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\nH&K VP9SK<\/a><\/p>\n

Prosecutors: June fatal shooting on Saginaw Highway was self-defense<\/strong><\/p>\n

Author: Kara Berg
\nCHARLOTTE \u2014 No charges will be filed against a man who shot and killed Ronnie Holmes after Holmes walked up to the man’s vehicle and pointed a gun at him, according to the prosecutor’s office.<\/p>\n

Prosecutors determined the man acted in self-defense when he saw Holmes point a gun at him, according to a seven-page press release from the Eaton County Prosecutor’s Office.<\/p>\n

“Staring at a gun that Holmes was pointing towards him, (he) was forced to make a split-second decision,” the release read.<\/p>\n

Holmes, 26, of Walker, was killed at 8:25 a.m. June 15 on Saginaw Highway in Delta Township, after he walked in and out of traffic on the highway, stepping in front of vehicles and firing a gun in the air, more than a dozen witnesses told police.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\nRead the rest here: Lansing State Journal<\/a><\/p>\n

To the Archives.<\/h3>\n

Fatal shooting outside DeKalb gas station was justified, police say<\/strong><\/p>\n

By Asia Simone Burns
\nA weekend shooting that left a man dead outside a DeKalb County gas station was justified, and the gunman will not face charges, police said.<\/p>\n

According to an incident report obtained Monday by AJC.com, authorities got to the Texaco on Gresham Road just before 7 p.m. Saturday and found 22-year-old Brian Jackson-Swinney face down with a gunshot wound to the head. He was pronounced dead on the scene.<\/p>\n

According to the report, the shooter approached one of the responding officers and said, \u201cI\u2019m the one who shot him.\u201d Without prompting, he put his hands in the air and told the officer he had a gun in his right pocket, which the official retrieved.<\/p>\n

The gunman said he was parked at a gas pump when a black Toyota Camry pulled up next to him. Three men, including the victim, got out of the Camry.<\/p>\n

The shooter called Jackson-Swinney over to his purple Dodge Charger, where he was selling cologne. The Camry\u2019s other occupants were headed toward the gas station\u2019s convenience store when Jackson-Swinney called them back. He returned to the Camry and had a brief conversation with the duo before walking back to the Charger.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s when the gunman noticed a gun tucked in Jackson-Swinney\u2019s pants, according to the incident report.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\nRead the rest here: AJC<\/a><\/p>\n

California shop owner fatally shoots masked robbers, 3rd suspect on the run<\/strong><\/p>\n

By Lucia I. Suarez Sang
\nA California smoke shop owner fatally shot two armed robbers in ski masks when they tried to rob his store Friday night, police said.<\/p>\n

A third suspect is on the run after he fled from the Smoke N Vape Smoke Shop near the intersection of Blackstone and Cambridge avenues in Fresno.<\/p>\n

Police Lt. Tim Tietjen said the three armed men, dressed in dark clothing and ski masks, entered the shop around 9:30 p.m. and demanded money from the clerk.<\/p>\n

The store owner, who was outside, re-entered the shop and confronted the robbers as they were trying to leave, the Fresno Bee reported.<\/p>\n

Tietjen said the owner pulled out his own gun and multiple shots were then fired.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\nRead the rest here: Fox News<\/a><\/p>\n

A mixed bag today, Delta Whiskies and Whiskettes, of current and archived articles. I suspect that reporters attention has been diverted to bigger stories, and we’ll get back to normal when the news cycle isn’t inundated with COVID and elections.<\/p>\n

“There are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by the gradual and silent encroachment of those in power, than by violent and sudden usurpation.” \u2014 James Madison<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Today’s Editorial<\/h3>\n

Democrats, Media Need Reality Check on NRA Coverage, Gun Control<\/strong><\/p>\n

By Dave Workman
\nDemocrats cheering the legal attacks on the National Rifle Association might be celebrating too soon, and the media perpetuates a myth about gun control; now comes the pushback from people who see things through different-colored glasses.<\/p>\n

Writing at Politico, Bill Scher quotes progressive \u2018rising star\u2019 Mondaire Jones asserting, \u201cDissolving the NRA would remove one of the biggest impediments to gun safety measures at the state and federal level.\u201d<\/p>\n

That, Scher says, is \u201ca dangerous assumption for Democrats to make.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cEven if the NRA is gone or tied down by litigation,\u201d Scher reasons, \u201cabout 43 percent of Americans will still live in gun-owning households. A fervent gun rights culture of hunters, collectors, open carriers, militia members and self-defense enthusiasts would still persist. Conservative media outlets would still cater to their fears. Other competing gun rights groups such as Gun Owners of America, National Association for Gun Rights and the Second Amendment Foundation would still channel the views of the gun rights grassroots to elected officials and new organizations could crop up to do the same.\u201d<\/p>\n

It may not be \u201cfear\u201d that conservative media outlets cater to, but an understanding that the liberal viewpoint is not as all-encompassing as it claims. As for \u201cchanneling\u201d the views of gun owners to politicians, many in the firearms community would ask, \u201cWhat\u2019s wrong with that?\u201d<\/p>\n

From the conservative, gun-owner viewpoint, Democrat anti-gunners are living in a bubble; a fantasy world where there is but one opinion and if you don\u2019t share it, you\u2019re an outcast.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

More to read here: Liberty Park Press<\/a><\/p>\n

Besides the NRA, GOA and the SAF receive some largess from me as well, and it’s not for my love of spam and junk snail mail. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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