From Handgun Club of America:
The City of Morton Grove, Illinois has announced plans to revoke their local handgun ban, according to NPR.
Village Manager Joe Wade says Morton Grove isn’t going to wait for a court battle. It’s going to act.
“The village of Morton Grove has every intention to comply with [the Supreme Court ruling],” Wade [...]
From ClickOnDetroit.com:
A 39-year-old Ypsilanti man used his concealed weapon and his experience in the Lebanese army to stop an alleged bank robber.
Police say a 54-year-old Joseph Webster of Washtenaw County attempted to rob a bank in Canton on Monday but his plans were foiled by Nabil Fawzi.
Webster walked into the Comerica Bank at 45420 Michigan [...]
By Dave Workman at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Now that the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled the Second Amendment means what it says, and that the right “of the people” to keep and bear arms applies to individual citizens regardless of service in a militia, Helmke and crew undoubtedly are feverishly trying to rework their strategies on [...]
Tags: Crime/Law · Guns · The Left
GeorgiaCarry.Org filed a federal lawsuit July 2 against Mayor Shirley Franklin and Hartsfield Aviation General Manager Ben DeCosta over their illegal policy and DeCosta’s specific threat to arrest (falsely) Rep. Tim Bearden. You may read the complaint here.
Declaring the Airport to be a Gun-Free Zone, and threatening to arrest and prosecute Plaintiff Bearden [...]
Tags: Atlanta · Crime/Law · Government · Guns · The Left
By Jim Wooten at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Imagine that. The Second Amendment is real. We can keep and bear arms. Now let’s agree that when a gun is used to commit a crime, the problem is with the shooter and not with the weapon.
Guns are no more evil than automobiles, swimming pools, or ladders. When [...]
The following post was written by David J. Schenck of the Jones Day office in Dallas. He filed an amicus brief on behalf of State Firearm Associations in support of the respondents. Via SCOTUSblog (all emphasis mine):
It is not hyperbole to describe today’s decision in Heller as the most significant opinion of this century, [...]
Tags: Crime/Law · Election · Guns · The Left · The Right · The US
From the Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Cobb County police Wednesday were investigating the overnight death of a man found shot in the parking lot of a church.
A passerby discovered the victim about 9:30 p.m. in the parking lot of the Powers Ferry Church of Christ, at 835 Powers Ferry Road, across the street from an apartment complex. Police [...]
