Conceal and Carry News

Should Profs Pack Pistols? from: DNRonline.com

HARRISONBURG, January 17th, 2008 …  HARRISONBURG - Following last year's massacre at Virginia Tech, many colleges and universities across the country beefed up security and emergency communication procedures. But it's not enough...
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Lawyer: Mack thought he had the right to shoot judge from: RENO GAZETTE-JOURNAL

RENO, January 17th, 2008 … Darren Mack’s former lawyer David Chesnoff testified today that Mack suffered from “a form of insanity” and believed that the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution gave him the right to shoot a judge.Although...
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Is that a gun in your pocket? Survey shows most off-duty police officers carry guns from: St Louis Today

ST LOUIS/UNITED STATES, January 17th, 2008 … The Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution declares that people have a right to bear and keep firearms, but the laws regarding gun ownership and transport vary from state to state.Currently, 48 of the...
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A state bill aims to make it legal to carry concealed firearms into bars from: Metro Pulse

KNOXVILLE, TN, January 16th, 2008 … A new bill making its way through the state legislature may prevent criminals from being the only people with concealed weapons in restaurants that serve alcohol, but some bartenders fear that guns won’t...
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WAVE 3 finds out how many Kentuckians have concealed weapons permits from: WAVE 3

KENTUCKY, January 16th, 2008 … LOUISVILLE (WAVE) -- A grand jury decision not to indict a former Jeffersontown police officer accused in a shooting at a Kroger parking lot has brought up questions again over concealed weapons and the...
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Requests for gun permits less than expected from: The Kansan.com

KANSAS, January 16th, 2008 … The state received fewer applications for concealed carry permits than anticipated in the first year the permits were available. Harvey County received 52 permit requests, Harvey County Sheriff A.J....
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When Crime Was Always on Our Minds from: The New York Times

NEW YORK, January 14th, 2008 … In the bad old days of street crime, an era most New Yorkers would think of as before 1990, it was a personal quandary and a public obsession: If assaulted, do I run, hand over the money or stand and fight?...
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THE MS-13 THREAT - A National Assessment from: FBI

UNITED STATES, January 14th, 2008 … They perpetrate violence—from assaults to homicides, using firearms, machetes, or blunt objects—to intimidate rival gangs, law enforcement, and the general public. They often target middle and high school...
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Huckabee preaches to the choir in Michigan -The law permitting concealed weapons (CCW) went into effect in 2001 and there are now 155,000 permit holders in the state from: Spero News

FLINT MI, January 12th, 2008 … Even so, one Baptist minister credits an increase in the number of concealed weapon permits issued to county residents for the drop in violent crime. Pastor Barry Parker of First Baptist Church in Clio...
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Sanctuary safety: Not even churches are off-limits to violence from: Deseret News

UTAH, January 12th, 2008 … Last Sunday, Kristy Ragsdale joined two young Colorado Springs women as the latest victims of violence at the place most Americans consider to be a sanctuary — their church. Ragsdale's slaying in an...
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