 | Homeowner Shoots 1 of 3 Daytime Home Invaders (TX)
OpSD --"A Fort Worth, TX homeowner opened fire on 3 home invaders as they tried to break into his home. One of the men was hit. All of the suspects fled in a vehicle that was close by. The injured suspect was arrested after he was dropped off at the hospital and the other suspects were apprehended after police found their vehicle nearby."
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• OK: Open Carry Of Guns In Oklahoma Legalized
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The "Authorities" • Military Detention Law Blocked by New York Judge
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• CA: Rocket launcher among items hauled in by L.A. police dept.'s Gun Buyback Program
• IN: Openly Carrying Marine Vet Excluded from Voting Booths, For No Real Reason (video available)
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| | Homeowner Shoots Late Night Car Burglar (SC)
OpSD --"A SC homeowner confronted an intruder who was breaking into his car late at night. The homeowner thought the intruder was armed and shot him, wounding him. The suspect was arrested by police and treated at an area hospital. The suspect was then charged with breaking into an auto and released to the custody of his parents since he is a minor. This is the second incident in two weeks of a Greenville County, SC homeowner defending themselves."
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• Cops Accused of Stealing Citizens' Guns - Lawsuit says police engaging in 'deliberate theft and they know it'
• Issa invites questions while staffers ignore them
• The Incestuous Relationship Between Media Matters And CSGV
• The Case of the Missing Terrorists
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• April sees 10.5% increase in firearms sales checks over same month last year; 23rd straight month over month increase
Self-Defense In the News • SC: Homeowner Shoots Late Night Car Burglar (video story)
• Self-Defense Tip: Beware the Bully
• WA: Defensive Gun Use of the Day: ‘Me Or Him’ Edition
Blowback From Uncle Sam's 'Guns for Goons' Program • ‘Kraut-hammered’: Holder a ‘political hack’
• Documentary on Fast and Furious Scandal in Production Phase
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From the Enemy Camp • Guns dealing death at a distance
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• SD: PAC lied about my gun rights position
• WI: Madison Politiscope: Wisconsin GOP convention upsets gun rights activists
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• OK: Gov. Fallin signs open carry legislation into law
• OK: Pro-Gun Advocates Claim Victory in Oklahoma Session
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• DC: Injured vet's guns stolen by D.C.
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• NJ: 2 N.J. state troopers reassigned during missing gun investigation
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• MS: Man found guilty of weapon possession at MSU
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| | Cops: Husband who kicked in house door shot by wife's boyfriend (IL)
OpSD --A man was shot early this morning after he broke down the door to the home his wife and her current boyfriend share in the Fernwood neighborhood on the Far South Side, police said. ... The woman and her boyfriend were in the house when her husband arrived and began shouting for them to "Let me in" as he kicked the door and shouted profanities, O'Brien said. The man kicked in the door, got into the home and was shot by the boyfriend, O'Brien said.
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| Homeowner shoots intruder: "It came down to either me or him" (WA)
OpSD --At that point Parsons fired a pair of shotgun blasts at Snarski, peppering the top of the stairwell with buckshot. Snarski decided he'd hold his fire unless the gunman tried to reach the second floor. "I just laid on the ground around the corner and watched his shadow come up with the lights and as soon as I knew he had hit that last step I just pointed up and let him have it," he said.
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Self-Defense In the News • MS: Grand jury says Rankin Co. man acted in self-defense, set free
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• WA: Violent criminal on federal payroll as informant
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Latest Armed Self-defense News Stories: • Homeowner Shoots 1 of 3 Daytime Home Invaders (TX)
• Homeowner Shoots Late Night Car Burglar (SC)
• Homeowner shoots intruder: "It came down to either me or him" (WA)
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