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• New Orleans Homeowner Charged with Attempted Murder After Shooting Unarmed...

  

  Merritt Landry, 33, of New Orleans, is facing a second-degree attempted murder charge after shooting Marshall Coulter in the head The Daily Mail A 14-year-old... Read more

  Posted on 31 July 2013 DEBATE

• Shooting of Buffalo Robbers Raises Self Defense Questions

  Local news reports Generally, under New York State law a person --before using deadly force for self-defense -has a duty to first retreat if they can safely do... Read more

  Posted on 31 July 2013 DEBATE

• Seattle Cop Forgets His AR15 In Public

  

  Political Blind Spot Only responsible people like cops and soldiers should own firearms, right? It would seem from the picture of the “lost” AR15 above, that th... Read more

  Posted on 31 July 2013 DEBATE

• Arkansas School District Will Arm Teachers and Staff

  Slate An Arkansas school district is taking a page straight from the NRA's playbook, arming more than 20 teachers and staff members this fall in response to wha... Read more

  Posted on 31 July 2013 DEBATE

• South Dakota Woman Shoots Herself at the Gun Range by Accident

  Local news reports The Minnehaha County Sheriff’s office says a 32-year-old woman shot herself in the ankle with a nine millimeter handgun yesterday afternoon a... Read more

  Posted on 30 July 2013 DEBATE

• Another Gunloon Myth Debunked, Again

  

  Gun ownership is increasing!!! Nope, this is a myth. In fact, gun ownership has been declining for 40 years. The geographic patterns were some of the most... Read more

  Posted on 29 July 2013 DEBATE

• Profiles in Gunloonery

  

  Greggy Camp: Notice how out of the more than 8,000,000 people licensed to carry, you only find a handful in a year who do something wrong with their guns? Read more

  Posted on 29 July 2013 DEBATE

• "Strict Safety Measures"

  

  Oh yeah: HOT SPRINGS, Ark. -- Police in Arkansas are investigating an accidental shooting at a Lions Club Gun Show in Hot Springs, Arkansas. Read more

  Posted on 29 July 2013 DEBATE

• 18-Year-old Oregon Man Wrestles Gun Away from Cop and Fires One Round - He...

  Local news reports An 18-year-old man wrestled a gun away from a police officer Friday evening and managed to fire off a shot. According to Beaverton police,... Read more

  Posted on 29 July 2013 DEBATE

• Elderly PA Concealed Carry Permit Holder Kills Man in an Argument - Charged...

  

  Local news reports Homestead businessman was charged in the fatal shooting of a man he hired for contracting work late Friday evening. Read more

  Posted on 28 July 2013 DEBATE

• Pedro Vargas, Concealed Carry Permit Holder, Lawful Gun Owner Kills 6 in...

  

  Local NBC News reports Officials identified the shooter involved in a hostage situation at a Hialeah apartment complex as 42-year-old Pedro Vargas at a press... Read more

  Posted on 28 July 2013 DEBATE

• An Example of a Legitimate DGU - Gun Store Manager Against Baseball Bat Robber

  

  Mediaite reports 22-year-old Derrick Mosley reportedly attempted to rob Discount Gun Sales in Beaverton, Ore., on Thursday. Wielding a baseball bat, Mosley... Read more

  Posted on 28 July 2013 DEBATE

• Adam Kokesh Still in Jail

  Washington Post Adam Kokesh, the gun rights activist arrested after posting an Independence Day video of himself apparently loading a shotgun in Freedom Plaza,... Read more

  Posted on 28 July 2013 DEBATE

• Negligent Discharge in Arkansas Gun Show - No One Charged

  Local news reports Just after 11am Saturday morning the Hot Springs Police Department responded to the Lions Club Gun Show at the Hot Springs Convention Center... Read more

  Posted on 28 July 2013 DEBATE

• Taking Issue With MikeB's Post Regarding 50% of Gunloons Who Need to Be Disarmed

  

  Please read MikeB's excellent post here. I have no major quibbles but I do have some minor problems with it. Mike quite correctly notes that issues such as... Read more

  Posted on 27 July 2013 DEBATE

• Minnesota 5-Year-old Shoots His 9-Year-old Sister - No One Held Responsible

  Local news reports A 9-year-old Oakdale girl is expected to survive after her 5-year-old brother picked up a .22-caliber rifle and accidentally shot her in the... Read more

  Posted on 27 July 2013 DEBATE

• Alabama is Loosening Its Already Loose Gun Laws

  The Troy Messenger reports. Remember, Alabama is one of the dumbest states in America, so they're loosening the gun laws. Alabama’s gun laws are changing come... Read more

  Posted on 27 July 2013 DEBATE

• The Famous 50% (Lawful Gun Owners Who Should Be Disarmed)

  A few years ago I wrote a post called The Famous 10%. It became one of my most popular, arousing much animosity from the gun-rights fanatics and frequently... Read more

  Posted on 26 July 2013 DEBATE

• Are There Really a 100 Million Gun Owners?

  

  Pew Research Center A Pew Research Center survey in early May found that 41% of adults reported having a gun in their household: 27% said they personally owned ... Read more

  Posted on 26 July 2013 DEBATE

• Georgia Man Arrested at the Empire State Building

  

  NBC A tourist from Georgia was arrested Tuesday after he brought a gun to the Empire State Building, police said The 39-year-old man was waiting on a security... Read more

  Posted on 26 July 2013 DEBATE