My wife knew something was amiss when the car blocked our driveway. She was outside our house, playing with our kids on our trampoline, when a car drove slowly down our rural Tennessee street. As it reached our house, it pulled partially in the driveway, and stopped. A man got out and walked up to…
An Ohio judge is in the hospital after sustaining multiple gunshot wounds during an ambush attack outside a courthouse in Steubenville, Ohio, but not before using his concealed carry handgun to fire five rounds at his shooter. According to the Washington Post, Judge Joseph J. Bruzzese Jr., who sits on the Jefferson County Court of Common Pleas, was approaching…
Unless you follow this stuff closely, you probably hadn’t heard this. And why would you have? Although it was breathlessly reported in some of the year-end roundups, the rule actually went into effect in September. And, as a result … nothing happened. Nothing at all. This pattern—of a freakout, followed by silence—is a boringly familiar…
For six years I lived in constant fear of a stalker. He harassed me, in person and online, at all hours of the day and night. I notified police and made several reports. A judge granted me a protective order. But still, the stalking and harassment continued. I truly felt all alone. He was slowly taking…
The National Rifle Association (NRA) commends Virginia’s leaders for reaching an agreement to secure the rights of law-abiding concealed carry permit holders. H.B. 1163 and S.B. 610 which will restore and promote concealed carry reciprocity for permit holders in the Commonwealth and around the country, were signed into law today. “Now, more than six million…
Callisburg, Texas (CNN)While the nation debates whether teachers should carry guns to protect students from armed intruders, the question’s already settled in one Texas school district, where educators have had firearms on campus for years. And while no teacher in Callisburg, Texas, has been called on yet to fire a weapon in defense of a…
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The pro-gun group “Florida Carry” is requesting the Florida Senate pass emergency legislation to allow all public school teachers to bring their concealed firearms to the classrooms to use in their defense. The idea is nothing new and, tragically, the timing of it isn’t either as gun legislation comes to the forefront…
Each aisle she turned down, he seemed to be there. By the shelves of Cap’n Crunch and Cocoa Puffs. By the cans of chicken noodle soup and pinto beans and pasta sauce. By the rows of fresh lettuce. And when Jacee Cole went to check out, he was there by the cash registers, too. She…
OKLAHOMA CITY OK March 2 2018 — Saying it’s time to allow staff to protect themselves and avert armed intruders, House lawmakers voted Wednesday to make it easier for school personnel to carry guns on campus. State Rep. Jeff Coody’s measure allows educators who have obtained valid handgun licenses to carry on campus — as long…
Saying “children are going to encounter firearms, whether we like it or not,” a Kansas lawmaker has introduced a bill that would require all schools to use a National Rifle Association program if they teach gun safety at the elementary level. The legislation and the program are not without critics, including at least one Southeast…
