According to Greenville News on Sept. 25th: A Greenville man plans to launch his political campaign for adjutant general Saturday by giving away an AK-47 assault rifle. Dean Allen, 58, said he will give away the rifle in a free sweepstakes open to all. He said it’s his way of celebrating the Second Amendment and [...]
In case you haven’t noticed, the pro-gun lobby is continuing to push its extreme agenda. Let us ask you a handful of questions. Would you be willing to: Sip hot chocolate with your toddler at Starbucks while a fellow patron openly displays a gun at the table next to you? Attend a church service with [...]
A South Carolina TV station, News Channel 15, reported a murder-suicide between young newlyweds. Investigators believe that Richie Lawhon, 30, shot his wife, Hannah, multiple times before turning the gun on himself. Police continue their investigation into the deaths of a married couple in Murrells Inlet while family and friends try to figure out why [...]
An article from the Independent Mail in South Carolina on Nov. 16th quoted Freedom States Alliance communications director, Scott Vogel, about the sales tax “holiday” to encourage gun buyers to purchase more firearms. “Scott Vogel, spokesman for Freedom States Alliance, a national advocacy group against gun violence, said the tax-free sale of guns comes at [...]
On Halloween night, T.J. Darrisaw and his family stopped by a house where the porch light was on to trick-or-treat. What happened next, could only take place in America. As the family waited for the door to open, the occupant of the home, Quentin Patrick fired off 29 bullets with an AK-47 through the still [...]
The Associated Press reported an appalling tragedy on Halloween night in Sumter, South Carolina, where a 12-year-boy who was trick or treating, knocked on a door and was gunned down by an ex-convict using an AK-47 assault rifle. An ex-convict who thought he was being robbed gunned down a 12-year-old trick-or-treater, spraying nearly 30 rounds [...]
Some choice quotes from a South Carolina newspaper, “The Herald” about the availability of AK-47 assault rifles: David’s Pawn Shop [advertises] the weapons on its marquee, “AK-47s Now In Stock.” Owner David Dresner said he started selling the Romanian-made weapon recently… “We’ve sold a bunch of them,” Dresner said, estimating he sells four or five [...]
South Carolina is apparently taking steps to put out a fire– by pouring gasoline on it. They have for some reason decided that the best way to end shooting on school campuses is by adding more firearms into the mix. And so they’re now working on a bill that would allow concealed weapons on even [...]
Earlier this week, we wrote about Steven Bixby, who killed two police officers when they came to his house on the business of widening the highway in front of it. The media has obtained hundreds of pages of letters written by Bixby, giving us an insight into why he did what he did, and as [...]
Finally today, we’ll take another look at a case we covered yesterday. In South Carolina, Mark Turner purchased a firearm– just a day after he stepped out of a mental institution. And he then used that firearm to murder Jacquelyn Ruff. The mother of a young woman who was gunned down by a jealous acquaintance [...]
It appears a South Carolina lawmaker (and we assume, formerly “law-abiding gun owner” of the NRA) got a little hot under the collar Saturday evening. Unfortunately, he had his gun with him. A South Carolina lawmaker was arrested after his pistol fired when he went to investigate utility workers checking for storm damage in the [...]
A columnist at the New York Daily News points out the irony of a new law in South Carolina. Legislators down there want to make sure some sex toys aren’t available on store shelves , but columnist Michael Daly says the real obscenity is that guns are so freely available. The bill was introduced in [...]
The New York Daily News has chosen police officers who broke up a gunrunning ring as its Heroes of the Month. Detective 2nd Grade Peter Shanhai and ATF Special Agent Anthony Melchiorri helped shut down a group that was running guns to New York criminals through the “Iron Pipeline”– the network of pro-gun states that [...]
Andrew Davis is a student at Clemson University with an interesting idea for a contest. He’s going to give away an AK-47 assault rifle as a rally and fundraiser. The editor of an independent student newspaper at Clemson University said he hopes a drawing with an AK-47 as its top prize will start a discussion [...]
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