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Police charged that Reneau Jean Jacques, 17, of East Stroudsburg, used a gun to shake down Joshua Eastman for cash while Eastman loaded groceries into his pickup truck. Jacques found himself at the business end of Eastman's concealed gun, police said, and was shot in the leg and foot. | WEATHER FOR STROUDSBURG: (Pocono Record)
We're still waiting to hear about charges against an alleged robber shot in the Wal-Mart parking lot this morning. The story of a gun-toting customer who defended himself has gun advocates buzzing. | Sporting club receives grant for gun range (The Lufkin Daily News)
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission approved $278,000 in matching grants for the construction and renovation of seven target ranges across Texas including one in Angelina County, according to a press release. The grants were approved during the commission's Aug. 21 public meeting in Houston. | When Joe Biden really showed what he is made of (Jewish World Review)
http://www.JewishWorldReview.com | DENVER It was on July 23 last year in Charleston, S.C., that Joe Biden really showed what he is made of. | Isle of Wight: Richard Wilson won Champion of Champions shooting match (Isle of Wight County Press)
Friday, August 22, 2008 Sport/Shooting ISLAND Games gold medallist Richard Wilson has won the Champion of Champions match on the Malcolm Cooper Range. | Stick to your guns, Joe (The Politico)
It was on July 23 last year in Charleston, S.C., that Joe Biden really showed what he is made of. | Brevard a gun-slinger (Florida Today)
Sales of small arms and ammunition surged 21 percent last year to $2.8 billion. That sales bump echoed all the way to Brevard County, where a sliver of the nation's small-arms industry has quietly thrived, earning accolades from the military, law enforcement representatives and gun enthusiasts. | Meet Your Neighbor: Tim McNamara (Sierra Sun)
How long have you lived in Truckee? |
Gun Control
Gun control debate cools off (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
CARSON CITY -- The never-ending battle between gun control supporters and Second Amendment advocates has nearly fallen off the charts as a significant issue either in Nevada or the West, a Review-Journal poll says. | Obama tells huge Dem crowd he'll fix Washington (AP via Yahoo! News)
Surrounded by an enormous, adoring crowd, Barack Obama promised a clean break from the "broken politics in Washington and the failed policies of George W. Bush" Thursday night as he embarked on the final lap of his audacious bid to become the nation's first black president. | Obama says he'll cut taxes, end oil dependence (AP via Yahoo! News)
Before an enormous, adoring crowd, Barack Obama promised a clean break from the "broken politics in Washington and the failed policies of George W. Bush" Thursday night as he embarked on the final lap of his audacious bid to become the nation's first black president. | Obama, McCain on the issues (AP via Yahoo! News)
A look at where Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain stand on a selection of issues as the national party conventions affirm their presidential nominations and launch the fall campaign: | At Texas School, Some Teach While Armed (New York Times)
A school board in north-central Texas has drawn attention by letting some teachers carry concealed weapons. | A town in Texas lets teachers carry guns (International Herald Tribune)
School board in Harrold votes to let some teachers carry concealed pistols as a deterrent to attacks. | A School Where Some Teachers Are Armed (New York Times)
The school board in an impoverished rural hamlet in north-central Texas has drawn national attention with its decision to let some teachers carry concealed weapons. | Obama Promises Change For America (CBS News)
Surrounded by an enormous, adoring crowd, Barack Obama promised a clean break from the "broken politics in Washington and the failed policies of George W. Bush" as he embarked on the final lap of his bid to become the nation's first black president. |
Pistol
Clarksville man charged with pistol whipping two men (The Leaf Chronicle)
A Clarksville man was charged with aggravated assault for allegedly pistol whipping two men at a party.. | Teens Accused Of Pistol-Whipping, Assaulting Elderly Couple (19 Action News Cleveland)
Cleveland, OH - Two teenage thugs in court after a brazen Cleveland home invasion. Police say the 15-year-old punks burst into a Westside home around 7PM Wednesday evening - and starting pistol-whipping the elderly homeowner, Red Vaughn, who is a Vietnam veteran. They also assaulted his wife, Laura Turner. | Man waves starter pistol at police officer in Oakland County (The Flint Journal)
OAKLAND COUNTY, Michigan -- Oakland County police officers are upset over a law that prevents them from charging a man with a felony after he waved a starter pistol at an undercover detective. | A pistol with a photo and a history (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
By CHRIS VAUGHN WEATHERFORD The woman wears a knee-length dress and has a dark coat, about the same color as her hair. She has a berette on the left side. She stands in front of a couple of shrubs, at what appears to be the side of a house. She isnt smiling, but neither does she look unhappy. For decades, she has not moved, her photo overlaid with plexiglass and screwed into the grip of an ... | A pistol with a photo and a history (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
The Parker County sheriff is trying to track down the owner of a unique weapon that dates back to World War II. |
Topix on Guns
We Shall Always March Ahead
You may have heard that history was made tonight. After an up-and-down convention, Obama hit his speech out of the park. | Tester: Obama a regular guy, not a threat to guns
U.S. Sen. Jon Tester says Barack Obama is regular guy who is no threat to gun owners. | - Gun rights vs. freedom: Companies caught in the middle
Supporters of the right to keep and bear arms have long recognized the value of firearms for the defense of life, liberty and property. | Wyoming's appeal in gun rights case rejected
A federal appeals court in Denver has ruled against Wyoming in a lawsuit over a state law that seeks to allow people convicted of misdemeanor domestic violence to regain their gun rights. | Hinchey gets court date for harassment case
Rep. Maurice Hinchey, D-Hurley, is due in Rosendale town court Sept. 9 to face a second-degree harassment charge after he allegedly swatted an NRA representative on the head at the Rosendale Street Fair in ... | The Taurus Trials
The 24/7 semiauto platform, including the new OSS, takes a licking and keeps on ticking. | Guns Galore: Newfoundlanders have highest per-capita firearms ownership in country
If the federal government's numbers are right, Newfoundlanders and Labradorians are Canada's most heavily armed citizens, but also its least trigger-happy. According to the most recent numbers from the Canada ... | Williams: Concealed carry should be enough for gun owners
According to the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, Alabama, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan and Virginia are all considering legislation that would allow people to carry concealed guns on campus-a right that ... |
Of Arms and The Law
Obama actually supported a gun owner, once
Story here. OK, maybe it wasn't the type of gun owner most of us would care to be around, but it must count for something.
Hat tip to reader Jim Kindred... | And on the return from Blackwater
Before returning, I head to DC for a business matter, and stay in a three story motel in Arlington VA. Tuesday morning I'm awakened by a lot of engines running outside, sound of people walking around and talking. At first I thought it was construction ... but in a hotel at 6 AM? So I open my door and see this. (Click on the image for a bigger one).
Firemen said some guy on the third floor (one above me) had flipped out and set fire to his bed. They contained it and saw no need to evacuate everyone. The hotel is concrete, and with open halls and steps it's one gigantic fire escape anyway. After a morning of shoot houses, it took more than this to wake me up, so I went down for some coffee. | Blackhawk Co. van
This was our transport down to Blackwater (click on thumbnail for bigger image). Pretty nice! It picked us up at the hotel and then stopped at Blackhawk's headquarters for a tour and presentations. We were issued a pair of their holsters, which were VERY nice. One version has the gun held by an adjustable detent. The other has a detent plus a clamp on the front of the trigger guard, which you release with your index finger on a button on the holster's exterior. Both have a cutaway front for faster draw and easier holstering. For those PDs requiring three-point security, they have all that and one with a housing that fits over the rear of the handgun and is released by your thumb during draw.
Of course that's just the beginning -- for the military, they had the same holsters that could be fitted to the center chest area of body armor, and some that could be mounted in multiple locations.
 | Driving to Blackwater
Here's the inside of the Blackhawk bus that took us to the shoot. It was quite a comfortable ride, altho not so classy as the Suburbans we later drove. Click on image to enlarge.
 | Vehicles at Blackwater
They loaned us a couple of Suburbans that had been lightly used in the "ram your way out of an ambush" exercise. The insides were full of spent and live ammo, one had two bullet holes, both had windows gone. It was unspeakably cool transportation. This was the one in better condition. The other had a cracked windshield, three windows blown in, and a headlight dangling by its electrical cables. Click on the image for a full size shot.
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