Pharmacist injured in Medicap robbery attempt describes shooting – Even after being shot in the leg during Thursday’s robbery attempt at Medicap Pharmacy, Jackson Quick stood his ground, not knowing whether he would live or die. He put pressure on his wounded right leg with his left hand while holding onto the store’s gun with his right, occasionally firing back at the men who barged in shooting. “Since they came in shooting, I thought, ‘Yeah, they mean business; they mean to kill all of us,’” he said.
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| Tomorrow, October 11, the Elko City Council will be holding a discussion concerning Question 1, a poorly written gun control initiative that will appear on the ballot in November. |
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| While proponents of Maine’s Question 3—the ill-conceived ballot initiative that would negatively affect law-abiding gun owners while doing nothing about violent crime—brag about gaining momentum, law enforcement and the governor are coming out very strongly against the proposal. |
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| More groups are dropping big bucks seeking to influence North Carolina’s U.S. Senate race.Two unions and a National Rifle Association political arm announced Friday television ads critical of Republican incumbent Richard Burr or Democratic challenger Deborah Ross. |
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| The American way of life is being systematically dismantled by a disconnected, self-interested ruling elite, longtime National Rifle Association CEO Wayne LaPierre told a crowded audience at the Bakersfield Business Conference. |
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| With the anniversary of last year’s terrorist shootings in San Bernardino approaching, California voters are considering expanding some of the nation’s toughest gun control measures through an initiative that would outlaw possession of large-capacity ammunition magazines and require permits to buy ammunition.Proposition 63 also would extend California’s unique program that allows authorities to seize firearms from owners who bought guns legally but are no longer allowed to own them. |
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| Critics have called the initiative a flawed step toward universal firearm registration that would cut into Second Amendment rights of freedom-loving Nevadans, and cost law-abiding gun owners time and money without making them any safer.“Expanding a broken system is not a way to stop gun violence,” said Ryan Hamilton, an official with NRA Nevadans for Freedom. “Criminals don’t subject themselves to background checks.” |
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| Contributions to all ballot questions total $9.5 million overall, with $5.1 million coming in during the last three-month period.Contributions supporting a measure that would require background checks on private gun sales and transfers have topped $3.7 million alone. |
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| Some local residents are working to push for legislation that would ban — or at least put greater restrictions on —replica toy guns in the state of Florida. |
