Month: August 2015

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 (UPI) — President Obama expressed concerns about gun violence Wednesday, saying the number of gun-related deaths in the United States far outpaces deaths from terrorism. In response to the on-air shooting in Virginia that left two journalists dead and a woman they were interviewing hospitalized, Obama said the incidents are heartbreaking. The

Representatives attending the UN Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) in Mexico this week have set up a structure for future conferences on gun control that include a veto-proof decision making process. According to Reuters, representatives from 130 countries gathered in Mexico, although only 72 countries have fully ratified the treaty. They determined that Geneva will be “the

The fellow who shot the two reporters live on the air posted this video a few minutes ago to his Facebook account. He actually filmed himself as he shot those two individuals. Unbelievable. We’ve entered a new age of reality folks. http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=225_1440602498

Attorneys for four California gun dealers filed an opening brief on Monday that asks the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to strike down a law that, they argue, is unconstitutional and violates their First Amendment speech rights. The appeal follows a federal District Court judge’s ruling in July that allowed the restriction to temporarily stand

In a case regarding a specific gun control law which bans “unauthorized aliens” (illegal immigrants) from possessing firearms in the United States, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit did the work of a contortionist by upholding the law while also pointing out that they “see no principled way to carve out the Second

In the post-9/11 world, these are the questions that men ask themselves all the time: “What would I do if I saw the worst happen? Would I be able to act? Would I have the courage?” For years after 9/11 we drew inspiration from “Let’s roll,” the words that launched the first American counteroffensive in

Detroit resident Darrell Standberry doesn’t navigate streets of the Motor City without his licensed handgun, and it already has saved his life once. “I never leave home without my weapon,” he said. “You never know when or what you’ll encounter.” It was 2011, when Standberry stopped at a gas station on Six Mile Road after

‘They were particularly courageous and showed extreme bravery in extremely difficult circumstances.’ Everyone remembers the videos of the Muslim massacre in Paris as the terrorists killed an unarmed French cop pleading for his life. But this latest Muslim terrorist came face to face with a whole different breed of fighter. A US Marine is in

WEST ORANGE, N.J. (CBSNewYork) — With the High Holidays around the corner, synagogues across the Tri-State Area have been placed on high alert. As CBS2’s Christine Sloan reported, the FBI used a synagogue in New Jersey to test its response Thursday. The drill involved a simulation of people fleeing a synagogue, and a terrorist slitting

In reaction to firearm-related attacks at gun-free theaters in Aurora, Colorado (2012), and Lafayette, Louisiana (2015), Regal Entertainment Group has gone from simply barring law-abiding citizens from carrying guns for self-defense to checking their purses to be sure they are unarmed. Regal theaters have said, “backpacks and bags of any kind” will be subject to