AUGUSTA, KS — Augusta High School seniors in Augusta, KS got one last lesson at their graduation ceremony: What not to do when you get your concealed carry license. In what Augusta Police Chief Tyler Brewer described as a “knucklehead situation,” a concealed carry licensee injured himself and another when he negligently discharged his firearm […]
LEXINGTON, TENNESSEE — A liquor store owner in Lexington is thankful to be back at work after a robbery attempt. Johnny Adams, owner of East End Liquor in Lexington, Tennessee, was having an ordinary Tuesday evening when two masked men entered the store with, what appeared to be a gun, and demanded money. Mr. Adams’ first […]
BELGRADE, MISSOURI — An old man with a gun taught a group of thugs in Belgrade, Missouri – a township about 90 miles south of St Louis with a property crime rate that is 83% higher than the national average – that not all old people are potential victims. When the resident of the home sat […]
BURIEN, WASHINGTON — A masked hatchet-wielding man wreaking havoc in a Washington 7-11 was shot and killed this morning by a good Samaritan with a concealed firearm. Though the motive is unclear, the as-yet unidentified suspect entered the store shortly before 5:45 am and, without saying a word, immediately started swinging the hatchet. He first […]
DAYTON, OHIO — Sunday services resumed this week, after a sad and shocking story out of Dayton Ohio, where 70-year-old pastor, Rev. William B. Schooler was shot and killed after Sunday services in his private office at Dayton’s St. Peters Missionary Baptist Church on February 28, apparently by his brother. Daniel Gregory Schooler, 68, was arrested […]
ATLANTA, GEORGIA — The Georgia House voted in another win for concealed carry licensees when they passed House Bill 859, commonly called, “The Campus Safety Act,” legalizing concealed handguns on Georgia college and university campuses. After a short one and a half hour debate, the Georgia House approved the measure, introduced by Rep. Rick Jasperse, […]
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS — Massachusetts state law currently allows its municipalities to supersede state firearm permit laws by adding stipulations and requirements. State Rep. James Miceli, however, has introduced a state preemption bill that would make state law the law. The bill would create a preemption of local laws, disallowing and municipalities from “passing or enforcing ordinances […]
LEBEAU, LOUISIANA — Controversial Louisiana Sheriff’s captain, Clay Higgins has made his last viral video for the St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office. The brash and bold Public Information Officer has resigned. Since the first of his KATC Crime Stoppers videos, in which he routinely called for St. Landry Parish criminals to account for their crimes, […]
NEWTOWN, CONNECTICUT — The Newtown Action Alliance, a group formed in the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary shooting and “dedicated to reversing the escalating gun violence epidemic,” issued a letter to the Connecticut Food Association (a trade organization that represents 240 companies in Connecticut), urging them to prohibit firearms on their premises. Referencing an incident in January, in which […]
