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Second Amendment Protects Individual Right
Second Amendment Protects Individual Right by Larry Pratt The U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has finally rendered an opinion in the Emerson case (U.S. v. Emerson). The verdict? Yes, the Second Amendment protects an individual right to keep and bear arms. No, the Court argued, the Second Amendment does not protect some collective right [...]
War: How Freedoms are Lost
War: How Freedoms Are Lost by Larry Pratt Hopefully the war against Al Qaeda and other similar networks of radical Islamic terrorists will send them packing the way Thomas Jefferson successfully spanked the Barbary pirates. May they pass from the scene come soon, before what’s left of the freedoms we are supposed to be fighting [...]
For Gun Banners , Any Excuse will do
For Gun Banners, Any Excuse Will Do by Larry Pratt The anti-gun crowd has never liked the .50 caliber rifle. They have depicted it as a threat to national security because of its destructive power as well as the ease with which the weapon can supposedly fall into the hands of terrorist or extremist groups. [...]
http://www.sierratimes.com/archive/files/dec/11/arbh121101.htm Do rural homeowners need guns for self-defense? By Massad Ayoob – 12.11.01 The Best from Backwoods Home Magazine Do rural homeowners need guns for self-defense? Sometimes they do and sometimes they don’t, according to Ayoob’s experience, but those who did never really knew they would until it happened. I’ve spent a lot of time [...]
(NV) Robber with crowbar shot by woman 12-11-01
http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/lv- crime/2001/dec/11/512742767.html Today: December 11, 2001 at 9:37:43 PST Jewelry deal goes awry; man shot LAS VEGAS SUN A jewelry sale at a Las Vegas home turned into a robbery Monday night when the would-be buyer attacked the owner, Metro Police said. The attacker left the home with gunshot wounds, but an accomplice fled with [...]
(CA) Citizen helps capture two would-be thieves 12-11-01
[Third story on page] Two men were arrested by Hanford police after they were caught by a citizen breaking into a vehicle early Monday. As the unidentified owner of the car held the two men at gunpoint, suspects Eugene Preciado and Fernando Gutierrez, both 18, fled in a waiting vehicle. As the owner tried to [...]
(TX) BIZARRE — Woman shoots home intruder 12-09-01
HoustonChronicle.com Address:http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/story.hts/metropolitan/1165489 HoustonChronicle.com Dec. 9, 2001, 10:56PM Area briefs Apartment intruder shot to death A 28-year-old Houston man was shot to death Sunday after he forced his way into the northwest Houston apartment of a woman and her children, police said. The man, identified as Norris D. Frazier Jr. of the 8600 block of Aspenview, [...]
Anti-Gun Geraldo packs heat in Afghanistan
Geraldo Rivera is a Clinton sychopnant who thinks ordinary people cannot be trusted to carry firearms for self-defense. When Afghanistan became a hot spot Geraldo quit his gig as an anchor for MSNBC and signed on as a foreign correspondent for the Fox News Network. Although he has two bodyguards who have five guns between [...]
Private Gun Ownership Keeps the Criminals in Line
Private Gun Ownership Keeps the Criminals in Line Sunday, December 9, 2001 BY SARAH THOMPSON Whatever one thinks of the “gun rights debate,” it’s simply not possible to promote rational debate by utilizing irrational arguments and misleading information. The Tribune editorial of Nov. 11 includes some striking examples of misinformation, as well as blatant attempts [...]
Police data: Packing heat doesn’t pack on crimes
Police data: Packing heat doesn’t pack on crimes By:Chad Halcom, Macomb Daily December 09, 2001 Fear of more crime with more gun permits appears unfounded. One side has argued the new concealed weapons law would turn Michigan into the Old West, where sidearms are everywhere and disputes that normally employ insults or blows instead erupt [...]
