Resident fights off intruder, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Pittsburgh, Pa. 09/16/16 – A resident was at home in Murrysville, Pa. when a man attempted to break into his house through a window. The resident responded to the attempted intrusion by retrieving a gun and firing at the home invader, missing him. Upon meeting armed resistance, would-be intruder fled the scene. Police caught the criminal at an intersection a short distance from the home he had targeted.
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| There is such a thing as “piling on.” You see this often when public outrage collides with politicians yearning to grandstand.This is what is happening with Proposition 63, a November ballot measure that proposes to lock a package of far-reaching gun control laws into the state’s constitution. |
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| The National Rifle Association launched more than $600,000 in ads criticizing Bayh’s past votes to ban assault weapons and to address armor-piercing ammunition.“If Evan Bayh wins, you can kiss your gun rights ‘Bayh Bayh,’” says the new ad paid for by the NRA’s Institute for Legislative Action. |
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| Democratic gubernatorial candidate Sue Minter says that gun control would be her top priority should she become governor. |
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| Ferguson hasn’t drafted any legislation yet. When he gets around to it, he will likely cherry-pick ideas from states such as California, which enacted a bunch of new laws this year. |
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| After placing new signs at local parks announcing prohibitions on drugs and guns, among other things, Parks and Recreation officials are planning to take down signs prohibiting the carrying of firearms.City Manager Ron Scott presented to the Parks and Recreation Ad Hoc Committee Monday on the problem of attempting to prohibit firearms at the parks. |
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| The sign is large, like Texas, and unabashedly direct, like the state’s collective attitude. It’s white, nailed to two sturdy wooden posts, and coolly offers a bold-lettered warning.This year, our teachers might be packing heat, it suggests, and they’re not afraid to use it. |
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| Voters this fall may enshrine a right to hunt and fish in the same article of the state Constitution that protects freedom of speech and the right to a speedy trial.Included on the same ballot on which Hoosiers will pick the next president and governor is Public Question 1, which asks if they want to “forever preserve” the right to harvest the state’s wildlife. |
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| Making hunting legal on Sundays across West Virginia could create about 2,600 jobs and spur up to $155 million in additional economic activity each year, a representative of a national sportsmen’s advocacy group told lawmakers Tuesday. |
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| There are several problems with the Sept. 14 BDN editorial on expanding background checks for firearm purchases. This editorial was written to support the Question 3 ballot initiative and contains a significant error. |
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| On Monday, September 26, the Missoula City Council is scheduled to consider an ordinance that violates Montana’s state preemption law, which prohibits local governments and municipalities from passing their own gun control laws that create a patchwork of complex and confusing gun laws throughout the state. |
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| Too much has been said lately about this November’s referendum Question #3 (background checks) for me to remain silent. I try very hard to keep politics, of any kind, and my elected position separate. However, this week much has been made of the Maine Chiefs of Police Association endorsing Question #3, to include suggestions that endorsement represents the positions of “Maine’s police chiefs and Sheriffs.” This is simply not true. |
