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Defending yourself against a spree killer like the one in Aurora, Colorado

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by Jeff Thomas

Before I share some thoughts on how to survive a spree killer situation such as the one in Aurora, Colo., last week, I think it’s important to talk about one piece of information I’m hearing likely is true: The Century 16 movie theater where 12 were killed and 59 wounded by a heavily armed man in a “no-gun” zone.

Obviously the “no-guns” sign did not stop the murderer. And just as obvious, all the restriction did was create a target-rich environment for a dedicated man intent on killing innocent people. Businesses that choose to remove guns from the hands of the good guys do nothing but assure the dedicated killer he will not receive return fire, at least not until police arrive. But as we all know, that’s usually too late. Unfortunately, police usually arrive in time to process the crime scene, not save lives.

It’s time we take a strong stance and work to encourage businesses to remove the “no-guns” signs and allow law-abiding people to carry inside. Talk to business owners to explain our side to them. Those who choose not to, and it’s a business owner’s right, we can simply choose to leave and take our business elsewhere.

With that said, the mass shooting in Aurora spurred a lot of talk this weekend. I have had some conversations with friends on how to defend one-self in such a situation. For the sake of this article, we will assume you did go to the theater that night and were allowed to take your gun inside.

Headline: Paraplegic man kills intruder during Johnstown home break-in

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The Newark Advocate is reporting that a paraplegic man is alive today thanks to the .357 revolver he keeps near his bed.

From the article:

John Mutter was asleep in his bed on Sunset Drive when an intruder poked him in the head with a shotgun.

Mutter, a paraplegic who keeps a gun nearby for protection, fatally shot the intruder, early Sunday, Licking County Coroner’s investigator George Ridgeway said.

The man was pronounced dead at the scene, Ridgeway said.

It appears that he was looking for medication or money, Ridgeway said. Johnstown police are investigating whether someone else was involved in planning the burglary, Licking County Prosecutor Ken Oswalt said.

According to The Columbus Dispatch, police identified Johnstown native Brian Dyer, 27, as the man found dead on the floor of Mutter’s home when they arrived shortly after 2:15 a.m. Sunday.

NRA-ILA sets up Second Amendment Activist Centers throughout Ohio – ground zero in the 2012 presidential race

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Dear Second Amendment Supporters:

The NRA-ILA has been busy visiting gun shops throughout the Buckeye State recruiting Second Amendment Activist Centers. These Centers provide NRA members and gun owners with NRA buttons, Fact Sheets on candidates, volunteer sign-up forms, and information on grassroots activities and events. We are asking all of you to visit your local Activist Center, pick up some materials, and thank them for their support of the Second Amendment.

Below is the current list of Ohio Activist Centers:

Dept. of Defense again attempts to trample on Second Amendment rights of returning U.S. military troops

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by Linda Walker

If it was not enough that Marines were forced to disarm at their base at Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan this past March when Defense Secretary Leon Panetta paid a visit, I read with personal interest an article in regard to depressed returning troops recently posted at Military.com, entitled “DoD Could Renew Push to Restrict Personal Weapons.”

According to the article “The Pentagon appears ready to take on gun rights advocates this year in order to give commanders the ability to restrict troops at high risk of suicide from keeping their personal firearms easily available in their homes.” The article goes on to quote Dr. Jonathan Woodson, an assistant secretary of the defense for health affairs, “In many circumstances, awareness of risk means removing firearms from those who we believe are at risk of harming themselves or others.”

Admirable, perhaps, on the surface, but what is it that would qualify a soldier or Marine to be labeled “at risk” of suicide? Weeks, months and years of training to go to war? Long days and nights in the field with little sleep? Juggling the military life during the day and coming home to their spouse and children at the end of the day? Or, returning back home after a 12-15 month deployment in Afghanistan, living day and night with the possibility that every step you step, or every mile that is driven, or every incoming small arms fire could end your life at any given moment? Dealing with that, does that put the label of being “at risk” of committing suicide on our returning troops?

It is a slippery slope when our troops can be labeled “at risk” and lose their Second Amendment rights because they have willingly fought for the freedoms of our country. They raised their right hand and swore to uphold the Constitution of the United States and defend our country against foreign and domestic enemies, but who’s protecting them when they return to their home base?

Are environmentalists’ anti-gun policies to blame for wildfires in the West?

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by Chad D. Baus

The headlines have echoed across the country: “Guns blamed for starting wildfires in parched West”

According to the Associated Press, officials believe target shooting or other firearms use sparked at least 21 wildfires in Utah and nearly a dozen in Idaho. Shooting is also believed to have caused fires in Arizona, Nevada and New Mexico.

In Utah, the AP says Republican Gov. Gary Herbert “took the unusual step” of authorizing the top state forest official to impose gun restrictions on public lands after a gunfire-sparked fire.

A gunfire-sparked, you say? How could target shooting start fires? I mean, we’re almost certainly not dealing with flintlock guns here.

The devil is in the details, and an accurate Associated Press headline would read as mine does above:

“Are environmentalists’ anti-gun policies to blame for wildfires in the West?”

Tough love for the outdoor community: “You people need to figure out who your enemies are and you better do it right quick.”

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by Rich Grassi
Editor, The Tactical Wire

Without descending into the current political morass of charge/counter-charge, extremist vs. extremist, agenda and charisma driven politics, I think it’s time for a block of voters to coalesce – the people of the outdoors.

Yes, it sounds like interest group politics. Extremist whack-job pseudojournalists who exist only in the NYC-DC Bubble and on our TV screens label us as “special interests” and “gun lobby.” I prefer the term organized interest group, as that’s where we should be – an organized interest. Our interests, like our country, is diverse. We need to organize to be effective. (Remember the TEA Party? Pretty good organization for an outfit with no discernible leader, pretty effective at turning elections around.)

We have traditionalist hunters, birders, archers, collectors with their closed shop. We have the pseudo- (and/or former) military and police types with their own special lingo and mode of dress. There are cowboy-action shooters, USPSA and IDPA shooters, trap-skeet and sporting clay shooters. There’s the “gun guy” every locality has and the concealed handgun licensee. Don’t forget Class III aficionados who cheerfully send postal money orders for the ATF tax stamp which is permission to own what the Second Amendment says we can own absent taxation.

They divide us, the cynical gun-grabbing scumbags who gleefully play in the blood of crime victims, tragedy victims and suicides. They ask only for “reasonable regulations,” compromise on things upon which we all agree. “We all” in the context of agreement amounts to “reasonable citizens concerned more for the welfare of the community” than the idiosyncratic proclivities of the “gun guy.”

“Let us get the real killing machines off the street, you know, assault weapons(sic).”

Translation: “Let’s get the ugly guns that look military and get rid of them for you.” You incompetent child, don’t you know? You’re more likely to shoot yourself or a loved one than a criminal offender.

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