Crooked Zimmerman Prosecutor, Angela Corey, Loses Primary, 26% to 64%
When both the NRA and the local president of the NAACP want you out of office, you are in trouble. Angela Corey found herself in that position after ham-handling a...
#FERGUSON: Where Open Carry Leads
One of the primary purposes of the second amendment is the ability to form militias to enforce public order. The formation of informal militias during times of disorder, such as...
A Punch to the Head is Potential Deadly Force
If you watch television and the movies, you might get the impression that a punch to the head is no big deal. That is not true. A punch to the...
Thugs Attempt To Rob Bakery, Owner Exercises No Restraint, Shoots Robber 7 Times
I teach students to make a decision about being put under restraint before they get into a deadly force situation. By restraint, I mean that the aggressor/attacker is attempting something,...
Thugs Pistol Whip, Tie Up Man And Wife But You Won’t Believe What Happened Next
If you cannot effectively fight back immediately, escaping and fighting back may be the next best thing. The best chance to fight back and prevail is usually before you are...
How does Banning Legal Guns in Kroeger’s Stop Armed Robbery?
On freerepublic.com, a discussion about the Moms Demand Action push for a gun ban following an armed robbery of a bank inside of a Kroeger’s, brought this commonly expressed question. ...
When May You Protect Your Life From The Government?
On CNN, “progressive” operative Paul Begala reiterates a question asked by leftist Ed. Kilgore: The Washington Monthly blogger Ed Kilgore has asked the right question — the one any Iowa...
Homicide rates in English Speaking New World Countries
Many comparisons have been made between the homicide rates of the the United States and various European countries. They have been made between members of the G-8, or among “developed”...
Would You Provide Security To A Disarmenter Who Mocked You?
A poster at opencarry.org, Southern Covenanter, recounts an ironic experience in Charlotte, North Carolina. From opencarry.org: I made it a point to stop and meet my parents for lunch...
Homicides per 100,000 in G-8 Countries
You can see from the chart below that Russia has about twice as many homicides per hundred thousand as the United States, even though Russia has very restrictive laws on possession...
Defensive Gun Use and Ebola
The possibility of infection during and after a defensive gun use has long been a matter of concern. On the positive side, guns give you some “stand off” distance; they...
Are Black People Carrying Guns Public Enemy No. 1?
So claims Charles Gallagher, a sociologist at La Salle University. From CNN: “Whites walking down Main Street with an AK-47 are defenders of American values; a black man doing the...
Police Officer Robbed of his Gun and Badge
In the United States, armed citizens are seldom robbed. When they are, it is usually because the robber does not know that they are armed, and simply makes a mistake...
Would You Sell A Car To Someone You Do Not Know?
Alan Gottlieb, at the Gun Rights Policy Conference, asked a very scary question. It is a question loaded with bad premises, freighted with unintended consequences. It was terrifying when you...
Anti-Gun Democrat Loses in Deep Blue Open Seat Primary
Mary Rose Wilcox is a career politician from Phoenix’ South side who runs a Democrat political machine that has been compared to Daley’s in Chicago. She was running in the...
Louisiana Ban on Guns Ruled Unconstitutional, Monentary Damages Pending
The U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana has struck down the City of Baton Rouge’s ban (pdf) on the possession of firearms or other weapons in places that sell...