Conceal and Carry News

More women take interest in firearm training from: Crescent-News

OHIO, December 28th, 2007 … Close to 1,000 area individuals have obtained permits to carry concealed firearms since Ohio's concealed carry law went into effect more than three years ago. And while the vast majority of those obtaining...
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Thousands apply to conceal guns from: CJonline

KANSAS, December 27th, 2007 … Since concealed carry permits began to be issued on July 1, 2006, the Kansas attorney general's office has received 11,500 applications.About 1 percent have been denied. This fiscal year alone, the office...
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Burglar stole jewelry - and a widow's peace of mind from: Journal Now

NORTH CAROLINA, December 27th, 2007 … Shopping for an alarm system and installing new locks at his mother’s house is not the way that Keith planned on spending yesterday morning. Thanks to a burglar with an eye for authentic jewelry - not...
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3 arrested in fatal shooting of teen near West Palm from: Palm Beach Post

PALM BEACH, December 26th, 2007 …  Three Westgate residents were arrested in connection with the shooting of 17-year-old Jade Rainey, who died Christmas Eve on Cherry Road with a .45-caliber bullet in his chest. The street killing...
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Jonesboro shooting leaves 2 hospitalized from: AJC.COM

ATLANTA, December 26th, 2007 … A Christmas morning shootout inside a Jonesboro home sent two men to an Atlanta hospital, police said. Clayton County police Capt. Greg Dickens said one of the men, Marquise Marcel Givens, 27, has been...
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HOUSTON -- The owner of a southeast Houston bar is claiming self-defense as the reason he shot and killed a man. from: ABC Houston

HOUSTON, December 24th, 2007 … It happened around 11:30 pm yesterday. A man allegedly walked into Henry's Bar on 80th and Avenue B and allegedly began waving a gun. Two men inside, including the bar owner, forced the man out into the...
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Home invasion turns deadly -Several Learning Lessons. from: Macon.Com

MILLEDGEVILLE, December 24th, 2007 … It was 8:30 Tuesday night and Ken Foshee was sitting on the back deck of his Lakemere Lane home while many of his neighbors were finishing their Christmas shopping. His wife, Janet Foshee, and a 17-year-old...
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Shooter defended self in road rage, authorities say from: Palm Beach Post.com

PALM BEACH, December 23rd, 2007 … Shouting racial slurs, two men, one with a knife, pounded on Hygens Labidou's truck, yanking on its doors, demanding he let them get at him. Instead, Labidou, a 49-year-old Wellington resident and business...
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Armed citizens, an opinion letter from: Gazette Times

CORVALLIS, December 23rd, 2007 … Armed citizens can can help protect usThe carnage continues in our nation’s gun-free zones (schools, universities, malls, post offices). The multiple killings of disarmed victims in gun-free zones in...
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Don't Pot Growers Have a Right to Self-Defense? from: Reason.com

MICHIGAN, December 22nd, 2007 … In another case at the intersection of drug prohibition and armed self-defense, Gershom L. Avery of Lima Township, Michigan, faces charges of assault and using a gun in the commission of a felony after...
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