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To: T L Comiskey who wrote (89244)	1/10/2013 1:26:27 PM
From: longnshort	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 89467

15-year-old defends home against burglars, shoots one of them with father’s AR-15 Posted by The Right Scoop on January 9th, 2013 in Politics \| 109 Comments Not only did this brave 15-year-old defend his home against 2 burglars, but also his 12-year-old sister who was in the house with him. He grabbed his father’s AR-15 and shot one of the burglars multiple times. They got away but had to go right to the hospital where the minor was arrested and the adult who was shot was flown to a different hospital. Watch: therightscoop.com

To: T L Comiskey who wrote (89244)

1/10/2013 1:29:48 PM

From: longnshort

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Man Shoots Robbery Suspect, Protects 2-Month-Old Son
Tuesday January 8, 2013 5:57 AM

COLUMBUS, Ohio - A Columbus man said that he fought back when a man tried to rob him at gunpoint in west Columbus Monday night.

Kelby Smith, 34, told police he was in the driveway of the home on Crescent Drive just before 9 p.m. when he was approached by a robber.

Smith said that he had his 2-month-old in a car carrier and had to shield him from the robber who held a gun at Smith's head.

The suspect took Smith's money and started to flee the scene as he pointed the gun back at Smith and his child.

That's when Smith pulled out his own gun and fired at the robber.

The robber continued to run, but police said that a man fitting his description arrived at Mount Carmel West a short time later with a gunshot wound.

Authorities said Smith does have a permit to carry a concealed weapon, and they believe he was trying to defend himself.

Police are continuing to investigate, but the man at the hospital could face charges if it's determined he is the robbery suspect.

Smith and his child were uninjured in the robbery.

10tv.com

It's alarming that uncaring liberals would want to prevent people from defending their families.

.... James Earl Jones notes that the world is full of violence and decent citizens need weapons to defend themselves; otherwise, “they will win and decent citizens will lose.”
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pjmedia.com

To: T L Comiskey who wrote (89244)	1/10/2013 2:12:55 PM
From: longnshort	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 89467

Reality Check: Fact-Checking Piers Morgan's Anti-Gun Claims Last week, RealClearPolitics posted video of WXIX-TV's Ben Swann, a local reporter in Cincinnati, giving the "politically incorrect truth" about the Second Amendment. In his "Reality Check" segment on the local news, Swann explained the right to bear arms in a historical context. On Tuesday's broadcast of WXIX-TV's local news, Swann used his segment to fact check the heated debatebetween gun control activist Piers Morgan and gun rights activist Alex Jones. There is one particular stat that Morgan has been citing for weeks, and it was the center of his argument while debating radio show host Alex Jones on Monday night, according to Swann. Morgan continues to claim that gun deaths have dropped dramatically since they banned guns nearly 15 years ago. SWANN: The U.S., despite being number one in gun ownership, is number 28 in gun homicides, with a rate of 2.97 per 100,000 people. Of course, Piers Morgan isn't calling for the U.S. to be more like El Salvador and Honduras; he's calling for us to be more like Great Britain. So what do the numbers look like there? The U.K. has the second highest overall crime rate in the E.U. The U.K. has the fifth highest robbery rate, the fourth highest burglary rate. But more importantly, the E.U. named Britain as the most violent country in the E.U. In the U.K., there are 2,034 per 100,000 people. That puts it way ahead of even South Africa with a rate of 1,609 per 100,000 people. In the United States, we're not even in the top 10. The U.S. has a violent crime rate of 466 crimes per 100,000 residents. So what this means for you is that while people like Morgan insist that the U.S. can learn from Britain -- well, maybe we can? But we might learn is that violent crime is not the result of a gun or any tool, it is the result of the heart of men and women. And that is Reality Check. realclearpolitics.com