by BRAD WATSON
WFAA-TV
DENTON – Gov. Rick Perry and Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison have taken up most of the attention in the fight for the Republican nomination for governor, but gun-toting Debra Medina says she should be heard, too.
Medina, who is running for governor as a Republican, courts the Libertarian-Tea Party wing of the GOP, and [...]
By ERIK SCHELZIG
MyWay.com
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – It’s been the year of the gun in Tennessee. In a flurry of legislative action, handgun owners won the right to take their weapons onto sports fields and playgrounds and, at least briefly, into bars.
A change in leadership at the state Capitol helped open the doors to the [...]
By James Gleason
The Lakeland Times
Original photo from ChristianGunOwner.com
It has become apparent over the last 20 years that the people of this state have forgotten their very rights of which this country was founded.
In this coming year, the gun rights advocates in this state are uniting in a movement that will campaign against any state representative, [...]
Written by Bob Adelmann
New American
Soldiers trained in the “art of warfare” are not allowed to carry personal self-defense weapons on base as one of the unhappy results of the long war against guns in our society.
While many questions about the shooting at Fort Hood, Texas, by Major Nidal Hasan remain unanswered, there is one question [...]
By BILL HANNA
Star-Telegram – Fort Worth
FORT WORTH — A lawsuit filed by two Tarrant County College students claiming that TCC violated their free speech rights by limiting their ability to stage “empty holster” protests has been set for trial Jan. 12.
TCC asked for a 60-day continuance to prepare for trial, and attorneys for the American [...]
By Maria Cramer and Peter Schworm, Globe Staff
Boston.com
The security guard who fatally shot a patient who was attacking a doctor in a Massachusetts General Hospital psychiatric clinic said today he had done what anyone would have done and he was happy that the doctor was recovering.
“I just did what anyone would have done, ma’am, that’s [...]
By LEE HIGGINS
The State (South Carolina’s Home Page)
Florence — At the Land of the Sky Gun & Knife Show, people could buy everything from a 12-shot rubber band gun to a custom-built target rifle that can hit a soda can from 600 yards.
There were semi-automatic weapons for sale, too, and pistols galore, as thousands of [...]