Conceal and Carry News

The pros and cons of TASING -Electrical current becomes a deterrent in officers' hands, but it doesn't always work from: Ledger-Enquier.com

MUSKOGEE, September 11th, 2007 … It doesn't always work. Yet it works so well so often law enforcement officers rely on it -- too much, if they're not careful. A Taser didn't work a week ago when Muscogee sheriff's deputies first tried...
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It's a jungle out there,so pack heat, some say from: St Petersburg Times

FLORDIA, September 11th, 2007 … It began as a simple conversation about security on an online Jungle Terrace neighborhood forum after a few incidents of graffiti and property theft occurred. Then someone mentioned keeping firearms...
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Ore. teacher wants permission to carry gun in school from: KGW.COM

MEDFORD, ORE, September 11th, 2007 … MEDFORD, Ore. -- A high school teacher in southern Oregon plans to challenge a school district policy that prevents her from carrying a gun on school grounds. Portland lawyer Jim Leuenberger said in...
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More Women Buying, and Carrying, Guns from: Have Gun Will Vote

EDMOUND, OKLAHOMA, September 11th, 2007 … According to the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, more than 54,000 Oklahomans are licensed to carry concealed handguns. That number does not reflect how many license holders are women, but firearms...
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Would-be burglar runs off with no loot and no clothes in Minn. from: The Associated Press

DULUTH, MINN, September 10th, 2007 … DULUTH, Minn. — A man who allegedly tried to burglarize a home lost his clothes in a scuffle with the 69-year-old homeowner and then tried to streak away before he was arrested.First, Boniface said, he...
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Black Bear Encounters Becoming Problem Across West from: Fox News

WESTERN US/ASPEN, September 10th, 2007 … SNOWMASS VILLAGE, Colo. —  Ted Grenda is downright inhospitable toward some of his neighbors, placing plywood strips with nails along his doors and windows. But wildlife officials say that makes...
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Feds investigating killing of rare grizzly in N. Idaho from: The Seattle Times

BOISE, September 9th, 2007 … BOISE — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Idaho Department of Fish and Game are investigating the killing of a large grizzly bear in north-central Idaho, where the last confirmed sighting of the...
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Senate approves bill to 'microstamp' pistol cartridges from: The Mercury News

CALIF, September 9th, 2007 … SACRAMENTO—California would be the first state to require that every semiautomatic handgun cartridge be stamped with an identifying mark if the governor signs a bill that has now cleared both chambers...
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High court must face up to gun issue from: Scripts Howard News

DC, September 9th, 2007 … WASHINGTON -- It would be inconceivable for the Supreme Court to turn down the District of Columbia's recent petition to decide whether one of the strictest anti-gun laws in the nation will be reinstated,...
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Handgun ban could lead to key ruling from: Reuters

DC, September 8th, 2007 … WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A case challenging the ban on private handgun ownership in the U.S. capital could lead to the first ruling by the Supreme Court since 1939 on the rights of Americans to bear arms. Officials...
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