weapons of war have no place on our streets" and that we need to ban AR-15s immediately. AR-15s are fine for Hillary and her family. They've been protected by armed guards who use them for three decades. But average Americans who watch the news and feel genuine fear for their safety, and their families’ safety—Hillary wants to deny them the level of protection she insists upon herself.
General David Petraeus is forming a gun control group with Gabby Gifford’s husband Mark Kelly.…
During a May 31 press conference on the Second Amendment, California Assemblywoman Shannon Grove (R-Bakersfield) recoiled from Democrats’ latest gun control efforts, saying a “loaded Glock” beats having “911 on the phone.”…
A man in New York has been charged with manslaughter after brutally attacking the man who attempted to rape his wife Monday… woman was able to alert her husband… [who] eventually entered the apartment as the attack was still happening. He punched the attempted rapist… multiple times.… [rapist] later pronounced dead at a nearby hospital.…
Here are 417 incidents which have happened as recorded by This Ain’t Hell since January 1st, 2016 – that’s an average of 2.8 incidences every day so far this year that a lawful gun owner defend themselves or their families from a criminal…
…suspect, Kenneth Williams, attempted to break into a few homes in the area earlier the same day before approaching the Williamson home. Williamson’s daughter saw Williams running toward the house, where he tried to get in through a window…
“That’s scary, and then my baby was there… I was thinking like ... kill him.… I got a crutch and I started slamming him in the face with it and he wouldn’t get down, so I picked up a vacuum out of the hallway and started slamming him in the face with the vacuum. He still wouldn’t get down, so I proceeded to punch him with my fist and he jumped down…”
…burglar asked Williamson if she would return his book bag and begged her not to call the police. Williamson kept the bag and met him with a knife instead, and then chased the man down the street… Williamson and several neighbors held the man until police arrived.…
TULSA, Oklahoma… female victim reported two men kicking in her door just around 9:30 Sunday night. …went to her bedroom and grabbed a gun. …told the men she had a gun but they kept coming towards her, so she fired three rounds at them. One man was shot in the chest but both made it to a white four-door vehicle and left the scene. …vehicle was then seen dropping that suspect off at a local hospital, where he's in the ICU in serious condition.… still looking for the other intruder… woman in the home was not hurt.…
…Just so we're clear, The White House just shot what they thought was a home intruder?
-Colion Noir (Twitter)…
…School officials at KRESA West Campus in Kalamazoo, MI locked the campus down when a 4-year-old student’s father legally open carried his gun on campus. But when classes resumed, officials continued to lock down the daughter of the law-abiding gun owner, transferring the rest of the students to another class on a different campus – leaving her alone.…
…The University of Oklahoma, the State Chamber of Commerce, Oklahoma City and Tulsa Chambers of Commerce, the Oklahoma City Thunder – all of these entities have decided to side with Michael Bloomberg and Moms Demand Action and against the God-given right of every Oklahoman to self-preservation. As opposition mounts, our State Senators are feeling more and more pressure to forsake their oath of office and to side with Bloomberg.It is critical that they hear from you.
These organizations are giving the Senators misleading information.…
Senator Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) has introduced legislation to stop President Barack Obama from imposing a stealthy gun ban on an estimated 75,000 Social Security beneficiaries.…
Today, Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant signed a bill into law that not only allows unlicensed, “constitutional carry,” but also sets the foundation to reject and end new federal gun control regulations and executive orders. …
In a major blow to gun companies, a judge in Connecticut on Thursday denied a motion to dismiss a lawsuit brought by 10 families affected by the December 2012 massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School against the maker of the Bushmaster AR-15 rifle used in the shooting.…
The Secret Service says that it doesn't matter how many people sign on to a petition that calls for guns to be allowed at the Republican National Convention, they will not allow it. A petition at Change.org has received more than 49,000 signatures calling for open carry to be allowed at the RNC convention in Cleveland this July.…
An Indianapolis mother shot a man “multiple times” after he allegedly broke into the home through the window in the baby’s room.… “heard the window get busted…” grabbed her pistol… confronted by the alleged intruder who shot at her, but missed. …mother then opened fire and struck the suspect “multiple times.” He was transported to a hospital for treatment. …suspect was “carrying zip ties and a walkie-talkie.”…infant was not harmed…
The Supreme Court of the United States ruled today that Second Amendment does include stun guns, in a ruling issued on Monday.
In the short per curiam (“by the Court”) opinion in Caetano v. Massachusetts, the Court set aside a ruling by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, rejecting the arguments offered for allowing the state to ban possession or use of stun guns as in conflict with the Second Amendment.…
On March 18 the Idaho House concurred with the Senate by passing legislation that abolishes the requirement for a permit to carry a concealed handgun in the state.
The legislation–Senate Bill 1389–now goes to Governor Butch Otter’s (R) desk.…
In this News Minute from the NRA Institute for Legislative Action, Jennifer Zahrn reports that the NRA strongly opposes the nomination of Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court.
Congress has cancelled funding for an advanced missile defense system that has been deployed across the D.C. area during the last few years to prevent against a rising threat from cruise missile strikes.…
The Oklahoma House Thursday overwhelmingly adopted legislation that would permit gun owners to carry their weapons openly without a state-issued license.
House members voted 73-15 for the so-called "constitutional open carry" measure and sent it to the state Senate for debate and a vote.…
Police confiscated firearms from 74-year-old Ralph Gilbertsen, although he is not a felon or domestic abuser, and he has never been ruled dangerous to others because of mental illness.… lives in Richfield, Minnesota, believes in Bigfoot and UFOs. …does receive treatment for a “mild” mental health disorder… psychologist sent a letter to the judge in the case, stating that “Gilbertsen is compliant with his medications and poses no danger to himself or others.” … former Marine… concealed carry permit holder… proud owner of three handguns, until the police knocked on his door.… Hennepin Community Outreach for Psychiatric Emergencies (COPE) called police about Gilbertsen after his apartment managers expressed concern about a series of letters he had written on CIA spying. … Joseph Olson, emeritus professor at Mitchell Hamline School of Law in Minnesota, simply sees a man who is “eccentric.” Olson observes, “That’s not a crime in America.”
Gilbertsen is suing to get his guns back.
Israeli man who was stabbed multiple times Tuesday afternoon in a terror attack in Petah Tikva managed to remove the knife from his neck and use it to stab and neutralize his attacker, aided by the store owner, police said.…
On March 4, the West Virginia House voted to override Governor Earl Ray Tomblin’s (D) veto of permitless carry legislation and on Saturday, March 5, the West Virginia Senate followed suit.… The override means persons 21-year-old or older who are not barred from gun possession will be able to carry a gun without permit and persons 18-20 years of age will be able to get a concealed carry permit to carry a gun.…
Two suspects were fatally shot less than 24 hours apart last week while breaking into two separate homes in Tulsa.…
… A second bill prefiled in the Oklahoma House for the 2016 legislative session would prohibit state cooperation with the enforcement all future federal gun control measures, effectively nullifying them in practice within the state.…
An Oklahoma state senator is proposing changes to the controversial "stand-your-ground" law.… Sen. Kevin Matthews is making a push for residents to have to retreat first, if possible, before using deadly force.
“This law almost gives an excuse for killing somebody when another option is available,” Matthews said.…
…Hialeah, Florida…mother pumping gas when an armed carjacker jumped into the driver's seat of her convertible and another banged on the windows with his gun. The mother, who had two children in the backseat, flung into action by pulling the masked man out of the vehicle and pushing him away from the car. The other carjacker can be seen fleeing the scene.… Three suspects - two male and one female - were stopped by police after a short chase. No one was injured and three handguns were taken…
Foster parents can’t lawfully carry guns in Oklahoma around their foster children…
Two foster parents are suing the state Department of Human Services in Oklahoma City federal court over an agency rule they claim is unconstitutional because it prohibits foster and adoptive parents from legally possessing firearms for self-defense. …
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