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Law Shield was interested to hear  what an Alabama middle school principal wanted her students to do as a last-resort defense against possible intruders: hurl cans of corn and peas that had been stockpiled in classrooms. In a letter dated January 9, W.F. Burns Middle School Principal Priscella Holley asked parents to have each student bring... [Read More]

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The star of the hit “Taken” movie trilogy, in which Liam Neeson plays a skilled former CIA operative fighting to save his wife and daughter from various bad guys, isn’t too enthralled with some of his co-stars: that is, the firearms that enable his action movie to have “action.” Speaking at a press conference in... [Read More]

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Law Shield would like to inform our members that another state may soon allow people to carry concealed firearms without requiring a state permit. Kansas Senate Majority Leader Terry Bruce recently introduced a bill to end the permitting requirement. “On Sen. Bruce’s Facebook page, he wrote, “Today [Jan. 21], I introduced legislation along with 25... [Read More]

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CNN Money reports that FBI background checks surged in December 2014. Background checks totaled more than 2.3 million last month, according to the FBI, up about 300,000 sales during the same period in 2013. Law Shield already reported that Black Friday 2014 was the second-highest gun-sales day ever. Now, December’s totals are up about 15%... [Read More]

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Law Shield is glad to hear that a Papa John’s pizza-delivery driver in the Atlanta area, who shot a would-be robber, will not be fired, despite the company policy against employees carrying guns, Fox News is reporting. The shooting occurred when the driver was making a delivery that police now believe was a set up... [Read More]

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Law Shield is pleased to hear that police have no plans to charge pharmacist Jackson Quick, who stopped a robbery at the Medicap Pharmacy in Cheyenne, Wyo. last month. According to the Wyoming Tribune Eagle newspaper, a man entered the store with what looked like a real gun, pointed it at an employee, handed the... [Read More]

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Click here for video: It happened overseas, but the lesson is still pointed for U.S. citizens: Hostages in Sydney, Australia’s Lindt Chocolat Cafe standoff in December could not defend themselves as we can in many places in the U.S. The distant incident is a reminder of why we carry. Background: On Dec. 15, a gunman... [Read More]

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It’s really not news when an academic calls for the dissolution of gun rights, but such suggestions from an ivory-tower dweller usually call for registration or some other half-step toward confiscation. But not Tom H. Hastings at Portland State University. Last month, he called for repeal of the 2nd Amendment in an editorial published in... [Read More]

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Law Shield is reviewing a BATFE open letter issued on January 16, 2015, which could affect many shooters who have purchased long-barrel handguns with “stabilizing braces.” The letter, signed by Max M. Kingery, acting chief of the Firearms Technology Criminal Branch in the Firearms and Ammunition Technology Division, says in part, “Any person who intends... [Read More]

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Law Shield would like to brief our members on the status of Peruta v. San Diego, a lawsuit challenging the discretionary “may issue” handgun carry permit policies of San Diego Sheriff William Gore. On Christmas Eve, attorneys for a coalition of 22 pro-Second Amendment organizations and individual plaintiffs filed an amicus curiae brief to the... [Read More]

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A guest post by Dr. John R. Lott, Jr., founder of the Crime Prevention Research Center (CPRC) Taylor Woolrich is a Dartmouth student whose story is continuing to make a difference in explaining to people why it is important that stalking victims have the right to be able to defend themselves, which the school is... [Read More]

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Law Shield would like to inform our members that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia has upheld the dismissal of the latest lawsuit brought by anti-hunting groups petitioning the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to issue regulations banning traditional ammunition with lead components. Had the courts told EPA to regulate lead ammunition,... [Read More]

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