Outdoor commentary and legislative issues.
The District of Columbia has been ordered to pay more than $1 million in attorneys’ fees as a result of the historic gun case of Heller vs D.C.
Dick Heller sued the city in 2003 over its ban on handguns and the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the ban in June 2008, saying it violated the Second Amendment.
A federal judge on Thursday issued an opinion awarding Heller’s attorneys $1,137,072.27 in fees and expenses. More here…
Lieutenant Colonel Karl Trenker, 29, of Miramar, Florida, was shot three times as he confronted two men who had stolen a gold chain from him in a Craig’s List deal gone wrong.
Somerset County, Pennsylvania District Attorney Jerry Spangler will not charge a man who shot an intruder in self-defense with a bow and arrow, indicating that changes in the state’s new Castle Doctrine supported his decision.
The intruder had been shot through the chest with an arrow near the front steps to the man’s house. The bad guy had a wooden club and was warned to leave; finally, he got the point.
Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11361/1199563-100.stm#ixzz1hpI0xplQ
A retired police officer heard knocking at his door and thought maybe it was a package delivery. Instead, it was an intruder, who had already entered. He was greeted by gunfire, ran to a waiting car, which drove off. The home invader was later found receiving attention at a Detroit hospital for gunshot wounds to his biceps and hand. He also got attention from the police and will do some serious time. More here…
A pending bill in Lansing would allow the use of stun guns, or Tasers, if you will, by those licensed to carry concealed pistols. It makes sense, and whoever wrote the attached opinion in the Lansing State Journal thinks so too. Here is the editorial…
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A ten-year old Washington boy defended his mother from attack by shooting a man in the face with a pump-up BB gun. Too bad he didn’t have access to a real gun.
http://www.bellinghamherald.com/2011/11/22/2282271/police-10-year-old-shoots-moms.html
When a couple of low-lifes broke into this Canton Twp. home, they met their match – a bail bondsman with gun in hand…
http://www.myfoxdetroit.com/dpp/news/local/canton-homeowner-shoots-intruder-in-the-leg-20111012-ms