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Law Shield recommends to our members that you pattern your particular self-defense shotguns so that you know how they work in all scenarios. Despite popular belief, shotguns should be treated as precision tools at close ranges. In this video, Clint Smith, president and director of the Thunder Ranch training center, shares his knowledge of the... [Read More]

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CNN Reported – That a gunman shot a doctor at a Texas veterans' hospital Tuesday, then turned his gun on himself. Both the victim and the shooter in the incident at the El Paso VA Health Care System have died, Maj. Gen. Stephen M. Twitty told reporters. "All other VA patients and staff are safe.

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CNN Reported – That a gunman shot a doctor at a Texas veterans’ hospital Tuesday, then turned his gun on himself. Both the victim and the shooter in the incident at the El Paso VA Health Care System have died, Maj. Gen. Stephen M. Twitty told reporters. “All other VA patients and staff are safe.... [Read More]

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KWTX Reported that on January 2, 2015 a homeowner shot and killed a man who authorities think broke into a home in Vidor near Beaumont, close to Texas' Gulf Coast, thinking it belonged to someone he knew. The Orange County Sheriff's Office identified the victim as William Bloomer, 38, in a statement Thursday. Authorities responded

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KWTX Reported that on January 2, 2015 a homeowner shot and killed a man who authorities think broke into a home in Vidor near Beaumont, close to Texas’ Gulf Coast, thinking it belonged to someone he knew. The Orange County Sheriff’s Office identified the victim as William Bloomer, 38, in a statement Thursday. Authorities responded... [Read More]

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Though many of our civilian members may not know it, Law Shield has a Law Enforcement Legal Defense Program much like our civilian program, but it’s specialized for peace officers’ needs. So we’re especially sensitive to read news that law-enforcement fatalities in the U.S. rose 24 percent in 2014, reversing what had been two years... [Read More]

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Rejina Sincic, self-described as an Indian film director and screenwriter based in San Francisco, produced and released an eye-poppingly dangerous and foolish public-service-announcement video that advises kids to take their parents’ guns to schools and turn the firearms in. It doesn’t take a lawyer to tell you that not only does advocating such action break... [Read More]

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Click here for video  Over the Christmas holiday, many Texans enjoyed times of fellowship with family and friends, but an unlucky few were put in the difficult position of having to use their firearms to defend both themselves and others.  Click2Houston published a story about a store owner and his wife who were forced to use... [Read More]

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While Law Shield members own and carry firearms for a number of reasons, it’s worth noting that a bill filed Dec. 17 in the Texas legislature proposes constitutional protections for hunting and fishing. Rep. Trent Ashby of Lufkin, Texas, authored the measure, HJR 61. Ashby said, “Hunting and fishing is a fundamental right which Texans... [Read More]

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Law Shield was surprised to hear that Beloit, Wisconsin Police Chief Norm Jacobs had asked city residents to volunteer to have officers search their homes for guns — something we couldn’t imagine our members ever considering on 2nd Amendment and/or 4th Amendment grounds. But the offer was quickly rescinded. In an interview with Wisconsin Public... [Read More]

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Law Shield suspects that many of our members went gun shopping this Black Friday — November 28 — and if so, we helped set a record for gun sales. National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) reports are in and totaled, and this past Nov. 28 became the second-highest guns-sales day in history — and... [Read More]

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Law Shield members likely had felt this already, but Americans who support gun rights are now a majority — 52% to 46% — for the first time in almost two decades of Pew Research polling. For the first time in more than two decades of Pew Research Center surveys, there is more support for gun... [Read More]

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