My jaw dropped when I first read the news headline, "9-Year-Old Manassas Boy Arrested, Charged With Taking Gun to School." My thoughts flashed to some of the violent attacks at schools in the past few years. Fortunately, this story read differently than I expected. A fourth grader at an elementary school in Manassas, Virginia did indeed bring a handgun to school. According … [Read more...]
My stomach dropped when I read the story about a horrifying home invasion in Madison, Wisconsin. Three men broke into a couple's home in the wee hours of the morning. The residents were a legally blind man and his wife, who was six months pregnant at the time of the break in. According to the report, the three burglars pulled the man from his bed and beat him (hard enough to … [Read more...]
Do magazine capacity limitations save lives, or doom them? We've discussed firearms restrictions a lot recently with regard to New York's SAFE Act, which, among other things restricts magazine capacity. The original proposal included a 7 round magazine capacity limit for handguns, but in December of 2013, the provision was deemed unconstitutional and was struck from the law. … [Read more...]
We've heard some ridiculous incidents with children getting in trouble due to their school's "zero tolerance" policies, but this news story tops most of those. According to a report earlier this week, a thirteen-year-old student found himself in hot water at Glen Meadow Middle School in Vernon Township, NJ. Allegedly, Ethan Chaplin, a seventh grade student at the junior … [Read more...]
Several news sources have reported a mass stabbing at a public high school just east of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Allegedly, the attacker was a 16-yr-old sophomore at the school, Franklin Regional Senior High, armed with two kitchen knives. According to one report, the young male was running through the crowded school halls before class, slashing and stabbing at anyone in … [Read more...]
Usually, when I share a news report about a home invasion, the residents fare poorly, if they survive at all. In this news story, however, a family recently confronted by an aggressive home invader used their home defense firearms to end a break-in without any harm coming to the residents within the home. According to a news report, yesterday, an intruder who has been … [Read more...]
