20 Times Bad Guys Were Stopped by Armed Citizens in 2016 – What follows is a list containing examples of everyday Americans doing exactly what the left decries as a fabrication of the mind — namely, using firearms to defend their own lives and the lives of others. In January 2015, Politico magazine described the whole idea behind “defensive gun ownership” as a “tragic myth.” And in October 2015, The New York Times said the idea of average citizens drawing their guns to keep themselves safe is a “foolhardy notion.” More recently — on December 1, 2016 — the NYT suggested it is a “fantasy that citizens can stand up to gunmen by shooting it out.” Do not tell that to the following 20 individuals who used guns defensively to defend their own lives and the lives of others during 2016
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| The next steps for proponents of expanded gun background checks in Nevada are unclear after a legal opinion that for all intents blocks a voter-approved initiative set to go into effect Sunday. What is clear is that the Background Check Act to require a federal database check of private party gun transfers will not be enforced. That’s according to Nevada sheriffs. “Based on the Nevada Attorney General’s opinion, the Washoe County Sheriff’s Office cannot enforce this law at this time,” said spokesperson Bob Harmon. The Lyon County Sheriff’s Office put out a statement that it and the Lyon County’s District Attorney’s Office “support” the opinion that the new law is unenforceable, adding “we will not enforce any provisions of this ballot initiative until the issues have been resolved.” |
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| Following a huge fight during the 2016 Legislative Session, Senate Bill 656 was enacted into law and the provision that will recognize Missourians right to Constitutional/Permitless Carry will go into effect on January 1, 2017. |
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| On January 1, 2017, multiple pro-gun bills will be going into effect after being passed and signed by Governor Bill Haslam following the 2016 Tennessee Legislative Session. |
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| Here are eleven more defensive gun uses by concealed handgun permit holders from across the country. |
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| Wichita police say it happened before 10:00 p.m. at Woodgate Apartments near 21st and Woodlawn. A man told police he fired several shots at a would-be robber in his home. The man, in his 30s, was taken to the hospital with several gunshot wounds to the chest. Police spent the night questioning neighbors and working to piece together what happened.” |
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| The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals will reconsider the legal merits of Alameda County ordinance that restricts where and how many gun stores can reside in unincorporated areas. |
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| The arrival in 2017 of a raft of new gun control laws in California won’t amount to much, except more hassles for gun dealers and the law-abiding few. |
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| Despite the implementation of Idaho’s permitless carry law this past July, the number of Idahoans obtaining concealed weapons permits has remained steady.The new law seems to have had no effect on two trends seen in Idaho in recent years: the skyrocketing number of Idahoans acquiring concealed carry permits and the high number of Idaho women with such permits. |
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| It’s a constitutional right to carry a firearm. Now, one New Mexico state lawmaker wants to make it easier for people to exercise that right. |
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| On Thursday, December 29, the California Department of Justice (DOJ) backed down from its proposed “emergency” regulations on large-capacity magazines, asking the Office of Administrative Law (OAL) to withdraw them from consideration. |
